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Sinn Fein frustration at Roads Service ‘neglect’
Sinn Fein MLAs have expressed frustration following a recent meeting with senior officials from the Department of Infrastructure (DfI) Roads Service regarding the condition of roads across the south...
View ArticleCrossmaglen man charged in Garda murder case
A Crossmaglen man appeared before Dundalk District Court last night (Sunday) at 8.00pm, charged in connection with the murder of Garda Adrian Donohoe who was shot dead during a botched robbery at...
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Community rallies for nuptials to plough ahead
As the snowstorm dubbed “The Beast from the East” brought the entire country to a standstill towards the end of last week, one local couple were determined it would not spoil their planned nuptials...
View ArticleNorbrook staff angry at firm’s demands for unpaid work
The Newry-based pharmaceutical company Norbook Laboratories has been criticized for reportedly demanding its employees carry out unpaid work to make up for time lost during the recent adverse weather....
View ArticleValidity of driving licenses post-Brexit queried
News that UK and Northern Ireland driving licenses may not be automatically valid in the Republic when Britain leaves the European Union, has been described as “lunacy” by the SDLP’s Justin McNulty....
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Approval for major housing development welcomed
News that permission has been granted for a major housing development on the outskirts of Newry has been welcomed by Sinn Fein’s Liz Kimmins, who says it will help alleviate the “dire housing...
View ArticleCouncil to re-examine road closure fees for voluntary groups
Newry Mourne and Down District Council is to re-examine its policy of charging road closure fees for voluntary groups organizing fundraising races or road events. Charities and community groups have...
View ArticleFormer St. Colman’s pupils reveal paedophile priest’s physical abuse
As the controversy continues over paedophile priest and former president of St.Colman’s, Fr Malachy Finnegan, former pupils have spoken out about the physical abuse they also suffered at his hands...
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Newry men feature in BBC documentary, ‘My Injured Brain’
A BBC1 True North programme which airs tonight, Monday March 12th, will feature two Newry men whose lives were changed forever following a brain injury. “My Injured Brain” follows the lives of...
View ArticleAttack on workers prompts police to monitor bin collections
An incident in which Council refuse workers were attacked and threatened in Newtownhamilton last week led to the suspension of bin collections in the town for several days as council officials, members...
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Work on Our Lady’s £3m+ extension set to begin
Construction work is expected to commence later this month on a new multi-million pound extension to Our Lady’s Grammar School in Newry. The scheme will provide a new state-of-the-art design and...
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Canal restoration efforts rewarded with prestigious heritage award
The Newry & Portadown Branch of the Inland Waterways Association of Ireland (IHAI) has received a Special Recognition Award for its work in restoring the Newry Canal Representatives of the group...
View ArticleWoman held at knifepoint during armed robbery
A woman who was held at knifepoint by a masked man during an armed robbery of a shop in Newry is said to be recovering from her ordeal. The incident occurred at the Whitegates supermarket on the...
View Article‘Border Fox’ to face trial on charges of assault and false imprisonment
Prominent republican, Dessie O’Hare, is set to face trial at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin on charges of assault, the false imprisonment of three people and threatening to kill a man. The 61...
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Police maintain visible presence during town’s bin collection
There was a visible police presence in Newtownhamilton on Friday morning when Council refuse workers carried out the weekly bin collection in the town, a week after they came under attack from angry...
View ArticleClaims of IRA attack at Ballsmill 60 years ago prompts police probe
The memoirs of a former IRA man who took part in the organisation’s Border Campaign of the 1950s/60s have prompted a police investigation into an attack at Ballsmill, near Crossmaglen when two RUC...
View ArticleIllegal cigarette factory dismantled
An illegal cigarette factory discovered on the border close to Dundalk has been dismantled. The illicit factory found in Jenkinstown, County Louth was dismantled on Thursday last by Revenue officers...
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Boxer launches High Court action to rejoin Commonwealth Games squad
Newry boxer Conor Wallace has commenced legal action in a bid to be reinstated to the Northern Ireland squad competing in next month’s Commonwealth Games, The Examiner has learned. Mr Wallace is...
View ArticleNorbrook staff dispute management pay claims
Claims of compulsory unpaid overtime made by some employees of Newry-based pharmaceutical company, Norbrook Laboratories, appear to contradict management promises that staff will not lose out...
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Second Newry school embroiled in clerical child abuse claims
A second Newry school has become embroiled in clerical child sex abuse claims, after an anonymous caller to a BBC radio show claimed he was abused by a priest while at St. Joseph’s Boys’ High School...
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