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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
Thu, April 26, 2018
Wednesday, 25 April 2018
Cabra's Ciara Kelly was crowned the next Down Rose on Saturday evening (21 April) at an event in the Whistledown Hotel, ...
Wednesday, 25 April 2018
IT is uncommon for people to be lucky enough to actually receive a 'Message in a Bottle' but for one Glasdrumman local t...
Wednesday, 25 April 2018
PLANNING per mission has been granted for a restaurant and other alterations within The Milestone in Rathfriland, write...
Wednesday, 25 April 2018
A LOCAL music promoter has described the impact Big Tom had on people in the district and how strongly his passing will ...
Wednesday, 18 April 2018
A HILLTOWN quarry is being extended with extra conditions added after residents expressed concern over noise and potenti...
Wednesday, 18 April 2018
THIEVES stole £17,500 cash from a shop's cash machine entering by cutting a hole in the roof. It is the second time in...
Wednesday, 18 April 2018
A TEAM of savvy young students from Banbridge Academy has landed its first major order with a Northern Ireland company a...
Wednesday, 18 April 2018
A BBC programme on the hidden history of 'Watertown' at the Silent Valley will be shown in the next few weeks. Northern...
Wednesday, 11 April 2018
THE DUP's Jim Wells has candidly spoken out about "how he was treated" by his party. The South Down MLA felt a promise ...
Wednesday, 11 April 2018
LOCAL retailers are not convinced by the new sugar tax. The new prices came into play on Friday (6 April) with retaile...
Wednesday, 11 April 2018
A COMPANY which started out in Rathfriland made history when the Azamara Pursuit sailed into Belfast for a complete ref...
Wednesday, 11 April 2018
A 'GLAMPING' and bunking site has been proposed within walking distance of one of the entrances to Castlewellan Forest ...
Wednesday, 4 April 2018
TWO local men arrested following one of Northern Ireland's largest seizures of herbal cannabis remain in custody, writes...
Wednesday, 4 April 2018
THE ULSTER Farmers' Union is becoming "increasingly concerned" about continuing cold weather and the pressure on farmers...
Wednesday, 4 April 2018
Rathfriland man Sammy Heenan has spoken publicly about his hurt and annoyance over New York Mayor Bill De Blasio naming ...
Wednesday, 4 April 2018
AFTER years and years of waiting, skateboard enthusiasts have only a few more weeks left until the borough's first skat...
Wednesday, 28 March 2018
KILCOO parish remains in debt and the parish is considering selling off some of its assets, writes Laura Barr. A consul...
Wednesday, 28 March 2018
Young Hilltown farmer Charlie Carvill received some exciting news on Sunday morning, writes Laura Barr. He woke to disc...
Wednesday, 28 March 2018
PUPILS from New-Bridge Integrated College were among the lucky few who got to rub shoulders with royalty on Friday. The...
Wednesday, 28 March 2018
NEWRY, Mourne and Down District Council's Task and Finish Board has held a public consultation at Castlewellan Castle. ...
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
Council's attempt to ban tricolours from the St Patrick's Day parade in Newry were "defied". Thousands of people thron...
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
CAMPAIGNERS calling for the removal of a wind turbine at Knock Iveagh outside Rathfriland say they are deeply concerned ...
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
Only one local grammar school has made the top 10 list of schools in the province in this year's league tables. Sacred ...
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
A SOUTH Down MLA believes if they cannot do their job then they should not be paid for it. Jim Wells has backed a report...
Wednesday, 7 March 2018
FARMERS have been praised for coming to the rescue of isolated country communities cut off by snow drifts, writes Laura...
Wednesday, 7 March 2018
THE future of the parochial house in Hilltown is to be considered after it emerged that paedophile priest Fr Malachy Fin...
Wednesday, 7 March 2018
PARISHIONERS who attended Mass on Sunday heard that Bishop John McAreavey had "wrestled" with the decision to resign. A...
Tuesday, 6 March 2018
RELEASING balloons and sky lanterns could soon be banned at all events held on council property in the Banbridge and Ra...
Wednesday, 28 February 2018
COUNCIL has earmarked £4 million for a Health and Well-being Centre in Rathfriland. However, it will only become a rea...
Wednesday, 28 February 2018
LEADING Northern Ireland shopping destination, The OUTLET, will change its name next month as part of ongoing investmen...
Wednesday, 28 February 2018
IT'S a fair, but not as we know it. Hilltown was once synonymous with the Boley Fair but this year it's set to become k...
Wednesday, 28 February 2018
THE removal of disabled parking bays beside the toilets in Banbridge is not just to make way for planters and seats, cou...
Wednesday, 21 February 2018
THE FUNERAL of well known former Clonduff Parish Priest, the Very Rev Canon Jarlath Cushenan took place yesterday (Monda...
Wednesday, 21 February 2018
AN event scheduled to be held in the Brontë Centre this weekend has had to be relocated due to licensing issues. Ticke...
