::: Newry Journal :::

Bus Éireann to cut more services Bus Éireann tonight announced the latest stage of its massive cost-cutting drive with the axing of one service and the curtailment of 18 others.
Retrial ordered in assault case The jury in the trial of a Dublin accountant accused of assaulting a former Ericsson engineer leaving him blind in one eye has been discharged having failed to reach a verdict.
Attacker probably stood on victim's head, pathologist tells court The skull fracture sustained by a retired Cork barman was most likely to have been caused by someone standing on his head, a pathologist told a murder trial today.
Man pleads guilty to raping daughter A Cork man in his 50s pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court today to raping and sexually assaulting his own daughter.
Man faces 10-year jail sentence after drugs haul A young man who turned to drugs following the suicide of three of his friends in a short period of time faces a possible ten year sentence after being caught transporting almost half a million euro of cocaine to repay a debt.
Murder trial in closing stages The jury in the trial of a 22-year-old man accused of murdering a man during a drugs “rip” will begin its deliberations at the Central Criminal Court tomorrow.
Publicans negligent in serving drink-driver, court hears Two publicans who served alcoholic beverages to a man who was one of two people killed in a horrific road traffic accident shortly after he drove home from the pub acted in a negligent manner, it was claimed before the High Court today.
Union calls for LRC to intervene in Aer Lingus dispute The IMPACT trade union has today called on the Labour Relations Commission to intervene in the dispute between Aer Lingus and its cabin crew.