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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
Mid & East Antrim Council does u-turn on recently introduced car park charges
Mid and East Antrim Council has confirmed today, Friday 2nd February, it set to reverse the recent introduction of car parking charges at...
Feb 2, 2024
Glamping park plan for paintball facility in Co Antrim
Site plan for the proposed glamping park in County Antrim. A planning application has been submitted to Mid and East Antrim Borough...
Feb 1, 2024
£42m Carrickfergus regeneration takes leap forward with McAdam Design appointment
Mayor of Mid and East Antrim, Alderman Gerardine Mulvenna, pictured with (L-R) Gerard Murray (DfC), Alderman Robert Logan, Councillor...
Jan 31, 2024
Date set for £6.1m refurbishment works to commence at Carnfunnock
Plans for new bike park at Carnfunnock, County Antrim Work on a £6.1m refurbishment of Carnfunnock Country Park outside Larne is...
Jan 30, 2024
Free funding information roadshow for community and voluntary groups across Mid and East Antrim
Members of Larne Community Cluster with the Mayor of Mid and East Antrim Ald. Gerardine Mulvenna Mid and East Antrim Borough Council in...
Jan 28, 2024
Man sentenced after pleading guilty to allow five dogs to suffer and failing to ensure their welfare
Conor Ward aged 31, of Cranny Avenue, Carnlough was sentenced at Ballymena Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday 24 January, after previously...
Jan 25, 2024
Councillors updated on MEA village projects including new greenway between Cullybackey and Galgorm
A Mid and East Antrim councillor has called for the Department for Infrastructure (DfI) to “take responsibility” for greenway maintenance...
Jan 24, 2024
MEA Councillors hear of new regulations and charges of almost £200 for late running funerals
Ballee Cemetery in Ballymena Funeral directors arriving late for burials in Mid and East Antrim cemeteries can expect an additional...
Jan 24, 2024
Cllr David Clarke departs the DUP to go alone on Mid and East Antrim Council
A Mid and East Antrim councillor who resigned from the DUP last week will continue his four-year term as an Independent. Carrick Castle...
Jan 23, 2024
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