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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
Sat, May 18, 2013
Wednesday, 15 May 2013
KILKEEL fisherman, Ian McKee is hoping to create two new jobs in the area after investing in a new prawn trawler.The 'Ac...
Wednesday, 15 May 2013
A KILKEEL-BASED charity is the first ever charity to be granted permission to abseil Ben Crom Dam at Silent Valley.The N...
Wednesday, 15 May 2013
THE SELB has refuted claims it will not be providing funding for the development of a 3G pitch at Rathfriland High Schoo...
Wednesday, 15 May 2013
KILKEEL Residential Care Home Slieve Roe, is still unaware of its fate on whether they will be forced to close or not.Th...
Wednesday, 8 May 2013
FORGET Bear Grylls, Kilkeel has its very own adventurer in the form of David Williamson, one of just 12 participants in ...
Wednesday, 8 May 2013
BANBRIDGE newlyweds Stuart and Leanne Magill will never forget their luxury honeymoon, writes Ralph Hewitt. After spendi...
Wednesday, 8 May 2013
FIVE children were initially denied a place at their local primary school, it has been confirmed. Out of 27 application...
Wednesday, 8 May 2013
KILKEEL'S Fishermen's Wives have returned home after spending the past week singing, recording their single and even app...
Wednesday, 1 May 2013
RATHFRILAND mother, Sinead Campbell, whose two-year-old son Nathan suffers from hypoplastic left heart syndrome, feels t...
Wednesday, 1 May 2013
KILKEEL man William McNiece, like many other residents of Slieve Roe House Care Home in Kilkeel, faces an uncertain futu...
Wednesday, 1 May 2013
SIX PROTESTS organised in Rathfriland, Moneyslane, Banbridge and Kilkeel over the removal of the Union flag at Belfast C...
Wednesday, 1 May 2013
MOURNES Councillor Henry Reilly has called for a public inquiry into the Narrow Water Bridge project after a draft Order...
Wednesday, 24 April 2013
AFTER reading the story of a Rathfriland mother and her autistic son, an Outlook reader got in touch with the paper to m...
Wednesday, 24 April 2013
A RATHFRILAND mother has warned parents to be aware of the dangers of social network website Ask.fm.Ask.fm is a site whe...
Wednesday, 24 April 2013
BANBRIDGE district has one of the highest heart disease death rates in the whole of the UK, shocking new figures have re...
Wednesday, 24 April 2013
ON one Saturday six years ago, Rathfriland man Stewart Rowland was running around a football pitch in Kilkeel, his thoug...
Wednesday, 17 April 2013
A YOUNG Rathfriland girl had an unlikely encounter with two celebrities during a trip to Tollymore Forest Park on Saturd...
Wednesday, 17 April 2013
DO YOU you like a refreshing outdoor walk in the brisk spring air? If so then get your walking shoes on and sign up for ...
Wednesday, 17 April 2013
RATHFRILAND High School is bucking the trend when it comes to GCSE results, as recently released league tables have show...
Wednesday, 17 April 2013
DUP South Down MLA Jim Wells has strongly welcomed the decision of the Northern Ireland Housing Executive not to permit ...
Wednesday, 10 April 2013
A CHARITY shop owner from Rathfriland has voiced concerns that her store will lose out as a result of the carrier bag le...
Wednesday, 10 April 2013
AFTER more than three decades of early morning starts, popular Rathfriland milkman Raymond Megaw is trying to get used t...
Wednesday, 10 April 2013
TWO young women are planning to leave their luxuries behind to volunteer at a children's village in Uganda. In what is ...
Wednesday, 10 April 2013
THE APRIL sun was a welcome sight for many farmers across the Mourne and Slieve Croob areas. It meant that the snow of ...
Wednesday, 3 April 2013
A SHADOW of doubt has been placed over the future of some farms in south Down. Farmers in isolated areas are continuing...
Wednesday, 3 April 2013
I'M sure that at some point recently you have been sat at home watching a quiz show, shouting the answers at the telly, ...
