CLANRYE NEWS Updates on Crime within the district
The former DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson is to face additional sex offence charges when he appears in Newry court on Wednesday 3rd of July. He is now being accused of a total of 18 offences (previously 11), after the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) considered the police evidence. His wife and co-accused, Lady Eleanor Donaldson, […]
Councillor Declan Murphy has warned householders in the Hillcrest and Millvale area to be alert to suspicious activity after a theft at a home in the area. The local Councillor said, “Earlier today (Monday) thieves broke into a home in the Hillcrest Estate area and also stole the homeowners Navy Blue Audi A3 Vehicle. I […]
Reacting to news that the Justice Minister is planning to appeal the High Court judgement on the Justice (Sexual Offences and Trafficking Victims) Act Jim Allister said: “This is a very wrong headed approach by a Department and a Minister who seem unable to ever accept that they are mistaken. “It was always wrong to […]
Detectives are appealing for information following a report of an aggravated burglary at a house in Armagh on Friday night, 28th June. Around 11.30pm, a report was received that three men made their way into the Orangefield Close address by the front door without permission. Two of the men swung hammers at two men in […]
By Columba O’Hare Businesses in Newry received practical tips and support to help safeguard them and their finances from scams at a free fraud awareness event organised by Bank of Ireland and the Newry Chamber of Commerce & Trade. The event, held at Newry Conference and Banqueting Centre, focussed on educating consumers on new and […]
A man has appeared in court charged with the false imprisonment of a woman on Sunday afternoon at Gyles Quay in north Louth. James McDonagh (37) with an address at Dominic Street, Newry appeared before Drogheda District Court accused of the offence and with producing a large silver knife during the course of an aggravated […]
A man has been arrested and subsequently charged to court in connection with a burglary and hit-and-run road traffic collision in Newry on Sunday morning, 23rd June. Police received a report that a white BMW X5 had been stolen from outside a house in the Dublin Road area of Cloghoge. A second report followed that […]
Detectives from An Garda Síochána have, Monday 24 June, arrested a 67 year old man in Co Cavan. He has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of Joseph James Porter in Armagh on 24 June 1979, firearms offences and membership of a proscribed organisation. The arrest was made under a Trade and Co-operation Agreement […]
Detectives in Newry are appealing for information following a report of a burglary and hit-and-run road traffic collision in Newry this morning, Sunday 23rd June. Detective Sergeant Lewis said: “We received a report that a white BMW X5 was stolen outside a house in the Dublin Road area of Cloghoge. It was reported that the […]
We are appealing for witnesses in relation to an assault that occurred on Thursday 6th June 2024 between approximately 1pm to 1.30pm. The incident is believed to have occurred in the area of Duke Street, Warrenpoint. If anyone has witnessed the incident, has any dash cam footage from around that time, or has any information […]
A security alert in the Monaghan Street area of Newry has ended. A suspicious object located in the area this morning, Thursday 20th June, has been declared as a crude yet viable device. Officers attended following the report at around 8.20am, alongside Ammunition Technical Officers (ATO) who carried out a controlled explosion. The object, which […]
A 67-year-old man appeared in court charged with the murder of a pensioner in Co Armagh. Michael McConville (74), was found dead in a house in the Annaghmare Road area of Crossmaglen on Saturday. Malachy Quinn, of Annaghmare Road in Crossmaglen, appeared in Banbridge Magistrates Court sitting in Newry on Thursday charged with the murder […]
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