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25 October 2021 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Deputy Chairperson, Councillor Oonagh Magennis officially officially opened the new temporary exhibition ‘The Legacy: Newry 1920 - 1930’ at Newry and Mourne Museum on Tuesday 26 October.

22 October 2021 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Chairperson, Councillor Cathy Mason has officially opened the new Ballykinlar Community Centre.

21 October 2021 Rowallane and Slieve Croob District Electoral Areas (DEAs) in partnership with County Down Rural Community Network and supported by the Community Fund recently held a Catch Up and Connect Event in the Burrendale Hotel, Newcastle on Thursday 14 October 2021.

20 October 2021 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Chairperson, Councillor Cathy Mason has launched NMD Enterprise Week 2021, which will run from 8 to 12 November.

19 October 2021 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Chairperson, Councillor Cathy Mason has formally opened the newly completed recreation of a First World War era Armstrong Hut from Ballykinlar Camp.

18 October 2021 The CANN (Collaborative Action for the Natura Network) project, led by Newry, Mourne and Down District Council, is through to the finals of a prestigious European-wide competition.

18 October 2021 Rowallane District Electoral Area (DEA), in partnership with County Down Rural Community Network, and supported by the Public Health Agency and National Lottery Community Fund, attended a Walk for Hope in Montalto Estate, Ballynahinch on Saturday 9 October.

18 October 2021 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council and The Larder, Newry have teamed up to launch ‘The Pink Present Programme’ to help combat period poverty in local secondary schools.

8 October 2021 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council’s Women’s Working Group will celebrate Local Democracy Week 2021 by hosting a ‘Dragons Den’ style event with six schools from across the district.

8 October 2021 The District Electoral Areas of Downpatrick, Rowallane and Slieve Croob in partnership with the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust organised a series of creative pottery sessions for adult carers with Preaching House Pottery, Killough.

8 October 2021 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council is delighted to recognise the success of two local retailers in the Retail NI Irish News High Street Hero Awards.

8 October 2021 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council has over the summer period distributed over 2000 boxes of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) to 84 health care facilities across the district.