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Councillors ordered to return to town hall meetings as DfC announces end to hybrid working
Councillors have been ordered to return to town halls in person after emergency legislation put in place during the Covid pandemic...
Mar 9, 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


Council ‘MEANZ Business’ in delivering Net Zero targets with transformative new project
L-R: Connor O’Dornan – Mid and East Antrim Borough Council Net Zero Innovation and Delivery Manager, Nicolas Wallet - Climate Global...
Mar 5, 2024


Have your say on new leisure, health and wellbeing centre at the St Patrick’s Regeneration site
Come along to Seven Towers Leisure Centre, Ballymena, on Thursday 7 March to have your say on innovative plans for a new leisure, health...
Mar 5, 2024


Charges removed in five town centre car parks in Mid and East Antrim
Pay machines taped-up and signs advising drivers of the Council u-turn in Ballymena. (Images: Eugene Diamond, Diamond's News) Businesses...
Mar 1, 2024


Scale Slemish Mountain this St Patrick’s Day!
Get your walking shoes at the ready and join the hundreds of visitors at Slemish Mountain this St Patrick’s Day for the annual trek up...
Mar 1, 2024


MEA play park to be saved from Council cuts in memory of Scarlett
County Antrim schoolgirl Scarlett Rossborough who sadly died in a tragic road accident last August. A play park under threat of closure...
Feb 29, 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


Mayor of MEA hosts young people for ‘Care Day’ breakfast
Mayor of Mid and East Antrim, Ald Geradine Mulvenna, with Madison (17) and Makyla (18) from VOYPIC, at the Care Day Breakfast On the...
Feb 27, 2024


Concerns raised over town centre becoming “gambling centre” as decision on arcade deferred
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council has deferred ratification of a decision by a committee to approve an application for an amusement...
Feb 26, 2024


Ballymena born Professor Wesley Hutchinson to deliver keynote address during Democracy Week 2024
Inset: Sorbonne University Irish Studies academic Professor Wesley Hutchinson Irish Studies academic Professor Wesley Hutchinson - who...
Feb 26, 2024


MEA Council secures £12.6m City Deal funding to fully unlock The Gobbins’ potential
Concept 3D artist impressions of The Gobbins Phase II. One of Europe’s most dramatic coastal walkways is expected to draw up to 225,000...
Feb 26, 2024


Outline planning permission approved for new major housing development
Outline planning permission was granted for a new housing development in Larne by Mid and East Antrim Borough Council’s Planning...
Feb 24, 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 Council gives green light for 87 new affordable homes and social housing units
A planning application for 87 new homes in Larne’s Antiville estate was approved at a meeting of Mid and East Antrim Borough Council’s...
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


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
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