DUP councillor predicts flood of visitors to north coast following PPS Storey decision Traffic entering Portrush
DUP Alderman George Duddy
A Coleraine DUP councillor is predicting a flood of visitors to the Causeway Coast area over the Easter holiday period in defiance of lockdown regulations following the outcome of the investigation into the Bobby Storey funeral.
Yesterday, it was announced by the Public Prosecution Service that 24 Sinn Fein politicians would not be prosecuated for alleged coronavirus breaches at the republican funeral.
The announcement came amid a deepening political row over how the authorities handled last June’s events in west Belfast.
Donaghy Bros agrees purchase of iconic Kilrea building The former Danske Bank building in Kilrea Gillian Anderson
James Donaghy, Managing Director of Donaghy Bros
The purchase of the former Danske Bank building in Kilrea has been agreed with local company Donaghy Bros.
The branch served customers face-to-face for the last time on December 4 after Danske Bank deemed it ‘unsustainable to remain open’.
Constructed in 1885, the building contains 3,540 square feet and was on the market for £130,000.
James Donaghy, Managing Director of Donaghy Bros confirmed that the independent electrical retailer had agreed on the purchase of the iconic building on Main Street, Kilrea.
The Auld Lammas Fair likely to be cancelled for second year Lammas Fair 16 March, 2021 09:25
The Auld Lammas Fair, Ireland’s oldest fair, looks likely to be cancelled for the second year in succession.
The fair had been held in Ballycastle without interruption for nearly four centuries until last year when it fell victim to a raft of event cancellations following the onset of the pandemic.
The Auld Lammas Fair is traditionally held every year on the last Monday and Tuesday of August and would normally see thousands lining the streets of the seaside town of Ballycastle.
Members of Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council’s Leisure & Development committee will be told tonight (Tuesday, March 16) that due to the ‘unpredictable course of the pandemic’ it remains too challenging to even begin preparations for the world famous festival which can take up to eight months to plan in advance.