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1 week ago | 
newrydemocrat.com | Daniel Hill
QUESTIONS have been posed by one of the businesses affected by the flooding on Sugar Island regarding what the unallocated flood relief funding set aside by the DoE will be used for. Selena Fairbairn, one of the proprietors of Fairbairn Optician's Newry , had like many other business owner’s her livelihood turned upside down following the extensive flooding which took place in October 2023.
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1 week ago | 
newrydemocrat.com | Daniel Hill
THERE has been a dark cloud cast over Camlough mountain following the vandalism of a landmark lain in place by the parents of children with additional needs. The Rathore star as it is known has several aluminium clouds attached to it which are emblazoned with the names of the different children who live with Autism and have either ascended the mountain themselves or had a family member do it in lieu for them.
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1 week ago | 
newrydemocrat.com | Daniel Hill
BIDDING adieu to a person who can only be described as an absolute angel were the entire staff of Supervalu Newry who wished their most esteemed and beloved colleague Angela Quinlivan Rice a happy retirement.
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1 week ago | 
newrydemocrat.com | Daniel Hill
MAY 6 has been set as the date for the first courtroom appearance of a man who stands charged with a number of sexual offences alleged to have taken place in November of last year. The man, who is in his thirties and has not been named, stands charged with two counts of sexual assault and two counts of causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent. He was previously arrested on December 10 of last year and was later released on bail.
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2 weeks ago | 
newrydemocrat.com | Daniel Hill
FULFILLING their ambitions to lend a helping hand to the children of Gaza are the many altruistic boys and girls of Saint Malachy’s primary school Newry. Since last Christmas the compassionate conclave of kids at the school have raised exactly £8028.74 to help the Irish Red Cross carry out their ongoing humanitarian relief efforts in Gaza in the wake of the most recent escalation of the Israel/Palestine conflict.
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2 weeks ago | 
newrydemocrat.com | Daniel Hill
FURTHER plans pertaining to the much anticipated Bessbrook Mill redevelopment have been published. The development, which when completed will comprise a total of 41 no. new-build residential dwellings, 223 No. Apartments of which 167 will be provided within the existing mill building as well as an office space and a gym, has been in the pipeline for several years now.
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3 weeks ago | 
newrydemocrat.com | Daniel Hill
ACTING as an endearing inspiration to survivors of abuse in all settings is Hilltown man Sean Faloon. Mr Faloon, who endured the most horrific acts of rape and sexual assault at the hands of notorious paedophile priest Malachy Finnegan, has taken a tour of the Hilltown parochial house which served as the backdrop for the abuse that was inflicted upon Sean from when he was as young as only 13.
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4 weeks ago | 
newrydemocrat.com | Daniel Hill
AFTER having provided an account of the time she spent in the eponymous institution located on the Armagh Road to a new digital archive a survivor of the Good Shepard Convent has come forward to encourage others to do the same. Mary Nolan, who spent a year living and working in the laundry within the convent situated on the same site as the notorious Marianvale mother and baby home, has provided written and oral accounts of her experience to the Marian Hotel Digital Exhibition.
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1 month ago | 
newrydemocrat.com | Daniel Hill
THE situation for a Housing Executive tenant living in a property on the Armagh Road is getting close to boiling point not in the least of which because of ongoing problems she is facing with her boiler. Edith McCabe, who is 62 and suffers from a multitude of health problems including Arthritis, Sciatica and Osteoporosis, has been living in the property situated in Drumgullion Avenue for the past six years.
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1 month ago | 
newrydemocrat.com | Daniel Hill
THE Warrenpoint woman at the centre of providing sanctuary to a Ukrainian mother and daughter during their most dire moment of need has stated that an exception should be made to ensure they can permanently reside in the country. Jacinta Curran would first cross paths with Daria Yakovenko and her terminally ill daughter Vlada just a mere number of weeks after Russia launched it’s unrelenting and unforgiving invasion of Ukraine.
