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7 September 2020 On Thursday 10 September Newry, Mourne and Down District Council will mark World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD) by lighting up Newry Town Hall and Downpatrick Leisure Centre orange.

7 September 2020 The Chairperson of Newry, Mourne and Down District Council, Councillor Laura Devlin will light up Newry Town Hall and Down Leisure Centre pink to mark Organ Donation Week.

7 September 2020 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council and South Armagh Lace Collective have received funding through the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht’s Co-operation with Northern Ireland Funding Scheme, to partner with the Borris Lace group in Carlow.

28 August 2020 The regeneration of seven villages in the Newry, Mourne and Down District Council area is making significant progress with environmental improvement works after the villages received £3.

28 August 2020 Mourne, Gullion and Lecale Rural Development Partnership (MGL RDP) has awarded grant funding of over £250,000 from the Rural Basic Services Scheme of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs’ (DAERA) Northern Ireland Rural Development Programme (NIRDP) 2014-2020, to Forkhill Preschool Playgroup Ltd for the development of a Community Hub.

28 August 2020 Mourne, Gullion and Lecale (MGL) Rural Development Partnership awarded funding of £150,000 from the Village Renewal Scheme of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs’ (DAERA) Northern Ireland Rural Development Programme (NIRDP) 2014-2020, to Newry, Mourne and Down District Council for the development of two play parks in the villages of Hilltown and Kilclief.

28 August 2020 Domestic Refuse Collection and Commercial Waste Collections will take place as normal, please ensure your bin is at the kerbside for 6am.

25 August 2020 Flooding The Council is not responsible for the provision of sandbags and the public are advised to contact the Flooding Incident Line by telephoning: 0300 2000 100.

21 August 2020 Rowallane District Electoral Area (DEA) has extended thanks to all who assisted with its emergency food parcel deliveries.

18 August 2020 Following the conclusion of the emergency Community Hub food parcel deliveries, Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Chairperson, Councillor Laura Devlin has thanked the Community and Voluntary sector, sporting bodies and individual members of the public who rose to the challenge of COVID-19.

18 August 2020 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council is delighted to announce that its swimming pools in Newry, Kilkeel and Down Leisure Centres will reopen from Monday 17 August.

10 August 2020 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council has launched a ‘COVID-19 Recovery Revitalisation Plan’ to deliver financial support for a range of businesses across the district’s urban and rural settlements.