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A peak inside Adrian Bailie Interiors’ latest project Hot Fashion on the Local Streets

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AUTUMN 2017 £2.00

Picturing Old Newry Profiles with Newry’s top Business Entrepreneurs All the latest social events covered inside...

A peak inside Adrian Bailie Interiors’ latest project Hot Fashion on the Local Streets

Welcome... to the first edition of Ulster Tatler – Newry Life!

In this edition we chat to Newry entrepreneurs about why they love Newry, including Adrian Bailie, Jack Murphy, Jim Feenan and Noelle Murphy to name but a few. We have coverage from all the latest local events in Newry including the Newry Business Awards, Newry and Mourne Gala Ball and Newry Gay Pride, plus more social calander highlights.

Visitors and locals are treated to an array of shops and restaurants in Newry. We explore this further with a restaurant review for Belleek Country House and we take a look at the stylish residents of Newry with our feature ‘Street Smart’.

We hope you enjoy our brand new magazine, and if you know of a story or event in the area that you think should be covered, please feel free to get in touch.

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42 FEATURES 12 16 18 22 24 26 27 30 34 38 43 44 48 52 56 58 59

Why I Love Newry: Cllr Roisin Mulgrew In Profile: Jim Feenan Picturing Old Newry In Profile: Seth Linder News Round Up Why I Love Newry: Bernice Larkin In Profile: Carol Rooney Famous Names From Newry Why I Love Newry: Feargal McCormack Our Top Picks In Profile: Adrian Bailie Upcoming Events Street Smart Adrian Bailie - House Feature In Profile: Jack Murphy Why I Love Warrenpoint: Sean Farrelly Street Smart (cont)

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In Profile: Noelle Murphy In Profile: Noleen Carragher Restaurant Review: Belleek Country House In Profile: Lisa McCrink Street Smart (cont) Why I Love Newry: Orla Hayes

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Gala Charity Ball La Mariée Bridal Boutique Launches Newry Business Awards Newry Colour Run Formula Karting Celebrates 25 Years Newry Pride Parade Waking The Giant Festival Newry Rugby Club Newry Business Awards (cont)

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Social Scene

GALA CHARITY BALL Cllr Gillian Fitzpatrick held her first charity fundraising ball recently at the Canal Court Hotel, benefiting Newry, Mourne and Down Council’s five nominated charities - Southern Area Hospice, Mind Your Mate and Yourself, PIPS, The Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust and Autism H.A.N.D. This highlight of the social calendar was a glittering event, attracting guests from far and wide and raising significant funds for good causes.

Gillian Fitzpatrick, Chair Newry & Mourne and Down District Council and family.

Oliver and Mairead Short.

Gillian Fitzpatrick, Chair Newry & Mourne and Down District Council with Kieran and Bernie O’Connor, RunForAutismHAND. 04 UT Newry Life

Gillian Fitzpatrick, Chair Newry & Mourne and Down District Council with Britains Got Talent stars St Patricks Junior Choir with Patricia McCaughey, Conductor and Sorcha Lyness, principal.

Gillian Fitzpatrick, Chair Newry & Mourne and Down District Council with Council Democratic Services Team and Compere Kevin McAllister.

Charity Ball 2017 Gala Evening.

Garth Craig, Deputy Chair Newry & Mourne and Down District Council and Mrs Olive Craig.

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LA MARIEE BRIDAL BOUTIQUE LAUNCHES La MariĂŠe recently opened their new bridal boutique with a glamorous launch party at their salon, located close to The Carrickdale Hotel outside Newry. Staff, customers, family and friends attended the stylish event and a wonderful evening was enjoyed by all.

Susan Meek and James Silcock.

Maria’s family left-right dad Paddy, Maria, Patrick Gregory, mum Mary, Aunt Kathleen, Janine, Damian and baby Leo McAnespie.

Aoife Trainor and Donna Mackin.

Shannon Curran, Maria McCann and Siobhan Curran.

Anne Donaghy, Alison Donaghy, Maria McCann and mum Mary McCann, Fiona Grant and Sinead Grant.

Sinead Rice, Joanne Galvin and Moira Crilly.

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Jessica McQuillan and Conor Lynch.

Social Scene

NEWRY BUSINESS AWARDS 2017 The Newry Business Awards was recently held at The Canal Court Hotel & Spa. The business awards were hosted by Newry Chamber of Commerce and recognises business excellence across the business community throughout the Greater Newry Area.

There are 21 award categories including best pub, best green business, best tourism business, best customer service, best new business and best place to eat, just to name a few. See page 76 for further coverage.

Michael Gaynor, Carol McKeown and Michael McKeown.

Shannon Hurley, Joanne Mackin, Caroline Reynolds and Laura Brown.

Emma Murphy and Jessica Kane.

Lisa McCrink, Jonathan McCrink and Bernie Byrne.

Gemma and Jack Murphy.

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Una King, Kelly Mulligan, Magdelena Sovczynska and Aisling King.

Damien Ryan and Conor O’Rourke.

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Patricia McLennon, Martin McEvoy and Geraldine O’Neill.

Piers and Una Hoskins, Brendan and Clodagh Rogers and Paul and Dervla Convery.

Tracey Rice, Brenda Kellaghan and Laura Walls and Margaret McNamee.

Barry Hanley and Shirley Betts.

Michelle Lowery, Diane McCall and Colleen Casey.

P D Doran and Nicole McAteer.

Liz Finnegan, Michael McDonald and Asha Jamil.

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NEW R Y CO L O U R R UN Newry’s 2nd Annual 5k Colour Run took place recently at Greenbank Industrial Estate, and was attended by over 1,000 participants. ts.

The fun event was held in aid of Children In Crossfirea and £13,000 was raised on the day.

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WHY I LOVE NEWRY...

Cllr Roisin Mulgrew, Chairperson of Newry, Mourne and Down District Council, tells us why she loves Newry.

Warrenpoint sunrise

WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR CAREER PATH TO DATE? I’ve been involved in community activity - the hurling and youth clubs when my children were growing up. I was always politically aware and my family have been involved with Sinn Fein over generations. In terms of my employment record, I own a Spar shop and am a self-employed small business owner. My husband and I bought a derelict site 30 years ago, opened up a shop, then added a fast food outlet and an off-licence.

When the children got to be independent, I decided the time was right to be more involved in politics. I have been a councillor for four years and took the chair on June 1 this year and am enjoying this busy role very much.

HOW DO YOU SPEND A TYPICAL WORKING DAY? Today, the first Monday in the month, is always busiest with lots of meetings and I am also talking to you. My first meeting was at half eight. I’ll be meeting people from 11am to 12pm and 1pm to 2pm.

Council meetings take place in Downpatrick and it takes me one hour 20 minutes to get there from home. I get into my car and head for party meetings at 3.30pm, then from 5pm to 6pm. There is a full council meeting from 6pm. If it’s a quick meeting, it finishes at half seven but it could go on to 9pm or 9.30pm. That means it’s half ten or later by the time I drive home. The last weekend of the summer holidays were busy too as I attended six to seven events, from triathlons to charity teas.

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HOW DO YOU RELAX IN YOUR SPARE TIME? I get very little spare time, to be perfectly honest.

Fortunately, south Armagh, where I live, is blessed with natural beauty, so a walk in Slieve Gullion or on Carnlough Mountain works. I have two grandchildren now, Aiobheann (2) and ten-month-old Donncha and I like to spend time with them, doing silly things. You get the splashes and cuddles, say ‘Look at the cow’, pick the blackberries off the bushes.

WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT WORKING IN NEWRY? The best thing about this area is the amount of community spirit. We’re very close knit here and people are extremely supportive of each other. So many people are doing a lot of good work and deserve recognition.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE HIDDEN GEM IN NEWRY When the two councils amalgamated three years ago to form the super-council, we spent time looking at the best way forward. We spent a lot of money on festivals and tourism and last year,

our tourism figures went up 41% in the area. We fought for investment and got a festival in Slieve Gullion - which is up against beautiful places like Castlewellan, Kilbroney - yet Slieve Gullion topped the poll with 400,000 visitors. In terms of hidden gems, in the city of Newry, we have our great shipping canal which is very historic and has huge potential so we hope to do something with that. We need to get a lot of people involved but I feel the figures will justify the investment and give businesses a real economic boost.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE RESTAURANT IN NEWRY? We have lots of very good restaurants and the fantastic Canal Court Hotel. I like to sit back and relax in places like Art Bar Funkel, which does tapas like food and you get relaxed, sociable dining in The Blue Print Pizza Place.

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE NEWRY IN A FEW WORDS? Newry district is welcoming, community driven and stunningly beautiful.

Tapas at Art Bar Funkel, Newry.

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Social Scene

FORMULA KARTING, NEWRY CELEBRATES 25 YEARS Formula Karting, Newry, hosted customers, staff, friends and family at a charity event to celebrate 25 years in business.

Starting off as a small family run business Formula Karting is now the leading karting centre throughout Ireland and the UK having three indoor tracks with tunnels, ramps, bends and chicanes over three levels. The charities chosen for this 25th year are The Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust and Head Injury Support Newry. Formula Karting: 028 3026 6220

Colin Bell, Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust and Jim Feenan, Formula Karting.

Formula Karting staff.

Gerry and Deirdre Connor.

Barry McParland and Gareth Feenan.

Colin Bell, Peter and Geraldine Makem.

Jonathon Taylor, Felix Flynn and Ross Flynn.

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Holly McDonald, Chelsea McDonald and Grace Flynn.

Robin and Catherine Patton.

UP TO SPEED WITH FORMULA KARTING Formula Karting provide the perfect karting experience on their three top class, mind-bending indoor tracks at their Newry circuit. Whether it’s a company team building exercise, a family fun day, a birthday treat or stag or hen night, racing on top-ofthe-range karts which reach speeds of up to 35mph ticks all the boxes.

It’s exciting but before you channel your inner Lewis Hamilton, Formula Karting staff give each member of your group a safety briefing. They provide you with a helmet, race jacket and gloves before you take your place on the starting grid.

Then it’s all about the ride. The Formula Karting tracks incorporate overpasses, underpasses, tunnels, ramps, bridges and banked corners. Formula Karting’s facilities include a digital display results board to check how you’ve done, a viewing area, amusement arcade and a cafe, plus conference and hospitality rooms. There is wheelchair access throughout and a private car park. In today’s business environment, a day out with clients in a fun environment pays dividends and Formula Karting can tailor packages for your company. Experience that adrenaline rush in a range of racing formats from Grand Prix to Team Endurance.

Refreshments, with bar service after the race, are available on request. Races in corporate race days start from £35 per driver. Formula Karting also offer corporate hospitality packages, combining a meeting environment - with video and projection equipment - and racing event.

Contact the Formula Karting Racing Group on 028 3026 6220, info@formula-karting.com, www.formula-karting.com

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SPEED FORMULA FOR SUCCESS Jim Feenan, MD of Formula Karting, talks about his ‘experience’ business.

disadvantage when it comes to the rates man as they base figures on the size of your property rather than the size of your business.

WHAT’S THE APPEAL OF KARTING? We’re selling an experience. When you’re on the kart, you feel like a Formula One racing driver, like Lewis Hamilton. The karts reach speeds of up to 35 mph which is pretty fast and it is thrilling to go round.

WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TO SOMEBODY ENTERING THE BUSINESS? Run! More seriously, it’s no different from any other kind of business. Whether it is farming or entertainment, you have to work at it and do your best. If you don’t like it, change your job.

HOW DID YOU GET INTO THE KARTING BUSINESS? When I was a young fellow, I went to road rallies and tortured my parents into taking me to events on the circuit of Ireland. My mother used to buy me Motor Sports News magazine. On the bottom corner of the cover, there was always a map of England with zip dots showing you different rallies to go to. I rallied a bit in my late teens and had to go to England to compete.

I went to Oldham, then to London, but thought why was there no map of Ireland, no dots leading you to events here. I said to myself there has to be a map of Ireland and that’s why I started Formula Karting, my business, over 25 years ago. It was my passion and interest in the sport that led to my career.

