Stories By Donal McMahon, Local Democracy Reporter
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Newry
/ 3 days 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
/ 4 days 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
/ 2 weeks 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
/ 2 weeks 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
/ 3 weeks 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
/ 3 weeks 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
/ 4 weeks 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...
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Newry
/ 4 weeks agoNewry council CEO rejects ‘caving in’ to judicial reviews
A council CEO has rejected a suggestion of “caving in” to judicial reviews amid a DUP call for a report on...
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Newry
/ 1 month agoArrest in Whitecross as police probe threats made to Newry councillors by ‘New Republican Movement’
A PSNI operation into sinister threats made to Newry, Mourne and Down councillors by the ‘New Republican Movement’ is currently under...
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Newry
/ 1 month agoDUP officially ends boycott of NMD Council’s Good Relations working group
The DUP has officially ended a seven month boycott of a council’s equality group. Newry, Mourne and Down District Council’s (NMDDC)...
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Camlough
/ 1 month agoCouncil holds ‘no record’ of lakes’ pollutant
Pollutants causing two council maintained lakes to shut-down to the public have not been recorded by the local authority, it can...
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Newry
/ 2 months agoPolice probe into alleged damage of Newry Canal sees file forwarded to PPS for potential prosecution
A PSNI investigation into alleged damage of Newry Canal has now been put forward for a potential prosecution. The waterway opened...
