Established in 1867 by James Burns the Newry Reporter is the oldest newspaper serving the Newry and Mourne region of Northern Ireland, UK. After the death of James in 1902, the paper was sold to Joseph Wright who operated a printing works in Hill Street. The paper would be in Wrights ownership for just 7 years before a fire at the works saw Wright move to Canada. Robert Sands acquired the rights to the paper and began printing again after a four-month stoppage since the fire. In 1912 the paper moved offices from Clanrye Grain Mills (owned by Sands) to Margaret Street, where it remains to this day. After Sands' death in 1915, the paper was published by the executors until 1927 when Edward Hodgett bought the rights. The paper remains in the Hodgett family to this day