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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.

20 October 2025 As part of Good Relations Week 2025, the Rowallane District Electoral Area (DEA) Forum organised a Historical Tour of the Slieve Croob area on Wednesday 15 October.

20 October 2025 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council is delighted that Café incredABLE has officially opened at Newry Leisure Centre, offering a convenient and welcoming space for visitors, families and fitness enthusiasts.

16 October 2025 Newry and Mourne Museum will open its new temporary exhibition ‘Making Waves: Newry’s Rise as a Global Trade Centre’, on Thursday 16 October, which will look at the development of Newry as an international trading hub beginning almost 300 years ago.

10 October 2025 Over 150 delegates from across the Newry, Mourne and Down District Council attended the highly successful NMD Recruitment & Skills Conference on Wednesday 8 October hosted by the Broadcaster and Journalist, Mark Simpson in the Burrendale Hotel, Newcastle.

10 October 2025 With the theme of ‘Climate Action, Community and Collaboration’, this year’s Inspiring Sustainable Tourism Conference will take place in Killeavy Castle Estate in Co Armagh on Thursday 22 January 2026.

9 October 2025 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Chairperson, Councillor Philip Campbell, has launched a Dragons’ Den–style initiative as part of this year’s Local Democracy Week.