Wednesday, 3 April 2013
NEWRY and Mourne District Council is pleased to announce the final completion of the Mourne Coastal Route. The project ...
Wednesday, 3 April 2013
THE EU-funded STEM Project (Sustainable Together through Environmental Management) is putting a call out to local busine...
Wednesday, 27 March 2013
IT is not every day that some children as young as 10 or 11 can settle an historical debate. However that is exactly wh...
Wednesday, 27 March 2013
INDEPENDENT MLA John McCallister has warned of the "devastating outcome" for many farmers following the severe weather a...
Wednesday, 27 March 2013
A LEISURELY stroll along the Newry Canal Towpath outside Gilford turned into a rescue mission after rising flood waters ...
Wednesday, 27 March 2013
A RATHFRILAND man who set fire to his own home, causing severe smoke damage to his neighbour's homes, has been sentenced...
Wednesday, 20 March 2013
THERE was a birthday party with a difference at the weekend as Mrs Evic Whitcroft marked her 78th birthday by returning ...
Wednesday, 20 March 2013
IF YOU haven't heard of Chris Grant, it's a name you may well want to remember, as the Annaclone actor is preparing to t...
Wednesday, 20 March 2013
BUDGETARY constraints continue to be the sticking point for a lack of progress on a 'one-stop-shop' health complex in Ra...
Wednesday, 20 March 2013
A BARNMEEN woman, who left her car in a free Newry car park on Saturday, was woken by police on Sunday morning to say it...
Wednesday, 13 March 2013
THE impact made by Kelly McClimond will mean she will live on forever in people's hearts. This was the touching tribute...
Wednesday, 13 March 2013
CAR CRASH survivor James Annett has made a remarkable recovery from his near fatal injuries and is now planning a new ch...
Wednesday, 13 March 2013
CONCERNED parents have been left fearing for their children's safety after it was revealed that there will be one less c...
Wednesday, 13 March 2013
THE Department of Environment (DOE) has approved planning permission for a new bus facility in Banbridge. The applicati...
Wednesday, 6 March 2013
JOHN McCallister's new party remains nameless. The ex-UUP Assemblyman says "legalities" of selecting a name for the part...
Wednesday, 6 March 2013
SINN Fein Councillor Pól O'Gribin has called for a bus shelter to be provided on the Rathfriland Road in Dechomet for th...
Wednesday, 6 March 2013
ULSTER Unionist councillor Glenn Barr has remained coy about the prospect of challenging John McCallister for his seat i...
Wednesday, 6 March 2013
SILENT Valley was the venue for the launch of a new funding programme which will benefit the rich and varied landscape o...
Wednesday, 27 February 2013
A TWO-year-old boy who tragically died at his Mayobridge home after becoming entangled in a blind cord, has been describ...
Wednesday, 27 February 2013
'HOW long is a piece of string' is sometimes used when the answer is unknown. Well the same could be said when the quest...
Wednesday, 27 February 2013
BANKS are not catering for our senior citizens, according to a DUP Councillor. Dromore Councillor Hazel Gamble made the...
Wednesday, 27 February 2013
NURSERY provision at Drumadonnell Primary School will be catered for come September, despite planning permission for the...
Wednesday, 20 February 2013
SOCIAL Development Minister Nelson McCausland was in Kilkeel on Thursday to officially launch the Masterplan for the Sou...
Wednesday, 20 February 2013
RATHFRILAND Library is now closed for a "complete refurbishment". The Bronte Library on John Street closed on Saturday ...
Wednesday, 20 February 2013
"THE nightmare of a family losing a child in such a way will remain with you until your grave." That was what the man s...
Wednesday, 20 February 2013
SOUTH Down MLA John McCallister has said his constituents "will not be left wanting" following his resignation from the ...
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
THE MAN who pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Rathfriland schoolboy Stuart Wilson is to be sentenced today (Tuesday)...
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
A POLICE officer who died while on duty in the early hours of Saturday morning was a former teacher at Kilkeel High Scho...