WHAT’S A TYPICAL WORKING DAY LIKE FOR YOU? My typical working day starts when I get up early as I have a farm near Mountain Morris. I tend to the animals first thing, get their food and check on them. Then I have a bite to eat and like to get in to my Formula Karting office for 10am. Sometimes I go to Dublin or Limerick and other circuits. If I’ve been at our circuit in Limerick, I can get back to do a bit of farming but if i have been to the Dublin business, my son Gareth does the farming. I have two sons, Michael, my other son works in the karting business, and a daughter. We have three tracks in one building in Newry which is very big. That’s an advantage for the experience we offer but a 16 UT Newry Life

WHAT DO YOU LIKE BEST ABOUT WORKING IN NEWRY? This was my first circuit, where it all started out, and I still think of it as number 1. We call it the Head Office, that’s why we’re here.

WHAT DO YOU LIKE BEST ABOUT LIVING IN NEWRY? Newry was my home town and now it’s my home city. You couldn’t ask for nicer people or a better place to live. Newry is a vibrant, young city - in fact, it’s one of the youngest cities in the North of Ireland. There is plenty of countryside just outside the city and we’re on the main Belfast-Dublin corridor. You can go to the Dublin boats and airport or to Belfast and we’re ideally situated to reach Europe or for the world.

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PICTU OLD Jemmy Gill

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Old Newry by Alex Young and Tommy O’Hanlon is one of Stenlake Publishing’s series of books that illustrate the history of a range of towns across Northern Ireland via evocative period photographs. Every picture tells a story, and we’ve extracted from the book to give a sense of Newry’s progress. You can trace the development of the town’s canal and its industrial past, learn the fate of fugitive criminal Jemmy Gill in the early 1900s, and admire the pictures of proud male and female sports teams.

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f a town’s history is to be found in street names, then Sugar Island, Merchant’s Quay, Buttercrane Quay and Corn Market all tell of Newry’s history as a trading centre. Newry is, however, one of the oldest settlements in Ireland, important because of its position on the main route between Ulster and Leinster and on the Clanrye river on its way to Carlingford Lough and the open sea.

When St Patrick was sent to Ireland by Pope Celestine in AD 432 and planted his ‘Yew tree at the head of the Strand’ - from which we get the name Newry - he founded not only the embryo settlement but made converts among the Cistercian monks from Co Louth to build an abbey here. This was dedicated to St Mary and St Patrick, under the tutelage of Maurice MacLoughlin, King of Ireland, and the abbey gave the town a focus around which to develop. The abbey survived until the midsixteenth century when, amongst the many changes wrought by the Reformation, the monks’ lands (some 5,500 acres) passed to Nicholas Bagenal, a marshal in King Henry VIII’s army. By then the settlement had grown to 72 houses with two salmon weirs and a mill.

In 1689, after a period of relative peace and prosperity, the town was set ablaze while in the hands of the Duke of Berwick and a Jacobite army of 2,000 men, to deny the advancing Williamite army, under the Duke of Schlomberg, shelter and food. The six surviving houses became the nucleus of the town today.

The idea of a canal between Newry and Lough Neagh was mooted when coal workings opened in Co Tyrone at the beginning of the eighteenth century. A survey was commissioned and reported favourably, estimating the cost at £20,000. Work finally began in 1730

and with eighteen miles of waterway and fifteen locks to raise it 80 feet above sea level at Poyntzpass, it was for its time a major feat of engineering. In 1765 the waterway to Carlingford Lough was completed.

A rival was on the horizon in the form of the expanding rail system.

In 1845 the Newry & Enniskillen Railway Company was formed to link the two towns, but took seven years to complete the three and a half mile line to Goraghwood.

In the twentieth century both the canal and railway would give way to road transport. The canal was closed in 1949. Beeching would see to the slaughter of the railways in the 1960s.

With the exception of the canal, the dock (which was handling over 100,000 tons of goods per annum by the mid-nineteenth century) and the railway, Newry had few large employers until 1845 when John Grubb Richardson chose Bessbrook, two miles from the town, for his linen spinning mill. A Quaker, Richardson was one of the early proponents of the model village built around the factory. Richardson’s philosophy was to ‘control our people and to do them good in every sense’. An alternative view would say that this meant he got more work from them by keeping them from the ‘demon drink’. The village around the mill was not large enough to house all his workers and such were the number travelling each day from Newry that the Bessbrook and Newry Tramway was built and opened in 1885. It remained in service until 1948.

Having survived both a post-war decline in trade and industry and the Troubles, Newry’s star is again in the ascendancy. In March 2002, as part of the celebrations to mark the fiftieth anniversary of UT Newry Life 19

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Armaghdown Bridge and the Russian cannon.

the accession of Queen Elizabeth, Newry was granted city status.

Presbyterian Church (on the right) as his reference. The canal basin is Among the assets mentioned in Newry’s citation were its architectural now a car park. inheritance and the fact it had the highest number of new businesses From the head of Sandy’s Street the coronation decorations ran in Northern Ireland. up into Talbot Street. Taken in the week leading up Designed by local architect William Batt, to Coronation Day, this photograph shows Newry Town Hall was built on a three Vera Cox, then in her mid-forties, span bridge over the Clanrye river outside her house at No 11. The third in 1893 at a cost of £9,000. The youngest in a family of fourteen, reason given for the choice of Vera (nee Patterson) married this unusual and expensive Sammy Cox, a bus conductor, site was that as the river in the early 1930s and lived divides Newry between in this house until her Co Armagh and Co Down, death in January 1985. The the town hall could serve parked car belonged to her its people from a position neighbour, Albert Martin. of neutrality. There are, Parked at its terminus however, those who whisper outside the Technical College that as buildings which stand in College Square East, Belfast, over water do not pay rates, the in the late 1920s, this 30-seater council hoped to make a saving!

Associated Daimler omnibus was Newry Town Hall The classical style building to the one of a hundred bought by the newly right, erected in 1840 for the Newry Savings formed Belfast Omnibus Company. RJ bank, was bought by the council in the early 1890s Poots of Dromore had started the Belfast to Newry and served as the municipal offices while the town hall was service in 1924, and was one of forty operators taken over being built. by the newly formed Belfast Omnibus Company in 1927. The Newry Taken from the Armaghdown Bridge in front of the town hall, terminus was in Marcus Square. this photograph shows Sugar Island on the left while in the centre Newry Town Football Club’s team for the season 1936/37. Back row background is the courthouse with its fine cupola. Trevor Hill is on the (L to R): WJ (Billy) Redern, A Collins, H McCaw, J Gunther, R Johnston, right. Adams’ paint and wallpaper shop, Trimble the tailor (and post J Twomey, N McIvor, G Black, H Holborn, P Duffy. Front row: D ofice), and the barber’s shop on the corner of Basin Walk have given Thomson, D McCart, JW Syddal, W Whitehouse, E Rigby. Founded in way to a restaurant and off-licence. ‘The Russian Trophy’, a cannon 1923, the club itself has not, as yet, attained as many honours as some captured from the Russians during the Crimean War and gifted to the who have played for it. Billy Redfern was regarded as the best centre town shortly afterwards, stood by the riverside until 1938 when it was forward o his time, being top Irish League scorer that season with 48 moved onto the bridge to make way for the war memorial. Bearing no goals (he wasn’t wearing strip for the photo due to injury) and Jimmy individual names, the cenotaph features only the simply inscription Twomey played for the national team. A generation later, the team ‘Memorial to the World Wars’. fielded goalkeeper Pat Jennings who earned 119 caps and after whom Built on the junction of Canal Quay and New Street in 1873 by local Jennings Park is named. builder John O’Hare, Robert Sands’ Clanrye Mill, the largest in town, In June 1904 local steeplejack Jemmy Gill became a fugitive, the toast replaced an earlier mill which had been destroyed by fire the previous of Newry, and a celebrity throughout Britain. Sought by the police for year. Described as ‘an essay in brickwork’, architect William Watson a minor misdemeanour, Jemmy escaped and made for Sugar Island took the Lombardo-Venetian style of the 1866 Riverside Reformed where he barricaded himself in the boiler house of the disused factory

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chimney he should have been demolishing. Within days, crowds were gathering and the Newry Reporter was telegraphing Jemmy’s exploits across Britain. These included hoisting a flag and setting off a firework display. Two weeks passed and it was only after he was injured in a fall that he was arrested and taken home. He then escaped again and returned to his eyrie where he stayed for another week before being rearrested.

The custom post, looking north, on the main Belfasst-Newry-Dublin road at Kileen in 1936. A busy crossing, it was served by Maxwell’s shop which offered teas, confectionery and tobacco, as well as petrol and oil. The group consists of customs officers, a bus driver and conductor, and two RUC officers. The boy in front of the lorry could have been selling cigarettes or lucky white heather. Found to be in the wrong position, the boundary post was later moved eight yards north.

In 1903 Newry Rowing Club, founded in 1873, became the first provincial rowing club to row at the sport’s premier event, Henley, and were the first in Ireland to form a ladies’ team. This photograph was taken in 1926 outside the clubhouse. President Mr HJ McConville is on the left, Mr Joseph Fisher, future solicitor and senator, secretary is on the right. Some of the female rowers can’t be identified but back row: Eileen Thompson, Una Hennessey, middle row: second figure Peggy Muntz, fourth Dorothy Sinclair. In the front row, Netta Fisher is on the right. The club faded in the 1930s but was rekindled in the 1990s.

Old Newry is published by Stenlake Publishing Limited, tel 01290 551122, copies can be ordered from the publisher’s website, www.stenlake.co.uk. The pictures are taken from the Des Quail collection.

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WHY I LOVE...

ROSTREVOR Seth Linder, co-owner of The Rostrevor Inn, pictured left with Daniel and Majella O’Donnell, tells us what he loves most about Rostrevor..

WHAT’S BEEN YOUR CAREER PATH TO DATE? I was a freelance feature journalist in London.

My wife is from Carlingford and when the kids were seven or eight we moved here, because every time we came here for the summer holidays, we’d go back and get depressed. I continued in journalism here, then moved into tourism and did heritage exhibitions which I still do.

My father and stepmother came here for their holidays and she said she wanted to invest in the area. Just over three years ago, the pub became vacant. It dates from 1850 and was owned by the Crawfords until 1980, then was taken over by the McCallister family. It changed hands again and our idea is to restore it to as much of its original glory as possible. We reopened as a gastro-pub in November 2015. We’ve stripped back to the 300-year-old stone walls and moved the old beams in the main bar which is a restaurant.

We serve snacks in the old stable area. The old hardware store became a traditional pub in the film of Maeve Binchy’s novel ‘How about you?’ with Vanessa Redgrave, and we’re keeping it like that. There are also seven B&B rooms.

HOW DO YOU RELAX IN YOUR SPARE TIME? A manager and team help with the work, so I can’t take all the credit, but in terms of relaxing, I enjoy watching Manchester United hopefully succeed.

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WHAT IS THE USP OF YOUR BUSINESS? We try keep things local, sourcing local food and holding folk club sessions every other Monday, helped by musicians Colum Sands and Fil Farrell.

When Daniel O’Donnell made one of the B&B Road Trip programmes with his wife Majella, he stayed with his family in Rostrevor and did a session in our little pub back at the start of 2017. It went so well, he stayed on all night.

WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE WALK IN ROSTREVOR? I live near the pub and like taking the walk to Kilbroney Park and up the mountain to the Cloughmore Stone overlooking Carlingford Lough.

That view is CS Lewis’ vision of Narnia.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE HIDDEN GEM IN ROSTREVOR? Most people know about places like the Fairy Glen but I think a great hidden gem is the graveyard Kilbroney old graveyard is fantastic, next to the ruins of an old church. One of the things I like there is the headstone of Giant Murphy, the tallest man in the world whom some say was over eight feet tall. The stone by his grave is said to be the same size as he was so you can check that out.

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Newry Life News Round Up

NEWS ROUND UP CONOR QUINN IN FULL SAIL Conor Quinn, a young sailor from Rostrevor and a member of Carlingford Lough Yacht Club and Rush Sailing Club, has recently been crowned the all-Ireland Youth Laser Radial Sailing Champion for 2017. He’s now achieved the selection criteria to become the only Irish Laser Radial representative in the ISAF Under-19 Youth Sailing World Championships in China later in the year.

