News

14 May 2021 Northern Ireland’s leading organics recycling firm Natural World Products (NWP) has joined with a Co Down charity for a project to improve mental health and wellbeing through gardening.

7 May 2021 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Chairperson, Councillor Laura Devlin has called for a Special Council Meeting in the aftermath of the recent Mournes fires.

4 May 2021 A new collaborative cultural project entitled ‘Sing 2 Songs’ will show the connection between Bulgarian culture and the district’s local music, dance and traditions.

4 May 2021 The NMD Business Growth and Tender for Growth programmes are supporting the creation jobs every week, according to new figures released.

29 April 2021 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Chairperson, Councillor Laura Devlin is supporting the latest Public Health Agency (PHA) advice and urging people to stick to key public health advice as current COVID-19 restrictions ease.

26 April 2021 Newry, Mourne and Down District Chairperson, Councillor Laura Devlin has expressed continuing gratitude and support to everyone involved in responding to the major wildfire incident on the Mourne Mountains over the weekend.

26 April 2021 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council’s District Electoral Area’s (DEA’s) recently developed a creative arts photography project to help residents in isolation and who may be suffering emotional anguish as a result of COVID-19 lockdown restrictions.

20 April 2021 Swimming pools and gyms at Newry Leisure Centre, Down Leisure Centre and Kilkeel Leisure Centre will reopen for individual training on Friday 30 April as part of a phased re-opening of Newry, Mourne and Down District Council’s indoor leisure facilities.

20 April 2021 The Council has been successful in securing funding under the DAERA Rural Tourism Collaborative Experiences Programme and is seeking expressions of interests from artisan food and drink businesses within the Newry, Mourne and Down region to become members of the Coastal Flavours Cluster.

20 April 2021 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council has recently undertaken a review for Bottle and Can Bank placements across the district.

16 April 2021 A new Active Travel programme entitled Leading the Way has just been launched for employees who work in Newry and Downpatrick.

12 April 2021 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council is supporting ‘The Right Side of Outside’ campaign launched by WalkNI, which aims to encourage more positive behaviours outdoors.