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11 May 2018 On Wednesday 9 May 2018, some thirteen inspirational individuals from the Newry, Mourne and Down District Council area were honoured at a prestigious Civic Awards Ceremony held in the Sean Hollywood Arts Centre.

11 May 2018 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council and the Southern Health and Social Care Trust have joined together in a unique partnership to help highlight organ donation awareness.

8 May 2018 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council is exploring the tourism potential associated with securing UNESCO Global Geopark status as it progresses plans to establish a UNESCO Global Geopark taking in the scenic beauty of Strangford Lough and Lecale, Ring of Gullion and the Mourne Mountains.

4 May 2018 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Chairperson, Councillor Roisin Mulgrew hosted a reception in the Council Boardroom, Newry, on Thursday 3 May to honour the achievements of Lisnamulligan Pipe Band and present them with an engraved crystal bowl.

4 May 2018 The success of Craobh Rua, Camlocha which won the Armagh U16 County League and Championship, was celebrated recently with a reception in the Boardroom of Newry, Mourne and Down District Council headquarters on 2 May 2018.

4 May 2018 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Chairperson, Councillor Roisin Mulgrew recently hosted a civic reception for the Kilkeel Hockey Men’s Team, held in Kilkeel High School on Saturday 28 April.

4 May 2018 A reception to honour the achievements of Our Lady’s Grammar School’s U20 football team was held in the Chamber of the Council Offices, Newry on Wednesday, 2 May 2018.

4 May 2018 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council signalled its commitment to the Equality Commission’s ‘Every Customer Counts’ initiative at an event on Tuesday, 17 April 2018 in the Newcastle Centre.

4 May 2018 On Thursday 24 May, Sean Hollywood Arts Centre will present ‘Women Troubles’, a new production by Belfast based theatre company, Pintsized Productions.

4 May 2018 There’s still time to ‘spring’ into Down Arts Centre to check out the weekly adult classes in arts and crafts and Saturday One Day Workshops.

4 May 2018 The Joint Committee between Newry, Mourne and Down District Council and Louth County Council recently met at the Millennium Centre, Council Offices in Dundalk to discuss the newly published National Planning Framework (Project Ireland 2040).

4 May 2018 International Compost Awareness Week (ICAW) runs from the 6-12 May.