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Mid and East Antrim - Easter bin and recycling arrangements
Mayor of Mid and East Antrim, Alderman William McCaughey, announces Council’s Easter Bin and Recycling arrangements alongside a member of...
Apr 11
Licensing laws under review as Council highlights costs and complaints
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council has called for Department for Communities’ guidance for residents affected by disturbance arising...
Apr 10
Ending Violence Against Women and Girls Fund launched in Mid and East Antrim
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council is supporting the NI Executive to roll out the Ending Violence Against Women and Girls (EVAWG)...
Apr 10
Co Antrim athletes represent Northern Ireland in the 2025 British National Winter Triathlon Finals
15-year-old Holly Hamill Two locally based competitors recently joined the Northern Ireland team of 12 young athletes who qualified by...
Apr 7
New Mayor appointed following the passing of Alderman Beth Adger MBE
Alderman William McCaughey has taken on the chain of office as the new Mayor of Mid and East Antrim. Alderman William McCaughey has taken...
Apr 3
Deputy Mayor thanks Manufacturing Task Force Chair, Graham Whitehurst MBE, for his services to the Borough
Ursula OLoughlin (MEABC Head of Economic Development); Deputy Mayor of Mid and East Antrim, Councillor Bréanainn Lyness; Graham...
Mar 31
Mid and East Antrim celebrates World Autism Acceptance Month with groundbreaking initiatives
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council (MEABC) is marking World Autism Acceptance Month (WAAM) this April by reinforcing its commitment to...
Mar 31
Man charged after drugs seizure with street value of £425,000 in Co Antrim
A 46 year old man has been charged with possession of a Class B Controlled Drug and possession of a Class B Controlled drug with intent...
Mar 30
Drugs worth £425,000 seized by Organised Crime Branch in Co Antrim
Drugs seized by PSNI Organised Crime Branch Detectives from the Police Service of Northern Ireland’s Organised Crime Branch have seized...
Mar 29
Spice crisis grips MEA: Children as young as 7 hooked, with crack cocaine use increasing in Ballymena
Synthetic cannabis substance ‘Spice’ A 14-year-old has been spending £50 a day on synthetic cannabis substance ‘Spice’ and has...
Mar 29
Mid & East Antrim Council announce new Household Recycling Centre opening hours
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council has announced new opening hours for Household Recycling Centres (HRCs) across the Borough, offering...
Mar 29
Detectives issue renewed appeal for information regarding missing person Gary Patterson
Missing Larne man Gary Patterson Police are growing increasingly concerned for the whereabouts of high-risk missing person Gary...
Mar 27
Significant progress being made on Belfast Region City Deal projects
Deputy Mayor of Mid and East Antrim, Councillor Bréanainn Lyness and Mid and East Antrim Borough Council’s Interim Chief Executive,...
Mar 27
Randalstown residents brand glamping site a ‘Field of Nightmares’
Members of the Residents Opposed to Cotter’s Park (ROCP) Group in Randalstown A group of local residents in the Clonkeen Road area near...
Mar 24
Santander confirms branch closures as it ‘transforms UK branch network’
Santander has today announced plans to update its UK branch network from June 2025, with seven branches set to be closed in Northern...
Mar 19
Gobbins Cliff Path reopening delayed due to storm damage
The Gobbins Cliff Path The Gobbins Cliff Path will not reopen until further notice due to rockfall damage following recent storms, winds...
Mar 18
SAVED | Family Fun Zone at Carnfunnock Park set to reopen
The owners of Carnfunnock Family Fun Zone outside Larne have announced their planned return to the country park next month. Ian and...
Mar 14
Deputy Mayor Bréanainn Lyness welcomes exciting events to celebrate Irish Language Week 2025 in MEA
Cllr Bréanainn Lyness, Deputy Mayor of Mid and East Antrim, pictured with Dearbháil Beatty, Awareness Campaigns Executive for Conradh na...
Mar 11
Drugs and other items seized during “significant proactive policing operation” in Mid and East Antrim
Police in Larne carried out a significant proactive policing operation targeting serious and organised crime in the district this...
Mar 7
MEA Council tendering for contractor to build new 4,000 plot cemetery
Aerial view of site of new £2.1M cemetery (circled) in Ballygally on the Antrim coast. Mid and East Antrim Borough Council is tendering...
Mar 6
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