News

14 November 2025 Young nature lovers are being invited to step into the wild with the launch of the Junior Ranger Challenge from Mourne Gullion Strangford UNESCO Global Geopark.

7 November 2025 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council is getting ready to bring festive sparkle back to the district as Christmas Lights Switch-On events return to Newry and Downpatrick this November.

7 November 2025 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council has teamed up with Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council, Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council, Belfast City Council, Belfast Metropolitan College and the Department for Infrastructure to launch a new recruitment campaign aimed at attracting future talent into the planning sector.

4 November 2025 The Crotlieve District Electoral Area (DEA) Forum’s annual Afternoon Tea Dance proved once again to be a huge success, with a wonderful turnout for this much-loved free community event.

3 November 2025 Residents in Newry, Mourne and Down have voted for 98 projects promoting good health and wellbeing to receive public funding.

3 November 2025 Saintfield and Newcastle are blooming with pride after green fingered community gardeners and dedicated council staff were recognised in the 2025 Ulster in Bloom Awards.

28 October 2025 Dunleath Playing Fields in Downpatrick was filled with 384 enthusiastic P7 pupils representing 26 local schools on Tuesday 14 October as part of Newry, Mourne and Down District Council’s annual Be Active Cross Country event.

27 October 2025 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council brought its Giant Adventures series for 2025 to a magical close with Footsteps in the Forest, held from Monday 20 to Sunday 26 October in Slieve Gullion Forest Park.

24 October 2025 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council, in partnership with Newry and Mourne Co-operative and Enterprise Agency and Down Business Centre, are excited to announce the launch of NMD Enterprise Week 2025, a week-long initiative designed to celebrate entrepreneurship and business development across our local community.

23 October 2025 Newry and Mourne Museum officially launched a new temporary exhibition, looking at the development of Newry as an international trading hub beginning almost 300 years ago.

21 October 2025 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council is delighted to announce its support for Young Enterprise Northern Ireland’s Building Aspirations Programme.

20 October 2025 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council hosted a Celebration of Good Relations event at the Canal Court Hotel, Newry, on Thursday 16 October, highlighting the creativity and commitment of local groups supported through the Council’s Good Relations Financial Assistance Scheme.