Newry care home given thumbs up for major extension after three year wait

A Newry care home’s bid to build a major extension – creating a number of jobs in the process – has...

Conditional discharge for man who assaulted ill mother while drunk

A man who assaulted his mother, who suffers from cancer, has been handed a conditional discharge after spending most of a...

Power black out in Newry as digger severs mains cable

Homes and businesses in parts of Newry are without power this afternoon (Wednesday) after a mains cable was severed by contractors...

Benefits cheat who swindled £213,000 avoids jail because of four children

A woman who claimed close to a quarter of a million pounds in fake benefit claims escaped going to jail on...

Work to reopen Daisy Hill Emergency Department ‘progressing’

Work is ongoing to reopen Daisy Hill Hospital’s Emergency Department (ED) on a 24/7 basis by the end of September. In...

Application submitted for final piece of Newry to Carlingford Greenway

The final piece of the jigsaw, which will link the centre of Carlingford with the Albert Basin Newry – a 19km...

Fine for man who assaulted woman at bar in ’embarrassing drunken episode’

A Newry man who assaulted a woman at a local bar has been ordered to pay a fine of £550. The...

Man spotted driving from side to side on road was over twice the limit

A Newry man who was found to be driving whilst over twice the legal limit has been handed a 12 month...

A lotto luck for keyworker Linda who scoops Hospice rollover jackpot

Newry woman Linda Kennedy has been with the Southern Area Hospice for three years and continued to work throughout the Covid-19...

Community anger after mindless vandalism in Newry play park

A Newry community has ben left angry after the mindless destruction of a local play park. Newry City Sinn Fein Councillor...

Daisy Hill Emergency Department on track to re-open next month

Daisy Hill Hospital’s Emergency Department is on track to re-open in September. The news will be a welcome boost for residents...

Council to re-open its swimming pools next week

Newry, Mourne and Down District Council will re-open its swimming pools in Newry, Kilkeel and Down Leisure Centres from Monday, August...