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SDLP Newry City Councillor Doire Finn has welcomed the decision to reverse plans to cut youth and early years services. Speaking to Clanrye News and Sport Councillor Finn said: “I think that it is welcome that the decision has been taken to not proceed with a number of planned cuts to youth services and early […]
Chairperson of Newry, Mourne and Down District Council, Councillor Michael Savage was delighted to present cheques to his nominated charities from the proceeds of his Charity Ball. The ball was held in the Canal Court, Newry on 3 February 2023 when over 300 guests turned out to support the Chairperson’s four chosen charities: Simon Community, […]
Mourne Gullion Strangford has been awarded internationally coveted UNESCO Geopark status. The UNESCO Executive Board met in Paris on Wednesday 24 May and announced that Mourne Gullion Strangford had been welcomed into its network of global Geoparks, making it one of only 18 outstanding landscapes worldwide to be awarded full accreditation this year. The landscape encompasses […]
Ulster Unionist Representative Councillor David Taylor has described the significant challenges affecting medical staffing levels at Daisy Hill Hospital as extremely worrying. This follows on from an announcement by the Southern Health & Social Care Trust that they are initiating actions in response to the developing situation. Councillor Taylor said: “The announcement by the Southern […]
TUV Cusher Councillor Keith Ratcliffe has slammed an upcoming commemoration in South Armagh dedicated to a celebration of the Provisional IRA. Statement by TUV Cusher councillor Keith Ratcliffe: On Sunday week Sinn Fein MP John Finucane is billed as the main speaker at an event described as the “South Armagh Volunteers Commemoration”. This self-styled “MP […]
Warrenpoint Harbour Authority has just announced its cruise schedule for 2023 with four ships stopping at the seaside town this summer. The Waverley, the oldest seafaring paddle steamer, is the first visitor on Tuesday 30th May. The ship is offering the unique opportunity for 600 people locally to travel on board for a sunset cruise from […]
How the people of Newry vote on Thursday will determine the future of this city and its citizens for years to come. There is a lot that needs to be done and there are many important decisions to be taken. It is vital that the people we return as our Councillors do that in the […]
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister:- “To vote TUV 1 is to signal irreversible opposition to the Union-destroying Protocol. No ifs, no buts. We can never come to terms with the core tenet of the Protocol and Windsor Whitewash that GB is a foreign country and we must trade and run our economy accordingly. We […]
Veteran SDLP campaigner and Newry’s first Mayor has urged voters to protect the Good Friday Agreement when the head to the polls on Thursday. He said: “I worked with the late Seamus Mallon and the late John Fee and many others to deliver the Good Friday Agreement and I firmly believe it is the only […]
“The Mournes have been doing fine for millennia, with minimum human interference, and retain their beauty and wildlife as a result. Let’s keep it this way for future generations”, says Workers Party election candidate Nicola Grant. Responding to concerns about the Mourne Gateway Project, including proposals to access the Mournes via a ‘gondola style’ cable […]
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