Wednesday, 21 February 2018
Warrenpoint man Michael O'Hare said it was his former colleague Gerry Doyle's "dying wish" to see the Lusitania's lifeb...
Wednesday, 21 February 2018
THE battle to try and save Ulster Bank in Rathfriland from closure will go on, despite a spokesperson saying they will n...
Wednesday, 14 February 2018
A HILLTOWN man who endured eight years of abuse by Fr Malachy Finnegan was told by the cleric that it was their 'secret'...
Wednesday, 14 February 2018
A LONGSTONE schoolboy will take centre stage at Disneyland Paris this weekend when he opens a show at the world-renowned...
Wednesday, 14 February 2018
RESIDENTS in Rathfriland were left wondering if someone had forgotten to pay the electric bill last week when the street...
Wednesday, 14 February 2018
WORK to provide a new puffin controlled pedestrian crossing and some carriageway resurfacing in Hilltown has started. ...
Wednesday, 7 February 2018
A PRIME piece of industrial space in Rathfriland has been sold to a local buyer. The former MJM site on the Newry Road ...
Wednesday, 7 February 2018
"I CAN assure you it won't happen again on my watch." These were the reassuring words from a master of the County Down...
Wednesday, 7 February 2018
Banbridge town centre is "a place of poor quality," according to its own council members. And as a result of the town ...
Wednesday, 7 February 2018
TOURISTS are getting lost on the way to the Greencastle Ferry, the company boss has said. Scenic Carlingford Ferry man...
Wednesday, 31 January 2018
THE new leader of Sinn Fein taking part in a commemoration in Castlewellan to an IRA bomber has angered unionist politi...
Wednesday, 31 January 2018
FLY-TIPPING on a rural road outside Rathfriland has gotten so bad that the carcasses of three calves have rotted away, a...
Wednesday, 31 January 2018
SETTING up a Citizens' Assembly has divided South Down's Sinn Féin and DUP politicians. DUP Assemblyman Jim Wells told ...
Wednesday, 31 January 2018
RURAL communities could face greater isolation as bus service routes risk being slashed by 2020. Due to cutbacks and T...
Wednesday, 24 January 2018
THE Friends of Knock Iveagh have appealed to the Department of Infrastructure to intervene as they continue their campai...
Wednesday, 24 January 2018
THE BRIGHT lights of the Grand Opera House have left Rathfriland schoolboy Jack McAvoy with a "lifetime of memories" fol...
Wednesday, 24 January 2018
TALENTED Rathfriland schoolboy, Toby Ferguson is driven to succeed following his latest starring role in the Finn Harps ...
Wednesday, 24 January 2018
A LONG-AWAITED and highly anticipated capital project led by Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council gathe...
Wednesday, 17 January 2018
"Each of Rathfriland's townland markers is a history book on its own." That is how vice-president of Rathfriland Histori...
Wednesday, 17 January 2018
Celebrations all around for the staff and pupils of St Colman's Primary and All Saints Nursery School, Annaclone, on att...
Wednesday, 17 January 2018
A WAR of words has broken out between the SDLP and Sinn Fein over Newry, Mourne and Down District Council's decision to ...
Wednesday, 17 January 2018
WORK has begun this week to carry out "essential maintenance works" to the Brontë Interpretative Centre at Drumballyrone...
Wednesday, 10 January 2018
"SMALL in stature but full of laughter, love and smiles, Lucy Parke will never be forgotten". Drumlee's princess lost ...
Wednesday, 10 January 2018
A KATESBRIDGE farmer is to star in the popular TV show 'Rare Breed - A Farming Year' this week. Geoffrey Ringland (38)...
Wednesday, 10 January 2018
A PATIENT admitted to hospital at the height of the crisis likened conditions within the Emergency Department to "a batt...
Wednesday, 10 January 2018
RATHFRILAND Manor Nursing Home was hit with a vomiting bug before Christmas leading to management deciding to restrict a...
Wednesday, 3 January 2018
THE funeral of a Banbridge woman who was killed on Christmas morning, will take place this Thursday (4 January) in the t...
Wednesday, 3 January 2018
THIS CHRISTMAS period saw an increase in the amount of people requiring the GP out-ofhours' service within the Southern ...
Wednesday, 3 January 2018
WHILE many children were counting down the days to Christmas, a seven-year-old Annalong boy was preparing to run 5k for ...
Wednesday, 3 January 2018
THE Mourne Mountain Rescue Team (MMRT) was called out to two calls over the course of last week. Last Thursday (28 Dece...
Wednesday, 20 December 2017
COUNCIL has defended spending thousands of pounds of ratepayers' money hosting an event at one of London's most expensiv...
Wednesday, 20 December 2017
The SDLP took a "common sense" approach in voting not to rename the controversially named Raymond McCreesh Park in Newry...
