News
Meet ‘The Billie Girl’
AS part of the Northern Arc Project, Glebeside Community Association will be hosting a play in the Edward Street Social Centre in Ballymoney on Friday 31st May at 8.15pm.
Making waves at festival!
This Bank Holiday May and early June, head to the beautiful heart of the Causeway Coast & Glens to Ballycastle and Rathlin Island for the fantastic Rathlin Sound Maritime Festival and a celebration of all things maritime!
Mums’ coffee morning
The Northern Trust is holding a coffee morning on Tuesday 11th June at Ballymoney Health Centre for expectant mothers.
The Ballymoney Show May 31st and June 1st
‘Celebrate what our local countryside has to offer’ at this year’s Ballymoney Show on Friday 31st May and Saturday 1st June.
‘Action Men’ called for health MOT
Every year in the Ballymoney area, 87 men are diagnosed with and 35 men die from cancer.
Record breaking Mousetrap comes to Millennium
FOR over 50 years, Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap has been the world’s longest running stage production.
Sport
Cycling champion launches Giant Sportive
BRITISH cycling champion Michael Hutchinson has helped launch the Giant’s Causeway Coast Sportive.
Crowds visit home town of bike legends in large numbers
THE memorial gardens to the famous Dunlop brothers Joey and Robert in Ballymoney were visited by huge numbers of people ahead of the main racing day at the North West 200.
Maybin claims maximum points
ROUND 2 of The Armoy Community Pharmacy Handicapped Time Trial League got underway on the Gracehill Road 10 mile TT circuit.
Fantastic end to season for Ballymoney hockey ladies
BALLYMONEY manager Liz Lamont was the happiest woman in the Toon on Saturday night as her hockey girls brought home the Ulster Shield with a 1-0 win against old rivals Pegasus.writes Nevin Farrell.
Pierce Purcell team into semis
THE highlight of the weekend at Ballycastle was the qualification of the Pierce Purcell team who will now meet Moyola in the regional semi-final to be played at Castlerock. It was a nerve jangling wait for team captain Gerry Norwood and his merry men as they snatched the fourth qualifying spot on count-back from Ballymena.
McShane hoping Giro d’Italia comes to Moyle
INDEPENDENT councillor Padraig McShane has enlisted the help and support of a well-known Italian family on the north Antrim coast to bring the Giro d’Italia to Moyle.
Lifestyle
Increasing sales of CD - ‘Michael Kennedy Tonight’
ONE of North Antrim’s best known musicians, Michael Kennedy, is delighted with sales of his latest CD ‘Michael Kennedy Tonight.’
Great support for ‘An Inspector Calls’
QUADRANGLE Productions, Ballycastle, would like to take this opportunity to say a huge thank you to all of the people who attended their performance of ‘An Inspector Calls’ on Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th April.
Jake Bugg to join Bushmills Live 2013
Bushmills Village: 2nd May 2013: Breakthrough act of the year, British singer-songwriter Jake Bugg has today been added to the bill for Bushmills Live 2013, alongside headliners Of Monsters and Men. Troubadour Jake Bugg will perform for an audience of just 500 at Bushmills Live in June, ahead of taking to the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury this summer.
ULSTER SCOTS COLUMN: The Slippy Stane
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Community
Let’s band together for IF campaign
SHOPS in Bushmills and Ballycastle are joining the biggest fight against hunger in a decade by stocking wristbands for the Enough Food for Everyone IF campaign.
Residents’ thanks
SIR, On behalf of the residents of Dehra Gardens, Ballymoney we would like to thank the minister and congregation of Garryduff Presbyterian Church for the use of the church hall facilities last Monday when we were evacuated from our homes in the early hours of the morning. It was very much appreciated by those of us who used it. We were provided with refreshments and newspapers and even the dog got fed.
Save the Roddens call to community
FOLLOWING on from the concerns being raised in regard to the future of residential homes, the Friends of the Roddens and North Antrim MLA Mervyn Storey have called on the community of Ballymoney to get behind their calls for the retention of the Residential Home.
£7000 grant for Loughgiel renewal
A VILLAGE renewal scheme implemented by the North East Region Rural Development Programme will see Loughgiel getting a grant of £7000.
Thought for the Week
THE death toll following the collapse of the Rana Plaza clothing factory complex in Bangladesh has risen to more than 600 people.
Open day
BALLINTOY Women’s Institute are holding an open afternoon on Saturday, May 25 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the village hall.
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Weather for Ballymoney
Wednesday 22 May 2013
Today
Sunny spells
Temperature: 4 C to 10 C
Wind Speed: 17 mph
Wind direction: North
Tomorrow
Light showers
Temperature: 5 C to 7 C
Wind Speed: 23 mph
Wind direction: North
