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20 November 2015 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council is supporting NI Water’s Beat the Freeze campaign this winter and would call for the public to be prepared for winter, whatever the weather.

16 November 2015 People in Newry, Mourne and Down District can express their condolences for the many lives lost in the Paris terrorist attacks on Friday 13 November 2015 by signing a book of condolence.

16 November 2015 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Chairperson, Councillor Naomi Bailie (this is the English spelling, she used the Irish spelling on her Facebook page) has shown her support to the National Pharmacy’s Association (NPA) Ask your Pharmacist initiative.

16 November 2015 Last week Newry, Mourne and Down District Council was proud to present the recently installed artwork on Newcastle Promenade.

15 November 2015 On Wednesday 11 November 2015, Newry, Mourne and Down District Council along with a wide range of agencies hosted a conference ‘Celebrating Age Friendliness’.

14 November 2015 On Monday 2 November, the Mayors of Southern Pines David McNeill, Pinehurst Nancy Fiorillo and Aberdeen Robert Farrell sign an extended Sister Cities agreement with Newry, Mourne and Down District Council at Campbell House, Southern Pines North Carolina.

13 November 2015 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Chairperson, Councillor Naomi Bailie held a reception at the Downpatrick Council Offices, for local primary and secondary school pupils whose posters have been picked to feature in the 2016 Schools’ Environmental Calendar.

12 November 2015 An exhibition has opened at Down County Museum entitled ‘In the Footsteps of St Patrick’, featuring a medieval silver shrine of St Patrick on loan from the Hunt Museum, Limerick.

11 November 2015 Downpatrick will sparkle on Friday 27 November for the annual Christmas tree lights switch on in St Patrick Square as part of the Christkindl ‘Elf’ theme event.

10 November 2015 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Chairperson, Naomi Ballie visited the new breast screening service being offered by the Southern Health and Social Care Trust to women in the Crossmaglen.

4 November 2015 Warrenpoint Town Hall will be illuminated in purple light for the Month of November as part of Pancreatic Cancer UK’s Purple Lights for Hope awareness campaign in a bid to raise awareness of pancreatic cancer.

4 November 2015 A funding programme to help raise the profile of quality regional food has been officially opened by Agriculture Minister Michelle O’Neill.