Wednesday, 20 December 2017
A RISE in the amount of fish Kilkeel fishermen can catch in the Irish Sea has been described as "one of the best results...
Wednesday, 20 December 2017
THREE primary schools in Mourne are set to be amalgamated next year but uncertainty surrounds where the new school will ...
Wednesday, 13 December 2017
AN INCREDIBLE outpouring of support has been shown to Ballymartin man Sait Can Ozdemir who sustained spinal injuries whi...
Wednesday, 13 December 2017
BEARDS are back! The penchant for facial hair is back in favour and is well and truly growing on local men. The beard h...
Wednesday, 13 December 2017
A RATHFRILAND mum-of-five is warning parents to be vigilant while out Christmas shopping after a man tried to "take her ...
Wednesday, 13 December 2017
THE new Children's Ward at Daisy Hill Hospital will open this Thursday (14 December). Staff, service users and public r...
Wednesday, 6 December 2017
A VIGILANTE group named Silent Justice has tracked down and confronted a fisherman in Kilkeel accusing him of 'grooming'...
Wednesday, 6 December 2017
RATHFRILAND schoolboy Toby Ferguson is following his dreams pursuing a career in film acting at the age of 10. And this...
Wednesday, 6 December 2017
WALKING group Kilbroney Ramblers has welcomed news that the Mourne Mountains now has its own dedicated five-day weather...
Wednesday, 6 December 2017
THE Green Party has called for an immediate halt to work on erecting a wind turbine on an ancient monument near Rathfril...
Wednesday, 29 November 2017
A WIND turbine dogged with opposition has gone up on the Knock hill outside Rathfriland. The 40-metre turbine was rais...
Wednesday, 29 November 2017
A RATHFRILAND girl who auditioned for Britain's Got Talent is patiently waiting to find out if she has gotten through to...
Wednesday, 29 November 2017
COUNCIL is looking at what the future holds for the Brontë site outside Rathfriland. The former Drumballyroney Church o...
Wednesday, 29 November 2017
BANBRIDGE firefighters have been recognised for their dedication to serving the community despite workplace challenges. ...
Wednesday, 22 November 2017
THERE are fears that Rathfriland town centre could become a ghost town once its last remaining bank closes in six months...
Wednesday, 22 November 2017
THE COMMUNITY of Mayobridge has been left devastated following the tragic death of 12- year-old Nicole Fegan. Nicole was...
Wednesday, 22 November 2017
SOUTH Down MP Chris Hazzard has ruled himself out of the running for the position of Sinn Fein president. At last week...
Wednesday, 22 November 2017
RESIDENTS who have endured "years of noise disturbance" caused by a wind turbine say they are pleased with recent plann...
Wednesday, 15 November 2017
"IT IS time to move on and stop talking." That is the view of the general manager of JC Campbell in Rostrevor after muc...
Wednesday, 15 November 2017
A DRAMATIC account of the life and death of outlaw, Redmond O'Hanlon will take to the stage in Rathfriland this weekend....
Wednesday, 15 November 2017
SDLP MLA Sinéad Bradley has urged the Permanent Secretary at the Department for Communities to urgently intervene to add...
Wednesday, 15 November 2017
ONE OF the crew on board the Flybe passenger plane that made a dramatic emergency landing with no nose gear is from the ...
Wednesday, 8 November 2017
"THEY have all brought such love and joy to our home," said Carol Cochrane, an award-winning foster carer. Carol and he...
Wednesday, 8 November 2017
LAST month ex-hurricane Ophelia tore its way through the country leaving a trail of devastation in its wake. A number ...
Wednesday, 8 November 2017
PLANS for a community hub in Warrenpoint appear to be back on track - several years after the ambitious project was firs...
Wednesday, 8 November 2017
LOCAL farmers are being urged to remain vigilant following the detection of bluetongue virus. The Department of Agricul...
Wednesday, 1 November 2017
FAMILY and friends gathered yesterday (Monday) to pay their final respects at Third Rathfriland Presbyterian Church to ...
Wednesday, 1 November 2017
A NEW supermarket is set to open in Banbridge in 14 months' time if all goes to plan - bringing a £2m investment to the ...
Wednesday, 1 November 2017
AFTER more than two decades, a local animal rescue sanctuary will not be taking in any more animals. The announcement ...
Wednesday, 1 November 2017
COUNCIL has served a temporary stop notice on the controversial Knock turbine plan. Preparatory groundwork had already...
Wednesday, 25 October 2017
A COUPLE from Banbridge stole almost £100,000 from a credit union causing its bankruptcy, a court has heard. Alastair ...
Wednesday, 25 October 2017
PATIENTS who use the Southern Trust "won't see one copper" of the £40m additional funding recently announced for health....
Wednesday, 25 October 2017
THE Rathfriland-based business Plaswire Ltd will move out of the town within the next year. The specialist recycling f...
Wednesday, 25 October 2017
ARMAGH City, Banbridge and Craigavon Council may be liable for £750,000 costs over its decision to grant permission for...
