Environment

Three hundred campaigners assembled at Brown’s Bay in Islandmagee, on Sunday, in opposition to plans for an underground gas storage project at Larne Lough.

Residents opposed to the development of an existing pig farm in Ballyclare are set to hold a protest outside Mossley Mill tonight.

Consumers are being asked their views on eating meat from “gene-edited” animals as researchers aim to eradicate livestock disease.

A passionate crowd of school children demonstrated in Belfast yesterday to demand action on climate change.

A protest will take place at Brown’s Bay in Islandmagee on Sunday over the planned underground gas storage caverns at Larne Lough.

The Gobbins, in Islandmagee, could be one of three new wedding venues in Mid and East Antrim.

An investigation is underway into an oil spillage at the Six Mile Water River in Ballyclare following reports to a water pollution hotline.

Ulster Unionist councillor for Larne Coast Road Ald. Maureen Morrow has called for investment in a “maintenance regime” for railings along the Antrim coastal route from “Carnlough to Carrickfergus”.

A protest will take place in Islandmagee next weekend over the planned gas storage caverns under Larne Lough.

MLA John Stewart has launched a petition in support of three Carrick town centre businesses which have displayed “inappropriate” signage.

Coast Road DUP councillor Angela Smyth has welcomed a unanimous decision by Mid and East Antrim Borough Council to approve the installation of new seabins along the borough’s historic coastline.

Commuters are warned of delays and bus substitions on the railway between Lurgan and Belfast ahead of the new £25m infrastructure improvements.

A group of children in Whitehead has won funding for a new sculpture to be installed in the seaside town.

Hundreds of protestors gathered outside Craigavon Civic Centre on Monday night in protest at a decision on the new Southern Regional College campus.

Sir David Attenborough has warned it is difficult to overstate the environmental crisis facing the planet, as he was interviewed live on stage by the Duke of Cambridge.

The company behind the extensive gas storage scheme deep below Larne Lough has offered an assurance to the community over safety.

A major programme of work to improve the Antrim Street and Lancasterian Street area of Carrick town centre will begin this week.

A share offer for the new Jubilee Farm, at Glynn, outside Larne, will close on Friday (January 25).

At least 100 construction jobs paying nearly £300,000 in monthly wages are on hold due to an on-going challenge over a major new hotel and leisure complex on the north coast, the High Court has heard.