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The Woodland Trust is starting the New Year with an offer of funding to help landowners in Northern Ireland experience the many benefits of woodland. With over four decades of...

ASCENT, a new innovative project to collectively address the environmental challenges facing seven northern European upland areas, including peaks in the Ring of Gullion and the Mournes will be officially...

Farmers, smallholders, community groups and organisations are invited to roll their sleeves up for a springtime tree-planting venture. The offer comes from One Million Trees in One Day, a charity...

Today, Newry, Mourne and Down District Council, through the Ring of Gullion Landscape Partnership Scheme, received £9,300 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for an exciting project, “Exploring the Restoration...

As part of a nation-wide school’s competition, St Joseph’s High School, Newry has entered the EduCamino photograph competition in a bid to win the prize of taking 20 pupils to...

Renowned Speakers to attend the Michael J. Murphy Winter School in Ti Chulainn Cultural Centre, Mullaghbane, South Armagh, on the weekend of November 18-19, 2016. Once again the Ring of...

The battle against the scourge of litter in our countryside is stepping into the world of websites and social media with the launch of a dedicated new litter reporting site...

Camera bulbs flashed and the red carpet awaited 25 young people in Tí Chulainn Cultural Activity Centre this weekend as two groups who had taken part in the summer “How...

The Heritage Lottery are looking to appoint at least two committee members to their Committee for Northern Ireland. Committee members are passionate about the UK’s heritage, whether it’s conserving an ancient...

The Monks Peme Ts’al Sakya Monastery, Nepal, come to Lislea on the 10th-19th September to lead in a week of healing rituals and Buddhist teaching- Medicine Buddha. This ten day...

The Rural Micro Capital Grant Scheme is funded under the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affair’s Tackling Rural Poverty and Social Isolation Programme. The key aim of this Programme is to...

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...