Downpatrick

Cllr Valerie Harte, chairperson, Newry, Mourne and Down District Council

Council gets behind Christmas ’Make It Local’ campaign to help flood victims

Downpatrick-based Finnebrogue has worked with Asda to produce 10 new Christmas products, bringing the total number of listings for the Downpatrick-based company to 36. Within the new lines, Finnebrogue has put a twist on the Christmas classic pigs in blankets – with two new innovations - cheesy pigs in blankets, as well as Extra Special truffle & parmesan pigs in blankets. Pictured are Cathy Elliott, Asda’s buying manager for NI Local, Andrew Murdoch, Finnebrogue account manager for Asda and Barbara Mullan, Finnebrogue product developer

Northern Ireland food producer jingles all the way to Asda

A scene from the flooded town centre of Downpatrick. Photo: Colin McGrath MLA.

Council working to get ASDA back in business in Downpatrick

Parts of Newry in County Down were flooded after the city's canal burst its banks.

Northern Ireland Flood Risk: Floods infrastructure ‘needs spend of £30m’

A scene from the flooded town center of Downpatrick. Photo: Colin McGrath MLA.

NI ASDA store closed for foreseeable future after severe flood damage

Tragically, the past fortnight has seen the flood tide wreaking havoc on 200 businesses as the waters rose relentlessly in Downpatrick, Newcastle, Newry, and Portadown. Pictured Alan Lowry, chair of FSB NI

View: We must do every thing we can to support businesses affected by flooding

Peter Mullan, a Downpatrick resident who lives on the banks of the River Quoile, whose home was damaged in recent flooding. Photo: Claudia Savage/PA Wire

‘Massively urgent’ need for investment in Downpatrick after Quoile Bridge cracks

A non uniform section of the wall of Quoile bridge on the Killyleagh Road on the outskirts of Downpatrick where part of the bridge has came away from the road after heavy flooding in recent weeks. Picture date: Monday November 13, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story WEATHER Debi Ulster. Photo credit should read: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Northern Ireland hit by high winds and heavy rain as Storm Debi blows in

Michael McShane walks through flood water on Market Street in Downpatrick, Northern Ireland. Some rivers in Northern Ireland reached record high levels following several days of heavy rain. Picture date: Thursday November 2, 2023.

Flood relief package for businesses destroyed 'means nothing'

Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris speaking to the media in Newry to announce up to £15m to help businesses affected by flooding.

£15 million flood relief not the end of story for businesses – civil servant

Amy Curran during her treatment for cancer when she was 20. The Downpatrick woman is backing the 'what not to say' campaign by the charity, Teenage Cancer Trust

Young NI woman backs 'what not to say' to someone with cancer

Council workers from Newry, Mourne and Down District Council help clean up flood-stricken Downpatrick, Co Down, on Monday. Pic:: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Northern Ireland flooding: Chris Heaton-Harris pledges help 'where possible'

Work continued across the weekend in Downpatrick to pump the floodwater out of the town.

Shadow Northern Ireland secretary Hilary Benn criticises flooding support

Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service continue to pump water from flooded premises in Downpatrick town centre on Saturday Photo: Peter Morrison/PA Wire

Downpatrick has pleaded for more support - Water gone, but not devastation

Handout photo issued by Ciara Douglas of flooring inside her flood damaged shop following the flooding in Downpatrick on Wednesday

Downpatrick business owner devastated by recent floods

Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service continue to pump water from flooded premises in Downpatrick town centre. Photo: Peter Morrison/PA Wire

Flooding: Pumping operation continues in flood-stricken Downpatrick
A pumping operation in flood-stricken parts of Downpatrick has been removing water at a rate of 7,500 litres per minute.

Flooding scenes in Downpatrick as businesses damaged. Picture By: Arthur Allison: PacemakerPress.

Saturday Update: The full list of roads currently closed following flooding

Some 40 householders and 20 businesses have been hit by flooding in Portadown, though waters are now receding. Photo: PSNI.

Floods: 40 Portadown families lose homes for six months

Following the inundation of businesses in Newry, Downpatrick and Portadown, as well as other individual businesses more locally, FSB has called for every layer of government to step up and respond as a matter of the highest priority – councils, Stormont Departments and the UK government. Pictured is FSB NI policy chair, Alan Lowry

FSB NI calls for three-stranded approach to flood response

Heavy flooding in Downpatrick, County Down, flooding continues to cause disruption in the town.Bus services across Downpatrick have been suspended and parts of Portadown, County Armagh, remain badly affected. Photo by Jonathan Porter / Press Eye

Calls for financial aid for businesses counting the costs after flooding

Marie Curie Downpatrick store manager Lisa Glackin stacks sand bags against the entrance to the store on Market Street in Downpatrick Photo: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire

Emergency work continues in Downpatrick as clean-up begins elsewhere in NI

There have been "apocalyptic scenes" in Downpatrick, County Down, as flooding continues to cause disruption, an assembly member has said. Picture By: Arthur Allison: PacemakerPress.

Afternoon Update: The list of roads closed in NI on Friday November 3

A scene from the flooded town center of Downpatrick.
Photo: Colin McGrath MLA.

Businesses without insurance lose Christmas stock to floods

The owners of flooded businesses in south Down are facing expensive clean-up operations after Newry's canal burst its banks.
Picture By: Arthur Allison: PacemakerPress.

