News

4 October 2024 In August things didn’t look too bright for Tommy the Red Squirrel, he had been found orphaned in Castlewellan Forest Park.

4 October 2024 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council has launched their latest series of Be Active for Life classes to help residents of the district improve their physical fitness and wellbeing.

30 September 2024 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Chairperson, Councillor Pete Byrne welcomed 33 remarkable individuals and organisations to the Canal Court Hotel in Newry on Friday 27 September for a special Civic Awards Ceremony.

27 September 2024 Newry, Mourne and Down Labour Market Partnership aims to promote Newry, Mourne and Down as a great place to work, support people to access work, and provide the relevant skills for vacancies now and into the future.

27 September 2024 Cuirfear fáilte roimh chónaitheoirí agus cuairteoirí teacht chun spiorad na Samhna a cheiliúradh ag an fhéile ‘Coiscéimeanna na Coille’ i bPáirc Foraoise Shliabh gCuillinn.

26 September 2024 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council has joined up with the Street Dreams Project to raise awareness of Single Use Plastics in our district.

18 September 2024 Newry, Mourne, and Down District Council was delighted to have been a partner in hosting the highly successful Amgen Irish Open Golf Tournament which drew approximately 100,000 spectators to Royal County Down Golf Course and was broadcast to a global audience.

16 September 2024 The extensive programme of works to fully refurbish Newry Leisure Centre pool hall and village change areas is continuing after significant progress was made in the summer months.

16 September 2024 A new digital and PR campaign to raise awareness of a range of gender-based violence, abuse and harm which is disproportionately targeted towards women and girls has been launched by Newry, Mourne and Down District Council.

13 September 2024 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council’s Assessment of Performance 2023-24 was considered and approved by the Strategy, Policy and Resources Committee on Thursday 12 September 2024.

12 September 2024 We have been advised of text messages being sent to residents requesting payment for unpaid parking fines that includes a link to our website.

11 September 2024 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council has just completed the £440,000 of major works to the Public Toilets in Newcastle town centre.