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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 20, 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


MEA bin collections, household recycling centre and toilet closures for upcoming public holidays
Ahead of upcoming public holidays, Mid and East Antrim Borough Council has provided details for bin collections, as well as household...
Mar 13, 2024


Council imposes maximum fine for fly-tipping in Mid and East Antrim
Fly-tipping in Mid and East Antrim will result in a penalty of £400 after councillors approved a steeper fine at a recent meeting of the...
Mar 10, 2024


Mayor attends Belfast Region City Deal Briefing which will benefit towns in Mid and East Antrim
Pictured is Mayor of Mid and East Antrim, Alderman Gerardine Mulvenna and Council’s Major Projects Programme Director Jonathan McGrandle....
Mar 7, 2024


Councillors consider derelict town centre buildings across Mid and East Antrim
A quarter of properties in Larne town centre are vacant, according to an audit carried out by Mid and East Antrim Borough Council...
Mar 6, 2024


Plans to see more than 200,000 new trees planted at Woodburn Forest
Aerial photo of Woodburn Forest, County Antrim. More than 200,000 trees are to be planted in Carrickfergus through an ambitious...
Feb 28, 2024


MEA Council greenlight £21M care home plans at former hotel in County Antrim
A planning application for change of use at the former Loughshore Hotel in Carrickfergus to a £21m care home was approved at a meeting of...
Feb 24, 2024


MEA agree contract worth almost half a million pounds for play park refurbishment
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council has agreed a contract worth almost £0.5m for the refurbishment of the main children’s play park in...
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 19, 2024


Woman (31) sentenced following robbery at shop in Mid & East Antrim
A 31 year old woman has been sentenced following a robbery at commercial premises in January 2023. Nicola Nicholl was sentenced at...
Feb 19, 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


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


Reconnect with volunteering for Women’s Aid ABCLN
Women’s Aid ABCLN Reconnect Development Worker, Bronagh O’Boyle. Reconnect with volunteering for Women’s Aid ABCLN and join an...
Feb 17, 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 14, 2024


Vote JK Rowling in MEA - Council asserts ‘the write to vote’ during Democracy Week
Pupils from Ballycarry Primary School get ready for the Top Children’s Author elections. The school is one of 14 taking part in the...
Feb 14, 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 13, 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 12, 2024
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