News

28 February 2020 ArtsEkta, Northern Ireland’s leading cultural diversity charity, is launching the first in a series of cultural events as part of Newry, Mourne and Down District Council’s Peace IV programme.

28 February 2020 Businesses in the Newry, Mourne and Down Council area are being encouraged to sign up to the ‘Get Your Business Online’ programme.

28 February 2020 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council through the Ring of Gullion Partnership have teamed up with the Gap o’ the North Walking Club to offer a free ‘Get into Hillwalking’ workshop event.

28 February 2020 In association with South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust Downpatrick, Rowallane and Slieve Croob District Electoral Area Forums (DEA) have organised a social event for those people who provide care and support to loved ones.

28 February 2020 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council has announced its aspiration of bringing ‘Suicide Down to Zero’ within our district.

28 February 2020 A new art exhibition entitled Silent: Listen 2 by Navan artist Mary Clarke which explores the effects and threats of global climate change will run at the Sean Hollywood Arts Centre from Tuesday 3 to Friday 27 March.

28 February 2020 Ballyvea Football Club Ltd has been awarded £270,000 of grant funding from Mourne, Gullion & Lecale Rural Development Partnership (MGL) for the development of a new Community Health and Wellbeing Hub.

24 February 2020 Cross-Community Carnival Parades will be the centre of celebrations in Downpatrick and Newry on St Patrick’s Day.

24 February 2020 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council in association with the Sports Association Newry, Mourne and Down (SANDSA) has announced the finalists of its sports awards for 2020.

21 February 2020 Greenhill YMCA in Newcastle has been given a grant of £500,000 from the Mourne, Gullion & Lecale Rural Development Partnership (MGL).

21 February 2020 Participants currently taking part in Down County Museum’s ‘Preserving or Plundering? Sir Hans Sloane to Modern Museum’ course, took part in a fascinating talk and walking tour of Killyleagh on Saturday 8 February.

14 February 2020 On Wednesday 4 March, some of the recently unearthed secrets of medieval Downpatrick will be revealed at Down County Museum in a talk by Brian Sloan from the Centre for Archaeological Fieldwork, Queen’s University Belfast.