Stories By Donal McMahon, Local Democracy Reporter
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Newry
/ 24 hours agoPopular breakwater pier could close to public over £350,000 repair bill dispute
A popular breakwater pier could be closed to the public after 50 years by the end of the month as two...
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Newry
/ 4 days agoNewry: Council’s two hours of secret debate provides four minutes of public access
Concerns of a “culture” of confidential democracy at a NI council have been raised as almost two hours of secret debate...
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Crossmaglen
/ 2 weeks 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
/ 3 weeks 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
/ 3 weeks 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
/ 4 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
/ 4 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
/ 1 month 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
/ 1 month 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
/ 2 months 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
/ 2 months 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...
