PSNI Defend Clear-Up Fall(3 July 2007) Reduced clearance rates in Newry and Mourne over the past 12 months have been defended by the area’s senior police officer.
During a meeting of the Local District Policing Partnership in Annalong, Chief Inspector Sam Cordner revealed that just under...
Newry Firms Confident In Growth for Year Ahead(28 June 2007) Firms in Newry are upbeat about their prospects for growth in the coming year, according to a local business banker.
Mark Crimmins, Senior Manager at Ulster Bank’s business centre in the city says that, in line with confidence amongst small and medi...
House Prices Forcing Young To Leave District(26 June 2007) Young people are being priced out of the housing market. “That’s according to Sinn Fein MLA Marian Mathers who warned that rising prices are making it impossible for young people to buy houses.
“Young people are telling me and my colleagues on a dai...
£136M Facelift(26 June 2007) Daisy Hill Hospital is to have a dramatic £136 million facelift, the Health Minister has revealed.
The commitment was given by Minister Michael McGimpsey this week as the Assembly discussed the issue of car parking at the Newry hospital.
Opening th...
Housing Executive Defends Relocation Of Workers(26 June 2007) The Housing Executive has defended its decision to relocate over 20 workers at its Newry office to Craigavon.
The Executive is relocating staff as part of its ‘modernisation of services’ sparking fears that local services would be affected.
“The Ho...
Roads Boost Becomes Nightmare For Residents(26 June 2007) The New dual carriageway from Dublin’s M50 to Newry might be seen by some as the answer to long standing traffic problems. But for some people in Newry and Mourne it has turned their lives into a living nightmare.
Carnagat Community Associatio...
Golden First For Bagenal’s Castle(26 June 2007) Newry and Mourne’s Bagenal’s Castle has been honoured with its first award at a glittering London ceremony. In one of his last acts as Mayor of Newry and Mourne, councillor Michael Carr collected the prize for the National Gold Winner for Educational...
House Prices Forcing Young To Leave District(26 June 2007) Young people are being priced out of the housing market. “That’s according to Sinn Fein MLA Marian Mathers who warned that rising prices are making it impossible for young people to buy houses.
“Young people are telling me and my colleagues on a dai...