This prestigious accolade follows an amazing summer for the young sailor who represented Ireland at the European Championships in Gdynia, Poland, and at the World Championships in Medemblik, Holland, where he finished in 31st and 32nd place respectively in a highly competitive field of 280 sailors from over 50 countries.

Conor said he was “really pleased” to have made the grade, adding: “I hope to continue my good run of form into China and am hungry for further success on the international stage.” Ultimately, Conor Quinn will no doubt want to follow in the footsteps of previous ISAF World Sailing competitors Annalise Murphy and Finn Lynch, both of whom went on to represent Ireland in the Olympics.

DRUMALANE COMMUNITY CENTRE BACK ON TRACK The Council has confirmed that the new, state of the art Dramalane Community Centre should open in November after a short delay in work. It is being build on a site next to Quayside Close Sports pitches at the Albert Basin. The project was funded to the tune of £335,000 last year by Communities Minister Paul Givan and will offer much needed modern facilities, including sports changing facilities for the people using the adjacent playing fields.

The former centre was destroyed in a fire in 1992 and the new, prefabricated building aims to improve the quality of life for the residents of the Newry Neighbourhood Renewal Area. Announcing the investment last year, Mr Givan said: “This community building will be a welcome new local venue and will enable the Drumalane/Quayside Close Community Association to offer a variety of programmes and activities for residents of all ages in a safe environment.”

FOR STYLE, GO DANISH Getting a Danish takes on new meaning now that homeware and interior furnishings retailer Søstrene Grene has opened its second Northern Ireland store in The Quays Shopping Centre, Newry. The company specializes in home interiors, kitchenware, art and hobby related products, party and gift wrapping paper toys, stationery and small furniture. A number of local jobs have been created and the company, which has 150 stores worldwide with six in the Republic of Ireland, has plans to open six stores across the north.

Joint venture partners Norma Jacob and Richard Power said the Newry store opening indicated confidence in the Northern Irish economy, after launching a store in Belfast last year. Ms Power said: “With the first Belfast store performing very well in its first year, we’re pleased to be able to bring the experience and goods that Søstrene Grene offers to customers in Newry. The shopping experience in each store is paramount to the brand and is the first of its kind in the city.”

Helen Markey, store manager, added: “The Danish brand offers beautiful pieces at affordable prices suitable for gifts or just treating yourself. We are delighted to have opened in Newry and it is also great to be able to offer jobs to local people.”

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CALL FOR MEMORIAL TO TOM DUNN, UNITED IRISHMAN There are renewed calls for a statue to Tom Dunn (1736-1798), the hedge school master and peasant patriot from Rostrevor.

Sinead Ellis MLA has echoed calls from his descendants and the Tom Dunn Society in Rostrevor to commemorate Dunn’s twin historical legacies with a sculpture in his birthplace showing him teaching Catholic and Presbyterian children.

The historical group delivers walking tours to some of the village sites that were significant to the life of Dunn, who led the United Irishmen in the parish of Kilbroney. The Tom Dunn Society would like to see a cross-community programme set up for children and adults with summer school and hedge school activities.

Sinead Ellis added: “Due to the wealth of history associated with the 1789 Rising, from Saintfield to Ballyholland, there is huge potential to develop a cultural trail detailing the history of this revolutionary period”.

CHARITABLE COUPLE POPULAR LOTTERY WINNERS The Newry couple who set up a charity to help other bereaved families after the death of their son abroad won £1m in the Euromillions draw recently. Colin and Eithne Bell run The Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust. It aims to assist families whose loved ones die overseas and was set up after the Bells lost their 26-year-old son Kevin in a hit and run incident in New York in 2013. They were determined to help families avoid the harrowing experience they had when bringing their son home. In the last four years they have provided financial assistance to hundreds of local families confronted with similar tragic situations - and have repatriated 200 individuals who died abroad.

Watching TV at home, Colin said he noticed they hadn’t scooped the main prize but then noticed his numbers matched the Millionaire makers code. He said: “I told Eithne I thought we had just won £1 million and she laughed, thinking that I was joking.” But when her husband repeated the news, and saw the look on his face, she soon realised he was serious.

The couple will be sharing the money with their children, but Eithne Bell has other plans. She wants a conservatory, while her husband is set on tickets for Croke Park.

NEWRY 2020 WANT TO PARK IT HERE

Newry 2020, the campaigning group working to improve the quality of life in their area, have their hearts set on an inner city park. The award-winning community group, who won a Shining Light award for Best Community Association in the summer, feel that a green space would finish off the centre of Newry perfectly. Chair Brian Cleland said: “When we started out three years ago, we held a public workshop and it was clear people wanted a park. We don’t have a proper green space and are the only city in Ireland without one. Like many of my friends, I have a young family and it’s something that concerns me. Although we have some very nice parks outside Newry like Slieve Gullion and Kilbroney, there’s a huge deficit.”

Their campaign has been boosted by a Newry based charity. Clanrye Abbey Developments recently gave them a cheque for £10,000 to assist with a feasibility study into the provision of a Newry City Park at the Albert Basin.

Brian Cleland added: “It’s an idea based on popular demand and over three years’ campaigning, the community has been terrific.”

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Newry Life: Why I Love

WHY I LOVE NEWRY...

Bernice Larkin, Head of Customer Services, Buttercrane Shopping Centre, talks about changes in retail,customer service and the virtues of promotional events.

WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR CAREER PATH TO DATE? I always had a keen interest in working in retail and customer service. As a regular customer at Buttercrane Shopping Centre, I knew the centre well and I jumped at the chance when a job opportunity arose. Initially I began working at weekends and then I applied for a supervisor position and was thrilled to be successful.

WHAT HAVE YOU NOTICED ABOUT THE CHANGE IN OUR RETAIL HABITS OVER THE YEARS? Retail is ever changing and a fast paced environment to work in and the impact of web shopping has certainly changed the landscape significantly. When the centre opened almost 30 years ago, there were no phone stores, now we have 02, EE, Uberfone and 3 Store. The health and beauty market has expanded rapidly as has the food and beverage sector and Buttercrane is now home to the likes of Costa, Subway, O Briens, T2 Restaurant, GREGGS and the M&S Café. I have found that online shopping has changed retail and shopper habits and most of our outlets now offer a click and collect service. Web shopping removes the human interaction and I think that’s still something that is desired by shoppers – what you might call the experience of shopping. I’m delighted to report we have had over 92% customer satisfaction rating in our most recent surveys and good service will always be appealing.

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WHICH IS YOUR FAVOURITE SEASON AT BUTTERCRANE? My favourite season has to be winter, the Centre is so colourful and the hustle and bustle of everyone at Christmas time is great. People seem so much happier and there’s an infectious magic with all the excited wide-eyed children visiting Santa’s Grotto, plus the stunning decorations, the smell of Yankee Candle store and the sound of local choirs echoing through the mall. It’s really beautiful.

WHAT IS YOUR MOST SUCCESSFUL PROMOTION TO DATE, WHICH THE WACKIEST? The most successful promotion would be our annual Face of Buttercrane event. Every year we have hundreds of entries via Facebook which go to a public vote. The finalists take part in a fashion show and the winner receives multiple PR and modelling opportunities and a voucher to buy a brand new wardrobe. Our 2017 Face of Buttercrane is Shauna McEvoy, from Newry.

The wackiest promotion here would be Buttercrane’s Guinness World Record – we smashed the record for the ‘World’s Largest Gathering of People Dressed as Snowmen’ as part of our Christmas celebrations last year. It was a quite a spectacle to see hundreds of people of all ages taking part and entering into the spirit of Christmas.

HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO CONNECT WITH YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY AS A TOP RETAIL OUTFIT? This is a really important aspect OF Buttercrane’S outreach programme. We listen to our local community and support three local nominated charities: PIPS, the Samaritans and Michaela Foundation. We work with them to develop events such as Mental Health Awareness Week on the Mall throughout May 17.

We listen to our shoppers and respond to their needs. We invested significantly in our Bathroom Facilities, Parent & Child Room and Space to Change disabled bathrooms - voted Best in a Shopping Centre across the UK and Ireland. We also added to our parent and child car parking spaces to make shopping more convenient. We also bought a Special Shopping Trolley to support parents of older children who needed bigger trolleys to sit in.

WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TO SOMEBODY WANTING TO CLIMB THE RETAIL LADDER? If you are an outgoing bubbly person, this is a great career. The retail sector is the perfect place to hone your people facing skills.

You will also be the first to know about the sales! Start somewhere, even part-time as I did, learn and show your commitment and then climb the ladder when new opportunities arise.

WHAT DO YOU LIKE BEST ABOUT WORKING IN NEWRY? Newry is a gorgeous city with a lot to see and do. The people are so welcoming and helpful. I love meeting and helping customers from here, not to mention the many visitors to the city who come here.

HUGHES KITCHENS

Stylish, top quality Irish made bespoke kitchens and bedroom furniture Hughes Kitchens provides discerning customers with stylish, top quality Kitchens & Bedrooms. Over the past 34 years we have built up a team of experienced designers, cabinet makers and fitters.

We have built a solid workforce and are proud to be producing high quality Irish-made bespoke kitchens. It is with this approach that we have gained a reputation for reliability and quality.

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Opening Hours Monday – Friday 9.30am - 5.30pm Saturday 9.30am – 4.00pm Evening appointments available on request simply call us today to arrange a convenient time.

Hughes Kitchens, 48 Concession Road, Culloville Co Armagh BT35 9AR Tel: ROI - 048 30860300 Tel: NI - 028 308 60300 Email: info@hugheskitchenfurniture.com

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ENGAGE IN COLOUR

From the exceptional hues of pink and blue sapphires, the mesmerising beauty of an emerald, the deep tones of a ruby, the unique glow of tanzanite, to the warm radiance of a yellow diamond; Jack Murphy Jewellers welcomes you to their Gemstone Paradise. This captivating collection of exquisite coloured gemstone set pieces, each surrounded by dazzling diamonds, will ignite your jewellery box with colour.

Visit their Newry showroom to browse their luxury range; where you can also design your very own bespoke piece, so that it carries a special meaning to you, which nobody else can replace. Their team of specialist diamond advisors will help you find the perfect piece, in the comfort of their private selection rooms.

Jack Murphy Jewellers, 63 Hill Street, Newry.

T: 028 3026 3379 E: info@jackmurphyjewellers.com www.jackmurphyjewellers.com

HUGHES KITCHENS DESIGNS FOR LIVING Hughes Kitchens, based in Newry and Dublin, provide discerning customers with stylish, top quality Irish made bespoke kitchens and bedroom furniture. The firm was established in 1982 in Dublin and opened its Newry showroom in 2004, and has built up a team of experienced designers, cabinet makers and fitters. The Hughes Kitchens philosophy is that each kitchen is as unique as its owner and needs to be designed around their specific requirements. So the team at Hughes works to your brief from the initial consultation to 3D computerised design and installation. They consider everything from the materials and appliances in the kitchen to the door knobs on the cabinets.

The company’s two showrooms contain traditional and contemporary kitchen designs, with the latest solid timber, hand painted and hi-gloss acrylic design options, not to mention fitted wardrobes and slide-robes.

The wide range of kitchen worktops on offer includes those in on-trend materials such as granite, quartz, laminated worktops and Velstone and the team can also advise on electrical appliances. Over the past 35 years, Hughes Kitchens have built up a reputation for reliability and quality at a good price.

Customer feedback refers to the excellence of design as being second to none, with the result representing an asset in any home.

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NORTHERN IRELAND HAIRDRESSER OF THE YEAR Newry Life speaks to Carol Rooney from Carol & Catty Hairdressing.

How did Carol and Catty hairdressing salon begin?

Our hairdressing salon was established in 2015 but the dream began long before that. I always dreamt of owning my own salon as my passion for hairdressing excelled even my own expectations...I just couldn’t learn enough. For years I dreamt of owning my own salon but I knew experience was vital, so I gained as much knowledge and experience as I possibly could by traveling, meeting amazing people along the way, course after course and competing at every opportunity I could. When I felt I gained enough confidence to take the plunge and create my dream I was very fortunate to have my also multi award winning hairstylist sister join forces with me. Both our outlook, visions and expectations are extremely similar so I knew we would make the perfect combination as partners.

