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Casey Urges Repairs for Camlough Road Walls

Sinn Féin councillor Charlie Casey has urged for a resolution to be found to address the serious safety issues posed by the crumbling walls on the Camlough road in Newry. The Newry City Councillor said: “We’ve received numerous complaints about the state that these walls are currently in. “They have been badly damaged by a […]

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Community Constituency Council Government Louth Louth County Council Newry Newry and Armagh NMD Council South Down Warrenpoint

Simultaneous Halloween Fireworks Display for Omeath/Warrenpoint

Sinn Féin Councillors Antóin Watters and Mickey Ruane (Newry, Mourne and Down) together with Omeath Tidy Towns have organised the inaugural Cross Border Fireworks display which will see simultaneous displays in Omeath and Warrenpoint on Halloween night at 7.30pm. Cllr Watters said “Cllr Ruane, Omeath Tidy Towns and I have been working on this over […]

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Damolly Retail Park Traffic Issues Must be Resolved – Casey

Sinn Féin councillor Charlie Casey has said that there must be a resolution found to the traffic issues coming from the Damolly retail park on the Armagh road. The Newry city councillor said: “This week alone there have been two traffic collisions on this stretch of road. “Today, myself and my Sinn Féin colleague, Liz […]

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Alliance Call for Annesborough Road Improvements

Alliance representatives Eóin Tennyson MLA and Councillor Peter Lavery have called for steps to be taken to improve road safety and cleanliness in the Annesborough Road area of Lurgan. Mr Tennyson said, “Action needs to be urgently taken to improve road safety in the Annesborough Road area of Lurgan.  Residents have been in contact with […]

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Business Community Constituency Council Government Kilkeel Newcastle Newry and Armagh NMD Council South Down

Adventure Tourism Conference to Take Place in The Mournes

Newry, Mourne and Down District Council is delighted to act as the main sponsor for Ireland’s Association for Adventure Tourism (IAAT) Annual Conference and will host the event in partnership with Tourism Northern Ireland and Fáilte Ireland. The conference will take place in the Slieve Donard Hotel, Newcastle on Wednesday 23 and Thursday 24 November. […]

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Community Constituency Council Downpatrick Government Newry and Armagh NMD Council South Down

Council Hosts PEACE IV Celebration Event

Newry, Mourne and Down District Council PEACE IV Partnership hosted a final event to celebrate the success of the PEACE IV funded Local Authority Action Plan at Down County Museum on Tuesday 20 September. The local authority action plan has delivered over 180 community, sporting, cultural, historical and capital projects since 2017, engaging over 4,000 […]

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Community Constituency Council Government Newry and Armagh NMD Council South Armagh

Local DEA’s Celebrate Good Relations Week with “Flavours in the Forest”

An event to celebrate the diverse range of cultures that are living across our community has been held as part of Good Relations Week 2022. Newry and Slieve Gullion District Electoral Areas (DEAs) in partnership with Radius Housing, Arbour Housing, and the Clanrye Group Slieve Gullion organised an event on Saturday 24 September in Slieve […]

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Business Council Government Louth Louth County Council Politics

DBEC Political Advisory Group Welcomed to County Hall Dundalk

Louth County Council were delighted to host the Political Advisory Group of the Dublin Belfast Economic Corridor in County Hall Dundalk today (Friday 14th October). Representatives from the group,  which in total is made up of 24 local authority Councillors from the 8 local authorities from Dublin City to Belfast City, discussed proposals for the […]

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Nine Parks and Open Spaces in ABC Borough Secure Coveted Green Flag Awards

Nine parks and open spaces across the borough of Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon secure coveted Green Flag Award status this year.   Organised by leading environmental charity Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful, the Green Flag Award is an internationally recognised certification for environmental quality management for parks and open spaces, and continues to go from strength to strength […]

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Community Constituency Council Government Newry Newry and Armagh NMD Council

Council Celebrates Positive Ageing Month with ‘Mad Hatters’ Tea Party

Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Chairperson, Councillor Michael Savage officially opened Positive Ageing Month with a virtual ‘Mad Hatters Tea Party’ which took place on Wednesday 5 October. We are working in partnership with the Southern Health and Social Care Trust, for Positive Ageing Month to offer a range of events and activities throughout […]

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McGeough Welcomes Killanny Repairs

Sinn Féin Councillor Pearse McGeough has welcomed repairs in Killanny which he describes as “essential works to address subsidence in the area.” Cllr McGeough who had warned drivers to “slow down and be mindful of the subsidence” had spoken in the past 10 months of how shocked “and rapid the deterioration had been. This particular […]

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ABC Council Community Constituency Council Government Portadown Upper Bann

DUP Councillor to Stand Down

Responding to the announcement by Councillor Darryn Causby stating his intention to stand down from local Government, Carla Lockhart MP said: “Darryn has been a great colleague and friend for many years. He is Portadown through and through, and has a great personal connection to the people who time and time again voted for him […]