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Newry, Mourne and Down: what’s happening where you live

What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.

This page is built from official registers only; the council’s own publications have not been read yet, and every line below says so where that leaves a gap.

Newry, Mourne and Down District Council: NI district (ni district), Northern Ireland. GOV.UK lists it as a unitary council. ONS code N09000010.

Council website

Do it online

The council’s own service pages as listed by GOV.UK’s Local Links Manager (Open Government Licence), refreshed weekly; the same list of everyday services, in the same order, for every council, in GOV.UK’s wording.

Housing

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Transport

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Council tax

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Environment

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Education

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Newry, Mourne and Down in numbers

Official statistics for the whole council area. Each figure is the latest published, with the period it covers.

Total population
183,115 people 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMid-year estimate of the total number of people
Median age
40 years 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMedian age of people
Gross disposable household income per head
£21,824 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage income per person (£) after taxes and direct benefits
Gross median weekly pay
£575 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsGross median weekly pay based on where people live (£)
Children in relative poverty after housing costs
22.2% April 2024 to March 2025 · Department for Work and PensionsPercentage of children aged under 16 living in relative low income families After Housing Costs (AHC)
Claimant Count
2.9% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsPercentage of people aged 16 to 64 who are claiming unemployment-related benefits
Average house price
£220,572 July 2026 · HM Land RegistryAverage monthly price of a property (£)
Female healthy life expectancy
63.3 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage years expected to be lived in good health for females born in the given year
Male healthy life expectancy
63.2 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage years expected to be lived in good health for males born in the given year
Greenhouse gas emissions
9.3 tCO2e per capita 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroGreenhouse gas emissions (tCO2e) per capita
Gigabit capable broadband
95.1% 1 January 2026 · OfcomPercentage of premises that have coverage from a gigabit-capable service (download speeds of 1,000 Mbps or more)
Public electric vehicle chargers
55.7 per 100,000 population 1 July 2026 · Department for Transport, sourced from ZapmapPublicly available electric vehicle chargers at all speeds per 100,000 people
Active businesses
7,655 number of enterprises 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with turnover or employment in current year

Gathered by the Office for National Statistics in Explore Local Statistics (Open Government Licence), refreshed daily. Some figures aren’t published for every nation, so the list can be shorter outside England.

Who runs the council

41 seats in 2026. Run by: NULL, with a majority. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Sinn Féin 20, SDLP (Social Democratic & Labour Party) 8, Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P. 5, Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 4, Independent / Other 3, Ulster Unionist Party 1.

Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.

All 41 councillors, by ward
  • Declan McAteer (SDLP (Social Democratic & Labour Party)) — Crotlieve
  • Jarlath Tinnelly (Independent / Other) — Crotlieve
  • Kate Murphy (Sinn Féin) — Crotlieve
  • Mark Gibbons (Independent / Other) — Crotlieve
  • Mickey Ruane (Sinn Féin) — Crotlieve
  • Selina Murphy (Sinn Féin) — Crotlieve
  • Aurla King (SDLP (Social Democratic & Labour Party)) — Downpatrick
  • Cadogan Enright (Independent / Other) — Downpatrick
  • Conor Galbraith (SDLP (Social Democratic & Labour Party)) — Downpatrick
  • Oonagh Hanlon (Sinn Féin) — Downpatrick
  • Philip Campbell (Sinn Féin) — Downpatrick
  • Aidan Mathers (Sinn Féin) — Newry
  • Cathal King (Sinn Féin) — Newry
  • Doire Finn (SDLP (Social Democratic & Labour Party)) — Newry
  • Geraldine Kearns (Sinn Féin) — Newry
  • Killian Feehan (SDLP (Social Democratic & Labour Party)) — Newry
  • Valerie Harte (Sinn Féin) — Newry
  • Callum Bowsie (Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.) — Rowallane
  • David Lee-Surginor (Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland) — Rowallane
  • Jonathan Jackson (Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.) — Rowallane
  • Terry Andrews (SDLP (Social Democratic & Labour Party)) — Rowallane
  • Tierna Howie (Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland) — Rowallane
  • Alan Lewis (Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.) — Slieve Croob
  • Helena Young (Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland) — Slieve Croob
  • Jim Brennan (Sinn Féin) — Slieve Croob
  • Róisín Howell (Sinn Féin) — Slieve Croob
  • Siobhan O'Hare (Sinn Féin) — Slieve Croob
  • Aine Quinn (Sinn Féin) — Slieve Gullion
  • David Taylor (Ulster Unionist Party) — Slieve Gullion
  • Declan Murphy (Sinn Féin) — Slieve Gullion
  • Martin Hearty (Sinn Féin) — Slieve Gullion
  • Mickey Larkin (Sinn Féin) — Slieve Gullion
  • Oonagh Magennis (Sinn Féin) — Slieve Gullion
  • Pete Byrne (SDLP (Social Democratic & Labour Party)) — Slieve Gullion
  • Glyn Hanna (Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.) — The Mournes
  • Henry Reilly (Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.) — The Mournes
  • Jill Truesdale (Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland) — The Mournes
  • Laura Devlin (SDLP (Social Democratic & Labour Party)) — The Mournes
  • Leeanne McEvoy (Sinn Féin) — The Mournes
  • Michael Rice (Sinn Féin) — The Mournes
  • Willie Clarke (Sinn Féin) — The Mournes

Each councillor’s register of interests is on the council’s own website; we have not yet located the page. Councillors from Open Council Data as recorded after the May 2026 elections; a by-election since then may have changed one seat. Attendance and allowances are not shown.

This council’s meeting papers are not yet read automatically, so decisions and motions are not listed here; they are on the council’s website.

Write to your councillors → WriteToThem (mySociety) finds them from your postcode; nothing is sent through this site.

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