Wednesday, 18 October 2017
STORM Ophelia has left its mark on South Down causing unprecedented levels of disruption. An amber weather warning was ...
Wednesday, 18 October 2017
WORK to erect a wind turbine on the Knock Hill outside Rathfriland is to start this week, it has been suggested. The Ne...
Wednesday, 18 October 2017
PLANNERS have now accepted there is a need for "proper housing and handling facilities" on lands over 20 miles away from...
Wednesday, 18 October 2017
WARRENPOINT Harbour Authority (WHA) has published an Economic Impact Assessment which has highlighted the port's value t...
Wednesday, 11 October 2017
DESERVED praise has been given to local man John Lowry after he single-handedly freed a Minke whale just off the coast o...
Wednesday, 11 October 2017
THE FAMILY of Cameron Truesdale is urging people not to forget their son Cameron who still needs more funds for his tumo...
Wednesday, 11 October 2017
INSPIRATIONAL Rachael Dickson from Ballyroney is a star of the small screen! Rachael has given her creative input to a n...
Wednesday, 11 October 2017
A MOURNE man whose last-minute decision to change hotels, saving him from the Las Vegas shooting, would have been arrivi...
Wednesday, 4 October 2017
A LAST minute decision to change hotels saved a Mourne man from the Las Vegas shooting. Glyn Hanna, who runs a car body ...
Wednesday, 4 October 2017
IT HAS been revealed that a wind turbine which has caused years of "anguish and distress" for residents in Castlewellan...
Wednesday, 4 October 2017
AMID the ongoing debate around Irish language and its importance in the re-establishment of the Assembly, the local coun...
Wednesday, 4 October 2017
THE countdown has started for everyone to take their first look inside the district's newest leisure and sports centre. ...
Wednesday, 27 September 2017
Cuts to teaching staff, cancelling school trips and managing on basic resources are just some of the challenges facing F...
Wednesday, 27 September 2017
WORK has begun on a new 205-seater stand at the home of Rathfriland Football Club that will transform Iveagh Park into a...
Wednesday, 27 September 2017
THE practice of putting promotional leaflets on car windscreens needs to be revised. That is the view of a Rathfriland w...
Wednesday, 27 September 2017
The father of the young Dromore schoolgirl who died suddenly last week after becoming unwell at school has urged parents...
Wednesday, 20 September 2017
WEATHER is always a hot topic amongst those in the agricultural sector with some farmers describing this summer as the w...
Wednesday, 20 September 2017
IF ANYTHING is worth doing, it is worth doing well . This is the philosophy which Ballymartin woman Lindsay Bonner (nee ...
Wednesday, 20 September 2017
HILLTOWN and Clonduff minister, Rev Andrew Conway is hopeful that his book entitled The Shorter Catechism Made Simple wi...
Wednesday, 20 September 2017
A PROPOSAL has been formally submitted to the Education Authority to expand St Louis Grammar School and close St Columba...
Wednesday, 13 September 2017
THE Outlook took to the streets of Banbridge last Friday to ask local people their views on the revitalisation project.T...
Wednesday, 13 September 2017
THE Knock Iveagh Cairn faces further threats to its future in the form of a wind turbine.A communications mast was erect...
Wednesday, 13 September 2017
Plans are under way to dismantle and relocate one of the last original temporary houses built for workers at the Silent ...
Wednesday, 6 September 2017
PARENTS of Iveagh Primary School children have aired their concerns over a decision to carry out roadworks so close to t...
Wednesday, 6 September 2017
A NEW car parking system looks set to be introduced at Drumadonnell Primary School. Plans for a one-way system and a s...
Wednesday, 6 September 2017
THE installation of townland marker stones in Rathfriland has been praised by the local community. The four markers ap...
Wednesday, 6 September 2017
AN IRISH language group wants to hear from people, businesses and organisations who can deliver goods and services throu...
Wednesday, 30 August 2017
AN ANNACLONE couple whose home was struck by a freak lightning bolt face a repair bill of thousands of pounds. The Higgi...
Wednesday, 30 August 2017
THE opening of the new £6.8million school in Banbridge has been delayed. Pupils were due to start the new term in the b...
Wednesday, 30 August 2017
THE inaugural Northern Ireland Top Team Lifeguard Championship, hosted by GLL and in partnership with Belfast City Counc...
Wednesday, 30 August 2017
A SPORTS pitch in memory of 11-year-old Stephen McElroy will be officially opened this Saturday (2 September). The creat...
Wednesday, 23 August 2017
THE MBE bestowed on a Dromara principal for services to education has been sensationally stripped from him in a move san...
Wednesday, 23 August 2017
NORTHERN Ireland's best performing college, Southern Regional College, is celebrating its 10th birthday this month. In...
Wednesday, 23 August 2017
THE Mourne Mountain Rescue Team (MMRT) have been provided with a free site on which to build a state-of-the-art base in...
