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Residents Against Cotters Park protest at planning consultation event.

Randalstown residents brand Cotter’s Park glamping site a ‘Field of Nightmares’

Causeway Coast and Glens and the organisers confirmed that the tournament will go ahead. CREDIT PFCY

Portrush youth football tournament to go ahead despite conflict

Stella McMullan with Caitlin and Shea

Heartbroken mum of Caitlin-Rose McMullan hopes to 'protect our children' on road

Unsafe building in William Street, Lurgan, Co Armagh with a digger at its facade.

Update on unsafe building in Lurgan

Plans for a new luxury five-star hotel in the heart of Belfast city centre have been passed

Green light for new 102-bedroom hotel in Belfast is 'welcome news'

Causeway Coast and Glens and the organisers confirmed that the tournament will go ahead. CREDIT PFCY

Portrush youth football tournament to go ahead

Clanmil Housing Association to develop a mixed use, residential led scheme in the Belfast city centre’s inner northwest area

'Landmark project': NI car parks and vacant land to be transformed into homes

Mayor Alistair Cathcart pictured at the beacon lighting in Bangor during last year's D-Day commemoration

Ards and North Down Borough Council unveil plans to mark VE Day

Craigantlet Road, which runs past Cairn Wood's car park and links Belfast, Holywood, Newtownards and Bangor, is to close for a week to facilitate the repairs. Photo: Google Streetview

Cairn Wood: Stormont keeps council in dark on road closure for storm repair

Plans for a 24-dwelling development at the former Mill Strand Integrated School and Nursery, Portrush, have been submitted to council. Pic: TODD/ Design and Access Statement

24-dwelling development proposed at former school site

Conway Square in Newtownards is increasingly suffering a plague of pigeons, local councillors say. Photo © Gordon Hatton

Lethal force rejected as council's war on town square pigeons continues

Mary Kitson, Senior Legal Officer, ECNI

Traveller parents settle discrimination case against Mid-Ulster Council

Campaigners continue the fight to save Max the dog. Pic credit: LDRS

Council to go to court over the future of Max the dog

Colin Mounstephen, director at Deloitte in Belfast and author of Deloitte’s annual Belfast Crane Survey

Survey: Residential 'tough nut' as student living drives Belfast construction

Belfast City Hall

Sinn Fein requests City Hall 'light up' for Irish National Day on July 11

Result moored in Jersey in the early 1950s

Roamer: Result of a local three-man squabble was a ship called Result

​Over a decade ago Carrickfergus teenager Christopher Kenny shared the fascinating history here of a Q-Ship called Result that was built in Carrickfergus’s shipyard.

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Between January 2023 and June 2024, nearly 5,000 dogs and over 20,000 cats were reported missing.

How to find a missing dog: 6 tips on what to do if your dog gets lost

Jennifer Michael, National Trust – Giant’s Causeway; Shane Clarke, Tourism Ireland; and Kerrie McGonigle, Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council, at the launch of Tourism Ireland’s 2025 marketing plans in Belfast

Tourism Ireland reveals plans to promote Northern Ireland overseas in 2025

(L-R) Chief Executive Mr Richard Baker GM MSc, Lord Lieutenant Mr David McCorkell KStJ DL, Outgoing High Sheriff Mrs Patricia Perry, Mrs Jenny Lendrum, Mayor of Antrim and Newtownabbey, Cllr Neil Kelly and Deputy Mayor, Cllr Paul Dunlop BEM

Newly Appointed High Sheriff of County Antrim Honoured by Council

William Boyce and Stanley Simpson setting up their engine at the Antrim Vintage Club's New Year's Day rally in January 2009. Picture: Farming Life archives/Kevin McAuley

Ulster pig industry has ‘contracted radically’, claims PMB chief (1981)

The Vice-Chancellor of Ulster University has said that he cannot give assurances on the future of the Riverside Theatre on the Coleraine campus. Credit Riverside Theatre

Doubt over future of Riverside Theatre

Adrian Ferguson, Senior Development Manager, Belfast City Council; John Walsh, Chief Executive, Belfast City Council; Cathy Reynolds, Director of City Regeneration and Development, Belfast City Council; John McDonald, Investment Projects Managing Director, GRAHAM and Ryan Murphy, Councillor, Belfast City Council.

Council unveils delivery partner for £630m regeneration programme

Artist impression of the proposed integrated waste facilities in Hightown Quarry, Mallusk

Hopes high long-running waste project may finally go ahead

The commercial director at Mallaghan in County Tyrone has been awarded the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award at the Pride of Ground Handling Awards in Spain. Owen McKenna from Omagh received the accolade in recognition of his transformative influence on the ground support equipment (GSE) sector and his exemplary leadership at one of the world’s leading GSE manufacturers

Omagh man honoured with groundbreaking lifetime achievement award in Spain

Chair of Belfast City Council’s Strategic Policy and Resources Committee, councillor Ryan Murphy is pictured with John McDonald, investment projects managing director at Graham. Belfast City Council has selected the Hillsborough firm as its long-term private sector partner to work alongside Council to deliver residential-led, mixed-use, sustainable developments across multiple sites

Council appoints NI firm as delivery partner for £630m housing-led regeneration

The Enchanted Winter Garden in Antrim has been cancelled due to Storm Darragh.

Storm Darragh cancels Enchanted Winter Garden events

Knockbreda Wellbeing and Treatment Centre currently offers out of hours doctors services covering East and South Belfast as well as South Castlereagh.

Halt axe plans for East and South Belfast out of hours doctors, says council

The DUP has pushed a council to demand plans that would axe out of hours doctors from East and South Belfast are scrapped.

