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Chairperson opens Newry Foster Carer Group’s resource library

14-Mar-2016
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Chairperson, Councillor Micky Ruane officially launched a new resource library recently. It is located in Newry Library and was provided by Newry Foster Carer Group. Newry, Mourne and Down District Council ... read more
Source: Newry Times

3,000 Newry & Mourne entrepreneurs to get help creating business plans

14-Mar-2016
Plans for more than 3,000 new start-up businesses are set to be developed this year as part of The Regional Start Initiative. The next generation of businessmen and women in the Newry, Mourne and Down area are being invited to get help turning their ... read more
Source: Newry Times

‘Rates system should encourage business, not cripple it’ – Murphy

14-Mar-2016
Newry MLA Conor Murphy has vowed to “keep up the fight for a rates system that promotes and encourages business, not one that cripples it.” The Sinn Féin MLA was speaking at a Q&A session he organised for businesses in the city so they could ... read more
Source: Newry Times

Work vans targeted by thieves in Rostrevor

14-Mar-2016
Police in Newry are appealing for information after tools were stolen from a number of vans in the Rostrevor area. Overnight between Tuesday, 23rd February and Wednesday, 24th February, builders/trader’s vans were entered in the Rosses Quay, ... read more
Source: Newry Times

Woman and children threatened by knife-wielding group in Newry

14-Mar-2016
Detectives from Reactive and Organised Crime have arrested two people following an incident in Drumalane Park. At around 8.05pm on Monday, 7th March two males and a female entered a house at Drumalane Park. One of them had a knife in their possession and ... read more
Source: Newry Times

Arrest after laser shone at helicopter

12-Mar-2016
A man is arrested after a laser was shone at a police helicopter in Newry, County ... read more
Source: BBC

Our Lady’s students get to grips with MLAs

11-Mar-2016
Sinn Fein MLAs Megan Fearon and Conor Murphy were in Our Lady’s Grammar School, Newry recently for a Q&A session with the school’s Year 6 and 7 History and Politics classes. While the pair may be used to gruelling negotiations and relentless ... read more
Source: Newry Times

‘DETI should consider all-Ireland economy report’ – Murphy

11-Mar-2016
Sinn Féin MLA Conor Murphy has said he is disappointed the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment have said it has no plans to consider a major report on the all-Ireland economy. Speaking to Newry Times, Murphy said, “Last month the DETI ... read more
Source: Newry Times

iPhone and jewellery taken in Newry burglary

11-Mar-2016
Police in Newry are appealing for information following a burglary. Sometime between 9.15am and 4.10pm on Thursday, 25th February, entry was forced to the rear of a house on Old Dublin Road. A television, laptop, two iphones and jewellery were taken. The ... read more
Source: Newry Times

New £6.3m St Clare’s Abbey Primary School officially opened in Newry

11-Mar-2016
Education Minister John O’Dowd has officially opened the new £6.3million St Clare’s Abbey Primary School in Newry. The new build is an amalgamation of St Colman’s Abbey and St Clare’s Convent Primary School. It is a 15 class school with a single ... read more
Source: Newry Times

Airport thanks passengers from Newry for ‘keeping it local’

10-Mar-2016
Belfast International Airport has thanked passengers from the Newry, Mourne and Down District Council area for making it their airport of choice. Official statistics published by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), showed how 43% ... read more
Source: Newry Times

Newry families with a disabled child urged to apply for grants

10-Mar-2016
A Northern Ireland Charity is appealing for more Newry families with a disabled child to come forward and apply for available grants for items like clothing, sensory toys and even family breaks. Youth disability charity Autonomie, which has helped over ... read more
Source: Newry Times

St Patricks Day Events at Newry and Mourne Museum

10-Mar-2016
Music and fun will provide the perfect backdrop for all visitors to Newry and Mourne Museum as they celebrate St Patrick’s Day and Easter. As we get close to St. Patrick’s Day, the Museum will host an evening of traditional and popular music, with ... read more
Source: Newry Times

Newry thief leaves empty handed after house alarm activated

10-Mar-2016
Police in Newry are appealing for information following a burglary. At around 7.10pm on Thursday, 18th February, entry was forced to a rear kitchen window of a house in Dominican Court. The house alarm was activated and the offender left the scene empty ... read more
Source: Newry Times

‘Tax on sugary drinks will benefit all members of society’, insists Murphy

09-Mar-2016
Newry MLA Conor Murphy has said that a tax on sugary drinks will benefit all members of society, young people in particular. “There have been concerns raised surrounding the consumption of sugary drinks and the impact that this has on the health of ... read more
Source: Newry Times

Young Newry volunteers congratulated by Education Minister

09-Mar-2016
Education Minister John O’Dowd has congratulated 960 young people on volunteering excellence. The young volunteers, aged from 14-24, were being recognised for 200 hours of volunteering at the Millennium Volunteers Awards of Excellence ceremony in ... read more
Source: Newry Times

Cycling Ireland gearing up at Kilbroney Park, Rostrevor

08-Mar-2016
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council are pleased to welcome and host Cycling Ireland to the Cloughmore Centre at Kilbroney Park and also to the Rostrevor Mountain Bike Trails. Chairperson of Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Mickey Ruane ... read more
Source: Newry Times

Ruane holds ‘positive meeting’ with Narrow Water Bridge Community Network

08-Mar-2016
Sinn Féin MLA Caitríona Ruane has met with members of the Narrow Water Bridge Community Network to discuss the progress of key infrastructural projects in the Warrenpoint area. Speaking to Newry Times, Ruane said, “I and my party colleague ... read more
Source: Newry Times

Newry biologist takes her research to Parliament

08-Mar-2016
Dr Maelíosa McCrudden, 34, from Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland, is attending Parliament to present her biomedical research to a range of politicians and a panel of expert judges, as part of SET for Britain on Monday 7th March. Maelíosa, now a ... read more
Source: Newry Times

Murphy backs ban on smoking in cars carrying children

08-Mar-2016
Sinn Féin Newry MLA Conor Murphy has welcomed legislation to ban smoking in cars carrying children. “Tobacco kills half of its long term users, that is between 6 and 7 people a day here, 2,300 people a year,” Murphy told Newry “A ... read more
Source: Newry Times
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