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Scourge of fly-tipping
22 January 2025
THE Irish Street car park in Downpatrick has emerged as the district’s latest fly-tipping hot spot.
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LA wildfires ‘scared life out of me’ as local man tells of terror
A FORMER Downpatrick man has spoken of his terror at witnessing the full destructive force of the Los Angeles wildfires.
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Nine-year sentence for killing ‘excessive’, hears Court of Appeal
THE jail sentence imposed on a man who chased and stabbed his neighbour to death in a Downpatrick street was manifestly excessive, the Court of Appeal has heard.
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Castlewellan Three Court of Appeal hearing is dismissed
A LEGAL bid to overturn three men’s convictions for murdering a Catholic teenager in Castlewellan 50 years ago is to be dismissed.
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Landmark Lidl Railway Street site on the market
THE Lidl supermarket site in Newcastle is for sale.
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Golf club opposes new housing plan
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Lighthouse plan opposed
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Business case underway for tree-top walk in park
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Council seeks new home for WWI Armstrong hut
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Newcastle rescue hero and his beloved dog on hit BBC series
A NEWCASTLE man and his heroic dog have been featured on the hit BBC series The Repair Shop.
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Chairman cuts sod at new Downpatrick sports park
WORK is underway on a new £500,000 urban sports park in Downpatrick.
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Consider SERC higher education courses
BANGOR man Nathan Quee has found the path to his ideal degree and is urging others to consider the same route to a qualification.
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Plan for pick-ups from new Grand Central Station
TRANSPORT chiefs are drawing up plans to pave the way for buses from Downpatrick and Newcastle to use Belfast’s new Grand Central Station.
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Community group holds evening video night with music and culture
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Students get into gear with road safety GCSE
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Sunflower Cottage donates £19,000 to four charities after fundraisers
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Police probe after female dogs stolen
SPORTS
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Down set for start
DOWN’S footballers are now just days away from their return to Allianz National League Division 2 and will be hoping to build on their success from last season.
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Drumaness put four past Ards Rangers
DRUMANESS Mills showed their resilience to see off Premier Division rivals Ards Rangers and put their name in the hat for the third round of the Clarence Cup.
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Understrength Ballynahinch battle hard against Clontarf
ADAM Craig took his patched-up Ballynahinch side to Clontarf hoping for a first ever victory at their Castle Avenue fortress.
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Owenbeg A secure win over their clubmates
OWENBEG B.
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Magorrian leads Ballykinlar to win at Crossgar
CROSSGAR.
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Newcastle juniors turn out in force for Mathieson Cup
NEWCASTLE AC juniors were out in force at the recent Mathieson Cup cross country event run by Mallusk Harriers.
FEATURES
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Shrigleys brings taste of Moroccan spice to London
A CASUAL walk along a busy London street brought a local politician into contact with a very familiar name from home.
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COUNTRY DIARY
From the pages of the Down Recorder, January 25, 1995
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Ballyhornan author Roisin in line for prestigious award
A BALLYHORNAN author has been shortlisted for a prestigious book award.
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Crossgar students tread the boards in hit musical
TALENTED pupils from St Colmcille’s High School, Crossgar, took to the stage on three consecutive days last week to bring to life the characters from Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s hugely popular musical, Joseph and the Amazing Technico
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Marking 75 years since the final trains pulled into railway stations
IT’S 75 years since the closure of the Belfast and County Down Railway's lines south of Comber to Downpatrick and to Ardglass, Newcastle and Ballynahinch.
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Rea family will be the focus at local society
ANNACLOY and in particular the Rea family will be the subject of a talk at a meeting of Crossgar Historical Society next week.
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