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The local paper for Banbridge & Down Districts and Newry City and Mourne
The local paper for Banbridge & Down Districts and Newry City and Mourne
Fri, July 30, 2010
Wednesday, 28 July 2010
A LOCAL resident has raised concerns about the state of Dunavil Beach. The beach in Kilkeel is strewn with rubbish, as ...
Wednesday, 28 July 2010
RATHFRILAND was the setting for the latest stamp launch by the Royal Mail last week.The latest launch coincides with the...
Wednesday, 28 July 2010
SCHOOL absenteeism rates have reached such "chronic" levels in some County Down areas that calls are being made for acti...
Wednesday, 28 July 2010
A MOTORIST who was so heavily intoxicated while driving that he drove into the garden of a house has been disqualified f...
Wednesday, 21 July 2010
THE local Spar on Greencastle Street in Kilkeel last week had a very special visitor.Coming from 'Far Far Away', Shrek h...
Wednesday, 21 July 2010
MEMBERS of Rathfriland Young Farmers including Victoria Herron, Jennie Kane, Debra McBride, Jessica Wright and Rachael M...
Wednesday, 21 July 2010
SATURDAY 31 July marks the 7th annual Claragh Bridge cross-community Vintage Classic and Agricultural Show to be staged ...
Wednesday, 21 July 2010
THE MJM Group has secured new contracts worth £6.2million with support from Invest Northern Ireland. The award winning N...
Wednesday, 14 July 2010
WIND power is proving the way forward for one Rathfriland man. Barclay Bell has recently installed a 11kW Gaia wind tur...
Wednesday, 14 July 2010
THE local fishing industry last week took the opportunity to put its side of the story to Europe when a delegation met f...
Wednesday, 14 July 2010
THE rural village of Katesbridge has buried the province's latest road victim who lost his life in a tragic road acciden...
Wednesday, 14 July 2010
FEARS have been allayed regarding cuts in the school bus service in Rathfriland. However, the Southern Education and Li...
Wednesday, 7 July 2010
A NEW strategic vision has been set out for Banbridge which aims to put the town in a stronger position in the future. ...
Wednesday, 7 July 2010
A DELEGATION from the National Federation of Fishermen's Organisations (NFFO), representing the diversity of the NFFO's ...
Wednesday, 7 July 2010
A NEWRY man, who head-butted a police officer in the chest, has faced charges of disorderly behaviour and assault on pol...
Wednesday, 7 July 2010
COUNCILLOR Dessie Ward has welcomed the recovery of a substantial amount of drugs during a planned search of a house on ...
Wednesday, 30 June 2010
KILKEEL is celebrating landing 49 new jobs thanks to a major multi-million pound investment by a local firm. Thompson A...
Wednesday, 30 June 2010
FROM Royal National Lifeboat Institution volunteers from Kilkeel have been honoured for their commitment and service to ...
Wednesday, 30 June 2010
COUNCILLOR Dessie Ward has asked the unionist community in the Rathfriland area to be sensitive to the concerns of natio...
Wednesday, 30 June 2010
LOCAL traders have hit out over the state of Rathfriland's streets.Among their complaints about the town's general condi...
Wednesday, 23 June 2010
THE Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service said it believes a large gorse fire in the Mournes at the weekend was start...
Wednesday, 23 June 2010
THIS year, Hilltown will host the 25th Boley Fair, which begins on Friday evening, July 9, when locals, donning traditio...
Wednesday, 23 June 2010
INDEPENDENT Councillor Dessie Ward has expressed disappointment that the new Super Councils will not be going ahead in 2...
Wednesday, 23 June 2010
A 22 year old man has been taken to hospital with what police are describing as serious injuries following an attack in ...
Wednesday, 16 June 2010
JIM McElroy DUP is the new Chairman of Banbridge District Council and Ian Burns UUP is the new Vice-Chairman. The incom...
Wednesday, 16 June 2010
THE official opening of Warrenpoint Harbour Authority's new Deep Water Quay marked the completion of Phase 2 of the curr...
Wednesday, 16 June 2010
NEWCASTLE Sinn Féin Councillor Willie Clarke, MLA, recently attended a meeting of residents from the Ballagh and Bloody ...
Wednesday, 16 June 2010
A COFFEE morning held on Saturday 12 June to raise money for a local man's epic journey to Kenya, was a great success. ...
Wednesday, 9 June 2010
A COASTGUARD volunteer has been described as a hero for his dramatic rescue of a fisherman last week. However, John Low...
Wednesday, 9 June 2010
WHAT better way to inspire young people to follow a career path in the world of Technology than to bring them to an envi...
Wednesday, 9 June 2010
NEWRY and Mourne District Council's environmental department has been praised for stepping up its campaign against litte...
Wednesday, 9 June 2010
AS the port of Whitehaven sees the withdrawal of corespondents and camera crews from their busy fishing village, one Kil...
Wednesday, 2 June 2010
RICHARD McAtee from Kilkeel presenting cheque for £4,025 to Dr Frank Casey consultant paediatric cardiologist of the cla...