The salon has been extremely successful and continues to be, which I believe is down to the great team we have including our younger sister as our beauty therapist and make up artist.

Did you always want to follow this career?

After leaving school believe it or not I began a career in becoming a P.E teacher as I was such a sports enthusiast, but not long into my decision I realised I couldn’t fight my passion for hair any longer, I quit my P.E course and signed up for hairdressing. I have absolutely never ever looked back.

Probably the best decision of my life as my career choice has excelled my expectations.

What makes Carol and Catty Hairdressing unique?

Our salon is unique because I believe customer care is vital. We allow our clients to indulge in a little bit of luxury and relax for the few hours they are in the salon. Our expertise in hairdressing allows the client to trust in us and enjoy their experience. Because of our extensive expertise due to continuously keeping up to date with the latest trends and personalising each individual client hairstyle we are able to offer all aspects of hairstyling. Going to the salon should not feel like a chore, our clients enjoy and look forward to there regular visits.

How does it feel to be Northern Ireland Hairdresser of the year?

It feels amazing! I have competed for years and thankfully I have been very successful in my individual categories but to win the all over title was a dream come true!

To be classed as No.1 for all aspects of hair throughout Northern Ireland was and is amazing, words can’t describe my feelings. I’ve worked extremely hard to get to where I am today and most importantly life experience got me to where I am, there has been ups and downs throughout my journey in life but my aims and goals have never faded. I have amazing family and friends that have supported and believed in my dream from the very beginning. This title has given me amazing opportunities to travel

100% at all times. As glamorous as our job can be it involves a lot of hard work, you need to dedicate yourself to being the absolute best you can be and be prepared to learn from all experiences each and every day. If you do choose this career the opportunities are endless. After 12 years I still get excited about learning, I believe I will continue learning until the day I retire!

What do you like about working close to Newry?

Working so close to Newry is fantastic.

Newry is such an up and coming city, it’s almost exciting to see what the future holds for it. It’s full of exciting artistic people that I love being able to relate to, the opportunities are growing for up and coming stylists and there uniqueness is very much welcomed.

Newry is were it all began for me and I’m forever great full to the hair academy and salons that I started with.

Follow on instagram carolandcattyhairdressing Follow on Facebook carolandcattyhairdressing For the latest in Carol’s hairdressing journey and all the latest hair and make up trends.

and compete internationally, I regularly represent Northern Ireland in the European and world hairdressing championships were to date I believe I’ve been very successful placing 5th in Europe and 6th in the World with the Northern Ireland hairdressing team 2017. Though I’m not finished!

I have goals and dreams to continue reaching for!

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FAMOUS NAMES FROM NEWRY Ulster Tatler Newry Life takes a look at some of Newry’s famous exports from sports stars to musicians

After Cal John Lynch, the actor forever remembered as the young, guilt-ridden terrorist in Cal (1984) opposite Helen Mirren as the woman he loved, was born in Corrinshego, outside Newry in 1961, He took roles in Irish language-medium plays at St Colman’s College during the early part of the Troubles. John is known for numerous important film roles, including In the Name of the Father (1993). Cast as George Best in the eponymous 2000 movie, Best, which he co-wrote, Lynch won Best Actor for it in the Fort Lauderdale Film Festival. He has also appeared in BBC2 drama The Fall as Chief Constable Jim Burns, who appoints Stella Gibson (Gillian Anderson) and nearly becomes quite a lot closer to her.

These days, he writes acclaimed novels. The eldest of five children of an Irish father and an Italian mother, he’s not the only actor in the family. His younger sister Susan went into the same business and she played Nora Barnacle, James Joyce’s wife in the 2008 film of the same name, garnering an Irish Film and TV Award.

The Hand of Pat Born in Newry in 1945, Pat Jennings MBE is the greatest goalkeeper Northern Ireland has ever produced. He started out playing football in the streets of Newry from the age of five. He made an incredible 119 appearances for the side which at the time was a world record and is still a Northern Irish record in an international career that lasted for over 22 years. One of Jennings’ many memorable saves in 1976 was in a match between the national side and Spain but he often saved seemingly surefire balls heading into goal and was described by one football writer as having “hands like shovels”. During his career Jennings, who started in Gaelic football, played for Newry Town, Watford,and in the top division with Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal, winning the FA Cup with both of the north London rivals. In total, Jennings made over 1,000 top level appearances, and despite being a goalkeeper, he has the distinction of having scored in the 1967 FA Charity Shield 1967 against Manchester United, contributing to a thrilling six-nil win.

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The 4 of Us The 4 of Us are Newry’s biggest rock band. They’re best known known for their late 1980s and early 1990s output, including Irish hit Mary from their first album, Songs for the Tempted. Of the four original members, only brothers Brendan and Declan Murphy have remained continuously part of the group.

Their second album Man Alive was released via Sony/Columbia in 1992, and saw the group enter the UK charts for the first time, with the album entering at no 64, and the single ‘She Hits Me’ spending four weeks on the chart. They have moved from rock to a non electric guitar, vocal and acoustic sound. The band has referred to local landmarks musically, in songs such as Hometown on the Border and the melodic Sugar Island, from the album Sugar Island released in 2016.

And Christine Lampard, nee Bleakley, although brought up in Newtownards, entered the world 38 years ago in Newry. She was born in Daisy Hill Hospital on February 2 1979 to Minah and Frederick. Her father played drums in a Newry band called Flash and appeared on New Faces.

Ms Bleakley, who started out at BBC NI, is now known for her TV presenting, having fronted numerous programmes from the massively successful One Show which she co-hosted with Adrian Chiles to This Morning.

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HAVE IT ALL FOR THE BIG DAY! This Halloween the Quays shopping Centre in Newry has a frightening amount of spooky activities and squeamish entertainment that all the family will enjoy!

Starting with the Quays Kids Club mask making from 12 until 4pm on Saturday 28th October. The frights continue all week with an eerie Halloween display on the mall and a Spooky Selfie Social Media competition running all week.

On Halloween Day, Tuesday 31st October from 12 until 4pm there will be scary characters on the mall, face-painting and a ‘Trick or Treat’ stand where those brave enough can put their hands into covered boxes and risk their nerves for a treat… or maybe a fright!

Plus, there’s a fantastic choice of fancy dress for both big and small monsters and you can pick up all the treats you need for any the Halloween rhymers you may have calling and while you’re there you could always treat the family to something to eat!

Have it all this Halloween at the Quays Shopping Centre. www.thequays.co.uk

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Its free bathroom design service is second to none, with dedicated sales consultants who will work with you to design your dream bathroom using the latest 3D computer technology.

This means you leave nothing to chance – you can see all your chosen sanitary ware and tapware in situ before committing a penny! In its showrooms, Haldane Fisher offer the full range of bathroom furniture, taps, tiles, towel rails, mirrors and bathroom accessories, which incorporate style and functionality to suit your individual taste. As specialists in bathrooms the company work closely with a number of bathroom installers and fitters throughout Northern Ireland and can recommend an approved installer in your area should you need one.

For more information visit www.haldane-fisher.com

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FOR ALL YOUR BEAUTY NEEDS Beauty on the Loft was opened in 2013 by proprietors Noelle and Claire who have both worked in the beauty industry for over 16 years. The salon which is based in the heart of south Armagh offers an extensive range of beauty treatments. They specialise in nail treatments, including gel paint and acrylics, as well as high deďŹ nition brows and semi-permanent make-up. Beauty on the Loft also specialise in skin care and hold an anti wrinkle clinic, offering anti wrinkle injections and dermal ďŹ llers with all treatments prescribed and administered by a medical nurse following a face to face consultation. There really is something for all your beauty needs!

For more information call 028 3086 0895 or check out their Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat.

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WHY I LOVE NEWRY...

Managing Director of PKF-FPM Accountants Feargal McCormack tells us why he loves Newry.

WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR CAREER PATH TO DATE? I studied economics and accountancy at Queen’s University, then trained with KPMG Accountants in Belfast where I became manager. After that I went on secondment to the IDB (Industrial Development Board) as principal officer. I went on to become an inward investment director at the age of 26, I understand perhaps that I am still the youngest ever principal officer appointed in the Northern Ireland civil service. Work was very exciting and I travelled to Asia and America, in fact four of the five continents on business. That has influenced me greatly. In August 1991, I set up my own business with a part-time secretary and no clients. We’re fortunate to have grown, with most of the growth indigenous, and now employ 130 people.

Personally, I’m not that much involved with figures, more strategic business advice. What I like about accountancy is the flexibility and ability to make a difference in business, helping people achieve their life’s dreams and hopes. The current uncertainty with Brexit and the situation at Stormont can only create challenges and I feel confident that whatever happens, business will respond and deal with it.

HOW DO YOU SPEND A TYPICAL WORKING DAY? I enjoy work and am very fortunate to get up every day looking forward to going to the office. I am Deputy President of Chartered Accountants Ireland and that together with my PKF job means my working day starts at 8am

and normally concludes at 7.30 to 8pm. I am interested in the work-life balance so might go to a football match at night before finishing of. One of the nice things about being self-employed is you can utilize the 24/7 clock. If I were a dentist, I’d have to be in the surgery looking in people’s mouths but most of my working day involves meetings and dealing with people which I can do from 7.30am to midnight. I mix business and family life, and am married to Anne. We have two sons, Seamus (22) and Ruairi (17).

HOW DO YOU RELAX IN YOUR SPARE TIME? I’m active in my local Gaelic football club.

My playing ability was limited so I got involved in sports administration at a very young age. I also like to be proactive in the local community and am a patron of Special Olympics Ireland as well as on the GAA management committee at Croke Park. The Newry Christmas Business Charity Lunch, which I support, has raised £1m to date for local causes, and I play a little golf, mainly on holiday.

“The current uncertainty with Brexit and the situation at Stormont can only create challenges and I feel confident that whatever happens, business will respond and deal with it.”

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WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT LIVING AND WORKING IN NEWRY? It’s the greater Newry area really as I live in Warrenpoint and I can hear my late mother saying ‘It’s not Newry!’

In 57 years, I have moved

half a mile and love the place and the fact I can see Carlingford Lough - and the golf course - from my bedroom window.

Although I work in Newry, I feel it’s really greater Newry, Mourne and Down. The size of population here allows you a sense of place and community. You’re known, and I like that. You can have a cup of coffee in a coffee shop and just meet people walking in. I also enjoy being involved in socio economic activity in the area and along the Belfast / Dublin economic corridor.

WHAT IS GREAT ABOUT NEWRY IN BUSINESS TERMS? Newry has a tradition of entrepreneurial spirit, initially because of being located halfway along the BelfastDublin economic corridor.

We also have two different tax and legal jurisdictions

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Carlingford Lough

Canal Court Hotel

which creates opportunities for legitimate, creative and thought-provoking business opportunities. PKF-FPM has six offices, four in Northern Ireland, two in the South. I spend 50% of my time in each part of the island and am up and down that economic corridor all the time. In Newry we’re also centrally located, near three airports, with good restaurants etc. within an hour’s drive away.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE HIDDEN GEM IN NEWRY? Within Newry, one of the most transformational, if not all the hidden places, is The Canal Court Hotel, a pivotal

Fergal’s son Ruairi, playing for Down against Cavan in this year’s Ulster Minor Football Championship game against Cavan, played at The Athletic Grounds, Armagh.

centre. During the Troubles, we were left with no hotel in Newry. The main hidden quality in the area is the people. When we went for city status in 2002, we didn’t base our application on our buildings, we based it on people.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE RESTAURANT IN NEWRY? My favourite restaurant would be the one at The Whistledown Hotel in Warrenpoint.

I like eating prawn cocktail and steak there as I’m a simple Johnny.

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Newry Life Up-Coming Events

AUTUMN/WINTER FASHION AT BUTTERCRANE SHOPPING CENTRE With new stock arriving daily to over 50 stores, Buttercrane has got your winter wardrobe covered. Taking their inspiration from the big fashion houses, Dorothy Perkins, Vila, VERO MODA, Marks & Spencer, Dunnes Stores echo all the major runway trends seen at Chloe, Mui Mui, Gucci and Prada among others.