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
THE striking of the new district rate provoked some disagreement between councillors. The rate impacting ratepayers liv...
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
THERE will be no Sunday street market in Banbridge town centre after councillors voted not to proceed with the proposal....
Wednesday, 6 February 2013
MEMBERS of Annaclone Historical Society are 'hopeful' that an historic artefact can return to the area this year.Negotia...
Wednesday, 6 February 2013
FOR the past 40 years members of Rathfriland Historical Society have been successfully researching the past and recordin...
Wednesday, 6 February 2013
MOURNE Presbyterian Church has penned an open letter to South Down MP Margaret Ritchie urging her to vote against a gove...
Wednesday, 6 February 2013
A PUNGENT odour has been plaguing residents and shop owners in Rathfriland for weeks - and there is still no sign of a s...
Wednesday, 30 January 2013
RATHFRILAND was dealt a second banking body blow in just over a year with the announcement that the town's Bank of Irela...
Wednesday, 30 January 2013
A KILKEEL pet shop owner says he is "heartbroken" after being the victim of a burglary last week. Three hand-reared bird...
Wednesday, 30 January 2013
COCAINE with a street value of up to £135,000 was being smuggled into Northern Ireland when police stopped a car outside...
Wednesday, 30 January 2013
RNLI lifeboats were launched 17 times from Kilkeel station last year, rescuing 14 people in the process. Annual statisti...
Wednesday, 23 January 2013
HEAVY snow caused widespread disruption across the district over the weekend, resulting in travel chaos, power failures ...
Wednesday, 23 January 2013
ALMOST two years after plans for a new library in Kilkeel were shelved, work on the new state-of-the-art building is set...
Wednesday, 23 January 2013
IT was revealed that rural crime is on the increase during a meeting of the Policing Community Safety Partnership (PCSP)...
Wednesday, 23 January 2013
COULD Rathfriland be set for a special presidential visit this summer? It seems an appearance by the 44th President of ...
Wednesday, 16 January 2013
IT WILL be a battle of the banners for Cranfield and Drumlough Orange lodges this month! The two lodges have been nomina...
Wednesday, 16 January 2013
FEARS have been expressed over the stability of a bridge on the Head Road, Annalong. Councillor Henry Reilly reiterated ...
Wednesday, 16 January 2013
GP surgeries are being inundated with patients suffering from influenza and winter bugs, and doctors warn that the worst...
Wednesday, 16 January 2013
CONCERNS about the possible implications of the review of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) were discussed in Newry and ...
Wednesday, 9 January 2013
A DRAMATIC painting of Newcastle lifeboat, forging through the waves during an exercise in Dundrum Bay, has been present...
Wednesday, 9 January 2013
IT is becoming more and more popular for people to grow their own food. And in the past nine months, a Kilcoo man has tr...
Wednesday, 9 January 2013
IT cost over £8,000 to investigate a false rape claim made by a 22-year-old woman because she felt the man was "too old ...
Wednesday, 9 January 2013
MOURNES councillor Henry Reilly has hit out at Roads Service for their "slow response" to repairing potholes and serious...
Wednesday, 2 January 2013
IT has become a tradition for Kilkeel High School principal David Cunningham to be involved with the school's annual mus...
Wednesday, 2 January 2013
THROUGHOUT her pregnancy, mum Nicola Park joked that she would be eating her Christmas dinner in Daisy Hill Hospital. ...
Wednesday, 2 January 2013
SOUTH Down MLA Jim Wells is hoping to draw on the "excellent" Cuban health care model to improve Northern Ireland's syst...
Wednesday, 2 January 2013
POLICE investigating the murder of Michaela McAreavey are believed to have identified a suspect, five months after reope...
Wednesday, 26 December 2012
HE may have travelled from city to city across Europe, but for Jonathan Kernaghan there is nothing that says Christmas m...
Wednesday, 26 December 2012
THE small rural townlands of Ballyward and Benraw were attacked in two "overnight sectarian attacks" within 48 hours of ...
