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23 December 2016 A sculpture of Newry man Patrick Rankin was unveiled at Dublin Bridge, Newry on Thursday 22 December 2016 as part of Newry, Mourne and Down District Council’s Decade of Centenaries Programme.

21 December 2016 Find out more about our holiday arrangements over Christmas.

19 December 2016 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Chairperson, Councillor Gillian Fitzpatrick has praised community spirit and efforts made to strengthen communities in her Christmas Message to the people of the district.

15 December 2016 The Mourne Mountain Adventure is a youth challenge event held in the Mourne Mountains supported by Newry, Mourne and Down District Council, volunteer organisations, the uniformed and emergency services.

12 December 2016 Over 50 people including 25 international guests attended the Newry, Mourne and Down District Council seminar entitled ‘EU Mobility in Rural Europe’ Thursday 1 December in the Canal Court Hotel, Newry.

6 December 2016 The Rowallane DEA Forum Public Meeting will be taking on a festive twist on Friday 9 December 2016 from 7pm to 9pm in the Bridge Centre, Killyleagh.

5 December 2016 The Policing and Community Safety Partnership (PCSP) Newry, Mourne and Down and the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) are urging local communities to work with them to help to address burglaries that have taken place in recent weeks using a text alert system.

30 November 2016 Members of the Mourne, Gullion & Lecale Rural Development Partnership officially launched Priority 6 of the Rural Development Programme for the area in Slieve Gullion Forest Park on Friday 25 November 2016.

28 November 2016 The Slieve Croob District Electoral Area (DEA) Forum will host a ‘Safety at Christmas’ public event in The Dan Rice Memorial Hall, Drumaness on Wednesday 30 November, from 7pm to 9pm.

24 November 2016 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council gets ready to fill the district with Christmas sparkle with a week of Christmas Light ‘Switch Ons’ from Thursday 24 November to Saturday 3 December as part of the Districts 2016 Christkindl celebrations.

24 November 2016 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council invites you to the next Downpatrick District Electoral Area (DEA) public meeting being held on Tuesday 29 November 2016 at 7pm in Inverbrenna Hall, Strangford.

21 November 2016 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council is encouraging the public to support ‘Electrical Fire Safety Week’ which runs from Monday 21 to Sunday 27 November to promote electrical fire safety in the home.