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3 July 2015 The small village of Ballyholland, just outside Newry City, has always been renowned for its community development work and on Thursday 2 July, thanks to funding from Newry, Mourne and Down District Council, SOAR and DARD, Ballyholland now boasts a new state-of-the-art community centre.

2 July 2015 South Down Coastal Facilites Benefit from Fisheries Funding Both the Mourne Esplanade at Kilkeel, and Cranfield beach have recently benefited from just over £700,000 of environmental improvement works funded through Newry, Mourne and Down District Council and the South East Area European Fisheries Fund (SEA).

1 July 2015 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council agreed at it's Special Council meeting held on Monday 29 June 2015 in Downpatrick to a number of actions and is pleased to announce the following which will positively impact all of our customers within the district.

30 June 2015 On Friday 26June, Newry, Mourne and Down District Council launched the 2015 Cranfield Code.

29 June 2015 The first ever Junior All Ireland Angling club championships were held today on the O Rourke’s bank of the Newry Canal by kind permission of Newry, Mourne and Down District Council.

29 June 2015 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council’s much loved Kilbroney Park has undergone further transformation thanks to significant funding, from the EU INTERREG IVA Programme through the Special EU Programmes Body delivered through the East Border Region as part of the Tourism Development Programme.

29 June 2015 An innovative landscape tourism initiative for the Mourne Mountains, Cooley Peninsula and Ring of Gullion has celebrated the end of their first phase of development with a Celebrate Geotourism conference in Carlingford, Co Louth.

29 June 2015 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Chairperson, Councillor Naomi Bailie, launched the North Street Art Mural Project entitled “Illumination” on Thursday 25 June 2015.

26 June 2015 With just over two months to go to the hotly anticipated firmus energy Newry City Triathlon, which will take place on Sunday 30 August 2015, organisers are urging people of all abilities to sign-up and give it a ‘tri’! Following last year’s extremely successful event, upwards on 200 have already registered for the 2015 race with demand expected to soar over the coming weeks as the event draws closer.

26 June 2015 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Chairperson, Councillor Naomi Bailie, welcomed local schools to the Council Chamber in the Downpatrick Office for the annual presentation of Green Flags.

25 June 2015 26 June 2015   The inaugural Gran Fondo Giro d’Italia Northern Ireland took place over the weekend of June 20/21 and it has been hailed as a huge success.

25 June 2015 Councillor Naomi Bailie, Chairperson of Newry, Mourne and Down District Council was delighted to meet with pupils and teachers from St Mary’s High School, Downpatrick recently.