Wednesday, 26 December 2012
ANY chance of having a white Christmas well and truly disappeared at the weekend, as the district was battered by heavy ...
Wednesday, 26 December 2012
CONCERN has been raised over the future of the Trust's residential care homes in the area. Several consultations have be...
Wednesday, 19 December 2012
NEWBORN Alfie was just waiting for his special birthday! Born 11 days after his due date, he made his appearance into th...
Wednesday, 19 December 2012
LEITRIM man Ryan Doyle, who tragically died in Australia, has been remembered for his "winning smile and generosity" dur...
Wednesday, 19 December 2012
TWO children were taken to hospital last week after one of two carbon monoxide scares within an Annaclone housing estate...
Wednesday, 19 December 2012
A BANBRIDGE UUP councillor has said those attending flag protests are "crying out for leadership", following a protest i...
Wednesday, 12 December 2012
A PROTEST in Banbridge over the Belfast City Hall flag row attracted up to 400 supporters, it has been claimed. The gath...
Wednesday, 12 December 2012
GONE, but not forgotten. Clonduff legend Jerry Quinn has passed away aged 71 - just a month after he was honoured by his...
Wednesday, 12 December 2012
THE funeral of Leitrim man Ryan Doyle, who died following a tragic accident in Australia, will take place on Wednesday, ...
Wednesday, 12 December 2012
CONFUSION remains over the ownership of a World War II 'pillbox' in Downpatrick Street, Rathfriland after concerns were ...
Wednesday, 5 December 2012
A YOUNG entrepreneur from Annaclone, who won the backing of not one but two multi-millionaire judges on Sunday night's e...
Wednesday, 5 December 2012
AFTER being told that their son would never walk, a Moneyslane family has taken great pride in seeing their son take his...
Wednesday, 5 December 2012
IT COULD be a dark Christmas in Kilkeel after the town's Christmas tree lights were vandalised at the weekend, writes Lo...
Wednesday, 5 December 2012
IN the space of four years, the number of sex offenders living in Banbridge District has almost doubled. As of last m...
Wednesday, 28 November 2012
THE family of a little girl who died following treatment in Birmingham Children's Hospital have said they are going to s...
Wednesday, 14 November 2012
AN EPILEPSY sufferer free from the condition for over 20 years can now suffer from up to 45 seizures within a two-week p...
Wednesday, 14 November 2012
BANBRIDGE Academy entered a significant new era in its 226-year history last Friday with the launch of its new £16.84m e...
Wednesday, 14 November 2012
IT'S nearly time to deck the halls and dust down the jingle bells as Banbridge District once again prepare for a holly j...
Wednesday, 14 November 2012
A FARM in the Banbridge area where a malformed calf tested positive for the potentially fatal Schmallenberg virus, is lo...
Wednesday, 7 November 2012
WITH first-hand experience of an organ transplant, Loughbrickland couple Bernie and Ian Fitzsimmons are encouraging peop...
Wednesday, 7 November 2012
RATHFRILAND was plunged into spooky darkness on Halloween night. Vandals tampered with power supply boxes, causing swat...
Wednesday, 7 November 2012
A NEWRY woman, who lives in New York, is still without electricity or water a week after Superstorm Sandy hit the city. ...
Wednesday, 7 November 2012
FARMERS are reminded to remain cautious after the first case of a potentially deadly new virus was found in a farm anima...
Wednesday, 4 April 2012
ALISON Campbell and her merry band of supporters walked a mammoth 42 miles from Annalong to Armagh at the weekend. The c...
Wednesday, 4 April 2012
DESPITE his defeat in the weekend's two-man race for UUP leadership, John McCallister remains a winner in his wife's eye...
Wednesday, 4 April 2012
HAVE you ever watched the television series 'Will and Grace' or the film 'PS I Love You' and appreciated the artistic sk...
Wednesday, 4 April 2012
WITH the pending re-release of Titanic in 3D nationwide this Friday, Iveagh Movie Studios are holding their breath as th...