Flooding: Insurance let me down but friends have lifted me

The Saint Patrick's Day Parade and Festival in Downpatrick.

St Patrick's Day events in Downpatrick facing funding cut in budget squeeze

View from Inch Abbey, Downpatrick, over Quoile River to St Patrick's Cathedral, Downpatrick. Picture: News Letter archives/Bernie Brown

Effect of age and weather impacting on Down Cathedral at Downpatrick (1953)

Downpatrick based Finnebrogue has worked with Asda to secure a new listing for its gluten-free Naked Pork Sausages, as well as supplying three new lines of Asda branded bacon rashers, which will be stocked at selected stores across the UK. Pictured are Barbara Mullan, Finnebrogue product developer, Linda Owens, Asda Downpatrick community champion, Ciara Smith, Asda store manager, and Tegan Bodles, Finnebrogue category and insight manager

Downpatrick's Finnebrogue is Tickled Pink with new 'Naked' Asda listings
Finnebrogue’s Naked bacon, which was launched into Asda in 2019, will be supporting the retailer’s Tickled Pink campaign, as part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October

Brian Faulkner and his wife

Former seaside home of late UUP leader Lord Faulkner up for sale for £1,475,000

Letters to editor

Letter: Thirty-eight years for a united Ireland to occur in Varadkar's lifetime

The Omniplex Northern Ireland is offering reduced admission tickets on National Cinema Day, September 2

Fancy seeing Oppenheimer and Barbie at an Omniplex cinema for £3?

The beautiful Victorian residence dates back to the 1860s. Photos: Carolyn Edgar Homes

Charming Victorian property with four bedrooms

Finnebrogue Artisan in Downpatrick supplies its burgers to major supermarkets and has its own wagyu herd

Tasty Tyrone beef burgers set to be named Britain’s best

An increasingly rare breeding bird has returned to a Co Down fen this year, following restoration efforts by Ulster Wildlife to help bring nature back. Picture: Ulster Wildlife

Endangered lapwing make a comeback to Co Down bog thanks to conservation efforts

A lapwing chick – two breeding pairs of lapwings have been spotted at Lecale Fens

Endangered lapwings seen for first time in years at Co Down bog

Letters to editor

Letter: Rational solutions for airport provision for NI await an assembly

Oil prices have risen during July

Prices of both home heating oil and fuel have begun creeping up

Motorcycle enthusiast Chris Howard has turned his passion for motorcycles and motorcycle racing into his very own motorcycle repair business, CHP Motoworks, thanks to the help of the Go For It programme in association with Newry, Mourne and Down District Council. Pictured are Joan O’Hara, business advisor at Down Business Centre, councillor Valerie Harte, chair of Newry, Mourne and Down District Council, Janice McDonald, Down Business Centre and Chris Howard, founder of CHP Motoworks (simongraham.photography)

NI bike enthusiast accelerates his passion to launch motorcycle repair business

Morning View

Editorial: Ex RUC live for years in fear of trial but IRA godfathers do not

Killough Road

Motorists advised that Co Down route closed due to a fallen electricity pole

Giving out ASDA uniforms in Downpatrick

ASDA donates £800,000 school uniforms to hundreds of pupils cross NI

Downpatrick indie-rockers Ash have today (June 15) announced their first album together in five years as well as release of title single Race The Night and details of a forthcoming UK and European tour (that sadly doesn't include any NI dates)

Downpatrick rockers Ash announce first album in years

The Ballyhornan Road area Downpatrick

A man who died following a single-vehicle road traffic collision has been named

A plaque on the wall of the old Downpatrick Gaol which now houses the County Museum. Picture: Darryl Armitage

Rewards are offered for six escapees from Downpatrick Gaol (1792)

Ballyhornan Road in Downpatrick

County Down route closed due to road traffic collision now reopened

Lisa Gill taking part in the Belfast Marathon

Diplomat gets call to help in Sudan hours after finishing Belfast Marathon

Broadcaster and entertainer Hugo Duncan will be in conversation with Gerry Kelly at the Saint Patrick's Centre in Downpatrick on April 20

The 'wee man from Strabane' looks back on career in broadcasting

Downpatrick Racecourse.

Gavin Cromwell celebrates hat-trick of wins at Downpatrick

Letters to editor

Letter: The wishes of 80% of NI people who back Windsor deal are not important

Dr Tim Campbell presents singer Dana with a bunch of flowers thanking her for her prescence at the launch of the new exhibition at the St Patrick Centre in Downpatrick

New book on St Patrick launched at The Saint Patrick Centre in Downpatrick

Some of the groups involved in the St Patrick's Day parades

St Patrick’s Day: Thousands to take part as flute bands join day of parades

Ash formed at Down High School in 1992

Tim Wheeler looks back on 30 years of Ash

The late Denis Lynn, the inspirational founder of Finnebrogue Artisan

Finnebrogue Artisan wins top UK awards for food manufacturing excellence

The picture submitted to Funeral Times of Mrs Michaela Curran

Michaela Curran: Funeral arrangements released as fundraiser nears £7,000

Michaela Curran

Police have named the mother-of-three who died in a road crash in Co Down

The newly developed service station at Maxol Downpatrick

Maxol Downpatrick unveils new store following £1.5m investment