Stories By Donal McMahon, Local Democracy Reporter
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Crossmaglen
/ 3 days agoEmergency roads motion blocked despite ‘people in Crossmaglen filling potholes with breeze blocks’
An emergency roads motion in council chamber has been blocked by Sinn Fein and the DUP despite claims the NMD district...
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Camlough
/ 1 week agoMajor watersports facility approved on Co Armagh lake – but query raised in chamber
A major Co Armagh water sport facility has been unanimously approved at a lake previously closed due to human hazard concerns....
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Banbridge
/ 1 week agoCouncil and DfI to discuss plans to clear ‘appalling’ litter pile-up along A1 dating back 16 years
A major clean up of an “appalling” Newry litter problem has reached a significant step closer as the council looks to...
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Newry
/ 2 weeks agoNewry Council’s vegetable oil fuel cost kept from ratepayers
Vegetable oil is set to fuel a Newry council’s fleet of vehicles with the expected higher costs to ratepayers kept behind...
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Newry
/ 2 weeks agoChinese government invite to Newry Council kept behind closed doors away from public view
A Chinese government invitation to a Northern Ireland council has been kept behind closed doors away from public view. Newry, Mourne...
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Newry
/ 3 weeks agoA1 ’catastrophic’ litter sees DfI and Newry Council poles apart… with no sign of clean-up in three years
A litter “catastrophe” on a major Northern Ireland road shows a Stormont department and a council being poles apart on communication...
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Newry
/ 3 weeks agoTransparency concerns over council officers’ conflict of interests in decision making
A DUP councillor has raised transparency concerns over council officers’ conflict of interests in decision making. Newry, Mourne and Down District...
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Newry
/ 1 month agoNewry Council agrees 2.8% rates rise amid split vote to ‘freeze’ jobs over duplication concerns
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council has struck a district rate increase of 2.8% in a split vote amid a call...
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Newry
/ 1 month agoDUP councillor calls for investigation into ‘wasted’ ratepayers money on failed Gateway project
A DUP councillor has called for an investigation into “wasted” ratepayers’ money on the failed Mourne Mountain Gateway project amid concerns...
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Newry
/ 1 month agoCalls for ‘Plan B’ digital hub amid Newry civic centre judicial review
A DUP councillor has called for a “Plan B backup” for a regional digital hub amid a Judicial Review of Newry’s...
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Newry
/ 1 month agoQuad bikes and scramblers tearing away embankments at award-winning Blue Flag beaches
A councillor has raised coastal defence concerns amid claims of quad bikes and scramblers tearing away embankments. Newry, Mourne and Down...
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Newry
/ 2 months agoNewry Canal festival could be set to return after 30-year hiatus
A Newry Canal celebration could be set for a return this year to the border city after a 30-year hiatus. The...
