Paul Mullan

The National Trust has unveiled plans to expand one of Northern Ireland's most popular public beauty spots by 622 acres thanks to a £6million investment plan. The organisation has acquired the extra land at the foot of Divis and the Black Mountain in the Belfast Hills to ‘restore nature and improve access’ for the local community

Divis and the Black Mountain gets £6million National Trust investment

Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon has been included in a £200million commitment launched by The National Lottery Heritage Fund to help areas across the UK thrive. Starting a 10-year journey within the ABC Council area, The Lottery Fund will transform its heritage, through the new Heritage Places initiative

ABC Council first of nine UK places to get share of £200m Lottery windfall

Geoff Sloan (Hearth Committee Member), Marcus Patton, (Vice Chair of Hearth), Mari McKee (Heritage Development Officer, Hearth), Paul Mullan (Director for Northern Ireland at The National Lottery Heritage Fund), Rita Harkin (Hearth Committee Member) in the central atrium of Riddel'sWarehouse.

Riddel’s Warehouse has been virtually unchanged since its closure in 1973.

Iveagh Cinema Banbridge 1979

Call out for memories of Northern Ireland’s lost ‘picture palaces’

Brixham Trawler 'Leader', a heritage tall ship, arrives in her new home at the Albert Basin in Newry. Credit Columba O'Hare

Trawler returns to Northern Ireland to reveal sea traditions

Dr Paul Mullan, Co-Founder of GenoME Diagnostics, CEO of QUBIS Brian McCaul, Enterprise Network Manager at QUBIS Anne Dornan, Stuart Gaffikin Investment Manager at Co Fund NI, Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer of GenoMe Diagnostics Dr James Beirne, GenoME Diagnostics COO Dr Shannon Beattie

Award-winning ovarian cancer diagnostic firm secures seed funding

Fireclay works, Coalisland Picture credit: Image Courtesy of the National Library of Ireland

Discover Coalisland’s industrial past with exciting new website

Robin Walker is MP

£1 million shared history fund to mark NI centenary

Armagh lost to Cork Con in last year's All Ireland Senior Cup semi-final

City of Armagh bid to go one better when Buccaneers come to the Palace

Crom Estate at Lough Erne

£2.6m lottery funding boost for Lough Erne

Jack and Zofia Fercho, Mayobridge enjoying the ABP Newry Show. Photograph: Columba O'Hare

Welcome funding boost will help Newry Show celebrate 150 years

Great Places: Clifton House, Belfast

New £1m investment will support four '˜Great Places' in NI

Red kite Milvus milvus Picture: Andrew Marshall (rspb-images.com)

Launch of new Red kites project

Promoting outdoor activities is among the new partnership's aims.

£200k lottery boost for '˜exciting' Binevenagh and Coastal Lowlands proposals

Volac animal nutrition managing director David Neville, left, joins Volac NI manager Alistair Sampson and Jim Davidson, right, Trioplast MD, in presenting Lorna Thomas of Breast Cancer Now with £26,624.40 from last years pink silage bale campaign. In 2017 farmers, contractors and merchants can again help fund breast cancer research and increase awareness of this condition by using pink big bale wrap from Volac.

Pink bales raise £26k for charity

Threshing machine with stack of corn

Funding for Maghera Roots project

The Maghera Historial Society (MHS) and the Heritage and Cultural Centre has received a grant of £10,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund for its new project '˜Maghera Roots'.

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Lagan's Road in Anahorish, which is one of the sights expected to be included in the Seamus Heaney literary trail

Seamus Heaney literary trail to be funded by National Lottery

One of the historic manuscripts held in the St Malachy's College library

Lottery's £600,000 to help conserve school's historic library collection

Cushendun Old Church

Country church building in Cushendun to become village hub