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The 2015/16 Challenge Fund is now open for applications from community groups and schools from across Northern Ireland. · The Community Action category is open to community groups, who can...

Newry, Mourne and Down District Council teamed up with Enda Flynn to provide a free Ring of Gullion Heritage Photography Workshop on Saturday 16th May in the Pastoral Centre, Jonesborough....

The Northern Ireland Squirrel Forum (NISF) in partnership with the Ring of Gullion and Cooley Red Squirrel Group is appealing to motorists to “slow your speed, save our red squirrels,”...

On Saturday 16th May, around 30 volunteers and staff braved the windy conditions to climb Slieve Gullion to give the ancient passage grave on its summit some much needed care...

Semi-natural grasslands allow native grassland plants to pass through their full life cycle from ‘seed to seed’, they are not fertilized and have a very basic but specific management. Semi-natural...

Grants of between £200 and £1200 are available to organisations working with volunteers in N. Ireland. To be eligible for funding, organisations must demonstrate how their proposal delivers on at least...

On a fresh May morning on the shores of Camlough Lake and at the foot of Camlough Mountain Chairperson of Newry Mourne and Down District Council Councillor Naomi Ballie officially...

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...

Take Action to protect Europe’s laws for nature Across Europe, including here, vital laws protect our most precious wildlife and wild places. It’s not just wildlife that depend on them...

Newry, Mourne and Down District Council invites applications for financial assistance towards the three programme areas outlined below: · Capital Call for Community, Sporting and Recreational Capital Schemes. Applicants can...

Mooney Goes Wild in Slieve Gullion Forest Park to chat to Therese Hamill about red Squirrels Derek Mooney and his team from his radio show Mooney Goes Wild came for...

The Ring of Gullion Landscape Partnership, part funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, are endeavouring to reduce the decline of the Swift population in the Ring of Gullion by providing...