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Community Newry

£2.2M Public Realm Funding a Welcome Boost for Newry- Kimmins

Sinn Féin MLA Liz Kimmins has welcomed the £2.2m redevelopment of Newry City centre.  The Newry and Armagh MLA said:  “This £2.2m investment has been a welcome boost for Newry City centre.    “The redevelopment makes the city centre more appealing, accessible, vibrant and a more welcoming place to be.   “It will also help support local […]

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Newry Politics

Pulling Down Stormont Would be an Enormous Strategic Mistake for Unionism – UUP

The Ulster Unionist Party Chairman Danny Kennedy has called on the DUP to drop its threats to pull down Stormont. Mr Kennedy said: “For months on end Northern Ireland has been used as a punchbag in negotiations over the Protocol. The Protocol isn’t working and needs to be replaced with new arrangements which work for […]

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Newry Politics

Sinn Féin Delegation Meet Council Management

Sinn Féin MLA for Newry and Armagh, Conor Murphy, has welcomed a meeting with Newry, Mourne and Down District Council for discussion on projects across the area. Speaking after the meeting Conor said: “Today myself and my colleagues; Liz Kimmins MLA, Mickey Brady MP and Cllr Oonagh Magennis met with senior council officials to discuss […]

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Community Newry

Sinn Féin Keen to Reopen Canal Connection- Kimmins, Mulgrew

Sinn Féin MLA Liz Kimmins has welcomed news that an ERT meeting of Newry, Mourne and Down District Council has agreed to work jointly with Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon council to investigate the possibility of reopening the Canal from Newry to Portadown.  Liz said:   “In April this year, I raised the possibility of reopening the […]

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Community Newry

Newry, Mourne and Down Intercultural Forum Launches New Blog Site

Newry, Mourne and Down Intercultural Forum launched a new blog site http://www.nmdif.org/blog on Monday 8 November at South Eastern Regional College (SERC) Newcastle Campus. The blog showcases the interagency partnership which exists on the Intercultural Forum. It provides a platform in which each of the partners working together can share vital information to create an […]

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Community Newry

Council’s Women’s Working Group Announce Winners of ‘Dragons’ Den’ Events held during Local Democracy Week

Newry, Mourne and Down District Council’s Women’s Working Group celebrated Local Democracy Week 2021 by hosting ‘Dragons’ Den’ style events with six schools from across the district. Four students from Down High School, Downpatrick; St. Colman’s Ballynahinch; St. Joseph’s Crossmaglen; St. Louis, Kilkeel; St. Mark’s, Warrenpoint and St. Mary’s, Newry debated a ‘Notice of Motion’ […]

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Crime Newry

Police Appeal Following Newry Burglary

Detectives are appealing for information following a burglary at a house in the Lower Catherine Street area of Newry on Monday (15th November) between 9.30am and 11.30am.  The female householder, aged in her 80s and who lives alone, was not in the house at the time of the burglary. An upstairs window was forced open and the intruders […]

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Newry Politics

Saoradh Protest at PSNI Recruitment Event in Newry

Just hours after the RUC Crown Forces attempted to recruit a Saoradh member as an informer in Newry, the Revolutionary Republican Party targeted a recruitment event in the Canal Court Hotel. Local Republicans were refused entry to the venue but an official letter of protest was handed to the management of the hotel before party […]

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Armagh Election 2022 Newry Politics South Armagh

McNulty Selected as SDLP Newry & Armagh Candidate

The SDLP has selected incumbent Newry & Armagh MLA Justin McNulty as its candidate for the constituency in the next Assembly election.  Mr. McNulty was selected at a virtual selection convention in the constituency on Thursday evening.  SDLP Leader Colum Eastwood said:  “Since being elected to the Assembly in 2016, Justin McNulty has shown himself […]

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Community Newry Politics

PEACE Money Is An Exciting Opportunity For Newry and Armagh- Mulgrew

Sinn Féin Councillor for Newry City, Roisin Mulgrew has spoken after attending an information workshop on PEACE+ funding in the Canal Court.  Speaking after the meeting Roisin said: “Today was such an exciting and informative meeting for me as a representative of Newry.  “This funding package was put on the agenda in Europe by Sinn […]

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Crime Newry

Police Appeal Following Newry Business Burglary

Police in Newry are appealing for information following a report of a burglary at business premises at the Monaghan Street area on Saturday 13th November. Detective Sergeant Ritchie said: “Sometime between 5:05am and 5:20am, it was reported that three males got out of a black Audi A4 car and smashed the front window of a barber […]

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Crime

Newry Car Salesman Gets Six Years For Gun Possession

A Newry car salesman caught at an arms hide with two guns and ammunition has been sent to prison. Michael Gerald Drummond, of Orior Park, Bessbrook was tracked to the hide in March 2019 during an aerial police operation. He admitted ten charges, including possessing loaded Glock and Colt pistols in suspicious circumstances without a […]