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23 July 2024 As Newry, Mourne and Down District Council prepares to build a new skate park and pump track at Dunleath Park, Downpatrick, two workshops are being held to explore design options based on the planning approval secured by Council.

23 July 2024 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Chairperson, Cllr Pete Byrne has welcomed planning approval for the building of a major new manufacturing base in Newry.

23 July 2024 On Wednesday 3 July, local agencies came together in Castleward to deliver a Water Safety initiative to young people from Ardglass, Killough and Strangford.

22 July 2024 Residents in Newcastle and the surrounding areas have availed of free basic health checks thanks to a visit by Action Cancer’s Big Bus on Wednesday 17 July which was organised by Mournes District Electoral Area Forum (DEA) in partnership with County Down Rural Community Network.

22 July 2024 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Chairperson, Councillor Peter Byrne, was delighted to join local schools for the annual Eco-Schools Awards ceremony at Stranmillis College, Belfast.

22 July 2024 The much-anticipated Lúnasa Festival is set to return this year, bringing a vibrant celebration of music and culture across South Armagh and the Ring of Gullion in the Mourne Gullion Strangford UNESCO Global Geopark.

10 July 2024 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Chairperson, Councillor Pete Byrne has announced the Chairperson’s Be Active Cup Junior and Senior Football Tournaments.

10 July 2024 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council has celebrated the award of White Badges to 10 new tour guides specialising in Castlewellan Historic Demesne.

8 July 2024 The Advisory Committee for the ‘Re-Rooting our past in the Future: Castlewellan Historic Demesne’ project at Castlewellan Forest Park has returned to the Arboretum and Annesley Gardens to view the progress of major restoration works.

5 July 2024 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Chairperson, Councillor Pete Byrne hosted a reception for the winners of ‘The Right to Food’ poster competition in the Downshire Civic Centre on Friday 21 June 2024.

5 July 2024 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council has unveiled recently completed improvement works to Monkshill and Kilbroney Municipal Cemeteries within the district.

28 June 2024 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council have launched a new advertising campaign aimed at encouraging local small businesses to give trading at Newry Variety Market a try, whether they are experienced traders, first-timers or budding entrepreneurs who would like to sell their produce, creations or stock to new customers.