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Feb 19, 2024
MEA Council continues discussions with community groups on bonfire management plan for borough
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council has failed to make a decision on bonfire management a year after being first told to agree a way...
Feb 18, 2024
EA submits planning application for extension to Co Antrim school providing 10 new classrooms
CGI of proposed extension to Fairview Primary School in Ballyclare, County Antrim. A planning application has been submitted by the...
Feb 18, 2024
Disability groups in Mid and East Antrim to be invited to take part in 'lived experience' workshop
Disability groups in Mid and East Antrim are to be invited to take part in a workshop with councillors to discuss the way forward for a...
Feb 18, 2024
Plans accepted for proposed new walking trail on North Coast
Downhill Forest. Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council has accepted a proposed development of Drumagally Trail in the north coast...
Feb 18, 2024
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council celebrates NI Apprenticeship Week
Ballymena Academy pupils with Eugene Clarke, CEO, Clarke; Mayor of Mid and East Antrim, Alderman Gerardine Mulvenna; and Mr. Heaney from...
Feb 18, 2024
Kicking off a new era at Ballyclare Comrades with £132,000 council funding
Mayor of Antrim and Newtownabbey, Councillor Mark Cooper, Councillor Michael Stewart, Councillor Helen Magill, Councillor Vera McWilliam,...
Feb 16, 2024
Hotel extension plans backed by £8m investment in Co Antrim hotel
A planning application is set to be considered for an extension at a County Antrim hotel by Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council at a...
Feb 16, 2024
Environmental campaigners seek regional scrutiny of oil terminal proposal for Mid and East Antrim
From above: Cloghan Point, Whitehead in County Antrim. Stop Whitehead Oil Terminal campaigners have joined forces with environmental...
Feb 14, 2024
ANBCouncil strikes modest rates increase as it “continues to build a sustainable and prosperous future”
At a special council meeting held on Wednesday 14th February, Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council has applied an increase of 4.97% to...
Feb 14, 2024
Businesses take action requesting full audit of value for money and financial management at MEA Council
Larne Business Forum is to write to the Local Government Auditor calling for a detailed independent audit of value for money and...
Feb 13, 2024
Approval for former Belfast police station to be transformed into 74-bedroom hotel
The former police station building at Queen Street in the city centre which has been granted planning permission by council’s Planning...
Feb 13, 2024
Statement from Mid & East Antrim Borough Council following ‘behind closed doors’ Rate meeting
Statement from Mid & East Antrim Borough Council Mid and East Antrim Borough Council has agreed an increase in the domestic district rate...
Feb 13, 2024
Things got “hot and heavy” behind closed doors as MEA councillors debated highest rate hike in NI
It was a marathon three hour session at The Braid on Monday night (12th February) as councillors met to discuss setting the rate for...
Feb 12, 2024
Council Officers understood to be proposing Rate increase of 9.97% in Mid and East Antrim
It is understood Mid and East Antrim Borough Council officers are recommending an increase of 9.97% ahead of this evening's meeting to...
Feb 12, 2024
Residents and businesses brace themselves for “devastating” rates hike in Mid & East Antrim
Residents and businesses in Mid and East Antrim are bracing themselves for a a “devastating” rates hike of at around ten per cent when...
Feb 11, 2024
Ballymena Showgrounds earmarked for new 3G pitch
Ballymena Showgrounds. Image: Mark Cannon Nine clubs responded to a community consultation over sports pitches in Mid and East Antrim...
Feb 11, 2024
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council seeks feedback on its 2024-25 Performance Improvement Plan
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council has released a draft of its Performance Improvement Plan for the period April 2024 to March 2025 and...
Feb 10, 2024
Freedom of the Borough conferred upon former ANBCouncil Chief Executive, Mrs Jacqui Dixon MBE DL
His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of County Antrim, Mr David McCorkell KStJ; Mayor of Antrim and Newtownabbey, Councillor Mark Cooper BEM;...
Feb 10, 2024
Community consultation event planned ahead of public realm enhancement scheme in Ballycastle
A community consultation event is being held next week by Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council (CCGBC) ahead of planning proposals...
Feb 9, 2024
Love-bird gets the worm - Garden Show Ireland returns!
Roses are red, violets are blue, Spring Plant Fair and Garden Show Ireland are waiting for you! This Valentine's Day, skip the chocolates...
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