Tonal Dressing Head to toe in one shade or tones of the same palette - think red and burgundy or tones of blue and grey. Key to pulling off this look is a carefully chosen contrasting accessory. Sling a mustard yellow bag over your red look (great selection in Accessorize and Primark) or don bright pink boot with a blue suit. Check out the Savida and Gallery Ranges in Dunnes stores for tonal inspiration.

We give you a whistle stop tour of trends for autumn/winter.

Leather This season it’s soft in shade and quality..and often coupled with another trend..the cardigan revival. Kind of like a former rocker meets Granny Chic. VILA has some gorgeous soft leather look pu pencil skirts as do Dorothy Perkins this year.

Let it Shine After 6 it’s all about the sparkle..from chain mail to slinky lame and satine. If it’s shines, it’s good. Lots of choice in Quiz and Exhibit to nail this sparkling trend.

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70s Revival The attitude; the colour palette (toffee, caramel, mustard) and the fabrics.. corduroy and shearling are big news this season. Exhiwbit, M&S, VILA and VERO MODA all have some fab furry waistcoats to help nail the trend.

The suit is more than just work wear …with it featuring highly in many of the big fashion houses collections for AW17. Pronounced shoulder, nipped in waist and double breasted style jackets. Not quite ‘full on 80s’, thanks to the new obsession with the waist this season. Grab yourself a belt to finish your sharp suited look, and pop it over coats, cardigans, dresses and shirt/ trouser combos.

Colour Me RED is the new black and mustard is EVERYWHERE. Big fashion houses have made blue the IT colour for Winter, from pastel to denim blue and deep inky shades.

Pattern Heritage inspired checks and tweeds, are strong this season for skirts, trousers and outerwear. Winter floral makes an appearance again and has reached accessories now too. Check out the colourful floral printed boots in M&S - a steal at just £45.

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SECURITY FIRST

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Security is key in today’s business and home environment.

Established in 2005, with 12 years’ experience in the security installation business, PMM Security & Automation provide a wide range of specialist security services for both domestic and commercial, with a wealth of knowledge in the retail sector. They specialise in automatic gate installation, as owner Paul McManus says: “They are a deterrent, offer peace of mind, plus they are convenient”.

PMM Security & Automation’s bespoke gate systems work for residential or business properties. Wooden and metal gates can be automated, to be opened remotely either from a vehicle using a remote control or from a mobile phone or keypad. Roller gates or outward/inward opening gates are available, plus an intercom if required.

The company also offers CCTV, burglar alarms, access control and a 24-hour call out service. Free quotations are available.

Contact PMM Security & Automation at 10 Crankey Road, Newry, Co Down BT35 6ND, on 028 3082 1832/07759132548 or via their website,www.pmmsecurity.com.

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3. White blouse with belt, Debenhams at The Quays, Newry. 4. Houndstooth print coat, Debenhams at The Quays, Newry. 5. Louis De Poortere Fading World rug, Kukoon Rugs, Newry. 6. Field Day, scented room diffuser, £18.95, available from Adrian Bailie Interiors. 7. Field Apothecary candle in Ivy, £30, available from Adrian Bailie Interiors. 8. Traditional AGA cooker available from Haldane Fisher. 9. Hearts on Fire ring available from Jack Murphy Jewellers. 10. Marc Jacobs watch available from Jack Murphy Jewellers. 11. Qudo Famosa rings available from Berling.

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SOUTHERN HOSPICE AIMS FOR A FULL HOUSE The Southern Area Hospice Services are fund-raising this autumn with their second ‘Bling bingo’ event. It will be eyes down for a full house as the charity invites people to join in the upmarket bingo session at 2pm on Sunday, November 19 in the Canal Court Hotel, Newry. The prizes reflect the bling theme and there will be a fashion show with glam autumn/winter outfits by Shauna Fay, pop-up shops to visit and a photo booth for photos. Hosted again by the amazing Karen Daly of The Academy Dundalk, this charity fundraiser is the perfect pre-Christmas outing.

Prizes for the best dressed players are sponsored by Jack Murphy Jewellers, Newry.

The event opens with a drinks reception, then guests take their seats for the bingo, with great prizes including beauty hampers and jewellery. All proceeds go to the Southern Area Hospice Services and Denise Doyle, Community Fundraising Officer, said: “This event is a new and exciting way of raising funds for our local Hospice. It’s a great opportunity to enjoy something different and we want to make this a regular date for the diary.”

Tickets cost £15 and are available at www.eventbrite.com or call 028 3025 1333 - or get involved by donating a prize, booking a stall or making a donation.

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POSH BINGO – ENTERTAINMENT – PRIZES - FASHION SHOW

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Qudo Rings are an exuberant and elegant fashion jewellery collection bursting with confident, beautiful bold designs, on trend looks and new ideas. Get unlimited looks with the interchangeable rings from Qudo. There is a huge choice of perfectly co-ordinated stunning colours that grabs the attention of style hungry fashionistas and doesn’t let go. Change your look by changing the ring itself or the top at any time to match any outfit. Love to personalise your look, then the Qudo ring is perfect for you.

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Social Scene

NEWRY PRIDE PARADE 2017 Recently, Newry’s Pride Parade 2017 celebrated gay culture in style with many supporters. Chair of Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Roisin Mulgrew joined the merry throng as the parade wound its way through the city.

Getting musical during Newry Pride.

Showing Pride in Newry with support from Micky Brody MP (left), Aine Becks and Cllr Roisin Mulgrew.

Some floral transport followed by the Pink Man.

Carrying the LGBT rights flag during the parade.

The NI Labour Party joining the parade.

Commemorating the European version of Pride, Christopher Street Liberation, which remembers the New York Stonewall riots of 1969.

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Showing Pride during the parade.

Lady Portia Diamante addresses the parade.

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CREATIVE IN DESIGN Interior designer Adrian Bailie talks style, colour and what he likes about working in Newry. have a mindset that no situation is a problem, everything has a solution. People here are optimistic and so the styling of the man and woman here is very strong and on trend and always has been.

In my job, there is lots of opportunity to listen to an individual’s creative input. Newry’s visual location is unparalleled. It has everything. I feel the place is smaller than people think and what I first thought was a huge, diverse melting pot is a lot more family orientated. Newry still embraces the small business, independent retailer with fantastic family local businesses in food and fashion like Deli-Lites and boutiques such as Bernadette Elizabeth and CHERRYPIC shoes.

WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TO SOMEBODY WANTING TO ENTER THE BUSINESS? It’s very important to understand your location. I was born in Belfast, live in Hillsborough, work in Newry and wanted a business here with the people from the South and Carlingford too, my clients.

It is important to understand who the design is for. As an interior designer, you choose from so many products - it’s easy to point to a price point variable but it has to be something you love. I sometimes think you understand the market, but get a gut feeling when you look at a fabric and are excited by it. That spark gives me the enthusiasm to be in the job today.

HOW DID YOU GET INTO INTERIOR DESIGN? At school at Inst, the instruction and passion of my design-driven art teacher Charmaine Wheeler shaped my career. I Iived for the school periods spent in Design and History of Art lessons. She enlightened me to the necessity of design in everything around us and the very real choice of a successful career in design. My mother is also very creative and always had a project on hand - I grew up in a stylish home and she is an incredible seamstress. My first real hands-on experience of interior design was when I moved house as a teenager and my parents took me to my first interior design shop. I was given free rein to design my own bedroom. I was mesmerised by all the collections of fabric and wallpaper. This led to a part-time job in this shop where I learned the ropes on Saturday and Thursday. After my degree BA (Hons) degree in Textile Design/Fashion/Interiors at Nottingham Trent University, I went on to work with design houses in London and New York. Working alongside Valentine, Armani and Bruce Oldfield gave invaluable insights into design excellence. People in Northern Ireland are incredibly design aware when it comes to their houses - in my experience, people in Newry, Warrenpoint and Rostrevor love the latest trends.

HOW WOULD YOU DEFINE STYLE IN GREATER NEWRY? It’s so eclectic. There are so many different styles of house from classic Victorian houses by the sea to contemporary and classic new builds. The one thing that is important is the landscape and the role it has to play. The mountains and layers of forest, the sea and beachline dictate what I do. Most houses and apartments have picture windows which are breathtaking. You may not have the same need for pattern but that doesn’t mean you are not embodying colour. The quality of light can be very different. But the starting point is always talking to the person and how they use space. Maybe a family bought their house when the kids were small and playrooms now aren’t needed. A lot of homes want one living/kitchen/dining space, with kids on the computer and relaxed dining. Also en suite bathrooms are taking over from the family bathroom. As well as the lifestyle use, it’s important to look at the individual, how they style themselves. Some people are classically dressed but with red shoes. With the house, it’s a question of how you accessorize it, maybe with art or a painting.

WHAT IS YOUR TYPICAL WORKING DAY? It never gets boring and is not the 9 to 5. We have a showroom, work by appointment and also do home visits. Other days you see presentations or have meetings with suppliers who show us new products. I am also out with the fitters project managing in houses.

It is important I am part of each step with the client. If I am not out doing the fitting, they wouldn’t be confident of the solution. We work from start to finish with clients and you’re only as good as your last job. Peter McCausley is my design director and we brainstorm and work together on all projects. These days, I am accompanied to work by Spencer, a long-haired miniature dachshund, as I have recently got a dog.

WHAT HAVE BEEN THE CHANGES IN TASTE OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS? I think the high street has changed dramatically, and is responsible for a higher speed of style turnaround. That isn’t necessarily a good thing as it can be more difficult to know what’s good design.

Ten years ago, brown leather sofas and cream with wooden floors were everywhere. People are more visually aware now because of TV programmes and the strength of shops like Next and Marks & Spencer. One thing I have a passion for is a combination of different fabrics and I’m known for colour yet I have just finished a house which is grey, pretty and neutral yet textured.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE BUILDING IN NEWRY? I love the Town Hall and square, it is a really beautiful building.

WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT WORKING IN NEWRY? I love the diversity of the people, that is key. A lot of people here

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Newry Life What’s Happening

UP COMING EVENTS

ALTERNATIVE FASHION SHOW On 31st October at the Canal Court Hotel, there is a bohemian event for all fashionistas. Part of Alternative Fashion Week, it’s organized by Equal Events, an outfit dedicated to promoting up and coming designers, artists and musicians. Raw talent, if you like. One of the notable designers contributing to the catwalk fashion show is London designer Aleagh Leigh aka Dragon Lady. She does great work with recycled materials and her collections are exciting. Aleagh has been working recently with singer Sinitta who got a lot of publicity when she wore her dog biscuit dress at a recent Pup Aid event. Also featuring is the Holywood designer behind Titanic Denim. So turn up for some great shows (including children’s catwalk), glass of bubbly and during the day a chance to enjoy some Equal Events pop-up stalls in the city.

Tickets £12.50 from Eventbrite.

BESSBROOK MODEL VILLAGE GETS THE MOVIE TREATMENT It’s a question of Lights, camera, action! at 7pm on October 12th as the Bessbrook Model Village Project unveils six fascinating short films about its history - and a new website - at the Town Hall. The docu-dramas have been created via work on the Lottery-funded Living History Archive. Over the last year, the local community has been involved in helping build a picture of Bessbrook’s 19th century heritage. And it’s fascinating. The village grew up round Quaker John ‘Grubb’ Richardson’s linen mill whose family motto was “In essentials, unity...in non-essentials, liberty and in all things charity”. Yet at one public meeting, a gentleman who had worked at the mill told of a strike to gain proper tea breaks. A girl serving tea hadn’t been moving quickly enough for the foreman, who tripped her up. Colleagues downed tools until it was sorted. You can also see photos included in an on-line historical archive which will form a virtual museum of artefacts.

TWILIGHT WALK The Twilight Walk, a popular Hallowe’en style experience for families and children, takes place on October 27th at 5.30pm, meeting at Newry Market. From there on in, this ghostly tour entertains, informs and scares just the right amount. Lasting two hours, the trip round the city’s haunted and historic spots takes in the ghost of a World War I soldier, a father searching for his son (with comic treatment) and at least one banshee, drawing on myth and legend. Young actors play the roles and it’s inspired by the team at Scary Tours (who also run darker, adult ghostbusting walks round Newry).

