News

17 September 2015 ON Saturday 26 September, NEWRY will host the annual commemoration of the Irish famine.

16 September 2015 A brand new extension housing the Downpatrick High Cross and many other treasures was officially opened on Tuesday 15 September at Down County Museum.

15 September 2015 Red Squirrel Week is fast approaching and Newry, Mourne and Down District Council have joined forces with the Ring of Gullion and Cooley Red Squirrel Group to offer a wild day out for all at Slieve Gullion Forest Park on Saturday 3 October from 1pm to 4pm.

14 September 2015 The Council Chairperson, Councillor Naomi Bailie hosted  a reception in Crossmaglen Community Centre on Friday 11 September 2015 to honour the achievements of local boxers, Amy Broadhurst, Orla Garvey and Shauna O’Callaghan at the European Women’s Youth and Junior Boxing Championships in Hungary.

14 September 2015 On Saturday 12 September, Delamont Country Park welcomed a number of families within the Association of Darfur in NI.

7 September 2015 Council Rallies to Aid of Refugees as Donation Points set up Across the District Newry, Mourne and Down District Council is supporting the Northern Ireland Calais Refugee Solidarity group in their efforts to collect warm clothes and other essentials to try to help meet the immediate needs of people fleeing war torn homes.

5 September 2015 Fionnuala McKinley will be launching her solo exhibition of works in The Sean Hollywood Arts Centre Newry, at 7.

4 September 2015 “What’s About in the Wild” is the name of a new programme of events and training being offered this autumn and winter by the Ring of Gullion Landscape Partnership Scheme, part funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Department of Social Development Areas at Risk programme.

4 September 2015 Green Shoot Productions perform – Two Sore Legs    -     by Brenda Murphy Sean Hollywood Arts Centre Newry on 22 September 2015.

4 September 2015 Readers are reminded of the important Public Seminar and Health Fair focusing on Internet Safety taking place tomorrow Thursday 10 September 2015 at 6pm in the Newcastle Centre.

4 September 2015 Newry, Mourne and Down Policing and Community Safety Partnership (PCSP) held their first meeting on Saturday 29 August 2015 in Newcastle.

4 September 2015 The Downshire Civic Centre in Downpatrick reached another major milestone in its new public sector campus development project when DARD’s Fisheries Division took up residence in June 2015.