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Community Council Government Newry NMD Council South Armagh South Down

NMD Council Bank Holiday Refuse Collection Arrangements

EASTER HOLIDAY ARRANGEMENTS Waste Management and Household Recycling Centres 🟡Refuse CollectionAll refuse collection and commercial waste collections will take place as normal on Easter Monday and Tuesday. 👉PLEASE HAVE YOUR BIN AT KERBSIDE FOR 6.00AM TO ENSURE COLLECTION, NO EXCESS BAGS OF WASTE WILL BE COLLECTED. 🟡Household Recycling CentresAll Household Recycling Centres will be OPEN […]

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Community Council Government Newry NMD Council South Armagh South Down

Chairperson Opens Book of Condolence in Memory of Aidan Moffitt and Michael Snee

Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Chairperson, Councillor Cathy Mason has opened an Online Book of Condolence following the recent deaths of Aidan Moffitt and Michael Snee in Sligo. The Book of Condolence will be available online at http://www.newrymournedown.org/chairpersons-book-of-condolences. All messages in the online book will be recorded by the Council and sent to Aidan […]

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Community Dáil Éireann Government Louth Politics

EU Needs to Prepare for the Prospect of a United Ireland

The European Union needs to prepare for the prospect of a united Ireland, Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú has told the penultimate meeting of the Conference of the Future of Europe (CoFoE). The Dundalk TD was in Strasbourg recently with EU parliamentarians to discuss the papers generated by civic, citizens engagement across Europe on a variety […]

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Agriculture Business Community Government Stormont

£1million Rural Business Development Grant Aid Fund Open

A scheme to help rural micro businesses to sustain, develop and recover from the Covid 19 pandemic will open on the 4 May 2022. The Rural Business Development Grant Scheme is funded through the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Tackling Rural Poverty and Social Isolation (TRPSI) Programme, and will be delivered in partnership […]

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Community Dáil Éireann Election 2022 Government Health Louth

O’Dowd Hopeful New Measures Will Address Dental Care for Medical Card Holders

Local Fine Gael TD, Fergus O’Dowd, has said he is hopeful that new measures approved today will address the void in dental care services for medical card holders in the Dental Treatment Services Scheme. O’Dowd said “The Minister for Health has confirmed increases in the fees payable to contracted dentists for a number of items, […]

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ABC Council Community Council Government Lurgan Portadown

Lord Mayor Welcomes Opening of Brownlow Community Hub

Brownlow Community Hub in Craigavon opened, Wednesday 13 April, as one of four new regional centres offering assistance to Ukrainian refugees as they arrive in Northern Ireland.  The centre, facilitated by Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council, will be open on a weekly basis every Wednesday from 9.30am – 4.00pm, offering those attending access […]

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Community Council Government Infrastructure Louth Louth County Council

Cllr Pearse McGeough Offers Initiative on Ardee Gridlock

The gridlock in Ardee at certain times of the day is getting worse and according to Sinn Féin Councillor Pearse McGeough, is ‘destroying Ardee’. Speaking after this month’s Ardee Municipal meeting where Cllr McGeough put forward a proposal to alleviate the problem, he said “Ardee and its business community can’t wait any longer. This evening […]

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Community Government Lurgan Politics Upper Bann Westminster

United Voice Needed to Defeat Protocol Protagonists – Lockhart

Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart has said it is imperative that Unionism speaks with one voice if the Northern Ireland Protocol is to be defeated, and said the groundswell of grassroots unionist opposition should send a message to the leaders of Unionism that the community wants a united voice in support of the restoration of […]

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ABC Council Armagh Banbridge Community Council Government Portadown Upper Bann

Go the ‘Eggstra’ Mile For Recycling This Easter!

With Easter just around the corner, many of us are stocking up on delicious chocolate eggs and tasty treats! In the U.K we buy more that 80 million Easter eggs and it is estimated that over 8,000 tonnes of waste is generated from this packaging each year – including single-use plastic. Armagh City, Banbridge and […]

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Community Dáil Éireann Government Louth

Ukrainian Refugees Need Suitable Accommodation

‘Imagination’ is needed in order to ensure that Ukrainians arriving into Ireland from the war in their country are provided with suitable accommodation, Dundalk Sinn Féin TD Ruairí Ó Murchú has said. The deputy said he had been speaking to Minister Roderic O’Gorman in the last number of days and had urged upon him the […]

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Banbridge Community Government Lurgan Upper Bann Westminster

Lockhart Congratulates Skeogh Flute Band on 140 Year Landmark

DUP MP Carla Lockhart has joined with DUP Leader Rt. Hon. Sir Jeffrey Donaldson MP at a celebration dinner to mark 140 years of Skeogh Flute Band. The event was held in the Bannville Hotel at the weekend, with current and former members coming together along with many supporters of the band through the years. […]

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Election 2022 Government Lurgan Politics Stormont Upper Bann

Protocol is Irish Unity in Transition – TUV

TUV leader Jim Allister told an anti-Protocol rally in Lurgan recently that any unionist who comes to terms with the Protocol is embracing transition out of the United Kingdom and into an Irish Republic. “Such is the fundamental assault made by the Protocol on our constitutional position that is irreconcilable with meaningful membership of the […]