Green light for Paediatric Centre of Excellence at Daisy Hill
Daisy Hill Hospital is set to receive a multi million pound investment in services for children and young people after planning permission was approved for a new Paediatric Centre of Excellence based...
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Parish grieves loss of inspirational teenager
Seldom has the loss of someone so young left an entire community feeling as bereft as that in Dromintee following the tragic death of Peter Hughes on Sunday last. The teenager died alongside his two...
View ArticleCouncillor pleads guilty to sexual assault charge
A disgraced Newry Mourne and Down councillor who admitted sexually assaulting a woman, could now face up to a year in jail. The case against Independent councillor Patrick Joseph Clarke pleaded guilty...
View ArticleRostrevor crash fatalities bring local road deaths to six
The entire district was left reeling last week with the news that two more young people had lost their lives on our roads. Local communities were plunged into grief once again as they learned of the...
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SDLP raise response time concerns with Ambulance chiefs
SDLP Representatives Dominic Bradley MLA and Councillor Geraldine Donnelly recently met with senior representatives of the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS) to discuss concerns over response...
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Attempted murder charge in ‘paramilitary-style’ shootings
A 26-year-old man will appear in Newry Magistrates’ Court later today (Monday), charged with the attempted murder of two men who were injured in separate shootings in Newry on Wednesday night and in...
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Prestigious award for Ring of Gullion website design firm
Local company, Wibble Web Design & Development has won a DANI award – Northern Ireland’s premier digital industry awards – for its work on the revamp of the Ring of Gullion’s website. The website...
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Ongoing senior staff shortage threatens future of Daisy Hill Emergency...
The Southern Trust has admitted that, despite its efforts to recruit senior doctors to maintain the Emergency Department in Daisy Hill at night time on a permanent or temporary basis, the UK wide...
View ArticleCourt hears international drugs gang linked to Newry shootings
A Lithuanian man charged with the attempted murder of two Eastern European men in Newry last week is allegedly part of an international drug smuggling gang, a judge has been told. Twenty-six year-old...
View ArticleBail granted to seven accused over MI5 sting
Bail has been granted to seven men involved in alleged Continuity IRA terror plots, which were covertly recorded in an MI5 sting operation in Newry last year. The men were among ten arrested after...
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KBRT reaches poignant milestone of 100 repatriations
The Newry-based Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust (KBRT) reached a poignant milestone last week, having helped to bring home the remains of 100 people who have died in tragic circumstances abroad. The KBRT...
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Newry Housing Executive to provide interpreter service for immigrants
The Housing Executive in Newry is combining with Newry, Mourne and Down District Council to provide a specialist interpreter service to immigrants seeking to set up home in the area. Collaborating with...
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Claire reaches new heights in epic mountain challenge for Diabetes UK
A determined young Camlough woman who was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes just days after she turned 18 has been reaching new heights this year since setting herself the challenge of scaling 15...
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Fatal helicopter crash prompts new aircraft laws
New regulations governing the operation of non-commercial complex aircraft are to be introduced next year as a result of the helicopter crash in which the owner of Norbrook Laboratories, Edward...
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Newry rector criticised for removing RBL flags from churches
A Newry rector has been criticized by his own congregation for removing Royal British Legion (RBL) flags from his churches. Rev Kingsley Sutton took the decision to remove the flags from St Patrick’s...
View ArticleCycle Against Suicide SpinOff
This Saturday 24th October a sea of over 250 cyclists taking part in Cycle Against Suicide – SpinOff will make their way through the Ring of Gullion and South Armagh. The cyclists will leave...
View ArticleCattle thefts in border area of ‘epidemic’ proportion
There has been a marked spike in the reported thefts of livestock from farms in the border area with more than 3,500 animals reported stolen in the last three years alone. The revelation was made by...
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Truckers revving up for ‘Festival of Light’ charity convoy
This Saturday, the much anticipated second annual Festival of Light Truckers’ charity convoy will get underway, promising to be even bigger and better than last year’s glittering event, with more than...
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New brain injury centre will prove invaluable
A new brain injury centre of excellence, the first of its kind in Northern Ireland, will offer invaluable respite and support services to its patrons, those behind the project have said. At the centre,...
View ArticleAnger as councillors wrack up £2k expenses bill for 5 star hotel stay
Unite the Union Newry have demanded an explanation from Newry, Mourne and Down District Council about a council “junket” in the Slieve Donard Hotel in Newcastle earlier this month, which wracked up an...
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