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Tangled Blog (Free subscription) | 08/16/2008
I see that "the Ruanator" aka Education Minister Caitriona Ruane said it would not be safe for her children to wear GAA jerseys in some areas of Northern Ireland. Ms Ruane told the Parnell Summer School in Co Wicklow: "I have no difficulty with them wearing these jerseys around Newry but in other areas at certain times it would not be safe." She added: "As a mother I would have to protect my children."...
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SAOIRSE32 (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Breaking News.ie 22/07/2008 - 14:58:41 Republican gunmen who abducted a Northern Ireland man in France and dumped his body must come forward with more information, his sister said today. Seamus Ruddy, 32, from Newry, Co Down, was teaching English in Paris when he disappeared in May 1985 and his remains have not been found. He left the political wing of the INLA two years earlier and the guerilla group...
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Everything Ulster (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
£3 million was budgeted last year on trying to reduce the relatively large number of people taking their own lives in Northern Ireland, a problem which the executive is resolved to tackle and one that disproportionately affects young people (and males at that). With this in mind I find it a little odd that Newry and Mourne Council would glorify the taking of ones own life in a manner so overt as renaming...
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Technology in plain English (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008
You know the Irish Economy is hurting when Sainsbury’s Supermarket in Newry (in Northern Ireland) has to close it’s doors at 7.30pm on a Saturday due to too many shoppers from the south trying to get in. For those of you that don’t understand the above line: It’s unusual for an island as small as Ireland [...]
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The Daily Record (Free subscription) | 05/20/2008
EAST FIFE'S game at Armagh on their pre-season tour of Northern Ireland is off. The Methil side will now play Newry on Friday, July 18, and Loughgall the next day.
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Belfast Telegraph (Free subscription) | 04/18/2008
Northern Ireland star David Healy has sent his congratulations to Newry teenager Ryan McGivern for helping Manchester City win the Youth Cup.
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Belfast Telegraph (Free subscription) | 02/27/2008
In yesterday's Belfast Telegraph, Roy McCreadie revealed that he was keen to return to Irish League management. Former Omagh Town and Newry City boss McCreadie is regarded as one of the most colourful and controversial characters in the history of the local game.
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ireland.com (Free subscription) | 01/17/2008
Northern Ireland's Minister for Sport Mervyn Poots last night became the first Democratic Unionist Party politician to attend a GAA match in an official capacity. He was a guest at the Dr McKenna Cup fixture between Down and Donegal at Newry.
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BBC News (Free subscription) | 12/05/2007
Newry City's Sean Friars is named Harp Northern Ireland Football Writers' Player of the Month for November.
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Belfast Telegraph (Free subscription) | 11/30/2007
Newry City manager Gerry Flynn is urging the Irish FA to allow his club to take on Donegal Celtic in the first senior game to be played on a Sunday in Northern Ireland.
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Belfast Telegraph (Free subscription) | 10/31/2007
The Northern Ireland economy bounced back from the Seagate Technology shutdown with a major jobs announcement in Newry yesterday.
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Belfast Telegraph (Free subscription) | 10/30/2007
A Northern Ireland pharmaceutical company is to create almost 300 new jobs in Newry.
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Belfast Telegraph (Free subscription) | 10/30/2007
The Northern Ireland economy bounced back today from the Seagate Technology shutdown with a major jobs announcement in Newry.
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Belfast Telegraph (Free subscription) | 10/04/2007
Belfast, Londonderry and Newry were today revealed as Northern Ireland cancer hotspots - suffering "significantly higher than expected" levels of the disease because of poverty.
