Login21 DEC 2024
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£800k payouts owing to road pothole claims
18 December 2024
THE Department for Infrastructure has shelled out almost £800,000 in compensation to local drivers whose cars were damaged by potholes, new figures have revealed.
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Man (21) dies in single vehicle accident
THE young man who died in a single vehicle collision at the Temple last weekend was David McDonald.
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Council to assess other gondola projects across globe in consultation
NEWRY, Mourne and Down Council is looking at interna gondola projects across the globe as part of its ongoing consultation into the controversial Mourne Gateway Project.
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Awareness event on homelessness
CHARITIES and organisations supporting homeless people joined the Housing Executive at a special pop-up event in Downpatrick as part of this year’s Homelessness Awareness Week.
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MLA calls for transformation in SEN provision across district
A LOCAL politician has called for a transformation in special educational needs provision across the constituency.
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District loses out on NIW £19.5m sewage infrastructure boost
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Exemption rule for XL Bully owners
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Council urging householders to reduce waste
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Ballynahinch next to get dedicated town banking hub
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First tree top walk in province for Castlewellan Forest Park
NORTHERN Ireland’s first ever tree top walk could be located at Castlewellan Forest Park.
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Stop unwelcome sexual attention
A NEW campaign has been launched to raise awareness of the unwelcome sexual attention women and girls experience in public places.
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Planners urged to defer new apartments plan
PLANNERS are being urged to defer a recommendation to approve the demolition of a row of terraced housing in Saintfield to make way for a new housing development.
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Female choir in tune with donation to Action Cancer
IN 2016 recently-retired teacher Carolyn Ross formed a women’s choir which she called Harmonic Progression.
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Local groups secure slice of £7m lotto funding pot
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Privilege to meet charity supporters
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Translink bus stations lift Spirit awards for services
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Charity donations
SPORTS
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UK title for boxer Paige
CHRISTMAS certainly is the most wonderful time of the year for Dromara boxer Paige Nickels.
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Comber Rec chase Border Cup after disappointment last year
COMBER Rec will look to go one step further and put last season’s Border Cup final heartbreak behind them when they meet Crumlin Star at the Blanchflower Stadium next Friday.
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Teams all set for Boxing Day final
DRUMANESS Mills Reserves and Strangford will be aiming to find the knockout blow when they go toe-to-toe in the Bobby Dalzell Cup final at Robert Adams Park, Crossgar, on Boxing Day.
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Downpatrick lose to Comber Rec in final
DOWNPATRICK U-18.
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Understrength ‘Hinch are well beaten by Terenure
BALLYNAHINCH travelled to league powerhouse Terenure on Saturday, hoping to bounce back from a poor performance against Clontarf.
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Strangford A have edge on Owenbeg A in thrilling contest
STRANGFORD A.
FEATURES
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Hugh fin-ishes after 50 years working at Ballynahinch market
HUGH “The Fishman” Bannon is hanging up his scales after 50 years serving the public from his stall in the weekly market in Ballynahinch.
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COUNTRY DIARY
From the pages of the Down Recorder, December 21, 1994
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Talented youngsters display their abilities on stage in Castlewellan
DORANS Academy of Speech and Drama proudly hosted a magical Christmas charity show at The Lodge in Castlewellan.
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When one of Santa’s reindeer celebrated ahead of Christmas
IT was a cold morning just before Christmas.
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Lindsay Chorale raise the roof at Stormont
SAINTFIELD-BASED choir, The Lindsay Chorale, raised the roof of the Great Hall at Parliament Buildings, Stormont, recently in aid of the Rosie’s Trust charity.
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Adam and Ollie recognised in environmental competition
THE winners of this year’s Newry, Mourne and Down Council schools’ environmental poster competition gathered recently at the local authority’s headquarters in Downpatrick.
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