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Repair plan agreed for Waterfoot beach following damage caused by Storm Ciaran
Waterfoot beach. (Image: Colleen Rainey) Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council will begin repair plans at Waterfoot beach, following...
Feb 23, 2024


Plans approved for new £5M fuel service station that will deliver 100 jobs in Ballymena
Site plan for the new £5M service station just off the Larne Road Roundabout in Ballymena. A planning application for a new £5m filling...
Feb 22, 2024


Consultation launched for new Ballymena Leisure, Health and Wellbeing Centre
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council has today (Thursday 22nd February) announced a public consultation on the long-awaited Ballymena...
Feb 22, 2024


Causeway Coast & Glens Council axe cycle path plans for Armoy
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council has axed plans for a cycle path in Armoy due to Department for Infrastructure (DfI) regulations....
Feb 21, 2024


Planning permission granted for £8m hotel expansion in County Antrim
Permission for an £8m extension at The Rabbit Hotel in Templepatrick was granted by Antrim and Newtownabbey councillors at a planning...
Feb 20, 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


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 18, 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 16, 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 14, 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 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
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