News

9 September 2016 Drama Double Bill For Culture Week Down Arts Centre will host a double bill of fantastic dramas as part of Culture Week 2016.

9 September 2016 Newry Market Set To Stage Culture Night Hot on the heels of Opry an Iuir and Iur Cinn Fleadh, two firm favourites in Newry’s growing cultural offering, comes Culture Night in Newry Market on Friday 16 September showcasing home-grown talent in music, visual arts, theatre and dance from 5pm until 11pm.

7 September 2016 Fiddle and Guitar Duo Head for Down Arts Centre On Friday 23 September, Zoë Conway and her husband John McIntyre will be bringing an exciting blend of eclectic fiddle and guitar music to the Down Arts Centre.

7 September 2016 Chairperson Hosts Awards Reception On Thursday 1 September, Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Chairperson, Councillor Gillian Fitzpatrick hosted a reception at the Down Arts Centre to honour the achievements of a number of citizens of the district.

6 September 2016 ‘Two Sore Legs’ Comes to Newry On Thursday 22 September, Green Shoot Productions are bringing their popular production, ‘Two Sore Legs’ to the Sean Hollywood Arts Centre, Newry.

6 September 2016 ‘The Lantern Man’ Lights Up Newry Arts Centre On Tuesday 13 September, ‘The Lantern Man’ a new play by award winning playwright Jane Coyle will be making its world premiere at Sean Hollywood Arts Centre, Newry.

6 September 2016 Get Active Outdoors Extravaganza Newry, Mourne and Down District Council and the Ring of Gullion team have joined forces with a number of activity providers in the area to host a ‘Get Active Outdoors Extravaganza’ in order to promote an active society that is healthy, happy and inclusive.

6 September 2016 Culture Night Celebrations in Downpatrick On Friday 16 September from 6pm to 9pm, Down Arts Centre is teaming up with the Downpatrick Community Collective and Down Community Arts to bring Culture Night to Downpatrick, part of the all-island celebration of creativity arts and culture.

6 September 2016 Last Chance To Hop On The Ring Of Gullion Heritage Coach Tours The Ring of Gullion Heritage Coach Tours have had an amazing summer with visitors from near and far experiencing the outstanding heritage and landscape of South Armagh.

25 August 2016 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council wishes to advise the public of the following traffic anf parking arrangements for Slieve Gullion Forest Park to facilitate the Footsteps in the Forest Festival.

24 August 2016 Killyleagh Youth Club Welcomes Judges In The All Ireland Pride Of Place Awards On Friday 19 August, Killyleagh Youth Club warmly welcomed judges from the IPB Pride of Place Awards to the Bridge Centre, Killyleagh following their nomination by Newry, Mourne and Down District Council for The IPB Pride of Place Awards, in association with Co-operation Ireland, are an all-island competition that sets out to acknowledge the hard work that communities are doing.

24 August 2016 On Thursday 18August, 140 young people from across Newry city took part in the annual Raft Racing Team Challenge on the Albert Basin.