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Michael Savage and Doire Finn have been announced as the SDLP candidates for the upcoming council election in Newry City. Michael has represented Newry City on Newry, Mourne and Down District Council since 2017. For the past year he has served as Chairperson of the Council. He has been a leading defender of maintaining medical […]
Sinn Féin’s Chris Hazzard MP has said Newry, Mourne & Down Council must urgently review its policy on street trading as a recent policy change has been an “abject failure” and has led to many local traders seeking urgent financial support. The South Down MP this week met with more than a dozen local traders […]
“Newry, Mourne and Down Council’s management team should stand by the arrangements they agreed previously with Council staff and immediately re-engage in discussions with trades union representatives,” says Nicola Grant of the Workers Party. Her comments come ahead of a ‘work to rule’ which begins on Monday and will affect local bin collections, leisure centres […]
Industrial action by members of all four trade unions at council proceeds after management renege on commitment to partnership-based job evaluation process Trade unions at Newry, Mourne and Down District Council confirmed that industrial action is to commence at the local authority body. The action is set to commence with a work-to-rule by members of […]
Sinn Féin councillor Geraldine Kearns has welcomed £220,000 from the Department for Communities to set up a temporary community space at the Newry City park site. The Newry City councillor said: “The £220,000 from the Department for Communities will be used for resurfacing, supplying electricity and water to the site and putting more storage in […]
Over the last three years, the Dragons in the Hills project has sought to discover more about Northern Ireland’s little dragons – our three native amphibians and reptiles: common frog, common lizard and smooth newt. The project, which is led by Amphibian and Reptile Groups of the UK in partnership with Newry, Mourne and Down […]
SDLP Slieve Gullion Councillor Pete Byrne has welcomed the decision by DfI Roads to resurface the A25 Newry Road in Newtownhamilton. Councillor Byrne has said that the road surfacing works are “desperately needed”, but only scratch the surface of what needs to be done to get local roads up to standard. SDLP Slieve Gullion Councillor […]
Sinn Féin has said that the SEUPB must urgently reconsider their decision to withdraw funding for the Urban Sports Track in Newry. Geraldine Kearns, one of Sinn Féin’s councillors for Newry city has said: “The decision by SEUPB to withdraw funding for this project, citing concerns about meeting the timeline for the project is deeply […]
Announcing her candidacy she explained that her campaign slogan will be ‘Putting Class Back Into Politics’ Nicola who will contest Newry DEA is highly critical of the records of the major parties and what she described as their contempt for working people and their families and the everyday problems that they face. “The only things […]
Over the last number of weeks the Newry Mourne and Down Labour Market Partnership has hosted two Employer Engagement Events aimed at highlighting Newry, Mourne and Down as a ‘Great Place to Work’. The first event NMD- ‘Food for Thought’ looked at the fantastic work many of our local businesses are doing in the area […]
Sinn Féin councillor Barra Ó Muirí has welcomed moves to finally see the return of two-way traffic to Newry street in Newtownhamilton. Welcoming these developments, the Slieve Gullion councillor said: “I’m glad to hear that two-way traffic is set to return to Newry street here in Newtown. “This is another step in the journey of […]
On 6 April at 2pm, Newry and Mourne Museum will host a fascinating lecture into one of Northern Ireland’s most important political figures, Seamus Mallon. As the former deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland, a Member of Parliament for Newry and Armagh and one of the architects of the Northern Ireland Peace Process, Seamus Mallon […]
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