The tickets are free and can be booked at the Newry, Mourne and Down District Council website: www.newrymournedown.org.

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MURDER MYSTERY FROM CAHOOTS OKTOBERFEST, NEWRY Now in its fifth year, the Oktoberfest (see Facebook), taking place from October 20th-22nd this year, is an explosion of Southern German beer, food and music all accompanied by that special Bavarian vibe. Events are hosted by Grounded Espresso Bars and this popular event is the brainchild of owner Graeme Finegan.

There is also a ‘jodel competition’, a beer sports day and of course, steins of the foaming stuff to be downed - with non-alcoholic wheat beer for the designated driver in the group. Plus there is a 5km run with a new route this year starting at 7pm on Friday, October 20th from the Basin, followed by an after party.

Cahoots NI, the top children’s drama company, is bringing a new show to the Sean Hollywood Arts Centre on 21st October.

Titled The Assistant’s Revenge, it is a detective story for children. Detective Sam Sullivan gets a phone call in the night from a man in a magical troupe saying someone is out to get him. But who, and why? It’s a musical mystery tour as harpist Ursula Burns has created an original score and various performers high tail it between the stage and their instruments, including piano, flute and clarinet. There are also plenty of magic tricks.

Devised by Cahoots’ Paul Bosco McEneaney and writer Charles Way, it should be loads of fun.

Tickets available from the Arts Centre, tel 028 3031 3180.

Food served Thursday-Sunday Weekly delicious food specials Early bird menu every Friday and Saturday 4.45pm - 6.45pm.

Live music every Saturday & Sunday Special deals available for parties in the lounge

Now taking bookings FOR Christmas PARTIES AND LUNCHES (check for availability)

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FLIP EVENTS MAKE IT HAPPEN

NEW EXHIBITION AT NEWRY AND MOURNE MUSEUM

Flip Events set the stamp on your celebration and bring a unique kind of magical photographic entertainment to weddings, parties and corporate events. The company has recently invested in great new 2018-2019 photo-booths, selfie mirrors and uber stylish posing set-ups. With the biggest selection of booths and backdrops available in Ireland, Flip has something to suit all your guests, from posh posers to total party animals.

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The new temporary exhibition ‘Agriculture and its Heritage in South Armagh and South Down’, which explores the history of the growth of businesses and commercial enterprise in the Newry and Mourne area, will be open from 29 September.

Using a wide range of documents, photographs and objects this exhibition traces the history of agriculture in the area highlighting what farming was like in the prehistoric and medieval periods, the impact of local landlords in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, the introduction of the Land Acts and changes in farming in more recent decades. `¬ ˇ þ¬¯ ¯è¯ÏÈˇÝíÈáˇíÈè¯ÁˇȽÈ ˇY Úè Ç ÝˇȽȻȼɃʧˇ!ÏݡÇÏÝ ˇ ¯È¥ÏÝÇ è¯ÏÈˇ ÏíèˇA ùÝÿˇ È ˇ@ÏíÝÈ ˇ@íá íǡÚÁ á ˇè Á Ú¬ÏÈ ˇ ȻȽɃˇȾȻȾȼˇȾȼɃȽʧ

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Street Smart Newry Life hits the streets to check out what’s hot in the style stakes.

DECLAN MCCHESNEY, Shoe Shop Owner What labels are you wearing today?

I wear Claudio Lughli shirts, I wear Tommy Hilfiger jackets, I wear Gant trousers. My shoes would be bought in Italy and the label is Pascucci.

What are your pet fashion peeves?

Beige and people wearing that.

You should always dress like you’re going to meet an old girlfriend.

DR DIPANKAR BANERJEE, 51 Astro-physicist What labels are you wearing today?

A hat I bought in Srinagar in Kashmir one and a half months back. I like picking up hats from different places I go – I’m back in Newry as I was attached to the Armagh Planetarium when training. My wife buys my clothes and my jacket came from Lille in Belgium.

Could you describe your style?

It’s casual. I like comfort first, as well as hats.

Whose style do you admire?

I follow sport, so I’d choose Roger Federer.

GEMMA MURPHY, 23.

What labels are you wearing today?

It’s Primark’s finest. I like designer labels too and what I’d like to wear if I had the money is Chanel.

Who are your style icons?

Rita Ora - she’s quite distinctive and retro.

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Marie Rogers HAIRDRESSING

Marie Rogers has been working in the hairdressing industry for 18 years, having done training through Peter Mark in Belfast and Dublin. She continued to work for Peter Mark as a senior stylist allowing her the opportunity to style hair for fashion shows and take part in competitions. During her time at Peter Mark and now with Marie Rogers ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ฯ ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย วฏ ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย วค ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย throughout Ireland educating other stylists/trainees with new hair techniques and new ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย วค ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย วก ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย วก ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย วก ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย วก ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย วก ย ย ย ย ย ย ย วก ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย วก ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย วก curly blow-dries and straight blow-dries.

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Newry Life Interiors

SIMPLE EVERYDAY LUXURIES With roots firmly planted in Irish landscapes, wildflower woodlands and wind blown coastlines, Field Day Ireland’s scented candles, fine soaps, hand care and home fragrance collections reflect a wonderful natural heritage.

Diffuser 100ml £18.95 available from Adrian Interiors.

Scented Freshener in Wild Rose, £2.95.

Available from Adrian Interiors.

Field Apothecary candle in Flora £30 available from Adrian Interiors.

Hand wash (£12.95) and hand and body cream (£13.95), Field day. Both available from Adrian Interiors.

Field day hand and body cream (£13.95) 230ml.

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Field Apothecary candles (£30 each) 40 hour burn time. Available from Adrian Interiors.

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Large candle with 40 hour burn time in Woodland, £13.95. Available from Adrian Interiors.

Field day candle Tins (£10.95 each).

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Newry Life INTERIORS

“Old and new work beautifully together...”

In this issue we look at a contemporary yet classic Co Down home with interiors designed by Adrian Bailie Interiors.

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drian Interior Furnishings can show you how to give a neutral palette interest and in the process, make the look unique. We were working on our clients’ five bedroom, contemporary classic house in a leafy setting. It was a delight to work alongside the clients to help them achieve their dream County Down home.

The answer to my opening question about neutrals is texture. Texture is the key to changing a monochromatic, two-dimensionallook into a three-dimensional exploration of touch. Each room of this home plays with layers of matte and sheen, rough and smooth, silk and velvet. Contrast is vital and we underlined the individuality of every different tactile component within this home. Every texture is more clearly defined when placed next to its opposite. This is, after all, how we appreciate diversity in touch. A shiny surface seems even more polished when sitting beside a matte finish.

Chunky, reclaimed floors have been regenerated and now sport silky luxurious rugs in tonal geometric patterns. Old and new work beautifully together to creature a sleek elegance in every room.

Starting with the entrance hall, we have created what is now a welcoming entertaining space for all the family to come over and visit.

The statement, gently curving sofa in soft velvet is immediately inviting, decorated with tonal cushions in metallic linen, silk and embroidery.

The pale colour palette continues through to the hand painted kitchen from Robinson Interiors. The clean, fresh, classic lines of the monochromatic kitchen in grey and steel are in relief to the textural design detail added via the luxurious Missoni draw curtains next to the liquid sheer curtains.

The starting point for the drawing room design was a distinctive platinum wallpaper.

This fibre and metal wallpaper combines beautifully with heavy metallic silver linen curtains hung on a spectacular bay window.

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of glass is gilded) beside the original dark grey marble fireplace that we adapted to house the latest high output gas fire. So as you relax on textured grey sofas, long chain wall lights seem to cascade down each wall and are reflected in the ancient looking mirrors.

Finally, a selection of hand painted and cherry occasional furniture co-ordinates with the reclaimed wooden floors.

The master bedroom continues the drawing room’s style by embracing the textural mix of reclaimed classic floor with French hand painted furniture and luxurious silks and metallics. The wallpaper is a tonal textural strip that again emphasizes contrasts by combining rough with smooth.

The family room and dining room are decorated in a comforting colour range, featuring midnight blues and navy.

The surface of the wallpaper used in the living room almost looks as if fabric has been applied to the walls. This is paired with linen curtains in the bay window that have a wide inset braid on the curtains’ leading edge. The adjoining dining room wallpaper is decorated with navy dusted with what looks like fine metallic powder. Silk curtains mix together with a luxurious carpet in a shade of putty with the classic blue tones.

The playroom and kids’ bedroom speak for themselves.

These are rooms to express individuality and stimulate creative learning which is so important in a home with small children.

We achieved this partly with a fun digital wall mural showing pencils in the playroom which is stripey and contains a vibrant orange. We have found that a visually creative child’s room can help the individual settle in his or her own space. O Adrian Bailie Interiors

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Newry Life: Profile

NEWRY SPOTLIGHT Jack Murphy, one of Newry’s most established jewellers and a diamond man, talks to Newry Life about his career and gemmology

knowing some of the football players in Dundalk like Pat Davey and Teddy Hart. We bought the business while I was working with my brother in Downpatrick. I’d been covering Northern Ireland as a rep and met this jeweller who wanted to sell up as his wife was English and wanted to go home. We arrived in March ‘72 and the rest is history. I love being here as we’re ideally situated between Dublin and Belfast with good transport to get to trade fairs in England and Europe. Also, 70% of the population of Ireland live within 70 miles of Newry. But we’re also close to the Mournes, Slieve Gullion and a lot of natural beauty. The people are fantastic and we never felt we had to live here for 40 years to be accepted. I am involved with the local Chamber (of Commerce) and the Rotary club and helped Newry get city status.

HOW DID YOU GET INTO THE JEWELLERY BUSINESS? Really it was because my mother’s sister married a Dublin pawnbroker called Thomas O’Connor. He was involved in the strike in the ‘40s and started working on items of jewellery which turned into a business.

When he died, my father Jim Murphy was called in as office manager and we moved to Dublin in 1951 this was the business that was robbed by a notorious criminal, an event that became the film The General.

When I was 14 I got an interview with an Austrian jeweller and master watch maker Peter Rendel. I was supposed to follow his apprentice in five years’ time but after they had a disagreement, I was asked to start immediately. I left school and although my dad was not pleased, I wanted to prove I’d made the right decision and earlier this year, I celebrated 60 years in the business.

WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT WORKING IN NEWRY? We came to Newry in 1972. I knew the town through

WHAT JEWELLERY IS MOST POPULAR WITH YOUR CUSTOMERS? The big thing we’ve built our reputation on is diamonds, so diamonds really are forever.

In the early 1970s I got involved with de Beers in London. I became the first first generation jeweller on the board of the National Association of Goldsmiths, bringing a different context to the thinking. I was also a member of the Carat Club which included everyone in the diamond business from dealers to cutters and retailers. That opened up huge opportunities. The round, brilliant cut diamond engagement ring remains popular.

But I am always looking for more individual cuts: pear cut diamonds, marquise cut, unusual stones. You have to have something different in the shop to bring people in even if they maybe buy the more ordinary piece.

WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TO SOMEBODY GOING INTO THE JEWELLERY BUSINESS? You’ve got to maintain a personal service and build a relationship with your customers and suppliers, many of whom are now friends. And you have to be able to listen to what your customers are saying, almost read their body language. You have to work out what a young couple will like in five years’ time, how the jewellery will sit then.

WHAT IS YOUR TYPICAL WORKING DAY? Although the shop is open from 9.30am to 5.30pm, later on Thursdays, I don’t work the nine to five. Depending on what is happening, I come in at ten o’clock and work through to 5.30 pm, then bring reports home to look at them in peace. There are meetings and I see reps. When you’re working for yourself, you have to be flexible. My laptop contains the stock system so when I am in Spain, where we spend quite a bit of time, I can still work. I am available if the team at home need me. My working day switches from here to Spain and I do a couple of hours every day at our small pueblo there on the Costa del Sol which relieves a bit of pressure on our great team in Newry.

