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Newry, Mourne and Down District Council has recently introduced a model of community engagement that will modernise the way they work and help them to provide better, more effective services...

Newry, Mourne and Down are now calling for groups to submit their applications for financial assistance. Applications open on Monday 22nd February 2016 and close at 4pm on Friday 11th...

Over 14km (61,000 saplings) of hedgerows and 11,000 saplings were given away at Slieve Gullion on Saturday 20th February, to farmers, householders and community groups.  The crisp winter’s day saw...

The Ring of Gullion team and local schools are launching the ‘StreamScapes Gullion’ Project, which is supported by NIEA’s Challenge Fund. The project will raise awareness of the streams and...

The Ring of Gullion Landscape Partnership, with Pauline Loughran, ran two workshops in February for sixteen enthusiastic participants to develop knowledge, skills and understanding in how to trace family trees...

P7 have been looking after some very special visitors. They arrived all 30+ of them last Friday in the form of eggs and over the weekend we are delighted to announce they...

Durkan announces £125,600 boost for natural environment Environment Minister Mark H Durkan today announced an additional £125,600 to protect our landscape, habitats and species. Ten not for profit organisations and...

The Peace Tree, recently crowned Northern Ireland’s best-loved tree, is now competing for votes in the European Tree of the Year contest, run by the Environmental Partnership Association. The oak,...

The Woodland Trust is leading 47 cross-sector organisations* from across the UK in a call to celebrate, and secure the future of, our trees and woodland by creating a Charter...

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....

Taken in the years 1656-1658, the Down Survey of Ireland is the first ever detailed land survey on a national scale anywhere in the world. The survey sought to measure...

The 2015 winter solstice festival took place from 19th to 22nd December.  The main highlight of the festival is the illumination of the summit Passage Grave, by the setting sun. ...