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9 July 2021 The Chairperson of Newry, Mourne and Down District Council, Councillor Cathy Mason, has visited the newly opened Ash Gallery in Newcastle to mark the opening of this new and innovative studio focusing on local artists.

9 July 2021 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council has launched a new public awareness campaign to tackle the issue of littering and raise awareness of ‘Your Waste, Your Responsibility’.

8 July 2021 Refuse and Commercial Waste Collections Refuse collection and commercial waste collections will take place as normal on the 12 and 13 July, please ensure your bin is at the kerbside from 6am.

2 July 2021 The Electoral Office is required by law to refresh the Electoral Register for Northern Ireland and the current register expired on 30 June.

2 July 2021 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Chairperson, Councillor Cathy Mason picked up some bike maintenance tips in a recent workshop held at Down Leisure Centre.

2 July 2021 To mark its reopening after a period of closure due to the pandemic, Down County Museum is organising a series of guided walks.

1 July 2021 Children aged 4 to 14 years can now sign up to a new Summer Soccer Camp at Drumaness Mills FC which has just been launched by the Irish Football Association (IFA) and Newry, Mourne and Down District Council.

1 July 2021 Residents are invited to participate in new survey examining driving behaviors and attitudes to Electric Vehicles (EVs) The FASTER Project, bringing increased access to high-speed Electric Vehicle charging points, is inviting the public to tell us about their travel patterns and needs, by completing a short survey, available at:  https://www.

29 June 2021 Leading telecoms provider, Fibrus has been awarded a major multi-million pound contract to deliver critical digital infrastructure on behalf of the Full Fibre Northern Ireland Consortium (FFNI).

24 June 2021 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council is supporting the Public Health Agency (PHA) call for asymptomatic people aged 18 to 40 in selected neighbourhoods within the Castlewellan area to come forward for COVID-19 testing.

18 June 2021 Two local winners from the 2019 Translink Ulster in Bloom Competition have finally been officially recognised at special award presentations which had been delayed due to COVID-19.

18 June 2021 Cranfield Beach, outside Kilkeel, was launched during 2019 as the area’s first fully ‘Inclusive Beach’ thanks to work carried out by charity Mae Murray Foundation in partnership with Newry, Mourne and Down District Council, and funding from Sport NI.