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Tribute to former Council chairman
The current Chairperson of Newry, Mourne and Down District Council, Ms Naomi Bailie, has paid tribute to Mr Paddy O’Hagan, a former Clerk of Newry and Mourne District Council, who passed away on 17th...
View ArticlePSNI and Garda patrols stepped up in wake of cross border burglary spree
The PSNI in Newry and Mourne have revealed they are stepping up patrols in south Armagh, along with the help of colleagues in An Garda Siochana, in response to an increased number of burglaries which...
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Permanent Secretary pays visit to Daisy Hill Hospital
The Permanent Secretary to the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, Mr Richard Pengelly paid a visit to Daisy Hill Hospital on Friday last where he met with staff and learned of a...
View ArticleSDLP colleagues pay tribute to retiring Councillor
SDLP colleagues have paid tribute to Councillor Donnelly as she announced her intention to retire from Newry, Mourne and Down District Council at the end of January. SDLP Leader Colum Eastwood said:...
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Retiring Councillor’s ‘tremendous honour and privilege’ to serve community
SDLP Slieve Gullion councillor Geraldine Donnelly has announced she is to retire from Newry, Mourne and Down District Council at the end of this month, following almost eleven years as an elected...
View ArticlePublic advised to ‘think twice’ as pressure increases on A&E
A senior doctor in charge of local emergency departments says patients presenting themselves to hospital with minor ailments are diverting staff away from the real job of saving lives and has called on...
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Three-vehicle crash claims life of six-year-old child
The six-year-old girl who died in a three-vehicle collision on the Hilltown Road near Newry on Saturday has been named as Ella Trainor from Hilltown. The child was a passenger in a Volkswagen car that...
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Lord Ballyedmond helicopter crash: families say deaths caused by ‘preventable...
The families of Norbrook founder Lord Ballyedmond and his employee Declan Small say the helicopter crash which claimed the lives of the two men along with pilot Carl Dickerson and co-pilot Lee Hoyle,...
View ArticleSix year old crash victim laid to rest
Hundreds of mourners gathered at the church of St John the Evangelist, Ballymaghery on Wednesday last to say their goodbyes to six year old Ella Trainor, who was tragically killed in a car crash last...
View ArticleNewry actress’s fraud conviction to feature in BBC documentary
A Newry actress who has been jailed for her part in an elaborate tax fraud is the subject of a BBC documentary to be screened later this month. Aoife Madden was one of a gang of five behind the making...
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Loss of a Legend
By Christine Keighery In a week where the world mourned the death of the legendary David Bowie, the people of Newry were plunged into grief at the passing of their very own legend - Gabby Curran....
View ArticleOutsourcing of medical services is ‘privatisation by stealth’ – McAteer
Independent Newry City Councillor Kevin McAteer has slammed the Southern Trust for outsourcing services to private firms after some of his constituents revealed they had travelled to Belfast and...
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O’Connor inquest: SF MLA may be called to give evidence
The inquest into the murder of an Armagh man whose body was discovered in Newry Canal two years after his disappearance, may call on Sinn Fein MLA Gerry Kelly to give evidence, a Coroner’s Court has...
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Incoming Slieve Gullion Councillor represents SDLP’s ‘new blood’
When SDLP Slieve Gullion Councillor Geraldine Donnelly announced her retirement earlier this month she said the time was right to “step back and allow the next generation of SDLP representatives to...
View ArticleThree men charged with kidnapping drug dealer
Three Newry men have been charged with kidnapping and threatening a drug dealer over missing drugs. Brendan McEvoy (23), of Maginnis Street; Stephen McCabe (30) and Stephen McEvoy (22), both of...
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Couple fail in bid to have bomb-making charges dismissed
An attempt by a couple to have charges of making a bomb in their Forkhill home dismissed have been unsuccessful, a court has heard. The legal representatives of Keith McConnan and Orla O’Hanlon made...
View ArticleSaddleworth Moor body could be Newry man missing for two decades
Police in Greater Manchester are investigating whether the body of a man found on Saddleworth Moor last December is that of a Newry man who has been missing for over two decades. Hugh Toner, who would...
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Report reveals recommendations to further all-island economy
An Oireachtas committee of cross-party TDs and Senators has called for the introduction of new protocols to allow Garda and PSNI officers to enter each other’s jurisdictions when actively pursuing...
View ArticleArrests linked to alleged £3m fuel fraud
Raids carried out by Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and the PSNI in Crossmaglen on Wednesday were part of an ongoing investigation into an alleged fuel smuggling fraud worth an estimated £3m in evaded tax,...
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Top workplace safety accolade for Crossmaglen man
A Crossmaglen man has been named as the winner of the 2015 Health and Safety Representative Award in recognition of his contribution to the safety of employees in the workplace. Kevin Sweeney, a BT...
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