Great feedback from tonight's meeting. Thanks to Dáire Hughes MP @LizK1988 Chris Hazzard MP, Cllr Declan Murphy and others for their all their ideas and comments. Looking forward to the next steps!

Huge thanks to Albert Basin Park Newry2020.com for a really positive meeting tonight on the need for an ambitious proposal for a world class civic green space in #Newry I really hope everybody can get behind these exciting plans in the time ahead

Great to meet with Newry2020.com Justin McNulty & Cllrs Gary Stokes and @MSavageSDLP today to hear all about their Albert Basin Park campaign & discuss the exciting opportunities for greenways & active travel to help reshape Newry & link this water way city to Carlingford.

Excellent discussion with Nichola Mallon and others today about how the Albert Basin Park might be linked into Department for Infrastructure Active Travel strategy. Time for join the dots, and transform our city for future generations!

Our Cllrs @MSavageSDLP and Gary Stokes along with our MLA Justin McNulty met with Minister Nichola Mallon and Newry2020.com yesterday ✅

Brilliant news for BID and for Newry! Well done Eamonn!

Photo of the week Thanks to Michael Canavan for this great photo of cloud reflections at Victoria Locks and some interesting family history. lochcairlinn.com/photoofweek #photooftheweek #newrycanal #carlingfordlough Newry.ie Albert Basin Park Earth and Clouds OmeathDistrictDev. #ThePhotoHour

Check out the full recording of our recent Public Meeting on Newry City Centre Regeneration online here: youtube.com/watch?v=MzRxfr…

Looks exciting!

#GREATNEWS for Newry City as £16.2m is announced for the Albert Basin Park Project which will see a City Park created on the 15-acre site. The investment will complement the £43m City Deal Project to regenerate Newry City. NewryMourneDown Conor Murphy Cathy Mason

Newry City Centre stakeholders Bosco Drama Group, Newpoint Players Sticky Fingers Arts Newry2020.com Newry BID Newry Cathedral issue open letter to NewryMourneDown and councillors asking for ‘meaningful engagement, proper transparency and a willingness to speak directly to the key stakeholders’

No transparency, no democracy. Wealth extracting predators given licences for pennies to ransack our land Communities Against the Injustice of Mining Economy NI belfastlive.co.uk/news/northern-…

Newry Group Claims Council " Not Interested in Listening" When It Comes to City Park clanryenews.com/2022/06/25/new… Newry2020.com

Find out how improvements to transparency, accountability and participation can make local planning in #NorthernIreland more responsive to people's needs and priorities. Join our virtual report launch on 27th Oct., 12.30pm-1.30pm on Zoom. Register here➡️ us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

An independent report examining transparency and accountability in local government will be launched on Thursday. The report includes case studies on the Albert Basin Park & Save Maghera Park and highlights flawed community consultations administered by NewryMourneDown & Mid Ulster Council

How can we ensure meaningful community engagement in local NI planning decisions? Join our ¡MAGINE! panel to find out! 📅Friday 24 March ⏰12.30 – 14:00 GMT ➡️More info and registration here eventbrite.co.uk/e/meaningful-c…

This week's front page: ​An event about the Southern Relief Road has been described as a “shambles” by Newry 2020.