FIVE FM job losses cause concern(30 March 2008) Newry’s Deputy Mayor has raised concerns that there will be a small number of job redundancies from Newry’s main radio station.
Sinn Fein councillor Charlie Casey said three positions would be lost from the newsroom of FIVE FM as staff are r...
Teasing out devilish detail in dull budget(25 March 2008)
The implications of the new Budget where the devil was in the detail were discussed at the FPM Chartered Accountants Post Budget Breakfast seminar.
FPM Chartered Accountants Managing Partner Feargal McCormack introduced the proceedin...
NEWRY’S GROWTH ACKNOWLEDGED(20 March 2008) By Cormac Campbell
Scouring the Internet can prove useful in discovering just how Newry is viewed by outsiders.
What’s more the content and frequency of articles and features appearing in publications from all over the globe indicat...
LOCAL COUNCILS TO MERGE(20 March 2008) Newry and Mourne District Council looks set to be merged with Down District Council in a shake up of the current 26 Council system.
In total, 11 new Councils look set to be established by 2011 after Minister for Environment Arlene Fos...
Monaghan Street set for major development(20 March 2008) By Paul Welsh
Upper Monaghan Street in the city is in line for a major facelift with shop units, Offices and apartment set to be built on the site of the former car park and public toilets at the junction of Railway Avenue and Monaghan Stree...
Monetary questions on bypass(20 March 2008) By Cormac Campbell
An alleged monetary dispute between two of the groups working on the A1 Newry bypass will not delay the schemes completion according to Minister for Regional Development Conor Murphy.
Mr Murphy was responding to a...
The best of Newry and Mourne in the spotlight(20 March 2008) ‘The Best of Newry and Mourne’ (www.thebestof.co.uk/newryandmourne) along with other franchisees in ‘thebestof’ group, have been voted the top Innovative Business of the Year at the Fast Growth Business Awards 2008.
Hundreds of companies vie...
NIE encourages the fuel of the future(20 March 2008) Spring may be just around the corner but Northern Ireland Electricity is encouraging businesses to look at new sustainable sources of heating for the winters ahead.
As part of a new renewable energy initiative NIE is offering businesses acro...