Half of flood-hit traders receive financial support

6 December 2023
A NUMBER of businesses and charities in Downpatrick decimated by last month’s devastating town centre flood won’t receive any financial support from the Government.

Stormont office will probe town flooding response

THE Northern Ireland Executive Office is to investigate the cause of town centre flooding in Downpatrick and the Department of Infrastructure’s response to it.
Completion of £9m scheme at Fofanny treatment plant

WORK on a £9m scheme to improve the security of the water supply for around 76,000 customers in large parts of Co Down has been completed at the Fofanny treatment works near Bryansford.
60 SERC jobs at risk over funding

UP to 60 full and part-time South Eastern Regional College staff are facing redundancy due to a budget shortfall.
More strikes likely unless pay demands met: unions

A WARNING has been issued that further industrial action will be taken by transport workers in the lead-up to Christmas “unless an increase in pay is forthcoming”.
Council motions back additional measures to help flood victims
Mourne Mountain Rescue Team come to aid of walkers
First responders expands towards area in Saintfield
Vandals target vital lifesaving equipment at Killyleagh quay
Afternoon tea in memory of Downpatrick’s Jenny Lowden

MANY months of planning and organisation came together in a highly successful fund-raising event which took place in the festively decorated RGU clubrooms in Downpatrick recently.
Fares set to increase for Strangford ferry users

THE cost of using the Strangford ferry is to increase.
St Colmcille’s quartet in final of Youth Challenge

FOUR Year 11 students from St Colmcille’s High School in Crossgar are celebrating after reaching the final of the 2023-2024 ABP Angus Youth Challenge.
Life Change Changes Lives charity boost

DOWNPATRICK charity Life Change Changes Lives is one of a number across the district being supported by Newry, Mourne and Down Council chairwoman Valerie Harte during her term in office.
Downpatrick Lions Club gives Fountain Foodbank donation
Connor wins All-Ireland Rotary award
MP Hazzard at Downing Street with pay demand for teachers
More than 100 members join Saintfield Youth Club

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Tom on a high

A SAINTFIELD triathlete has defied the odds and made his mark on the world triathlon scene.
Shoot-out decides tie

DOWNPATRICK advanced to the final of this year’s NFU Mutual Bobby Dalzell Cup after defeating Castlewellan Forest on penalties at a bitterly cold Ballyhornan venue on Friday night.
East Down AC at Seeley 10K

ON Saturday, 842 runners took part in the Joe Seeley Memorial 10K in what was the 38th running of this annual event hosted by Willowfield Harriers.
Junior athlete Alex puts on a show in Navan

ALEX Robinson was the only East Down AC junior representative at the Uneven All-Ireland Championships in Navan at the weekend.
Cup finals confirmed

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Victory for St John’s keeps them in race

AS the Lecale Table Tennis League programme heads for the Christmas break there are the usual backlog of matches still to be played.

FEATURES

I wanted to do the skydive to raise awareness about autism

AS my father Eamonn and I pulled up to the Garvagh Road airfield on Saturday, November 11, for my charity skydive, I have to admit I was scared, but I wanted to raise as much as I could for Autism NI.
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From the pages of the Down Recorder, December 1, 1993
Ho-ho-ho... Santa rides into town

SANTA’S Christmas Charity Ride brought a spectacle of colour to Downpatrick on Saturday.
Inaugural event hits right note

KILLYLEAGH Parish Church opened the doors on the town’s first ever Christmas tree festival on Friday morning.
Downpatrick and Lecale in farewell to Dean Henry Hull

A FAREWELL service for the Dean of Down, the Very Rev Henry Hull, was held in Down Cathedral on Friday evening.
Exhibition opens to mark local school’s anniversary

AN exhibition to mark the 90th anniversary of Castlewellan Primary School opened in the town’s library on Saturday.

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