Wednesday, 2 June 2010
PRIMARY Two Pupils at Iveagh Primary School, Rathriland, have taken their first steps in learning about business and ent...
Wednesday, 2 June 2010
THE SINN FEIN offices based in Castlewellan came under attack last week. Police say Army Technical Officers discovered r...
Wednesday, 2 June 2010
BRIAN Doran, the chief executive of Southern Regional College, has denied that the Banbridge Campus is under threat of c...
Wednesday, 26 May 2010
THE hundreds who flocked to Cranfield West beach at the weekend as Northern Ireland enjoyed the hottest weekend of the y...
Wednesday, 26 May 2010
MEMBERS of Newry Salvation Army were among hundreds of members and friends from Salvation Army churches and centres acro...
Wednesday, 26 May 2010
FURY has erupted over proposed changes to merge campuses within Southern Regional College. Angry workers at the Banbridg...
Wednesday, 26 May 2010
"FANTASTIC news for youth in Newry," is how Newry and Armagh Sinn Fein MLA, Mickey Brady has described the announcement ...
Wednesday, 19 May 2010
THE countdown has begun for the eagerly awaited Carlingford Lough Maritime Festival, which boasts a dizzying programme o...
Wednesday, 19 May 2010
ARTISTS and councillors were among a gathering of esteemed guests to attend the official opening of the 'Material Worlds...
Wednesday, 19 May 2010
NEWRY Sinn Fein Councillor Brendan Curran has called for a solution to be found to the current parking crisis in the cit...
Wednesday, 19 May 2010
CRIME clearance rates have improved significantly within the Newry and Mourne area, according to new figures released fo...
Wednesday, 12 May 2010
IT was supposed to be one of the closest election battles in South Down in years, but in the end SDLP candidate Margaret...
Wednesday, 12 May 2010
WITH the passing last week of popular local man Herbie Brown, a chapter in the life and times of The Outlook has closed....
Wednesday, 12 May 2010
A PRIVATE sector proposal to build a full-sized ice rink at Bridgewater Park, Banbridge has been given the backing of Ba...
Wednesday, 12 May 2010
"IF you drop litter or don't clean up after your dog you will be caught and will pay the price" - that's the clear messa...
Wednesday, 5 May 2010
THE success of a local project aimed at improving the mental health and well-being of blind and partially sighted people...
Wednesday, 5 May 2010
WARRENPOINT is set to rock over the last weekend of this month when the hugely anticipated 12th Blues on the Bay Festiva...
Wednesday, 5 May 2010
EDUCATION Minister Caitriona Ruane has been slammed by the SDLP over the delay in the building of a new school for St Pa...
Wednesday, 5 May 2010
WITH the General Election almost upon us, the race for the South Down seat is hotting up into a straight battle between ...
Wednesday, 28 April 2010
WEARY firefighters make the long trek back from a huge gorse fire in the Mournes above Annalong on Saturday morning. A m...
Wednesday, 28 April 2010
YOUNG people from Rathfriland display the mural they created in the town. The mural was unveiled in Church Square on Fr...
Wednesday, 28 April 2010
AN ONGOING sewage problem at Kilkeel harbour has erupted after heavy rain over the weekend causing a series of problems ...
Wednesday, 28 April 2010
SEPTEMBER 1 is normally a new and exciting time for many pupils venturing to high school. However it will also be a sig...
Wednesday, 21 April 2010
MEMBERS and guests of the Rathfriland Motorcycle Club attended the annual dinner dance last month in The Angler's Rest, ...
Wednesday, 21 April 2010
SOUTHERN Regional College Newry Campus recently hosted their annual hairdressing competition for all NVQ Level 3 full ti...
Wednesday, 21 April 2010
NEWRY and Mourne's First Citizen, Councillor John Feehan has praised the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service for th...
Wednesday, 21 April 2010
A TOTAL of £13,000 has been distributed among several local charities from the proceeds of Charlie Smyth's annual pantom...
Wednesday, 14 April 2010
THE war of words over the new application for a Tesco foodstore at Bridgewater Park rages on as councillors and traders ...
Wednesday, 14 April 2010
OVER 120 people have signed a petition calling for improved traffic-calming measures in Attical village. The signatures...
Wednesday, 14 April 2010
RATHRILAND mother of two, Shelagh Henry will honour the memory of her twin brother she lost to leukaemia this Monday com...
Wednesday, 14 April 2010
MINISTER for Social Development Margaret Ritchie announced to a large gathering of supporters in Warrenpoint on Saturday...
Wednesday, 7 April 2010
SHOPPING and classical music may not sound like a match made in heaven but the Ulster Orchestra is hitting the road and ...
Wednesday, 7 April 2010
THIS was the dramatic scene in the Mournes on Sunday afternoon when an injured walker was airlifted to safety.The scene ...
Wednesday, 7 April 2010
SOUTH Down UUP MLA John McCallister has welcomed the latest developments over the proposed waiting restrictions in Rathf...
Wednesday, 7 April 2010
ONE of Banbridge's councillors who spearheaded the campaign for a Tesco foodstore at Bridgewater Park, has launched a sc...
