News

5 October 2018 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council has announced its spooky and spectacular Hallowtides event which will take place on Wednesday, 31 October in Newcastle.

5 October 2018 This year’s Narnia Festival, supported by Newry, Mourne and Down District Council, promises to transport you to the magical land of Narnia, with activities for the whole family.

5 October 2018 On Friday 19 of October guests will make their way through the big top style entrance as the circus ringmaster welcomes them into a carnival party with an on-site bar and live DJ.

4 October 2018 Down Leisure Centre is First Commercial Property Connected in Major Gas Extension Project 3 October 2018: The newly constructed Down Leisure Centre in Market Street, Downpatrick, has become the first commercial energy user to connect to the Phoenix Natural Gas network, as part of the company’s major extension programme into thirteen new towns across County Down.

2 October 2018 A family story that began in 1814 with the birth of James MacGeorge in Scotland, came full circle as his descendants visited the Newry and Mourne Museum on Monday 24 September.

2 October 2018 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council has announced the start of a Public Consultation Process in respect of the proposed next phase of Newry Public Realm works.

1 October 2018 Monday 1 October marked the launch of Newry, Mourne and Down District Council’s ‘Step into 2020’ programme at the Newry Leisure Centre.

1 October 2018 Following months of intensive preparations, Belfast Region City Deal partners submitted their ambitious negotiating position to the NI Secretary of State and Westminster today, with the aim of securing £1bn of investment from a number of sources.

28 September 2018 What do you think are the most important priorities for policing in your area and what aspects of local policing are important to you? The PSNI and Northern Ireland Policing Board are looking for your views to help shape the future of policing.

28 September 2018 At a special event to celebrate the installation of a replica of St Patrick’s Cross at Down Cathedral on Monday 24 September, Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Chairman, Councillor Mark Murnin welcomed the completion of the project, only a few metres from the traditional site of St Patrick’s Grave, where the original pieces of the damaged Cross were located until 1900.

28 September 2018 A rare species of snail has been discovered at a Co Down bog.

28 September 2018 A new adaptation of Charlotte Bronte’s compelling tale, Jane Eyre, is coming to the Down Arts Centre on Friday 5 October.