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27 July 2018 A local group of enthusiasts, in the villages of Killyleagh and Shrigley, came together on Thursday 25 July to launch an exciting programme of events to mark the Centenary of the end of the First World War.

27 July 2018 This year’s Ring of Gullion Lúnasa Festival will host a variety of excellent arts and cultural events, appealing to both young and old from Friday 3 August to Sunday 26 August 2018.

20 July 2018 The brilliant sequel to The History of the Troubles (accordin’ to my Da), is on tour and comes to Newry Town Hall on Saturday 25 August at 7.

20 July 2018 Newry and Mourne Museum has purchased two paintings by the Newry-born artist Margaret Clarke, with support from the Northern Ireland Museums Council.

20 July 2018 Newcastle Summer Season continues this weekend with two more fantastic live performances.

20 July 2018 The first round of matches in the Chairperson’s Be Active Cup kicks off on Monday 23 and Tuesday 24 July in Jennings Park, Newry and Kilmore Playing Fields, Crossgar.

11 July 2018 A public consultation has been launched by the Department of Justice (DOJ) Community Safety Division seeking views on a proposed model for the introduction of Domestic Homicide Reviews in Northern Ireland.

11 July 2018 Newcastle Community Cinema has lined up another sizzling weekend of live entertainment, kicking off with comedy tribute act ‘Further Ted’ on Friday 20 July followed by the ‘Illegals’ fronted by the fabulous Niamh Kavanagh, on Saturday 21 July.

11 July 2018 From the Mound of Down to the Greyabbey Bay mudflats, Lecale and the Ards peninsula is rich with archaeological and ecclesiastical sites that are waiting to be explored.

10 July 2018

9 July 2018 The Newry, Mourne and Down District Council PEACE IV Partnership (2017 – 2020) wishes to recruit social partner positions and create reserve lists of appropriate appointees for the whole of the Newry, Mourne and Down District Council area:   This is a voluntary appointment with only travel costs and minor expenses reimbursed.

9 July 2018 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Chairman, Councillor Mark Murnin has just announced the first of his charity fundraiser events, the Chairman’s Be Active Cup Junior and Senior Football Tournaments.