HOW DO YOU RELAX IN YOUR SPARE TIME? I play golf. My handicap is 20 and I have enjoyed playing poor golf all my life. Golf is also a reason to get people together and this weekend we’ve got friends over whom we know from Spain. They lived in England, Scotland and Dublin and twelve of us will be getting together for a game in Ardglass.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE THING ABOUT NEWRY? It has to be the people, who make the place and have in a sense built Newry. My wife Pat and I have four children who were all born here. I am involved in charitable work, for example the December charity fundraising event which now attracts over 700 people and is fantastic.

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Newry Life: Why I Love

WHY I LOVE WARRENPOINT Sean Farrelly, co-owner of the Lough and Quay hotel, tells us why he loves Warrenpoint.

Cloughmore Stone, Rostrevor, Co. Down.

WHAT IS YOUR TYPICAL WORKING DAY? My wife and I do relays, from being front of house to marketing and pr, and I work as the chef in the kitchen. We’re all rounders. It’s quite a job. Our trademark dishes include Shells & Claws, a kilo of mussels and crab claws in a big French style pot. Our pizzas are made in the middle of the restaurant and we don’t stick to the normal tomato sauce, but do white pizzas for example with a white wine veloute, salami and wild mushrooms.

HOW DO YOU RELAX IN YOUR SPARE TIME? Music and movies and I eat out with my wife when we can. I like all kinds of music from Frank Sinatra to rock and we have live music every Saturday at the Lough and Quay, jazz every Sunday.

Sean Farrelly with his wife Lena and daughters Lola (L) and Sonya.

WHAT HAS YOUR CAREER PATH BEEN TO DATE? I worked in hospitality in the UK with the big breweries like Whitbread and Mitchell and Butler’s, I also worked for the big restaurants chains - Zizzi and Pizza Express - from 1994.

I moved back home four years ago because I’d got married to Lena and started a family. We set up with one baby, and now have two small children. I did my management training with Mitchell and Butler’s and ran All Bar One in Edinburgh, where I lived for many years, and Glasgow.

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WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE SPOT IN WARRENPOINT? Just the walk round the shore to Rostrevor then to the Cloughmore Stone. It takes three miles and rivals the French riviera - it’s breathtaking.

DESCRIBE WARRENPOINT IN A FEW WORDS It’s beautiful, a tight-knit community, very friendly and Warrenpoint restaurants and bars have a great quality of food. We do the rounds when we go out.

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Street Smart Newry Life hits the streets to check out what’s hot in the style stakes.

CHRISTINA NELSON, 46, Promoter.

What labels are you wearing today?

I’m in beautiful vintage which I wear all the time, not just when collecting for the Southern Hospice. My ladybird dress on top brings sunshine, my boots are Marks & Spencer - and I love the fact they came from the children’s department. My dress underneath is from the Octopus’ Garden, Belfast and I made my headpiece myself.

MARIA LYNCH, 23, Pharmacist.

What labels are you wearing today?

Marks & Spencer layers, a Primark blouse and a scarf that I got from Italy. I’m wearing Sketchers as I am going to work.

Who are your style icons?

Iris Apfel, the 90-year-old American lady who inspires me. When you get to an age, you can become invisible. But if you wear colour, people speak to you.

How much do you spend a month on clothes?

I’m a magpie and pick things up when I see them. I spend around £200 a month.

Who are your style icons?

Beyonce, she’s the one.

Have you any pet fashion peeves?

Probably gingham, which was so big this year, but is folksy.

ALANNAH STEPHENS, 20, Marketing Assistant.

What labels are you wearing today?

A Topshop top and skirt and the rest is Primark.

Who are your style icons?

A lot of YouTubers. I am big into gym wear too but I love Holly Willoughby’s look.

Have you any pet fashion peeves?

Colour co-ordination and I hate black and navy.

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WAKING THE GIANT FESTIVAL Finn, the mythical 32-foot tall giant, recently visited Warrenpoint during a free festival event organised by Newry, Mourne and Down District Council. Based on Finn, the sleeping giant who fell asleep on the Cooley Mountains, Francis Morgan’s larger than life creation was duly woken and entertained local families and visitors alongside the wicked Witch.

Fairies and onlookers at Wake the Giant.

Children enjoying activities at Wake the Giant.

Roisin Mulgrew enjoying Wake the Giant.

Family enjoying the Wake the Giant event.

Roisin Mulgrew with Conor Marcus, Busking competition winner in the under-16 category.

Genoa Ice Cream provide refreshments.

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Love Your Lough at Wake the Giant.

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NEWRY LIFE

LETS TALK BEAUTY Noelle Grant, co-owner with Claire Kirk of Beauty on the Loft, talks about the business.

WHAT IS YOUR JOB TITLE? We are both owners of Beauty on the Loft.

CAN YOU TELL US A BIT ABOUT BEAUTY ON THE LOFT? Beauty on the Loft is a beauty salon in the heart of south Armagh offering an extensive range of beauty treatments. We have both worked in the Beauty industry for over 16 years together. Our aim is to provide our local clients with everything they would need within the beauty industry both products and services, we offer various different outside clinics on a weekly/monthly basis to insure our clients have everything they need on their doorstep, our aim is to keep up to date with the latest treatments and trends on the market so we are always ahead of our game.

WHAT IS THE ‘TREATMENT OF THE MOMENT’ AT PRESENT? Makeup and nails are definitely the must have treatments of the moment, we like to keep up to date with makeup trends by constant training. Our most popular are bridal and glam makeup. Acrylic nail extensions and gel paints are very popular at present, the women of south Armagh are very glamorous and love to look and feel fabulous for any occasion whether it be a wedding or just a night out with friends.

WHICH TREATMENT DO YOU ENJOY DOING THE BEST? We actually love the variety. Everything on our treatment menu are treatments we both love doing and we feel are essential.

WHAT’S YOUR TYPICAL WORKING DAY?

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Claire and I both work full-time in the salon. Our working day is 9am to 5pm Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday but on Thursday and Friday we work until 8pm. House calls are available on request.

HOW DO YOU RELAX IN YOUR SPARE TIME? We enjoy spending time with families and friends, we like socialising at the weekend. We also love what we do and enjoy various different masterclasses and wouldn’t miss the annual trade shows, they are a day out for us.

WHAT DO YOU ENJOY MOST ABOUT WORKING IN THE SILVERBRIDGE AREA? Silverbridge is our home so 80% of our client base is local or within a 10-mile radius, which means we know our clients and have a great relationship with them. It means a lot to us both to have built our business on our own doorsteps.

Newry Life: Profile

NEWRY SPOTLIGHT Noleen Carragher, 30, owner of Retro Unisex Beauty ‘n’ Nails, discusses beauty trends, Camlough and starting young.

HOW DID YOU GET INTO THE BEAUTY BUSINESS? I had my daughter Paige (11) young and decided after I left school, I wanted to get into beauty. It had always been my dream. I was getting my nails done at the time by a beauty therapist who taught the subject in Newry Tech. She said to me: ‘Why not get into nails?’ so I did. That was ten years ago and I started working from home as well as doing house calls.

Acrylic was big in nails at the time and I was into all the mad colours. I loved the creative side of nails and after several years became a nail educator myself. I trained in Dublin and started teaching a brand called Astonishing Nails, the biggest in the UK and Ireland. The salon opened in 2014; I am quite strongminded and always knew I wanted to work for myself. My father Sean helped me with the finance and I have five staff, including me. I couldn’t do it without them. Three of us are senior staff, two are juniors. I specialise in nails and semi-permanent make-up for which I did my training with Paddy McGurgan.

I returned to Camlough, where I come from, when I opened the salon as I realized 90% of my client base came from the Newry and Camlough area but I lived in Cullyhanna and needed to be closer.

The first day Retro Unisex Beauty ‘n’ Nails opened was scary as I didn’t know what to expect. We did not know week to week if we’d be here in a year, but three years later, we are busier than ever.

WHY THE NAME RETRO? It’s a name that occurred to me before we opened and I thought it would be cool and not too girly as we do male beauty too. It’s also to do with the style of the salon which has wallpaper featuring the great icons Audrey Hepburn and Marilyn Monroe. You look at how beautiful they were without everything we have today.

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very popular and big on-trend. You could have a Kardashian tan leg cream but for mature customers, the needling facials are a big anti-ageing treatment.

WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT WORKING IN CARNLOUGH? I am originally from Camlough and my roots have always been here, although I live ten minutes away now. I like the community feeling, the fact the village is growing and has a lot of new businesses and good passing trade. I have noticed you don’t always have to go to Newry to get what you want.

We aim to provide our clients with a service that isn’t your average high street service, we want them to get the best. Our customer base isn’t always strictly local, though, and people head to us from Dundalk, Crossmaglen, Carrick and a couple of guys come from Antrim to get waxed.

WHAT IS YOUR TYPICAL WORKING DAY? I work at the salon on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, then teach some Sundays and Mondays. The salon is open on Wednesdays, but I don’t work then. It’s mainly a 9 to 5 working day, with 8pm finish on Thursday and Friday. I now have three children - Paige, Shea (10) and Aaron (2) - and it’s a full time job, especially as my eldest does dancing, gym and beauty pageants. Childcare is provided by my mum Denise and I’d be lost without her. The hardest thing about my job is not taking the children to school.

HOW DO YOU RELAX? I enjoy going away for weekends with my partner and love The Slieve Russell Hotel in Cavan. We tend to go away for weekends once or twice a year rather than a lot of evenings out.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE THING ABOUT THE AREA? I enjoy walking through Ravensdale Forest. We also love to go to Slieve Gullion Forest Park. It’s right on our doorstep so you tend to take it for granted.

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SUCCESSFUL YEAR FOR NEWRY RUGBY CLUB

Head Coach, Taff Browne with Players’ Player of the Year, Stephen Fearon.

2nd XV Captain, Liam Sloan with 2nd XV Most Improved Player, Mark Rafferty.

Newry Rugby Club recently held their end of season awards in Warrenpoint. It rounded off a successful season which saw Newry reach the semi-finals of the Gordon West Cup and narrowly miss out on league promotion. They also held their annual Fiddlers Green Rugby Tournament, allowing Newry Rugby to entertain clubs from all over Ireland for their 10’s Rugby Competition.

Coach, Taff Browne receiving the Alistair Dunwoody Cup from Rev Dunwoody.

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Head Coach Taff Browne with 1st XV Most Improved Player, Stephen Fearon and 1st XV Captain, Collie Stewart.

Declan Tolan presenting Collie Stewart with his jersey signed by the entire squad on his retirement.

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CUMANN PHEADAIR NAOFA ANNUAL REUNION AND AWARDS NIGHT Cumann Pheadair Naofa Warrenpoint held its Annual Reunion and Awards Night at the Whistledown Hotel in Warrenpoint earlier this year. A large gathering of Cumann Pheadair Naofa members and friends came together to celebrate a great year for the club.

Club Chairman Eugene Gallagher and guest speaker Joe Brolly present Aisling McGivern with a Special Recognition Leadership Award.

Joe Brolly presents Paddy Murdock, winner of the Senior Football Players’ Player of the Year Award, with his trophy.

Club Chairman Eugene Gallagher, Larry Byrne, recipient of a Special recognition Award for his role as lotto coordinator, social coordinator and assistant treasurer, and guest speaker Joe Brolly.

Donagh McAleenan was awarded the U21 Player of the Year trophy from Joe Brolly.

Guest Speaker Joe Brolly with the award winners at Cumann Pheadair Naofa Annual Reunion and Awards Night. Back row (l-r): Joe Brolly, Larry Byrne, James McParland, Donagh McAleenan, Gary McMahon, Darren Rice and Paddy Murdock. Front row (l-r): Gerry Gray Vice Chairperson, Aisling McGivern, Brian Connolly and Anne McCormack.

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James McParland was the recipient of the Senior Hurling Players Player of the Year.

He was presented his trophy by Joe Brolly.

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Club stalwart Brian Connolly received a Lifetime Achievement Award for his services to Cumann Pheadair Naofa. Chairman Eugene Gallagher and Joe Brolly presented Brian with his award.

Club Chairman Eugene Gallaher and guest speaker Joe Brolly presented Anne McCormack with the Chairman’s Club Person of the Year Award.

Lifetime Achievement award winner Brian Connolly celebrates with his family.

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Newry Life Review

COUNTRY DINING! Lisa Watson enjoys the hospitality on offer at Belleek Country House.

