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22 July 2019 Cathedral Hill Community Excavation Seeks Young Volunteers Following the great success of the community dig on the Hill of Down last summer, the team at the Centre for Archaeological Fieldwork (CAF) at Queen’s University Belfast is looking for 50 volunteers aged between 16 and 24, to help them continue the dig during the month of August.

22 July 2019 Museum Needs Help to Solve Ballykinlar Mysteries Can you help unravel the mysteries behind some of the artefacts uncovered in the Ballykinlar History Hut project? With the support of the European Union’s PEACE IV Programme, managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB), the project has been exploring the lives of people who occupied the timber Armstrong huts between 1914 and 1950.

18 July 2019 Chairperson Calls for All Businesses to Welcome Breastfeeding Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Chairperson, Councillor Charlie Casey is calling on all local businesses and organisations to join the Public Health Agency’s Breastfeeding Welcome Here scheme.

10 July 2019 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council joined partners this week to officially launch Atlantic CultureScape, a new €2 million project which was awarded funding by the EU Interreg Atlantic Area Programme.

5 July 2019 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Chairperson, Councillor Charlie Casey has welcomed the success of the O’Rahilly Under 14s team, who were recently crowned All Ireland Hurling Champions at the John West National Féile na nGael in Cork.

5 July 2019 The launch of next month’s ‘Connecting Cultures’ event took place in The Square at Ballynahinch Market House on Monday 1 July 2019.

1 July 2019

28 June 2019 Schools Receive Prestigious Green Flags Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Chairperson, Councillor Charlie Casey, hosted a reception in Warrenpoint Town Hall on Tuesday 25 June for local schools which have been awarded their first Green Flags as part of the Eco-Schools programme.

28 June 2019 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Chairperson, Councillor Charlie Casey has welcomed the success of the O’Rahilly Under 14’s Team, who were recently crowned All Ireland Hurling Champions at the John West National Féile na nGael in Cork.

28 June 2019 Slieve Gullion and Newry District Electoral Area (DEA) Forums celebrated Irish Traveller Pride Week with two exhibition events held on Saturday 22 July and Sunday 23 July.

28 June 2019 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Chairperson, Councillor Charlie Casey officially opened the new £1.

28 June 2019 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Chairperson, Councillor Charlie Casey officially opened the new £1.