The trust says it is pausing engagement until it received comprehensive environmental assessments.

Multiple wildfires were reported in areas close to the Mourne Mountains over the weekend ...

The National Trust has confirmed it is “pausing” its engagement with Newry, Mourne and Down District council (NMDDC) over the ...

Some 75 firefighters were involved in quelling a major wildfire in the Mourne Mountains in Co Down. The blaze in the Bloody ...

Police are deploying specialist units to survey the Mourne Mountains in order to help them locate potential suspects of arson ...

BBC News NI has contacted the council for comment. Gondolas would take visitors up to a visitor centre in the Mournes The Mournes Gateway Project, better known as the Mourne Gondola, is a cable ...

A huge gorse fire in County Down which led to the evacuation of homes in the vicinity of the Mourne Mountains is believed to ...

Multiple wildfires were reported in areas close to the Mourne Mountains over the weekend [PA Media] ...

Newry Mourne and Down Council Gondolas would take visitors up to a visitor centre in the Mournes The Mournes Gateway Project, better known as the Mourne Gondola, is a cable car ride that would ...

Controversial plans for a cable car and tourism centre in the heart of the Mournes have been dealt a major blow after the National Trust ‘paused’ its engagement with the council driving the ...

The continuing blazes came after a major incident was declared at the weekend when a large wildfire close to the Mournes led to homes being evacuated. That blaze is being treated as arson.

Stormont’s agriculture minister has branded as “bizarre” claims by the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) that granting protected status to hills and mountainsides is leading to more wildfires in ...