Wednesday, 23 August 2017
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council is set to consider the future of the boating marina project for Warrenpoint. Th...
Wednesday, 16 August 2017
THE husband of a Warrenpoint woman currently receiving groundbreaking treatment for MS in Russia says all his wife wants...
Wednesday, 16 August 2017
OVER 49 acres of Crocknafeola Forest near Attical are being felled. The chopping down of the mature forest being witnes...
Wednesday, 16 August 2017
Plain sailing into marriage for Kilkeel couple who use ferry to travel to venue. THERE were wedding bells on Carlingfo...
Wednesday, 16 August 2017
UNIFORMS for children attending local secondary schools are costing parents well over £200 each, it has been claimed. T...
Wednesday, 9 August 2017
AN ENVIRONMENTAL Health Officer with the council has described a Chinese takeaway as the "worst food premises he has com...
Wednesday, 9 August 2017
RATHFRILAND native and former South Down MLA John McCallister, says he is looking forward to taking up his new role as L...
Wednesday, 9 August 2017
A CASTLEWELLAN GAA club hosted a coffee morning in aid of the new air ambulance, after one of its young players was airl...
Wednesday, 9 August 2017
Work is soon to commence on Castle Street in Rathfriland. The improvements had been due to be carried out last year, but...
Wednesday, 2 August 2017
A number of people were left stranded on the shores of Carlingford Lough last week, after the new ferry from Greencastle...
Wednesday, 2 August 2017
A KILKEEL butcher will appear on BBC One's The One Show next Tuesday night (8 August). James Cunningham Jnr of family-ru...
Wednesday, 2 August 2017
A NUMBER of parks and green spaces across the district have been awarded a prestigious Green Flag award. The Green Flag ...
Wednesday, 2 August 2017
A LOCAL horticulturist has scooped a top award for his expertise in landscape construction. Colin McKnight (29) who liv...
Wednesday, 26 July 2017
"YOU can pick the day but you cannot pick the weather".Those were the words of the Carlingford Ferry Chief Executive, Pa...
Wednesday, 26 July 2017
THE callous thieves who stole two cars from a car vehicle repair garage on the outskirts of Rathfriland last week, have ...
Wednesday, 26 July 2017
THERE are no currently no plans to install traffic lights at one of the main congestion spots in Kilkeel town centre.How...
Wednesday, 26 July 2017
A GROUP of Annalong fishermen recently filmed a spectacular sight after a large pod of dolphins swam next to their boat....
Wednesday, 26 July 2017
A BALLYWARD pensioner who recently moved to Banbridge says he "feared for his life" after receiving ongoing intimidation...
Wednesday, 19 July 2017
A RECTOR has reassured families the sale of St John's Parish Church in Hilltown will not include the graves and access w...
Wednesday, 19 July 2017
IT looks likely that the Greencastle- Greenore ferry will set sail to passengers for the first time this week. The long-...
Wednesday, 19 July 2017
ORGANISERS of the family fun and cultural event held in Rathfriland on the Eleventh Night have been praised for their ef...
Wednesday, 19 July 2017
LOVERS of great theatre and the great outdoors are in for a treat when Chapterhouse Theatre Company returns to Solitude ...
Wednesday, 12 July 2017
A SKATEBOARDING facility for Solitude Park in Banbridge has finally been granted planning approval.Fans of skateboarding...
Wednesday, 12 July 2017
CELEBRATING 50 years on Saturday (15 July) Castlewellan Show promises a great array of activities showing off the best ...
Wednesday, 12 July 2017
A BEACON has now been secured for the annual 11th night festivities in Rathfriland tonight (Tuesday). The traditional b...
Wednesday, 12 July 2017
A CRUSADING Mourne mother has drafted the support of local politicians in her campaign to introduce measures in schools ...
Wednesday, 5 July 2017
RESIDENTS who live along Carlingford Lough are urging people to sign a petition to try and stop a hazardous waste facil...
Wednesday, 5 July 2017
RATHFRILAND girl Nicole Flanagan has been awarded a Special Certificate of Merit for helping her mum after she suffered ...
Wednesday, 5 July 2017
THE Driver and Vehicle Agency (DVA) is to enforce new restrictions on drivers of minibuses. However, the news has been ...
Wednesday, 5 July 2017
KILKEEL fishermen fishing in the Irish Sea off the Republic of Ireland may have to rethink their fishing patterns after ...
Wednesday, 28 June 2017
MAYOBRIDGE school children formed a roadblock last week in protest against vehicles speeding through the village, write...
Wednesday, 28 June 2017
TENSIONS were expected to run high last night (Monday) at a council meeting surrounding a proposed wind farm in Hilltown...
Wednesday, 28 June 2017
THE GREENCASTLE to Greenore ferry has still not been launched to the general public. Delays have beset the Scenic Carlin...
