Recently added articles from Banbridge Leader (Banbridge, Northern Ireland):
WI ANNIVERSARY.
Aug 01, 2008 ... MAE Malcolmson, President, welcomed everyone to Dromara's 'Square One' restaurant for Dromore Women's Institute's recent anniversary dinner. After dinner honorary members Isobel McCracken and Florence Doonan were asked to cut the cake. During the evening a sketch, ...
'SIGNS AREN'T GOOD FOR SHOPKEEPERS'.
Jul 31, 2008 ... ULSTER Unionist Upper Bann MLA Sam Gardiner has alerted shopkeepers that the Department of the Environment is tightening up on the enforcement of regulations governing advertising posters and sandwich board signs on roads and pavements. "Many traders have put up unauthorised ...
EVANS LOOKING FORWARD TO START OF NEW SEASON.
Jul 31, 2008 ... SUZANNE Evans' Bann side have been given a timely boost ahead of the start of the new All Ireland League with the news that Eugene Magee will be available for the new campaign. Magee spent much of last year playing for Dutch side HGC and Adelaide Hotshots in Australia but his ...
AWARD FOR PROJECT WHICH HELPS LOCAL SCHOOLS GO GREEN.
Jul 30, 2008 ... A RENEWABLE energy project which has installed solar panels at a number of schools in the Banbridge district has won the NEMEX Renewables Innovation Award. Switched on Schools picked up the award for its work in educating the next generation on sustainable energy issues. ...
FOURTH AWARD FOR FOFANNY WATERWORKS.
Jul 30, 2008 ... A WATER Treatment Works which supplies the Banbridge district has won its fourth construction award. Northern Ireland Water won the award for its groundbreaking Fofanny Water Treatment Works project in the Mournes which supplies around 100,000 consumers. The [pounds ...
EXCELLENT TRADE FOR SHEEP AT RATHRILAND.
Jul 29, 2008 ... THERE was an excellent trade for fat lambs and fat ewes on Tuesday evening with heavy lambs selling far above quoted factory prices. A top of [pounds sterling]70 was paid to a Loughbrickland farmer for 26kg. A Tierkelly farmer sold a pen of 24.5kg at [pounds sterling]69 with a ...
GARDINER RAISES QUESTIONS ON DERMATOLOGY UNIT.
Jul 29, 2008 ... UPPER Bann UUP MLA Sam Gardiner has welcomed news that there will be no compulsory job losses from the move of the dermatology unit from Lurgan to Craigavon Hospital. Mr Gardiner said he has been in contact with Health Minister Michael McGimpsey on the subject for the past few ...
WARD HITS OUT AT FLAG BURNING.
Jul 29, 2008 ... SINN Fein councillor Dessie Ward has called for those responsible for placing the Irish Tricolour, the papal flag and GAA flags on local 11th night bonfires to be prosecuted under hate crime legislation. "The burning of these flags causes deep hurt and anger within the ...
KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE SKIES FOR RED KITE.
Jul 29, 2008 ... PEOPLE living in the Banbridge district are being asked to keep their eyes peeled for red kites released into the South Down skies last week. The RSPB released the birds on Monday as part of a co-ordinated effort across the British Isles to see them re-established into its ...
TOWN UP THREE PLACES IN LEAGUE OF SHAME.
Jul 29, 2008 ... BANBRIDGE has moved up three places in the licence-dodgers' league of shame, according to figures released last week by TV Licensing. The latest figures show that 130 people were caught watching TV illegally in Banbridge during the first six months of 2008. Banbridge ...
GORDON'S PROMOTE ENERGY SCHEME.
Jul 29, 2008 ... A NEW scheme from NIE Energy means you will be able to find out what free gas central heating systems are on offer by popping into the area's Gordons Chemist stores. Funded by the NIE Energy Efficiency Programme, the 'Healthy Homes' scheme can replace Economy 7, solid fuel or ...
CAMPAIGN WARNS OF 'CREEPER BURGLARIES'.
Jul 29, 2008 ... POLICE have launched a poster campaign reminding local people to secure their property to prevent 'creeper burglaries' taking place. Creeper burglaries are those which are carried out when someone enters premises when the occupants are in bed. In many instances car ...
FAMILY DAY TO REMEMBER TA.
Jul 29, 2008 ... A DROMORE family have taken part in a fun-filled family day to help remember the men and women of the Territorial Army serving in Afghanistan. Friends, families and colleagues gathered for the Royal Irish Rangers Families Day heard an update about military life in Afghanistan ...
DROMORE NURSE IS CARING FOR THE INJURED.
Jul 29, 2008 ... A DROMORE nurse is among those who have been caring for RIR soldiers injured as the result of a bomb blast in Afghanistan. Nuala Green is one of the Territorial Army medical staff attached to 204 Field Hospital, where the wounded troops were treated. Six Royal Irish ...
SOLDIERS LAPPING UP THE LEADER IN AFGHANISTAN.
Jul 29, 2008 ... LOCAL soldiers serving in strife-torn Afghanistan will soon be catching up on home-town happenings after dropping a line to The Leader. Copies of our Dromore and Banbridge editions will be winging their way to local men and women serving overseas and keen to keep in touch with ...
PROBE INTO DEATH OF LOCAL PENSIONER REMAINS A PRIORITY.
Jul 29, 2008 ... THE death of Loughbrickland pensioner Ted O'Hare is still being treated as murder and remains a priority for the Retrospective Murder Review Unit, an inquest has heard. No-one has ever been brought before the courts for the death of the 72-year-old following a robbery at the ...
MARK LANDS A PRESTIGIOUS AWARD.
Jul 29, 2008 ... A BANBRIDGE man who has dedicated himself to steering young people away from getting involved in anti-social behaviour has received a prestigious award for his efforts. Mark McGivern, who runs Dromore based charity Angling First, has received a Commitment to Countrysports Award ...
MOUTRAY WELCOMES TOUGHER KNIFE CRIME SENTENCES.
Jul 29, 2008 ... UPPER Bann DUP MLA Stephen Moutray has welcomed plans for an increase in sentences for knife crimes. Mr Moutray said: "This announcement by Paul Goggins is a welcome development. The news that the maximum jail sentence for carrying a knife is to double from two years to four is ...
PARENTS' NIGHT AT CLOSKELT HALL.
Jul 29, 2008 ... CLOSKELT Highland Dancers held a successful Parents' Night recently in the local Orange Hall. Family and friends enjoyed a display of highland and national dances by the girls. Mr. Maynard Hanna, from the Ulster-Scots Agency, attended the event. He commented on how ...
WORK DUE TO END IN MID-AUGUST.
Jul 29, 2008 ... THE ongoing Dromore environmental improvement scheme is due to be completed in the middle of August. It is understood that workmen were back on site on Monday following the July holidays. "The scheme is due to complete in mid-August ...