Incorporating the Down Democrat
Thu, February 23, 2012
Tuesday, 21 February 2012
WITH just four days left before this weekend's controversial Kingsmill walk in south Armagh a deal seems further away th...
Tuesday, 21 February 2012
ANGRY traders on Monaghan Street have called for an urgent review of major construction work in the area that they claim...
Tuesday, 21 February 2012
Two businesses at the heart of Newry have been helping fund an ambulance in Mangadu, India, for the Sisters of Saint Ann...
Tuesday, 21 February 2012
WALKERS could be treading a new path up Slieve Gullion before Christmas.The consultation process for the proposed path t...
Tuesday, 14 February 2012
A BESSBROOK child stricken with cancer has made such extraordinary progress that she will now have surgery to remove the...
Tuesday, 14 February 2012
A NEWRY woman has been found guilty of the brutal murder of a homeless Polish man in the city three years ago.The jury a...
Tuesday, 14 February 2012
WILLIE Frazer has vowed that his proposed March for Justice will go through Whitecross regardless of the Parades Commiss...
Tuesday, 14 February 2012
A RATHFRILAND couple will celebrate their first Valentine's Day as husband and wife by cuddling up together tonight and ...
Tuesday, 7 February 2012
A NEWRY man sentenced to life for the brutal murder of a homeless Polish man has taken to the stand to testify against h...
Tuesday, 7 February 2012
A NEWRY teenager has become the latest hopeful to move one step closer to being named The Voice of Ireland. Dervla Mag...
Tuesday, 7 February 2012
A RECENT survey has found that teenagers use text messaging more frequently than any other age group with over 80 per ce...
Tuesday, 7 February 2012
SOME of council's highest paid employees are set to help themselves to a windfall payday while the district's ratepayers...
Tuesday, 31 January 2012
A BIG-HEARTED Meigh man has taken a giant leap towards helping make a difference in the lives of those less fortunate th...
Tuesday, 31 January 2012
THE death of a Newry businessman after his car plunged into the canal has led to calls for urgent safety measures to be ...
Tuesday, 31 January 2012
LETTERS seemingly signed by Health Minister Edwin Poots and alerting the recipient to a radon risk are fake and part of ...
Tuesday, 31 January 2012
A NEWRY businessman has vowed to show zero tolerance to anybody damaging his property.The man, who did not wish to be na...
Tuesday, 24 January 2012
FOUR students from the Abbey Grammar School have picked up awards at the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition in...
Tuesday, 24 January 2012
EMPLOYMENT and Learning Minister Stephen Farry was in Newry on Thursday to officially open Heart & Home, part of the Cla...
Tuesday, 24 January 2012
POLICE are hunting the masterminds behind a Mission Impossible style heist which saw daring thieves break into a Newry s...
Tuesday, 24 January 2012
A CAMLOUGH man has been imprisoned for six months on a catalogue of charges involving disorderly behaviour and resisting...
Tuesday, 17 January 2012
THE cause of a fire at a tyre dealers in Mayobridge is still unknown because the blaze burned so long that the site rema...
Tuesday, 17 January 2012
INSENSITIVE reporting on the death of a well-known businessman from Newry may have added extra grief on his family and f...
Tuesday, 17 January 2012
ONE in every four children in Newry and Mourne are living in poverty, shocking new statistics have revealed.A report int...
Tuesday, 17 January 2012
POLICE say they firmly believe that there are people in Warrenpoint who can help them in their ongoing investigation int...
Tuesday, 10 January 2012
A NEWRY man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the brutal murder of a Polish native in the city.But 20-year-old...
Tuesday, 10 January 2012
SINN Fein Councillor Colman Burns has said those who dumped cubes of diesel waste in south Armagh last week have a "tota...
Tuesday, 10 January 2012
TWO Ulster Unionist MLAs have pledged their support for Daisy Hill Hospital following a recent visit.Newry and Armagh ML...
Tuesday, 10 January 2012
AROUND 2,300 people suffered power cuts in Newry and Mourne during the recent severe weather, according to the official ...
Tuesday, 3 January 2012
TEENAGER Shannon Graham has told a Turkish court she is deeply saddened by the murders of her mother and her mother's fr...
Tuesday, 3 January 2012
MAYOBRIDGE retailer Nigel O'Hare, owner of Eurospar, is celebrating after being named Newcomer of the Year at this year'...
Tuesday, 3 January 2012
A SENIOR Ulster Unionist representative has accused the family of a Camlough hunger striker of allowing him to be "sacri...
Tuesday, 3 January 2012
IT'S that time of the year again. January brings promises of big changes and fresh starts. From losing weight to giving ...
Tuesday, 27 December 2011
THE old saying goes "curiosity killed the cat". Well curiosity almost killed a dog that jumped into Newry canal on Wedne...
Tuesday, 27 December 2011
SINN Fein Councillor Brendan Curran has criticised the PSNI for showing a "lack of tact" after issuing a Christmas card ...
Tuesday, 27 December 2011
THE Public Prosecution Service has been slammed by solicitors representing three men at the centre of a multi-million-po...
Tuesday, 27 December 2011
A CAMLOUGH man whose partner was killed when she was a passenger in the car he drove while drunk will spend Christmas be...
Tuesday, 20 December 2011
A BEACON of hope and joy to all who knew him.This was how Fr Joseph McKeever described James Hughes at his funeral on Fr...
Tuesday, 20 December 2011
EVERY day of the year they are on call, ready to help those most in need - and Christmas Day is no exception.While many ...
Tuesday, 20 December 2011
THE devastated dad of a young Bessbrook woman who died when her boozed-up boyfriend crashed the car they were travelling...
Tuesday, 20 December 2011
THE fight for Daisy Hill Hospital's future must start now if it's to be a winning one.That's the clarion call from forme...
Tuesday, 13 December 2011
CROSSMAGLEN is a community in mourning after the cold-blooded murder of James Hughes at the weekend.The 35-year-old's fa...
Tuesday, 13 December 2011
NEWRY Junior Chamber has launched its annual Secret Santa Appeal, which is now in its seventh year.Christmas trees have ...
Tuesday, 13 December 2011
A POYNTZPASS man has escaped immediate imprisonment after his elderly victim - described by the judge as "everybody's gr...
Tuesday, 13 December 2011
MANAGEMENT at Daisy Hill Hospital are bracing themselves for the release of the eagerly-awaited Compton Review this week...
Tuesday, 6 December 2011
FOR nine years Hilltown student Liam Sloan was instantly recognisable with his long flowing locks and grizzly beard.His ...
Tuesday, 6 December 2011
AFTER the release of the review into clerical abuse in the Dromore Diocese, Martin Hearty sat down with Bishop John McAr...
Tuesday, 6 December 2011
A COUPLE accused of attempted murder were acting at the behest of a 'shadowy figure', Newry Magistrates Court was told o...
Tuesday, 6 December 2011
MEMBERS of Warrenpoint Golf Club have been warned that the club could go into liquidation if they refuse to accept one o...