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Members of the Beautiful Warrenpoint Committee visited Randalstown recently as part of their ongoing efforts to enhance the town’s environmental and aesthetic appeal. Randalstown was crowned Ireland’s best town in 2024, with the Warrenpoint visitors given a guided tour which showcased the award-winning approach to community collaboration, sustainability and presentation. During the visit, committee members […]
By Paul Higgins A Co Down man has entered a guilty plea to the manslaughter of a man who was tragically killed in a workplace accident. Appearing in the dock of Newry Crown Court, 52-year-old Walter Manley was re-arraigned on the two charges against him. Manley, from Loanda Crescent in Newry, entered a guilty plea […]
Six talented hairdressing students from Southern Regional College’s (SRC) Newry campus are gathering kit bag essentials as they head to compete in the regional qualifiers for WorldSkills UK later this month. After successfully completing the initial entry stage assessment, which challenged entrants to create a fashionable festival-inspired look for long hair, the six students […]
Secondary school pupils from St Malachy’s High School Castlewellan, Our Lady’s Grammar School Newry, St Mary’s High School Newry and St Catherine’s College Armagh attended a special ‘Females in Engineering’ event at Southern Regional College’s Newry West Campus on Wednesday 29th April 2026. The event featured speakers from the College’s championship winning STEM Racing Car team, […]
McDonald’s Newry announces an exciting new partnership with the Carnbane Girls Youth League, further strengthening its commitment to supporting grassroots football and the continued growth of the girls’ game locally. The partnership will officially launch this June, with McDonald’s Newry sponsoring the upcoming Carnbane Girls Youth League Festival Day — a key event that will […]
Southern Regional College (SRC) Professional Cookery and Hospitality students triumphed for a second year running at the Northern Ireland Generation Chef finals. The grand final, held at SRC’s Newry East campus on Thursday 30th April 2026, was scrutinised by a panel of six industry judges, comprising four chefs from industry giants Hastings Hotels, Regency House, TMR […]
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council is continuing with its investment programme to refurbish and enhance play parks across the district, with a series of major upgrades now completed as part of its ongoing Play Strategy 2024–2029. The most recent phase of works has delivered improved facilities at Bishop’s Court in Ballyhornan, Derrybeg in Newry […]
Newry BID’s popular Health in the City programme is now underway, bringing a full schedule of free events and activities to Newry city centre from now until the end of May. The initiative offers a wide range of opportunities for people of all ages to engage with health, wellbeing and active living, with events taking place […]
Local groups and charity partners have officially launched this year’s Bessbrook/Camlough Darkness into Light walk, which will take place on Saturday 9 May at 4:15am in Derramore Woods, Bessbrook. Now in its seventh year, the annual early morning walk has raised just under £100,000 to date in support of PIPS Hope and Support, helping provide […]
SAT 2 MAY 2026 – NEWRY AOH CUP ROUND 4 SEMI-FINAL – KICK-OFF 2.00 PM Newry Celtic 0 v 2 Cleary Celtic at Jennings Park No.1 SAT 2 MAY 2026 – FR.DAVIES CUP ROUND 1 – KICK-OFF 2.00 PM Ballyholland 2 v 5 Villa Rovers at Olympic Park Orchard United 0 v 3 Rossowen at […]
Road crews have repaired 10,000 road defects in just eight weeks, Minister Liz Kimmins has revealed. Praising the teams who have been out on local roads fixing potholes, the Minister said: “The damage caused to our roads by prolonged bad weather at the beginning of the year is well documented and I established the Winter […]
Sinn Féin Councillor Martin Hearty has thanked delegates at this weekend’s Sinn Féin Ard Fheis, for unanimously endorsing his motion calling for South Armagh to be included in the name of Newry, Mourne and Down District Council. The motion, submitted by the Morris Harvey Cumann, received overwhelming support at the party conference in Belfast. “When […]
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