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Mar 25, 2024
Plans progress for new lights on Viaduct after council’s concerns over health and safety
Randalstown Viaduct (Image: whileonourtravels) A project to illuminate Randalstown Viaduct has taken a step forward after a tender was...
Mar 25, 2024
Business Forum outlines concerns over MEA Council ‘failings’ as it calls on Minister to intervene
(Inset): Brian McRandal Chair of the Business Forum Larne Business Forum has confirmed key details of its letter to Gordon Lyons MLA...
Mar 24, 2024
Business Forum writes to Minister on ‘strategic weaknesses’ of MEA Council’s rate setting process
Larne Business Forum has confirmed it has asked Gordon Lyons MLA Minister for Communities to consider reforms of the rate setting process...
Mar 24, 2024
Housing development plans considered for site of pub in Ballymena
Outline planning permission has been sought for a new housing development on the site of a former pub and restaurant in Ballymena. Under...
Mar 23, 2024
Plans to breathe new life into 300-year-old landmark building to see return of ‘new’ Misty Burn
Plans appear to be afoot to breathe new life into a local 300-year-old landmark building after a planning application was submitted in...
Mar 23, 2024
RED ARROWS set to dazzle at Armed Forces Day with Diamond Nine display
The Red Arrows are set to dazzle at this year’s Armed Forces Day at Jordanstown, Loughshore Park on Saturday 22 June, with a new nine...
Mar 23, 2024
Claims against council increase following summer schemes
Claims against Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council increase after the local authority’s annual summer schemes, councillors were told...
Mar 23, 2024
ANBCouncil urged to meet needs of the most vulnerable as community fridge network launches
Members of Antrim and Newtownabbey Community Fridge Network. An independent member of Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council’s Audit and...
Mar 22, 2024
Council agree to takeover maintenance of temporary skatepark in Portrush
Skateboarding at Station Square, Portrush. Image: Maureen Kane Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council will take full responsibility for...
Mar 22, 2024
A household in Mid and East Antrim could save £1,000 a year by using all the food they buy
Recycle Now and Mid and East Antrim Borough Council are launching a new campaign to encourage homes in Mid and East Antrim to use all the...
Mar 21, 2024
Permission granted for £6M waste treatment plant in Antrim despite 223 objections
Elevations of the modified thermal recovery building and (inset) 3MW combined heat and power plant. Planning permission has been granted...
Mar 20, 2024
Business Forum requests extraordinary audit of Mid and East Antrim Borough Council’s finances
Brian McRandal, chair, Larne Business Forum Larne Business Forum has written to Communities Minister Gordon Lyons requesting an...
Mar 19, 2024
Residential proposal will restore 'domestic function' to 1790 property in Toome
Current view to site from Main Street, Toome, and (inset) proposed elevations with arched entrance to development. A planning application...
Mar 18, 2024
Councillors ask why Mid & East Antrim’s household recycling rate is worsening
Most other NI councils use one blue wheelie bin with items sorted elsewhere, apart from Mid & East Antrim, and Newtownabbey. Food amounts...
Mar 17, 2024
Mayor of Mid and East Antrim celebrates Irish Language Week 2024 with special event
(Left) Mayor of MEA, Alderman Gerardine Mulvenna pictured with Le Che’ile, and (right) with Irish dancers Holly Lockington, Hannah...
Mar 17, 2024
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough - host destination for Women’s UEFA Under-16s
Noor Persyn, Belgium Women’s Under-16s Captain and Jessica McGuinness, Northern Ireland Women’s Under-16s Captain Antrim and Newtownabbey...
Mar 17, 2024
Car parking charge exemptions to be considered for islanders after concerns raised
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council will produce a paper on possible car parking charge exemptions for Rathlin Island residents....
Mar 15, 2024
Mid & East Antrim’s sports stars celebrated at awards!
Mid and East Antrim Sports Awards winners and sponsors pictured with Lady Mary Elizabeth Peters, LG, CH, DBE. The best in local sport was...
Mar 15, 2024
Motorists expected to be vigilant for faded road markings which they can’t see
“This is an extraordinarily poor response when we have roundabouts that are invisible” Correspondence from the Department of...
Mar 14, 2024
Lifeguard Academy launched by Council and RNLI
Mayor of Causeway Coast and Glens, Councillor Steven Callaghan launches the Lifeguarding Academy with Carl Russell from Sub 6, Conard...
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