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Newry, Mourne and Down District Council has over the summer period distributed over 2000 boxes of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) to 84 health care facilities across the district.  Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Chairperson, Councillor Cathy Mason said, “PPE has become a necessary component of our daily lives and more so within our working […]

An abandoned steel barge which had been part of a marine survey project up to ten years ago has been dismantled and removed from a local beauty spot at Greencastle, County Down. The barge was brought to the attention of several organisations including Warrenpoint Port and The Carlingford Lough Commission (CLC) by local Councillor Sean […]

Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Chairperson, Councillor Cathy Mason recently visited St Patrick’s Primary School Legamaddy, Downpatrick to lend her support as the school participated in a cycle training session facilitated by Sustrans NI. Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Chairperson, Councillor Cathy Mason said, “I am delighted that the Council’s Sustainability Section was […]

Health Minister Robin Swann MLA and Dr Robert Huey, Chief Veterinary Officer, have visited the Southern Trust to see how connecting with horses can help people with a learning disability. Funded by the Department of Health, the pilot programme is the first of its kind within health and social care in Northern Ireland. Through equine […]

Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister in response to EU Protocol proposals “The Protocol is an instrument delivering both economic dislocation and constitutional dislocation within the U.K. “The EU’s latest proposals do nothing to counter the all important constitutional dislocation. They retain us in a foreign single market for goods, under a foreign customs code […]

Responding to last night’s Stormont vote to target the right to protest, Aontú Representative for East Derry Gemma Brolly has criticised the decision of the SDLP and Sinn Féin to vote against the right of pro-lifers to peacefully protest, in the latest pro-choice powerplay by the parties. Rep Brolly: “It is absolutely astonishing to learn […]

The decision by St Paul’s school in Bessbrook to bring pupils to a recruitment event that included the British Army has been described as grotesque by the revolutionary Republican party Saoradh. Local people angered by the issue contacted Saoradh’s Newry office to voice their disgust when pictures appeared on the school’s Facebook page showing pupils […]

Detective Superintendent Zoe McKee said: “In July of this year the Police Service of Northern Ireland launched Operation DEALBREAKER – a multi-stranded, coordinated, collaborative operational approach to address every aspect of drug misuse across Northern Ireland. “At the launch, I said that we would continue to do all we could to prevent and detect as […]

SDLP MLA Justin McNulty has said that annual cancer screenings for firefighters is long overdue and has called on the Health Minister to introduce these screenings as a matter of urgency. Speaking after a debate in the Assembly today, the Newry & Armagh MLA commented: “Firefighters are undoubtedly among the most selfless people in our […]

Aontú Representative for East Derry, Gemma Brolly hits out at increasing cuts and proposals from Tories punishing lower income households to fund the NHS. Ms Brolly commented “It is no secret the NHS is crying out for investment. Never more than now have the people of this nation been more grateful for the efforts of […]

By Paul Higgins A man police believe “operates at a high level” in an organised crime gang appeared in court today (sat) accused of dealing in cannabis and cocaine.Despite police objections that he had access to cash and contacts to help him flee, 28-year-old Sean Kiernan was freed on bail after Lisburn Magistrates Court heard […]