News

21 March 2022 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council is inviting views on its draft performance improvement objectives 2022-23 which  can be downloaded here.

15 March 2022 St Patrick’s Day, Thursday 17 March – Public Holiday Refuse Collection Refuse collection and commercial waste collections will take place as normal, please ensure your bin is at the kerbside from 6.

15 March 2022 Three plaster models from the Proud People sculpture in Newry, along with some of the sculptor’s preparatory drawings and photographs, are now displayed in Newry and Mourne Museum.

14 March 2022 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Chairperson, Councillor Cathy Mason has been overwhelmed by community support for the Council’s efforts to donate clothes, blankets and other essential items in response to the unfolding humanitarian crisis in Ukraine.

14 March 2022 Rural Affairs Minister Edwin Poots MLA, has attended an event at Killeavy Castle in Newry to celebrate Mourne, Gullion and Lecale Rural Development Partnership’s success in delivering his Department’s Rural Development ‘LEADER’ Programme.

8 March 2022 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Chairperson, Councillor Cathy Mason hosted an afternoon event in the Slieve Donard Hotel Newcastle to celebrate this year’s International Women’s Day.

7 March 2022 Men living in the Mournes and Crotlieve District Electoral Areas (DEAs) had a special opportunity to attend a Men’s Health event at The Whistledown Hotel on Thursday 3 March.

4 March 2022 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council is delighted that after a two-year period the St Patrick’s Day Parades will take place again this year in Downpatrick and Newry.

4 March 2022 Downpatrick, Rowallane and Slieve Croob District Electoral Areas (DEAs) have teamed up with the Carers Support Service for the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust (SEHSCT), to deliver creative cookery sessions for adult carers, hosted by Chef David Lee from the renowned Fired Restaurant, Killough.

4 March 2022 Newry City has received the news that it has once again been awarded the prestigious Purple Flag accreditation for its Evening and Night-Time Economy (ENTE).

4 March 2022 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council has partnered with Kingdom Men’s Shed in Kilkeel to manufacture wooden nest boxes for Guillemots displaced by the ongoing work to walls along Annalong Harbour.

3 March 2022 Pupils from Jonesborough Primary School have carried out a clean-up of their village as part of an anti-litter cross border initiative promoted by the Newry, Mourne and Down District Council and Louth County Council Strategic Alliance.