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Oct 04
Gibraltar award reflects special link with Ballymena

Raising the flag for Gibraltar are, from left, Alderman William McGaughey, Commodore Richard Lord, Alderman Maureen Morrow, High Sheriff Mrs. Patricia Perry, Cllr. Jackson Minford, Mayor Alderman Beth Adger MBE, Julian Lyne-Pirkis, and Jonathan McGrandle, Acting Director of Development. Gibraltar award reflects special link with Ballymena Searching for a new home check out our property […]

Oct 04
Over £1k in fines for fly-tipping as Council cracks down on illegal dumping

Over £1k in fines for fly-tipping as Council cracks down on illegal dumping Searching for a new home check out our property listings Two people have been fined almost £1,300 after Mid and East Antrim Borough Council prosecuted its first two cases for non-payment of fixed penalties issued in relation to fly tipping.   The […]

Oct 03
Police are appealing for information following the report of a number of burglaries in south Belfast

Police are appealing for information following the report of a number of burglaries in south Belfast Searching for a new home check out our property listings Police are appealing for information following the report of a number of burglaries in south Belfast overnight. Police received four separate reports in the early hours of this morning, […]

Oct 02
Develop your own business through the Enterprise Pathways Programme

Oran Dorman owner of Dorman’s Driving School, learner driver Matt and Sean Keenan, MEA Economic Development Officer. Develop your own business through the Enterprise Pathways Programme Searching for a new home check out our property listings Mid and East Antrim Borough Council is now recruiting for its innovative Enterprise Pathways Programme – aimed at unemployed […]

Oct 02
Council launches blueprint for positive ageing in Mid and East Antrim

NRC Creative Media Students with their Lecturer, Darren McGinley, presenting their work to Deputy Mayor, Cllr Breannin Lyness, at the launch of Council’s Positive Ageing Month. Council launches blueprint for positive ageing in Mid and East Antrim Searching for a new home check out our property listings Mid and East Antrim Borough Council has announced […]

Sep 28
Police confirm woman’s death following Newtownabbey road traffic collision.

Police confirm woman’s death following Newtownabbey road traffic collision. Searching for a new home check out our property listings The Police Service of Northern Ireland can confirm a woman has died following a two-vehicle road traffic collision in Newtownabbey on Friday 27th September. The woman has been named as 61-year-old Avril Seeds from the Newtownabbey […]

Sep 27
Arson attack in Larne destroys three vehicles

Arson attack in Larne destroys three vehicles Searching for a new home check out our property listings Police are appealing for information after an arson attack to three cars in the Inver Road area of Larne in the early hours of this morning, Friday 27th September. Inspector McClelland said: “We received a report from our […]

Sep 25
Malachy Crawford (58) sentenced for manslaughter of Paul O’Boyle

Paul O’Boyle Malachy Crawford (58) sentenced for manslaughter of Paul O’Boyle Searching for a new home check out our property listings Malachy Crawford appeared before Belfast Crown Court today, Wednesday 25 September, for the manslaughter of Paul Francis O’Boyle in Rasharkin in 2023. The defendant, aged 58, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in June of this […]

Sep 25
Man (45) sentenced in court for offences linked to EncroChat

Man (45) sentenced in court for offences linked to EncroChat Searching for a new home check out our property listings Joseph Dornan appeared before Londonderry Crown Court today, 25 September, having been charged with offences linked to EncroChat, an encrypted phone network used by criminals.   The investigation and today’s subsequent sentencing stems from Operation Venetic […]

Sep 24
Tales of the Little Blue Flower – heritage exchange between Mid and East Antrim and Waterford

Pictured at The Braid, Mayor of Mid and East Antrim, Alderman Beth Adger MBE, with Building Shared Creative Communities project participants from Waterford during their two day heritage study visit to the Ballymena area. Featured in the photograph are sample books created by textile artist, Wilma Kirkpatrick, who lead the group in a meet the […]