Latest News from the Ring of Gullion

The 2019 Commonwealth Short Story Prize is Open

Posted on: 25th September 2018

The Commonwealth Short Story Prize is awarded for the best piece of unpublished short fiction (2,000–5,000 words) in English. Regional winners receive £2,500 and the overall winner receives £5,000.

The 2019 International Dylan Thomas Prize opens for entries

Posted on: 25th September 2018

The £30,000 International Dylan Thomas Prize is awarded to the best eligible published literary work in the English language, written by an author aged 39 or under.

Community Relations Council Funding

Posted on: 25th September 2018

2 Community Relations Council Grants

General John de Chastelain in the Ring of Gullion

Posted on: 30th August 2018

General John de Chastelain took time out from his attendance at the Thomas D'Arcy McGee International Forum in Carlingford last week to pay a visit to South Armagh.

Success for Pollination Project in Antrim

Posted on: 3rd August 2018

A simple change in mowing has provided a fantastic success in a pollination project Ballymena.

More than 60 rare orchids have been found in a wildflower meadow created by a County Antrim school.

The Irish Lady's Tresses were found at Cambridge House Grammar School in Ballymena. There are only 2,000 of the flowers to be found in Europe.

Northern Ireland is home to most of them.

The school set aside an area near its playing fields two years ago as part of a project to encourage pollinators.

DAERA seeks views on a future agricultural policy framework for NI

Posted on: 2nd August 2018

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) is to engage with the wider farming, food and environmental sectors on a possible future agricultural policy framework for Northern Ireland (NI).

Following any agreed transition period, the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) will no longer apply to NI once the UK leaves the European Union, and therefore the views of stakeholders are being sought on a ‘Future Agricultural Policy Framework’ document to help shape the debate on future support arrangements for NI.