CLANRYE NEWS Updates on Crime within the district
South Down MP Chris Hazzard has condemned comments made by Ian Paisley in Westminster this week about a legal representative of the family of Colum Marks. The South Down MP said: “Ian Paisley’s comments in relation to a legal representative of Colum Marks’ family and the inferences made are dangerous and hark back to darker […]
Detectives in Newry are appealing for information and witnesses following the report of a burglary in the Dernaroy Road area of Killeavy on Wednesday June 21st. It was reported that a property had been broken, with entry gained by forcing the front door, sometime between 9am and 3.30pm. The house had been ransacked and a […]
THE Police Service of Northern Ireland has launched its Safer Summer Together campaign, encouraging members of the public to have an enjoyable summer whilst being mindful of safety issues to watch out for. Superintendent Gerry McGrath is heading up the operational activity and said: “Summer is a time for people to get out and about and […]
SDLP Newry councillor Doire Finn has welcomed engagement from the local PSNI on drink spiking. It comes after Councillor Finn contacted local officers about her concerns following a number of reported incidents in the area. She welcomed the PSNI’s commitment to raise awareness on the issue. Councillor Finn said: “After contacting PSNI to raise my […]
Police, investigating an altercation on Dominic Street in Newry on Saturday 15th July, have charged three people to appear at court. A man, aged 22, has been charged with a number of offences including assault occasioning actual bodily harm, possession of an offensive weapon in a public place, dangerous driving and driving whilst disqualified. A […]
Detectives are appealing for witnesses and information following a report of shots being fired at a house in the Callan Bridge Park area of Armagh. Detective Sergeant Wilson said: “Police received a report shortly after 12.30am on Saturday, 8th July that a number of shots had been fired through a window at the rear of […]
Eleven Northern Ireland Ambulance staff were assaulted over a six-hour period over the eleventh night. The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS) said that the assaults took place at four different locations throughout NI whereby ambulance crews were responding to calls to provide medical treatment to patients. In the most serious attack, five staff were punched, […]
The Workers Party in Newry has condemned last night’s arson attack at the home of Sharon Loughran branding it “a potentially lethal outrage without justification” Nicola Grant of the Workers Party said, “my thoughts are very much with Sharon and her family today and with all those who have been the targets of violent and […]
Sinn Féin MP Mickey Brady has condemned an arson attack at the home of a local member of Aontú who recently stood for election. The Newry and Armagh MP said: “I unreservedly condemn this deplorable arson attack which destroyed Sharon Loughran’s car which was parked at her home. “This was a sinister act of intimidation […]
SDLP Newry councillor Doire Finn has offered her support to Sharon Loughran following an arson attack outside her home. Damage was caused to Ms Loughran’s car and her home in the attack. Police are treating the incident as a sectarian hate crime. Councillor Finn said: “This was a disgraceful attack on the home of Sharon […]
At 3am last night Sharon Loughran awoke with to the smell of smoke and the sound of her car in flames. Speaking in relations to the terrifying situation Sharon stated: “I am still trying to process what happened. Just after 3am I awoke to the smell and sound of an inferno beside my house. I […]
Police in Newry are appealing for information and witnesses following a report of arson in the Damolly Village area at approximately 3.15am this morning, Wednesday July 12th. Inspector Browne said: “We received a report that a car had been set alight at the victim’s property in the early hours of this morning. The suspect is […]
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