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Yvette and Neal McGaffin, founders of Reform RX pictured with Clarendon Fund Managers Investment Manager, Claudine Owens and British Business Bank Nations and Regions Investment Funds director, Mark Sterritt

Strong start for Investment Fund for NI as it deploys £10m in first 12 months

Alderman Margaret Tinsley (second left) with the Upper Bann DUP delegation at this year’s Remembrance Day ceremony in Portadown.

Decision to promote Santa events on Remembrance Day 'unwise and disrespectful'

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Alliance welcome support to publish Elected Member Register of Interest

Chloe Ferris talks about her new role as commercial director at Down Royal Racecourse

Bangor horse lover and mum appointed as new director at Down Royal Racecourse

AdminAnswers NI, founded by Róisín McAteer, left, and Maria McLaughlin, has its sights set on growth after receiving one to one mentorship from Go Succeed, the free enterprise support service, delivered by Northern Ireland’s 11 councils. CREDIT LK COMMUNICATIONS

Causeway Coast business 'banks' on success

Almost 100 people gathered last week to discuss the future of Benone Holiday and Leisure Park Complex at a consultation meeting hosted by Council. CREDIT CCGBC

Full house for Benone consultation meeting

Image shows the plans for Ballycastle Shared Space Project. CREDIT CCGBC

£26m investment for six projects Glens of Antrim

Ongoing concerns regarding the structural integrity of the former Antrim Arms building on Castle Street, Ballycastle have required Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council to maintain the emergency safety measures currently in place, including the temporary closure of a section of Fairhill Street. CREDIT NEWS LETTER

Ballycastle Antrim Arms safety measures to stay

Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council's planning committee has given the go ahead for a new factory to be developed in Knockmore Industrial Estate. Pic credit: Jessica Black

Go ahead for major manufacturing factory at Knockmore Industrial Estate

Jamie Bryson at Belfast High court, for his legal challenge over flying the Union flag at war memorials in Ards and North Down Borough Council.

Council block on Union flag at war memorials is quashed

There will be a stakeholder consultation meeting on November 14 at 7pm in the Benone Hall within the Benone Holiday and Leisure Park Complex. Refreshments will be available on arrival. CREDIT CCGBC

Consultation on future of Benone

Derry Halloween Carnival Parade & Fireworks Display. Credit © Lorcan Doherty

Hallowe'en traffic guidance issued in Londonderry as 100,000 visitors expected

Statue tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II could cost £150,000

Council looking at £150,000 bill for a new statue of late Queen in Bangor

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Biting insects that made life hell for families now studied by entomologist

Operations director at Cranmore, Heather McCook with chief executive at Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council, David Burns, announcing Cranmore’s successful contract award for the development of the new Landlord Registration Scheme digital platform

NI software firm awarded £600,000 contract for Landlord Registration Scheme

Due to concerns regarding the structural integrity of the Antrim Arms building on Castle Street, Ballycastle, and in the interests of public safety, a section of Fairhill Street will be temporarily closed to traffic and pedestrians as a precautionary measure. Credit Google

Emergency road closure due to structural concerns of former historical NI hotel

Mayor of Mid and East Antrim, Alderman Beth Adger MBE, with a skater at the official opening of a new skate park in Larne

Larne Town Park unveils community skate park for all abilities

Shoppers pictured in Belfast city centre

Trade union joins with Christian councillor to oppose changes to Sunday trading

Footfall in Belfast City Centre was up 24.1% year on year from July 2023, with foot traffic in the retail core increasing by 1.6% over the same period. On average, people spent three hours 26 mins in the city centre during July 2024 – up 4% from the year before

Summer visitor figures reflect positive progress in Belfast city centre

Greenland Cemetery, Craigyhill, Larne

'Burial records are essential - people need to be buried in the right place'

Chris and Ian Lough have been left "totally shocked" after Mid and East Antrim Council told them to leave the spot where the family has run a the Carnfunnock Family Fun Zone for almost 23 years.

Carnfunnock Family Fun Zone hits back against eviction notice

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Dual language street signage approval respects wishes of residents, says Allianc...

Christopher (left) and Ian Lough. Photo: submitted

Over 3,800 people sign petition in support of park fun zone

UK Government Local Growth Minister Alex Norris signing the Space visitor book with Mayor of Antrim and Newtownabbey, Cllr Neil Kelly along with MP’s, MLA’s councillors and guests

UK Minister visits Space Antrim ahead of official opening

The mini-train line has been a huge hit with generations of children at Carnfunnock Family Fun Zone.

'Total shock' as council evicts Carnfunnock Family Fun Zone after 23 years

Campaigners celebrate the decision to quash approval for the multi-million pound expansion of an oil terminal on the shores of Belfast Lough at the High Court in Belfast.

Belfast Lough: Controversial oil terminal expansion plan is to be quashed

Full planning permission has been granted for the construction of a municipal cemetery in Londonderry. The development at 64 Mullenan Road of this new strategic cemetery will see the creation of burial space for approximately 4,000 plots and include repositories for ashes and a memorial garden

Planning green light for new Northern Ireland cemetery with 4,000 plots

Pictured at the official unveiling of the revamped business unit in Greysteel are Columba Mailey, SG Construction, Ian McQuitty, Department for Communities, Garry Caldwell, Funding Support Officer, Mayor of Causeway Coast and Glens, councillor Ciaran McQuillan, councillor Dermot Nicholl, Roland Gurney, business unit owner and Rhonda Williamson, Department for Communities

Derelict NI bike shop renovated into 'much-needed commercial rental space'

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