Taking Footsteps to Cool for Kids Heritage Week award
Every year thousands of events take place throughout Ireland during Heritage Week. In 2016 the first ever Footsteps in the Forest event held in Slieve Gullion Forest Park was one...
27 February, 2017 Read more
Environmental Farming Scheme (EFS) to open on 27 February 2017
Source: www.daera-ni.gov.uk The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA), has confirmed that the Environmental Farming Scheme (EFS) will open for applications on the morning of 27 February 2017. Applications...
22 February, 2017 Read more
How Councils Can Support the Pollinator Plan
Taken from www.BiodiversityIreland.ie Councils can play a leading role in making the island of Ireland a place where pollinators can survive and thrive. To help, we’ve produced a new guideline called...
17 February, 2017 Read more
One million trees in one day – the Greening of Gullion
The Ring of Gullion, with only about 4% of tree cover, is quite probably the least wooded landscapes in the whole of the European Union. But that is set to...
16 February, 2017 Read more
Birds fly high in the sky, make a new home for them in your garden!
Join the Ring of Gullion team and Ulster Wildlife for a nest box building workshop on Saturday 11th February 2.00pm-4.00pm as part of National Nest Box Week. The workshop will...
11 February, 2017 Read more
Two Ring of Gullion volunteers presented with 100-hour plaques
Two Ring of Gullion volunteers, Claire Voigt and Sean Maxwell, have been presented with beautiful hand-carved wooden plaques celebrating the one hundred hours that each has volunteered in the Ring...
9 February, 2017 Read more
Learn about the Better Side of the Forkhill River
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council through the Ring of Gullion Partnership have joined forces with the River Restoration Centre in the UK to provide a one day practical workshop...
4 February, 2017 Read more
Leadership Training – UNESCO Global Action Programme Flagship Project
Deadline to apply for prestigious UNESCO Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Youth Leadership Training, Dublin Ireland – Monday February 6th** – Open to young people aged between 18 and 35...
3 February, 2017 Read more
Shared Waters, Shared Landscape Project- Test your soil and save money!
A partnership between Mullaghbane and Cullyhanna Community Association, Dundalk Institute of Technology’s Centre for Freshwater and Environmental Studies, Ulster Farmer’s Union, Coomhola Salmon Trust Ltd. Newry Mourne and Down District...
2 February, 2017 Read more
Applicants advised to prepare for Environmental Farming Scheme
Agriculture Minister Michelle McIlveen has announced a series of information events will take place in preparation for the Environmental Farming Scheme (EFS) which is due to open at the end...
31 January, 2017 Read more
Bessbrook groups awarded funding for Free Media Workshops
An exciting opportunity to get involved with ‘Bessbrook: The Model Village Living History Archive’ has become available. Local video production company SlackPress are hosting a series of workshops to explore...
17 January, 2017 Read more
Camlough Heritage Trail Launched
Many people pass through Camlough without realising the history written in its streets and back lanes. But no longer will these tales remain untold as a project revealing an enthralling...
6 January, 2017 Read more