News

22 April 2015 The excitement is building for Newry’s FIRST Food Festival which takes place in the heart of the city centre in The Variety Market, John Mitchell Place on Friday 24th April from 12 to 6pm.

21 April 2015 Delamont Event Guide for 2015 Launched.

21 April 2015 DARD launched a new capital grant programme for rural community organisations on Monday 13 April 2015.

20 April 2015 THE countdown is on with only two weeks to go before 150 elite cyclists arrive in Belfast to compete in the biggest annual bike race of the year in the AmberGreen Energy Tour of Ulster in association with SDS Energy Group and Saltmarine Cars.

20 April 2015 Down Arts Centre is delighted to open the new season of live performances with an appearance by celebrated folk songstress, Sarah McQuaid, on Saturday 2 May at 8pm.

20 April 2015 The South East Area European Fisheries Fund (SEA), responsible for the delivery of Axis 4 ‘Sustainable Development of Fisheries Areas’, of the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) is delighted to announce that the Northern Ireland Fisheries Harbour Authority (NIFHA) has been awarded grant assistance of £22,057 to provide a refrigerated bait store at the harbour in Ardglass.

17 April 2015 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council’s engagement with local communities involves examining what part they can play in the day to day provision of services locally.

15 April 2015 This Saturday 25 April the successful Mourne Mountain Adventure is back with up to 400 youths aged between 13 and 18 years taking on the challenging task of navigating their way across the mountains.

15 April 2015 Members of the Cardiff & Avonside Railway Society, which is now in its 44th year, heard about the ambitious project to restore a tram that was lying in a field in the Ring of Gullion for almost 60 years and decided to pay it and the team restoring it a visit.

15 April 2015 Belfast based Réalta are now a mainstay of the Irish music scene with their lively, exciting and unique approach to traditional music.

31 March 2015 Recognizing the growth and potential of using social media as a communications tool, Newry, Mourne and Down District Council, your new Council, is now on Facebook and Twitter.

25 March 2015 The new website for Newry, Mourne and Down District has just been launched! If you have any queries please call us on 028 3031 3031 or you can contact us using the following details on our contact page.