Wednesday, 28 June 2017
RNLI LIFEGUARDS commenced full-time summer patrol of Cranfield Beach at the weekend. Following a busy period of intens...
Wednesday, 21 June 2017
WHEN she lost her only daughter, mum Amanda McConville did not see the point in living. However eight years on from Rach...
Wednesday, 21 June 2017
KILKEEL businesses are concerned about the impact flags will have on summer trade, according to a Mournes councillor. S...
Wednesday, 21 June 2017
THE Scenic Carlingford Ferry remains docked but its owners are hopeful that it will set sail in June as planned. The fer...
Wednesday, 21 June 2017
WHILE there will be no 11th night bonfire in Rathfriland this year, plans are already being made for the possibility of ...
Wednesday, 14 June 2017
THE Kilkeel mother of a teenage girl who was cyber-bullying another child has asked other parents to be aware of the da...
Wednesday, 14 June 2017
A NEW site has been found for the annual 11th night celebrations in Rathfriland, writes Louise McDowell. However, it is ...
Wednesday, 14 June 2017
CHRIS Hazzard will not be taking his seat at Westminster maintaining Sinn Fein absentionism policy. The Drumaness man ...
Wednesday, 14 June 2017
PLANNING permission has been lodged for a wind farm outside Hilltown - six months after a previous bid was turned down. ...
Wednesday, 7 June 2017
THE DEATH of a Ballyward schoolboy has prompted a new protocol at Daisy Hill Hospital. Stephen McElroy died aged 11 fro...
Wednesday, 7 June 2017
TAKING its name literally, a Banbridge town centre bridge has claimed another lorry's roof. Last week a delivery vehic...
Wednesday, 7 June 2017
THE first sailing of the new Scenic Carlingford Ferry was postponed last week. The Outlook was due to attend this 'fami...
Wednesday, 7 June 2017
THE lifting of the avian influenza ban just weeks before the closing date for the poultry section of Castlewellan Show,...
Wednesday, 31 May 2017
AN ATTACK on a memorial at Narrow Water in Warrenpoint has been condemned. The attack, which is being treated as a hate ...
Wednesday, 31 May 2017
WORK is expected to start this week on the significant project to repair the historic Mourne Wall. The Mourne Wall was ...
Wednesday, 31 May 2017
TWENTY-ONE objection letters were received against a planning application for a telecommunications mast on land close to...
Wednesday, 31 May 2017
AN INQUEST into the death of a Warrenpoint woman has heard that while no direct fault came from hospital staff while she...
Wednesday, 24 May 2017
A NEW school building is needed to accommodate the growing number of children enrolled at St Patrick's Primary School i...
Wednesday, 24 May 2017
ROSTREVOR residents are being given the opportunity to air their views on a 100-bed hotel proposed for the village. Mi...
Wednesday, 24 May 2017
THE first sailing of the new Carlingford Ferry will cruise across the choppy waters of the lough next week. The ferry ...
Wednesday, 24 May 2017
The Council has admitted there have been difficulties with the new food waste collection service in the district. Earlie...
Wednesday, 17 May 2017
A SCHOOLGIRL was allegedly approached by a man in a car in the Drumgath area last week. A male driving a silver car app...
Wednesday, 17 May 2017
HUNDREDS of people braved the driving wet weather in support of Daisy Hill Hospital in a weekend which underscored just...
Wednesday, 17 May 2017
RATHFRILAND Football Club is set to host the biggest social event in its 55-year history in two weeks' time. Named Ivea...
Wednesday, 17 May 2017
INVITATIONS are dropping through letterboxes of local residents and dignitaries this week for the grand launch of Carlin...
Wednesday, 10 May 2017
THE headquarters in Rathfriland of a group that helps victims of the Troubles could close its doors due to lack of fundi...
Wednesday, 10 May 2017
ON Saturday (13 May) the Eurovision Song Contest final will take place in Kiev, Ukraine. The first contest was held in L...
Wednesday, 10 May 2017
NEWRY, Mourne and Down District Council is calling on all citizens of the area to give their support to Daisy Hill Hospi...
Wednesday, 10 May 2017
THE next stage in a fundraising campaign for a terminally-ill Kilkeel man will take place this weekend.Glen Graham, a fo...
Wednesday, 3 May 2017
MESSAGES of congratulations were still flooding in yesterday (Monday) for St Patrick's Primary School, Drumgreenagh aft...
Wednesday, 3 May 2017
PLANNING permission for a new nursing home and 41 apartment complex has been given the green light at the site of a car...
Wednesday, 3 May 2017
Lady Ballyedmond of Killowen is selling her late husband's exquisite antiques collection from his Belgravia luxury home...
Wednesday, 3 May 2017
THE curator of a Banbridge art gallery has defended a sculpture where two naked babies are suckling from a sow. It come...
Wednesday, 26 April 2017
THE company behind a controversial wind turbine in Barnmeen has stopped the turbine until repairs are carried out to hel...
