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Jun 20

Randalstown is crowned Best Kept Town in Ireland 2024

Tidy Randalstown members are presented with Ireland’s Best Kept Town overall winner and Ireland’s Best Kept Small Town Awards at the...

Jun 19

Teamwork driving on dairy farm efficiency in Broughshane

The Hamilton dairy herd at Broughshane. Alan and Amy Hamilton farm 105 hectares (ha) on the outskirts of Broughshane, County Antrim, in...

Jun 15

Ratepayers pick up bill after 500 tyres dumped at bonfire site in Ballymena

Ratepayers in Mid and East Antrim were left to foot a cleanup and disposal bill of thousands of pounds after approximately 500 tyres were...

Jun 13

Pollution incident kills hundreds of fish in Co Antrim

Fish kill on the Glenavy River, County Antrim A pollution incident that has killed hundreds of fish has been described as shocking by...

Jun 7

GeoEnergy NI gets mayoral seal of approval in Randalstown schools visit

Pupils from Mount St Michael’s Primary School, Central Primary School and St Benedict’s College are pictured at the GeoEnergy Discovery...

May 30

100 Wrightbus built zero emission buses for Translink propels green growth for NI

Pictured with the Infrastructure Minister John O’Dowd is Chris Chris Conway, CEO Translink and Jean-Marc Gales, Chief Executive of...

May 29

Councillors consider greening town centres but questions raised over £120,000 for three green walls

Mid and East Antrim councillors have been counting the cost of “greening” town centres. The council’s Environment and Economy Committee...

May 22

Minister Muir visits world leading Bioenergy plant in Ballymena

DAERA Minister Andrew Muir pictured during his visit to the Stream BioEnergy Tully Biogas plant, Ballymena with Kevin Fitzduff Co-Founder...

May 14

Local angling clubs voice “taken away by DAERA overnight”

Gareth Cooper: River Enhancement Officer for Kells, Connor and Glenwherry Angling Club. Local fishing clubs have expressed serious...

May 10

Met Office issues weather warning for thunderstorms in Northern Ireland

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning as the weekend arrives, saying heavy showers and isolated thunderstorms may develop...

May 2

Infrastructure Minister backs No Mow May to promote biodiversity on road network

Infrastructure Minister John O’Dowd is pictured with the Mayor of Causeway Coast and Glens Council, Councillor Steven Callaghan and staff...

May 2

Minister takes action on single use vapes with introduction of ban

Northern Ireland is set to ban the sale and supply of single use vapes by April 2025, in a bid to stop five million single use vapes...

Apr 29

Ban proposed for onshore oil and gas exploration in Northern Ireland

NI Economy Minister Conor Murphy In the Assembly today Economy Minister Conor Murphy announced that he would bring forward a proposal to...

Apr 22

UK-wide ban on wet wipes containing plastic to be put into law

The UK Government will introduce new world-leading legislation to ban wet wipes containing plastic, the Environment Secretary has...

Apr 16

Local community comes together for tree planting initiative at Limepark, Armoy

Ruth McNeill and Gerry Burns from Armoy Community Association alongside children from Armoy Primary school, St Olcan’s Primary School and...

Apr 16

Transport pioneer Wrightbus helps Irish city to become first to deploy fully-electric bus service

Minister for the Environment Eamon Ryan TD, NTA chief executive Anne Graham, and Bus Éireann chief executive Stephen Kent at the launch....

Apr 10

Translink and Iarnród Éireann welcome €165 million to enhance cross border rail services

Translink and Iarnród Éireann have welcomed €165 million in funding from The Special EU Programme Body, PEACEPLUS Programme to support a...

Apr 10

Zero-emission buses manufactured by Wrightbus to be rolled out across Hampshire

A new fleet of zero-emission vehicles, manufactured by Northern Ireland-based Wrightbus, is being rolled out across Hampshire. The new...

Apr 8

Over a quarter of Hen Harriers lost from Northern Ireland skies

Hen Harrier (Image: Pete Morris) The enigmatic ‘sky-dancing’ Hen Harriers are a rare sight in most places throughout the UK, especially...

Apr 5

Stay safe - NI multi-agency partners meet ahead of Storm Kathleen

Multi-agency partners including the PSNI, NIE, the Department for Infrastructure and other emergency response and public sector...

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