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Mourne Gullion Strangford UNESCO Global Geopark bid is within reach. The Global Geopark Council has approved the final submission for the area; for it to be ratified at the UNESCO...

The Geopark Project team at Newry, Mourne and Down District Council has announced a further series of public community events for 2018.  The team will have a presence at a...

Newry, Mourne and Down District Council invite you to attend a guest lecture in the Sean Hollywood Arts Centre in Newry on Thursday 10th May 2018 from 7pm to 8pm....

Newry, Mourne and Down District Council is moving forward with plans to establish a UNESCO Global Geopark in the district’s three Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB); Mourne, Ring of...

Newry, Mourne and Down District Council has just completed a 5-year Tourism Strategy for the District. The focus of the strategy is on developing visitor destination experiences that will deliver ‘EPIC...

Newry, Mourne and Down District Council is working on the development of a 5-year Tourism Strategy for the District. Considerable work has gone into assessing the current situation, understanding where...

Environment Minister Mark H Durkan has announced that £68,794 has been awarded to Newry Mourne and Down District Council to undertake environmental initiatives in the Ring of Gullion. The funding...

The GWCT Big Farmland Bird Count 2016 is happening from the 6th to the 14th of February and the Ring of Gullion Team is delighted to support this fantastic initiative....

The DOE NI has decided not to renew the NHRP contract with Queen’s University Belfast.  All work related to this will terminate on 22ndJune. They are challenging this decision on...

The East Border Region’s Action for Biodiversity Project, part funded by the European Union’s INTERREG IVA Programme, are encouraging people to ditch their late lie-in for an hour spent in...