Wednesday, 26 April 2017
IT HAS been 15 years since the Tea Rooms at Tollymore Forest Park were open to the public. However, council is now hopi...
Wednesday, 26 April 2017
AN Annalong skipper has thanked those who provided assistance to his crew and helped in the vessel's safe recovery after...
Wednesday, 26 April 2017
THE interim horse riding trails in Castlewellan Forest Park are to open next month. It comes after council took a dramat...
Wednesday, 19 April 2017
THE Southern Trust has failed to attract any applicants for consultancy roles solely based at Daisy Hill's Emergency Dep...
Wednesday, 19 April 2017
HOPES are high that a new business is setting up shop within the former Stewart&James building in Rathfriland. The hardw...
Wednesday, 19 April 2017
IT IS taking about five years for new school buildings in this area to be completed, judging by past experience. Since ...
Wednesday, 19 April 2017
THE Brontë Visitor Centre outside Rathfriland needs investment. The Brontë site, at Church Hill outside Rathfriland, has...
Wednesday, 12 April 2017
LIVES could have been lost after a derelict building was deliberately set alight in Kilkeel. Dramatic scenes unfolded ...
Wednesday, 12 April 2017
A HEALTH Minister needs to be in place to ensure that the A&E service at Daisy Hill Hospital is maintained. That is the...
Wednesday, 12 April 2017
PLANS have been lodged for 20 more houses to be built in Rathfriland on the last remaining green field site in that part...
Wednesday, 12 April 2017
WORK being carried out to the top floor of Daisy Hill Hospital is part of the paediatric development. The new centre on ...
Wednesday, 5 April 2017
A PENSIONER who was tied and beaten with a claw hammer in his own bed by burglars, says they will not keep him out of h...
Wednesday, 5 April 2017
IN SIX months, a paper clip once owned by a 12-year-old schoolboy will have generated at least £10,000 for charity. Ann...
Wednesday, 5 April 2017
A team of Sixth Form girls at St Louis Grammar School, Kilkeel have recently secured the national title in public speak...
Wednesday, 5 April 2017
DAISY Hill campaigner Francis Gallagher believes that the possible closure of the hospital's Emergency Department would ...
Wednesday, 29 March 2017
SOUTH Down's MP Margaret Ritchie returned to Westminster yesterday (Monday) with the horror of the deadly terror attack ...
Wednesday, 29 March 2017
Margaret Ritchie MP has expressed concern at NI Water's announcement that it is to increase non-domestic water charges f...
Wednesday, 29 March 2017
POLITICIAN and self-confessed Northern Ireland football fanatic Jim Wells was not in the stands on Sunday to watch his ...
Wednesday, 29 March 2017
The future of Kilkeel Town Hall is currently unknown after the PSNI said that they no longer need to use part of the fac...
Friday, 24 March 2017
A MUM-OF-TWO who was diagnosed with cancer is encouraging families to take part in a Mother's Day walk this Saturday (25...
Wednesday, 22 March 2017
THE development of housing in the Mournes has led to an erosion of the area's character, council has found. In an effor...
Wednesday, 22 March 2017
THE group behind the Narrow Water Bridge proposal has been left disappointed by an apparent lack of progress given the l...
Wednesday, 22 March 2017
THERE have been calls for the bilingual council boundary signs at Rathfriland and Ballyward to be removed and efforts ma...
Wednesday, 22 March 2017
KILKEEL is being left out on a limb when it comes to council events and festivals. That was the view of DUP Councillor ...
Wednesday, 15 March 2017
That is the verdict from Banbridge-based dog shelter owner, Gillian McFadden who doesn't believe it's fair to punish res...
Wednesday, 15 March 2017
THE council is set to review its future position in relation to Irish language signs following a third spate of attacks....
Wednesday, 15 March 2017
RESIDENTS of Rooney Park in Kilkeel were celebrating last week after being recognised as one of the best kept housing ar...
Wednesday, 15 March 2017
THERE is a trend of wind turbines to the west of Rathfriland and to the west of Kinallen, according to council. These ar...
Wednesday, 8 March 2017
SHARON O'Reilly has never been on a plane and doesn't hold a passport.So the last thing you'd imagine she'd be planning ...
Wednesday, 8 March 2017
A PARISH priest has been left "saddened and annoyed" after a burglary at his parochial house. Police are appealing for w...
Wednesday, 8 March 2017
ULSTER Unionist candidate Harold McKee has admitted his disappointment over losing his Assembly seat after just 10 month...
Wednesday, 8 March 2017
A man was arrested after a police car was rammed in the rural Corbet area on Saturday (4 March) night. Two police office...
Wednesday, 1 March 2017
THERE has been widespread condemnation after the roof of an Orange hall was damaged in a suspected arson attack. The fi...
Wednesday, 1 March 2017
IT'S time to 'flow' to Silent Valley again, as NI Water marks its 10th anniversary. In co-operation with Newry, Mourne ...
