THE unsuccessful candidate for the SDLP council seat has decided to resign from two party posts. Terry Andrews felt he had “no choice” but to resign from the party’s constituency council and as branch secretary of Rowallane SDLP after being passed over for the Down councillor position vacated by Margaret Ritchie MLA.
BALLYNAHINCH Sinn Fein councillor, Mickey Coogan, is demanding answers after it emerged that one of the north’s most notorious paedophiles was found to be renting a house on a housing estate in Ballynahinch.
CCTV footage may hold vital information in the search for vandals who caused around £2,000 in damage and lost income at the Downpatrick and County Down Railway on Saturday evening.
THE balmy sunshine of late has attracted record numbers of visitors to Newcastle - now officially Ireland’s best kept town. With schools breaking up for the summer this week to enjoy uncharacteristically good weather, the Resort Town has been busier than ever.
A SUSPENDED member of the SEELB has branded as 'disgraceful' the continued administration of the education body by four, ministerially appointed, commissioners.
STAFF and pupils at Bunscoil Bheanna Boirche in Castlewellan are celebrating and looking forward to the prospect of a new state-of-the-art school by Christmas.
A DECISION could be taken in September to replace Down Council’s two remaining ‘doublejobbing’ councillors.
CLEARING the final hurdle in a Downpatrick grammar school’s wrangle to construct a state-of-the-art educational facility may rest with Down District Council.
PERIWINKLE pilfering along the district’s coastline may spell doom for an ambitious plan aimed at farming seaweed for fuel and creating local jobs.
DOWN District Council’s plan to construct new offices at the Downshire Hospital complex has moved a step closer, after councillors agreed to apply for a £14.2 million loan sanction for the new state of the art facility.