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Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Chairperson, Councillor Michael Savage hosted a reception at the Millbrook Lodge Hotel, Ballynahinch, to celebrate the success of local Skiffie teams at the St Ayles Skiffie Rowing World Championships in July. At the Championships, which took place in Kortgene in the Netherlands, Dundrum Coastal Rowing Club obtained the top […]
Urgent help to support struggling local businesses is needed says South Down MLA, Patrick Brown. The calls come off the back of the continued rise in energy costs and increasing inflation, which have led to a number of businesses across South Down having to close. Businesses that were struggling to recover from the effects of […]
Unite the union’s members at leading timber and building merchants vote with 78.4% majority to accept pay deal providing 12 percent increase over fifteen months In July Unite members working at Haldane Fisher, Northern Ireland’s leading timber and building merchants, voted with a 98.1% majority to reject a pay offer from management worth an average […]
The Chairperson of Newry, Mourne and Down District Council, Councillor Michael Savage has got behind a public awareness campaign to tackle the issue of littering and raise awareness of ‘Your Waste, Your Responsibility’. While litter may be seen as a low-level environmental crime its impact on our district can be serious. Litter can be anything […]
PSNI attended the scene of a sudden death at Camlough Lake today with the area being sealed off. A spokesperson for the PSNI said: “Police attended the scene of a sudden death in the Camlough lake area on Wednesday, August 24th. The death is not being treated as suspicious at this time. There are no […]
Sinn Féin MLA Deirdre Hargey has said that the DUP boycott of government in a deepening cost of living emergency is a dereliction of duty and totally indefensible. Deirdre Hargey said: “Yesterday, Ministers met to try find a way around the DUP boycott of government and get desperately needed help to families struggling with food […]
Sinn Féin MLA, Liz Kimmins has insisted that we need an Executive formed as soon as possible to continue to support the community and voluntary sector, such as Bolster Community, in Newry and the vital work they do for our communities. The Newry and Armagh MLA said: “Recently, we met with Bolster Community in Newry […]
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough (ABC) Council’s fun-filled All Stars Summer Scheme brings smiles to the faces of 41 local young people once more. Organised and delivered by ABC Council’s Sports Development team and supported by the Southern Health and Social Care Trust, the All Stars Summer Scheme brings together young people with disabilities […]
Waste Management and Household Recycling Centres Refuse Collection All refuse collection and commercial waste collections will take place as normal on the Bank Holiday Monday 29 August 2022. PLEASE PLACE YOUR BIN AT KERBSIDE FOR 6.00AM TO ENSURE COLLECTION, NO EXCESS BAGS OF WASTE WILL BE COLLECTED. If due to unforeseen circumstances, the bins in […]
Planning permission for a £1 million upgrade has now been secured for Kilkeel Leisure Centre, which will be funded by Newry, Mourne and Down District Council’s Capital Programme. Preliminary design work has recently been completed and the Council is now in the process of appointing an integrated design team to assist in advancing this project […]
Restoring the beauty of Warrenpoint Beach was Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Chairperson, Councillor Michael Savage’s mission on Saturday 20 August as he took part in the Giant Beach Clean. The event, which was organised as part of the Wake The Giant Festival, in partnership with ‘Live Here Love Here’ and ‘Love Your Lough’ […]
Alliance MLA for Upper Bann, Eóin Tennyson, has called for the flats at Chestnut Place, Lurgan Road to be demolished as soon as possible. He was speaking after receiving an update from the Housing Executive on the matter, who advised that preparatory work is underway ahead of issuing a contract for demolition. Mr […]
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