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Charity football match raises over £4,000 for Southern Trust

A total of £4,380 has been donated to the Southern Trust’s Acute Services Fund from Hanover Football Club and Portadown True Blues. The now annual football match named Terry Woods Memorial Fund took place on Saturday 18th June at Brownstown Park, Portadown. The event was held in memory of Terry Woods who very sadly passed […]

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Community Health

Trust Trials Body Worn Cameras to Protect Patients and Staff

In a bid to reduce violence and aggression against staff, the Southern Trust security team is trialling body worn cameras at Craigavon Area and Daisy Hill hospitals. From October 2021 to March 2022, the team responded to 438 incidents of violence and aggression across both hospitals. Anita Carroll, Assistant Director of Functional Support Services explains: […]

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Business Campaigns Community Constituency Cost of Living Newry Newry and Armagh

Haldane Fisher Facing Strike Action

Newry based business Haldane Fisher is facing potential strike action. Unite the Union is to ballot its members following months of intense negotiations over pay. A spokesperson for Unite told Clanrye News and Sport: “We will be balloting our members for industrial action. The ballot will commence next Wednesday with a result expected by 12th […]

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Constituency Government Newry Newry and Armagh Politics South Armagh Stormont Westminster

New British Government Must Prioritise Restoration of Assembly and Executive! – Murphy

Sinn Féin MLA Conor Murphy has said the incoming British government must make the restoration of the Assembly and Executive a priority and called on the DUP to ‘end its boycott’ of democratic institutions and get back to work.  The finance minister and infrastructure minister John O’Dowd are attending a meeting of the British-Irish Council […]

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Dail Passes Legislation to Help Workers Who Receive Tips – Ó Murchú

Workers who receive tips will be better off after the Oireachtas passed legislation to ensure they receive the full amount. Speaking in support of the legislation, which went through the Dáil last week, Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú said the government had ‘a fair amount of agreement across this house on the absolute necessity of this […]

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ABC Council Community Constituency Council Government Newry and Armagh Upper Bann

New Bird Trail Opens at Portadown’s Edenvilla Park

Lord Mayor of Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, Councillor Paul Greenfield officially opens new interactive bird trail at Edenvilla Park following the collaborative efforts of council and The Conservation Volunteers NI.  All thanks to the Green Gym initiative, this conservation project is designed to help connect people to nature while improving green spaces through various horticultural […]

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Borough Roadsides Awash with Colourful Wildflower Blooms

Roadside verges across the borough of Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon (ABC) are bursting with colour and buzzing with wildlife this summer, thanks to ABC Council’s Wildflower Road Verge Project. Launched back in 2019, the pilot programme is designed to champion biodiversity across the region by managing native wildflower meadows and verges to create stunning […]

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Community Constituency Crime Newry Newry and Armagh

‘Drugs Ruin Lives and Fund Criminal Empires’ – Grant

Workers Party representative Nicola Grant has said that “the recent drugs seizures and subsequent arrests in the Newry and Armagh areas are both welcome and alarming”. “Drugs devestate working class areas. They bring misery and death to local families. They ruin young lives while funding criminal empires.  Drugs, and the criminals who peddle and profit […]

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Banbridge Constituency Crime Upper Bann

Three Arrested in Banbridge Retail Crime Spree

Three people have been arrested following a proactive policing operation by the Police Service of Northern Ireland’s ANPR Intercept Team in Banbridge on Thursday, July 14. Inspector Michael Barton said: “The Intercept Team assisted by Neighbourhood Policing Team officers from Newry, Mourne and Down were conducting targeted patrols in the A1 area of Banbridge focused on […]

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BMX Track? – Have your say!

One more week to have your say about a potential BMX Track in Newry. The Peace IV programme are seeking your views on the potential development of a BMX track in Derrybeg adjacent to Second Avenue, Newry.   Please follow the link: https://forms.office.com/r/5cTGjTg613 #BMXTRACK #YOURSAY #BMXLIFE #BMX4LIFE

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Disgraceful Assembly Remains in Deep Freeze During Cost of Living Crisis – Tennyson

It is disgraceful the Assembly remains in “deep freeze” during the cost of living crisis, Alliance MLA Eóin Tennyson has said, after a series of energy price hikes came into effect last week. The increases include gas from SSE Airtricity and Firmus Energy, and electric from Power NI and Click Energy. It will mean tens […]

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Community Constituency Health Newry Newry and Armagh South Down Upper Bann

Hot and Sunny Weather for the Next Few Days

The MET office for Northern Ireland spoke to Clanrye News and Sport regarding the potentially hot weather predicted for the next few days, they said: Friday Evening and Night: A few light showers early evening, but most staying dry with good late sunshine, then clear periods. Some mist and fog patches may form towards dawn. […]