Wednesday, 1 March 2017
COUNCIL'S plan to privatise caravanning and camping facilities has been met with criticism. The joint trade union side ...
Wednesday, 1 March 2017
A WIND farm on the outskirts of Hilltown could still be on the cards as an appeal against its refusal will be heard late...
Wednesday, 22 February 2017
A RESPECTED Rathfriland businessman says he is relieved no-one was injured after a suspected arson attack on his propert...
Wednesday, 22 February 2017
PARENTS of Brontë Primary School pupils fear one of their children could have been injured or even killed last week afte...
Wednesday, 22 February 2017
THE first ferry passage from Greencastle to Greenore will set sail this summer. This is the hope of the ferry company b...
Wednesday, 22 February 2017
A PLAN to build a brand new Southern Regional College (SRC) campus in Banbridge has been granted full planning permissio...
Wednesday, 15 February 2017
THE choir at St Patrick's Primary School, Drumdreenagh were celebrating last week after they received a standing ovation...
Wednesday, 15 February 2017
A REMARKABLE County Down oak, recently crowned Northern Ireland's best-loved tree, is now competing for votes in the Eur...
Wednesday, 15 February 2017
DETAILS have been revealed of how a welcome cash injection for the Market House in Rathfriland is set to be spent. It wa...
Wednesday, 15 February 2017
HOUSEWIVES' favourite Daniel O'Donnell entertained legions of fans, both young and old, last week when he appeared in Ba...
Wednesday, 8 February 2017
THE long-running project to return Rathfriland Market House to its former glory has been given a cash injection of £36,2...
Wednesday, 8 February 2017
FORMER South Down MLA John McCallister will not stand for election next month, writes Louise McDowell. His announcement ...
Wednesday, 8 February 2017
THE promoter of Brontë Music Club has asked the local community to show support for the unique venue. The appeal by And...
Wednesday, 8 February 2017
A PLANNING application for a tourism park in Rostrevor has been given encouragement by Newry, Mourne and Down councillor...
Wednesday, 1 February 2017
The road improvement scheme will see crossing points in the central reservation replaced with four flyover-type junction...
Wednesday, 1 February 2017
A PUFFIN crossing has been approved for a stretch of busy road in Hilltown. It comes as welcome news for local campaign...
Wednesday, 1 February 2017
THE future of Banbridge Electoral Office has been parked due to the impromptu elections next month. A new consultation ...
Wednesday, 1 February 2017
BANBRIDGE will be buzzing with excitement when Daniel O'Donnell arrives in town next Monday (6 February) to perform to a...
Wednesday, 25 January 2017
SOME local teachers took part in a half-day strike last week in protest over pay. The planned action was a result of ong...
Wednesday, 25 January 2017
PLANNERS have approved a facility in Kilkeel to crush scrap vehicles despite issues over right of way access. Known as ...
Wednesday, 25 January 2017
THERE were 47 applications in the Rathfriland and Mourne area to the 'cash for ash' scheme. The numbers of non-domestic...
Wednesday, 25 January 2017
RATHFRILAND will not be routinely visited by traffic wardens. In a review of parking enforcement deployment, traffic wa...
Wednesday, 18 January 2017
ONE of South Down's MLAs will lose their job at the next Assembly election, as the number of constituency representative...
Wednesday, 18 January 2017
A FACEBOOK page set up to prevent horses being stopped from using Castlewellan Forest Park has received over 2,600 likes...
Wednesday, 18 January 2017
LOUGHBRICKLAND sculptor Mark Revels is set for balmier climates later this year as he brings his successful sugar cube e...
Wednesday, 18 January 2017
A KILKEEL man has spent over a decade making it his mission to visit every country in the world. Local man, Johnny Ward...
Wednesday, 11 January 2017
A KILKEEL man donated his kidney to his younger brother so he could have his life back. Johnny Spiers said he had no he...
Wednesday, 11 January 2017
A MONUMENT in the village of Leitrim is "not a good thing for community relations" according to a unionist councillor wh...
Wednesday, 11 January 2017
PRAYERS and messages of support continue for Sinn Fein councillor Naomi Bailie as she remains in hospital a month after ...
Wednesday, 11 January 2017
MARKS & Spencer has refused to comment on speculation of a new food store opening in Banbridge town centre. Rumours hav...
Wednesday, 4 January 2017
A LOCAL man has proposed to his girlfriend by tying a diamond engagement ring on a dove's leg. TJ McAvoy keeps doves and...
Wednesday, 4 January 2017
A GOOD year for the agricultural property market with land performing strongly - even with 51% increase in supply. That ...
Wednesday, 4 January 2017
A RATHFRILAND teenager is carving out a possible future for himself.Fifteen-year-old Sam Wallace has already made a numb...
Wednesday, 4 January 2017
OVER 400 people in South Down have been banned from our roads after being caught drink-driving. In total 426 people lost...
