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South Armagh historian claims council involved her in 'propaganda exercise' during recent visit of Prince Charles Ring of Gullion geo-ambassador Una Walsh 28 May, 2021 01:00 Prince Charles on the first day of his visit to Northern Ireland last week. Picture by Pacemaker A SOUTH Armagh historian and tour guide has hit out at Newry, Mourne and Down council claiming they involved her in a “propaganda exercise” during the recent visit of Prince Charles. The Prince of Wales and his wife Camilla were in the north last week on a two-day visit. On the first day in ...

BBC News By Nuala McCann image copyrightGetty Images/ Charles McQuillan image captionA firefighter pauses for a moment as she gets on with the battle to put out the blaze It began with puffs of white smoke, but by Friday teatime the people who call the foothills of the Mourne Mountains home began to feel nervous. As darkness fell, like thousands of others, Laura Devlin and her family stood at a bedroom window watching orange flames devour the night sky. "My son who's five said: 'Mummy, it looks like a volcano.'" Ms Devlin is a Mournes woman, born and bred. For people like her, the mountains ...

To mark International Women's Day, Belfast Telegraph political editor Suzanne Breen talks to five of our up-and-coming female politicians. Kathryn Owen (43) is a DUP member of Newry, Mourne & Down Council. She is a likely candidate in next year's Assembly election. Unionism has a lack of women politicians, and it's a problem. Look at DUP and UUP benches in Stormont. They have very few female faces compared to the other side of the chamber. We need to change that. The personal abuse that females in politics suffer means it doesn't appeal to many as a career. Arlene Foster and Carla Lockhart re...

    The multi-agency campaign aims to raise awareness ahead of potentially increased demand for puppies coming up to Christmas. It is being supported by Newry, Mourne and Down District Council, Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC), Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA), and Trading Standards.     PSNI Inspector Amanda Ford says, “Many people start their search for a new puppy online, and the campaign aims to raise awareness that buyers are more likely to buy an illegally bred puppy than they think. “We are wor...