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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


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


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


Cllr Alan Barr speaks out following Rate hike and promises not to go back on his word to electorate
Braid Ulster Unionist Councillor, Alan Barr Braid Ulster Unionist Councillor, Alan Barr, has voiced his disapproval of the recent rate...
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


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


Ballymena Showgrounds earmarked for new 3G pitch
Ballymena Showgrounds. Image: Mark Cannon Nine clubs responded to a community consultation over sports pitches in Mid and East Antrim...
Feb 11, 2024


Mid and East Antrim Borough Council seeks feedback on its 2024-25 Performance Improvement Plan
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council has released a draft of its Performance Improvement Plan for the period April 2024 to March 2025 and...
Feb 11, 2024


U-TURN expected by MEA Council on closure of Ballymena town centre public toilets
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council is understood to be considering reopening Ballymena town centre's only local authority-owned public...
Feb 9, 2024


Not “in the name of the TUV” – Gaston hits out at 10% rates hike for Mid & East Antrim
Pictured Councillor Timothy Gaston Bannside TUV Councillor Timothy Gaston has hit out after it was revealed on Thursday (8th February)...
Feb 9, 2024


Mid and East Antrim residents set to face rates hike of around 10 per cent
Residents across Mid and East Antrim Borough are expected to be landed with a rates hike of around 10% for the year ahead. Council...
Feb 8, 2024


We would be barking mad not to – Cllr suggests doggy park plan for MEA
Coast Road DUP Councillor Andrew Clarke A Mid and East Antrim councillor is urging the local authority to include the creation of a...
Feb 7, 2024


Glynn and Carnlough score new play facilities!
Plans for the MUGA in Carnlough Work is due to commence soon on the refurbishment of the Multi Use Games Area (MUGA) in Carnlough and the...
Feb 5, 2024


Ballymena Registration Office moves to new home in the Braid
Council would like to remind residents that Ballymena’s Registration Office is relocating to The Braid (Bridge Street, Ballymena) this...
Feb 5, 2024


MEA Council U-turn on car park charges welcomed but decision raises questions
Broughshane Street Car Park in Ballymena, used daily before charges were introduced by Mid & East Antrim Council (left), then after...
Feb 4, 2024


Larne Business Forum welcomes reversal of car parking charges in town
Larne Business Forum today (Friday 2nd February 2024) warmly welcomed the recent decision by Mid and East Antrim Council that it has...
Feb 2, 2024


Mid and East Antrim Council puts playing fields site on market for £750K
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council has placed a Ballymena playing fields site on the market with a price tag of around £750,000. Ballee...
Feb 2, 2024
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