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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


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
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