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By Donal McMahon A council housing development in Newry woodlands has been refused due to nature conservation concerns. The local authority’s planning committee approved a recommendation on Monday (Jan 10) to refuse the development opposite Daisy Hill hospital. The Hospital Road application by Newry, Mourne and Down District Council included six houses, two apartment blocks […]
Slieve Gullion area Sinn Féin Councillor Declan Murphy has confirmed that he is to meet multi agency staff to discuss in particular the recent flooding issues in the Camlough area. The meeting that he and his Sinn Féin colleagues have arranged will also have senior Council Officers in attendance. The Sinn Féin elected representative said, […]
By Donal McMahon A Northern Ireland council is to lobby the BBC on concerns it is isolating the rural community by axing a long running farming show. Newry, Mourne and Down District Council (NMDDC) is to write to BBC Northern Ireland director, Adam Smyth to urge him to reconsider a potential move to end the rural […]
Sinn Féin MLA Liz Kimmins has insisted that no local businesses or homeowners should be left behind in accessing flood relief funding to help them recover from the flooding that took place late last year. The Newry and Armagh MLA said: “Despite the initial small grants provided to residential and business devastated by the flooding […]
Sinn Féin MLA Liz Kimmins has described cancer waiting times in the north as ‘intolerable’ and has called for the immediate restoration of the Assembly and Executive. Speaking as latest cancer waiting time figures for the north were released on Thursday, the party’s social care spokesperson said: “Cancer patients are being failed time and time […]
First Minister Designate Michelle O’Neill said today that public service workers can’t continue to be left in the lurch any longer by DUP time wasting and inaction. Michelle O’Neill was speaking as public service workers prepare to embark on widespread industrial action in support of their legitimate demands for fair pay. Michelle O’Neill said: “Almost […]
At a meeting of TUV Party Officers the basis of the party’s approach to the upcoming General Election was agreed, embracing two fundamental tenets. In seats presently held by non-unionists, particularly those which are winnable for unionism, such as North Down, Fermanagh & South Tyrone, South Belfast and North Belfast, TUV strongly supports an agreed […]
By François Vincent A planning application for the conversion of a former schoolhouse into a dwelling in Middletown has been turned down, in part because the 1830s building was once a ‘Fever Hospital’ where many would have died, making it a site of major archaeological value. The application was for the conversion of the derelict […]
Slieve Gullion area Sinn Féin Councillor Aoife Finnegan has praised residents in the area whose vigilance helped ensure the recovery of a work van stolen earlier from a home near Camlough as part of a creeper burglary. “The recovery of this valuable work vehicle is to be welcomed and those local residents who noticed suspicious […]
By Donal McMahon A major upgrade to a South Down sports facility is facing further delays after planners said part of it is “visually intrusive” and “would have a detrimental impact” on a local tourist attraction. The GAA and soccer pitch designs for Kilbroney Park, including the location of a changing room pavilion, have been with Newry, […]
Preparation is well underway for all out strike action next week among thousands of UNISON health and education workers. Industrial action committees meeting at UNISON Northern Ireland HQ today heard detailed reports of plans for extensive picket lines on January 18 at all the acute and community main health facilities. EA school based and headquarter […]
Sinn Féin Councillor Mickey Larkin has said that the recent burglary at a filling station in Forkhill was an appalling act of criminal theft and damage. The local Councillor has appealed for anyone who might have information that can help apprehend the thieves, to contact the police immediately. The Slieve Gullion Councillor said, “The […]
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