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Help us improve your landscape. It is sometimes easy to take for granted, what you value in your local place. The changes happening in the area around you can seem...

Social Farming is an innovative use of agriculture to promote therapy, rehabilitation, social inclusion, education and social services in rural areas. Within Social Farming, the farm is not a specialised...

The winners of the Ring of Gullion Photography Competition have being decided after a lot of deliberation by the judges! Newry Mourne and Down District Council and the Ring of...

“What’s about in the Wild” is the name of a programme of events and training that has been offered this autumn and winter by the Ring of Gullion Landscape Partnership...

The third annual Michael J. Murphy Winter School took place on November 18th-21st in Dromintee GAA club and in Ti Chulainn Cultural Centre in Mullach Ban. This event, in memory...

Mourne Mountains and Ring Of Gullion have been nominated in the ‘Best Adventure Destination’ category of the OutdoorNI Awards 2015 in association with Surf Mountain. Voting is now open for...

A vote at the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) General Conference in Paris this week has meant that three of Ireland’s world famous landscapes have been designated...

Schools and groups reach a tree-planting milestone This month, schoolchildren and community groups will don welly boots to plant free trees from the Woodland Trust. Over 460,000 trees will take...

New Forestry Grant Schemes worth £17.4m will support woodland expansion in Northern Ireland, the rural development minister has said. Michelle O’Neill announced the opening of the schemes, which will also...

Environment Minister Mark H Durkan today announced an Environment Fund (EF) for applications from eligible Not for Profit organisations and councils. This fund will enable eligible organisations to continue to...

Grants and Free Native Tree schemes for farmers, landowners and gardeners! Plans for a unique and ambitious tree-planting initiative are underway. One Million Trees in One Day is a charity...

Do you live in the Camlough and Forkhill areas, or west of there as far as Aughnacloy?  Are you interested in the weather?  Do you have a secure site or...