::: Newry Journal ::: - Stevie Loughran

Life sentence for homeless man in murder trial A man has been jailed for life for stabbing a man to death in Thurles last year.
Coffee-jar bomb found at police station in North The North's public was tonight urged to help end dissident republican violence after a so-called coffee-jar bomb was found at a police station.
Catalogue of health service mismanagement and waste exposed A public spending watchdog today exposed a catalogue of mismanagement, waste and inefficiencies in the health services.
Government 'must pay direct-rule bills' The British government has a responsibility to help the North's Executive pay bills left over from the period of direct rule, Martin McGuinness said today.
Sixty jobs to go at Irish Times The Irish Times is to shed up to 60 jobs.
Govt close to a deal with Belarus on Chernobyl children The Minister for Foreign Affairs MicheÃ¡l Martin has said an agreement to end the travel ban on children affected by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster could be concluded within the week.
Foreign minister to tour war-torn Georgia Foreign Affairs Minister MicheÃ¡l Martin is planning to tour war-torn regions of Georgia and South Ossetia when he meets peace observers in the region, it emerged tonight.
Relatives' concern over funding of investigations Confidence in a body established to probe unsolved murders in the North could be eroded by its hand-to-mouth financial existence, victims said tonight.