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Newry, Mourne and Down District Council in conjunction with Buttercrane Shopping Centre and local walking guide David Maginn teamed up to provide the prize of a guided walk of the Mourne Mountains along with a £50.00 voucher for Buttercrane Shopping Centre, Newry at the recent Holiday World show in Belfast.

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Receiving the Mourne Mountain guided walk prize. From left: David Maginn (local guide), Karen Spence (winner), Chairperson, Councillor Mickey Ruane and Lorna McLoughran (Manager Buttercrane)
Receiving the Mourne Mountain guided walk prize. From left: David Maginn (local guide), Karen Spence (winner), Chairperson, Councillor Mickey Ruane and Lorna McLoughran (Manager Buttercrane)

The stand at the Show received a huge number of entries for the competition and Karen Spence was picked as the lucky winner.

Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Chairperson, Councillor Mickey Ruane, along with a representative from Buttercrane Shopping Centre and David Maginn met with Karen in Newry Visitor Information Centre and presented her with the prize.

Councillor Ruane stated, “I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Karen on winning this excellent prize.  The Newry, Mourne and Down region's tourism potential is enormous and attending these consumer shows we expect to see an increase in the number of visitors to the region with a corresponding increase in visitor spend over the next four years”.

 

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