When the opportunity arose to visit Belleek Country House on Main Street in Belleeks village and experience their menu I was excited to see what was on offer.

Upon arrival, we were warmly greeted, drinks order taken and left to peruse the menu in front of the warm fire, which was very welcome on a cold autumnal evening.

The place was filled with people like us, chatting about what to order and what they’d had before etc. and we were looking forward to enjoying the dining experience.

The interior of the bar was homely with warm coloured interiors making the place cosy and old artefacts were dotted around the walls creating an authentic look. The clientele were a mix of couples, young families and friends all out to enjoy their evening.

The menu offered a good selection of starters, mains and desserts and once the

order was placed we had a short time to wait before being taken into the restaurant where our food was promptly served.

I ordered the bbq chicken wings and my friend opted for chicken goujons. Both dishes were excellent, with just the right quantities and the side salads to accompany each dish were a welcome sight as they added to the presentation.

Main courses offered a big deliberation as all choices looked good but my friend decided on the pasta carbonara with chicken and bacon, shaved parmesan cheese and garlic Italian bread while I opted for the stuffed half duck with champ and fresh vegetables.

The carbonara arrived in a good sized bowl with the steam coming off it and the

aroma was so good. The pasta was cooked perfectly and there was a good balance with neither too little or too much sauce, which I like. The garlic bread was tasty and it accompanied the dish perfectly - needless to say, there wasn’t much left on the plate. The half stuffed duck was beautifully presented with the crisp coat on the outside and the accompanying champ and vegetables just left this as a really enjoyable main course.

The champ was fluffy with a good balance of spring onions and the vegetables had that little bite to them. We really enjoyed both dishes and would make a return trip for these alone.

There wasn’t much room for dessert but when the menu was placed in front of us it would have been rude not to. I opted for the cheesecake, which was Baileys on my visit while my friend settled on the lemon meringue. Both dishes were really well enjoyed though I think the cheesecake had the edge that day!

All in all, my experience here was enjoyable we got chatting to some locals who encouraged us to stay for the live music and the Take Your Pick ballot that takes place every Saturday night with all proceeds going to Southern Area Hospice.

Try Belleek Country House for yourself you’ll not be disappointed.

Belleek Country House 16 Main Street, Belleeks, Newry BT35 7PH Telephone: 028 3087 8999

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Newry Life: Profile

THE LADY BEHIND ZEN DAY SPA, NEWRY Ulster Tatler talks to local business lady, Lisa McCrink, Proprietor of Zen Day Spa in Newry, which is celebrating its first year since the takeover. Recently named 2017 Spa of the year at the Northern Ireland Hair and Beauty Awards as well as ‘Spa of the Year Finalist’ at the prestigious Ulster Tatler Awards and ‘Best Small Business Finalist’ at Newry Chamber of Commerce & Trade Awards. Lisa has hand-picked the highly trained staff to offer their clients the best in affordable beauty, spa and wellness services.

Congratulations Lisa on such a successful year at Zen Day Spa whilst becoming a mum for the first time. Tell us a little about yourself and the past year?

Thank you. It has been an exciting transformational year both in business and personally. From fulfilling a dream of becoming a mother, owning an award winning business, to achieving a Beauty and Holistic Teacher qualification. I am extremely lucky and grateful for all the opportunities that have come my way. Also the support that I have received from my team at Zen, my family, friends, as well as other local business people in Newry and Mourne. I am excited to what the next year has in store.

What encouraged you to go into business?

I always had the vision/goal that I would start a business, just wasn’t 100% sure what industry it would be in. I greatly admired my families entrepreneurial ambition, hard work and success. The corporate industry encouraged me to pursue a business based Degree and Masters at University of

Ulster, which started a great career in this corporate industry. However during this time, I completed different beauty, holistic and wellness courses, as I was always interested in that field. During a career break, I reflected on what I really wanted to do and achieve in the rest of my life, the key aspect was to help people. It was a dream come true, when the opportunity came along to buy over Zen Day Spa, a perfect chance to combine my interests into my full time career whilst supplying employment for others who Zen Day Spa as much as I do.

Zen Day Spa’s Lisa McCrink pictured at the 2017 Ulster Tatler Awards.

What makes Zen Day Spa unique?

Zen Day Spa has built up a 5 star rating and solid reputation over the past year from our clients based on Zen’s high quality treatments, elite products and warm service. I am proud that the team love coming into the spa because of the genuine zen experience created. They often tell me it does not feel like it is work as they love what they do so much, tailoring each treatment to clients individual needs. This makes the spa ambience more unique and clients visit even more enjoyable.

What do you like most about living/ working in Newry?

Newry is a great city with a wonderful community spirit and amazing buzz. Plenty of fabulous boutiques and shops to visit.

Yummy restaurants to eat in to satisfy the taste buds. Lots of activities on offer to suit all interests and lifestyle like health & wellness events, mother and baby groups, business networking groups, festivals, markets, walking/running/yoga groups, film club and fun days.

I am from and live in Mayobridge. A beautiful, welcoming village, just seven miles from Newry, which is so handy to get to work. I previously travelled a lot to and from work so it feels like Zen is right on my doorstep. There is such a wonderful community spirit and the people are so welcoming and easy going. I have to say I have been over whelmed by how supportive other business owners in Newry have been over the past year, I am so grateful for their advice and encouragement.

What is your favourite little hidden gem in Newry & Mourne?

Many of our clients refer to Zen Day Spa as their hidden gem in Newry. My team and I have to agree with this beautiful feedback as we love coming to work and try to ensure every client has a unique personal experience when they visit.

What is your favourite treatment?

I really enjoy the variety of the beauty, spa and wellness treatments that Zen have to offer that can be tailored to different client needs. Yet Lipofirm Pro Body Sculpting and Biotec Facial treatments are amazing, as you can see instant long-term results that give clients a real confidence boost.

What are your favourite moments of the day?

First thing in the morning when my son Dylan-Joe greets me with his big cheeky smile, that always melts my heart. When I arrive home after a great day knowing I made a difference to people’s lives and cuddling up with Dylan-Joe, I know life can be such a gift and joy.

Fancy a little pampering or luxurious spa day check out offers on Zen Day Spa Facebook page or call 028 3027 8088.

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Street Smart Newry Life hits the streets to check out what’s hot in the style stakes.

ANNETTE CARR, retired.

What labels are you wearing today?

I’m not sure about labels but this purple coat is a present from my daughter.

I go everywhere to buy my clothes Penneys, Dunnes, Debenhams.

How would you describe your style?

I like dressing up and having my hair done, so I hope stylish.

What are your pet fashion peeves?

Everything’s much of a muchness now, nobody looks different from anybody else which I don’t like.

THERESA ROONEY, 52, Accounts Assistant.

What labels are you wearing today?

A Zara jacket, the sandals are from Connolly’s in Newry, the trop is Primark, the jeans are Dorothy Perkins and my shades are from TKMaxx.

Could you describe your style?

It’s smart casual.

Who are your style icons?

I like Susan Sarandon, who looks amazing, and Dame Judi Dench for her image.

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ARTHUR CESPON, 17, student.

What labels are you wearing today?

I got these jeans in the Philippines when I was back visiting family and my shirt is from Primark. My trainers are Adidas.

Could you describe your style?

I like comfort. My clothes are comfortable but they also have to look good. Things like skinny tracksuit bottoms are a no.

How much do you spend a month on clothes?

No more than £20 a month.

SHANE OSBORNE, 28, Scaffolder.

What are you wearing today?

My shirt is Tommy Hilfiger’s American Original, my jeans are Wrangler, not sure about the shoes but I call them my dealer boots.

What is your must-have item for autumn?

Something waterproof.

AISLING MURPHY, 27, full-time carer.

What labels are you wearing today?

I often wear Primark but my jeans are from Peacocks and my top is from Tesco.

Have you any pet fashion peeves?

My fashion hate is skinny jeans, they’re in at the moment but complete no no’s.

What is your autumn must-have fashion item?

You need a coat in autumn and I’ve just bought a nice big woolly coat. It’s an Army look, in a shade of khaki.

Could you describe your style?

It’s basically casual.

ANIE FLETT, 18, student.

What labels are you wearing today?

This is all Primark - it designs well so you can’t complain. I might also buy things from Miss Selfridge.

What is your must-have item for autumn?

If I had the funds, I’d buy a Miss Selfridge coat. Not red which is in, I prefer brown-y, tacky colours. But a lot of my wardrobe is black as I’m emo.

Who are your style icons?

Selena Gomez, she’s a total babe.

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Social Scene

NEWRY BUSINESS AWARDS 2017 The Newry Business Awards was recently held at The Canal Court Hotel & Spa. The business awards were hosted by Newry Chamber of Commerce and recognises business excellence across the business community throughout the Greater Newry Area.

There are 21 award categories including best pub, best green business, best tourism business, best customer service, best new business and best place to eat, just to name a few. See page 8 for further coverage.

Paddy Anderson and Adam Twohig.

Ashleen Poland, Ciaran Marshall and Una O’Neill.

Robert Devlin and Louise Devlin.

Maria Morgan and Lisa Hamill and Deirdre McDermott.

Ashleen Poland and Anne-Marie McKeown.

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Shauna McEvoy and Catherine McGinn.

Barry Hughes and Charlotte Magennis.

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Stephen Sheridan and Eamon Devlin.

Fiona Valentine, Geraldine McKevett and Claire Taggert.

Cathal, Gemma and Jack Murphy.

Liz Cuddy and Magella Gollogly.

Julie Turley, Jennifer Matthews and Martina Lavelle.

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Claire O’Callaghan and Lisa Bailie.

Alannah Stephens, Emma Hughes and Nicola Scott.

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Newry Life: Why I Love Dundalk, I was able to use my hotel experience and education to build a marketing role within the hotel, promoting it to various markets.

I am currently the marketing manager for both the Carrickdale Hotel and the Canal Court Hotel.

HOW DO YOU SPEND A TYPICAL WORKING DAY? I carry out various marketing activities, including social media campaigns. I manage websites and update CMS, working closely with the reservations department and liaise with third party booking agents like expedia as well as attending exhibitions and trade shows. I organize events such as our annual Wedding Fayre and work with promoters to advertise concerts and so on within the hotel. I also put together accommodation packages with local events such as the Forest Festival and the Iur Cinn Fleadh Festival.

HOW DO YOU RELAX IN YOUR SPARE TIME? By enjoying time at home with my husband and children. I follow local GAA club games - my husband still plays for Beleeks - and of course enjoy a treatment in the spa at the Canal Court!

WHAT DO YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT LIVING AND WORKING IN NEWRY? Living just outside the city, working close to home is an added bonus.

The fact that the hotel is in the heart of Newry means I get to know local businesses and our customers on a personal level, and it allows me to build excellent working relationships with them. I have the added advantage of knowing the local area really well and this definitely helps when trying to promote the local region and drive tourism here. At the hotel you see quite a lot of celebrities like Nathan Carter and Michael English, both absolute gentlemen.

WHY I LOVE NEWRY...

Orla Hayes, Marketing Manager of the Canal Court and Carrickdale Hotel, tells us why she loves Newry.

WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR CAREER PATH TO DATE? Having gone to The Sacred Heart Grammar School, Newry, I went on to the University of Ulster, Jordanstown, to complete a BScHons degree in Marketing. After graduation, I began working in a health and safety company as a marketing executive. I was there four years but always had a passion for the hospitality industry, having worked in the Canal Court Hotel through school and university. From this I gained a huge insight into the importance of customer service and loved working in the industry. The job has many aspects but I remember meeting Ronan Keating from Boyzone, which was great as I followed them. When a job opportunity became available at the Carrickdale Hotel & Spa,

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WHAT’S THE ENTERTAINMENT/GOING OUT SCENE LIKE IN NEWRY? Newry has lots of great bars, most with live music which creates atmosphere. I like the Bridge Bar which has rock and pop and there’s trad music nearly everywhere.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE RESTAURANT IN NEWRY? I like the Blue Print Pizza a lot. Of course, I also love the Old Mill Restaurant at the Canal Court, in my view the best restaurant. The fish is beautiful there and we have lots of different steaks. It’s a good place to go when catching up with friends and family.

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