in the 2023 Council election I was re-elected as part of a strong 5-person team of Alliance Councillors with MLA Patrick Brown acting as my election agent. Patrick and I worked together to deliver my local government manifesto Restore Downpatrick as our Unchallenged County Town.
Myself and my 5 colleagues can be contacted though our MLA’s offices at Market Lane in the centre of Downpatrick where we lead the fight-back against the Newry-based parties to Restore Downpatrick as our Unchallenged County Town.
We also have an office in Warrenpoint in the aptly-named Meeting Street.
These links will take you to my Facebook page and profile where you will see our team continuing to work day and daily for the people of Downpatrick and the Lecale Coast, North to Rowallane and Strangford Lough and South to the Mournes and Carlingford Lough.
The campaigns you see on this website mostly go back before Facebook to the 2007 to 2011 Council term and again from 2011 up to 2012. Since March 2019 I have been testing software that sends my current Facebook posts to this site – see below – It’s limited to the last dozen or so posts and I have been working on how to keep a larger number of these posts on the website.
You can contact me at cadogan@enright.ie
Latest Facebook posts
Photos from Andrew McMurray's post
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there is no social housing in downpatrick area for young people starting a new life with a young family/ / years ago you could rent a house / with a small deposit not now / them days are over/ people are trying to get on the property rich list / i`am a landlord and have 10 houses on my portfolio ? i buy only 4 to 6 bedrooms houses, and rent them out to foreign workers, in factorys, ect ,. or fishing boats / at £80-00 a week each person , and 10 to 12 people per house / good money spinner/ and they have to pay cash only / why cash / no bank acc / no passport/ no name / and there is a new law coming in on january 2025 / and these propertys should have a fire cert from the northern ireland fire & rescue service / and they come out every year / to check if all fire safety in place this new law will eat into there money / these homes are rented to people who do not no each other / so has to be insured like a B&B OR SMALL HOTEL ? BUT THEY DO NOT ? THATS MONEY OUT OF THEIR PROFIT ? but this new law kicks in < they have to spend money /or get a fine / THEY WILL HAVE TO SPEND ABOUT £25,000 pounds to bring the houses up to fire cert starands / and if some one is already in the homes for example 2 years they might have to put them up in a hotel till work is done / and if you have 8 to 10 people thats expensive AND SOME TIMES the neighbours are beside your home / semi detached and their children might have asthma / so you have to put them up in a hotel . because of the dust when drilling walls to wire the wall for damp / and now they have to show health & SAFETY AND FIRE and RESCUE SERVICE . N.I. what they have done to get a i certificate every year / like smoke alarms / carbon monoxide alarms / signs that light up when the power goes of / fire ext in every room and halls / and different type in kitchen / and a metal stairs outside the house for escape/ and a place marked for a head count / this will get you proper insurance / like B&B OR SMALL HOTELS/ THIS WILL BRING THE HOUSE UP TO STANDARD BUT WILL BE DEAR TO DO ? SO PROFIT GONE ? NOT REALLY A GOOD IDEA TO BE ON THE PROPERTY LADDER ?
GREAT NEWS - RE-OPENING TODAY McCartan Footwear Downpatrick BESIDE McCartan Sports Downpatrick
FLOODING RECOVERY CONTINUES
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Great to see happy faces again! 😊
Congratulations folks..well done!
Wishing you all the best xx
Comhghairdeas to you all. It has been a very hard year for you all but you have got there.👏👏🎉🎉🎉🥂🥂🥂🥂
Best wishes and good luck 🙂
Great work guys.
Best of luck🩷
Well done to you all on your new shop and all the best
Thanks Cadogan
STRANGFORD DOLPHINS FOLLOWED Strangford Coastal Rowing Club BOATS TODAY FOR HOURS DURING TRAINING. I am the one in the silly hat.
When we sprinted, they got really excited and jumped 8ft out of the water..
@followers Lecale Conservation Association South Down Alliance McCartan Sports Downpatrick Kellie Armstrong MLA Nick Mathison MLA Andrew McMurray
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They love training with us! Bad for the concentration though lols. The sooner the ferry is back on the better!
Temporary changes to the Downpatrick Household Recycling Centre - closed 10am to 1pm on Monday, and others in the region across Monday and Tuesday.
Check your local HRC below 👇
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ANY CHANCE OF A BIN LORRY FOR DOWNPATRICK ST DILLONS AVE DOWNPATRICK ? CO DOWN ? I ONLY FOUND OUT THAT MLAS AND COUNCILERS GET PAID + EXPENCES ? + ENVELOPES MAYBE BIRTHDAY CARDS? THE SUPER RATS ARE COMING OVER FROM THE OLD DOWNE HOSPITAL ? TO OUTSIDE NO 20 s FENCE / where people have to push bins up at 12am at night / people over 70s in walking aids / and waste R management / sent letters out / for people to leave the bins out ? GUESS WHAT ? UNDER THE BINS > ARE NEW GAS LINES GOING FROM NO1 TO NO 30 / 18 INS DOWN IN THE GROUND ? THATS CALLED HEALTH ? WITHN FOOD ? IN BINS ? AND FIRE FROM WHEELIE BINS ? EU MARKED ? THE SMOKE AND FUMES ? ARE THE WORST KILLERS FROM WHEELIE BINS ? AND THATS BEFORE FIRE ? OR GAS EXPLOSION ?? THIS IS LIFE ? NOT LOOKING INTO A HOLE ? OH MAY GOD THIS NEEDS FIXED ?
A summary of the abominable waste of taxpayers money going on in Newcastle -
Feedback is almost all negative, and comments include:
"Environmental Vandalism" "Use what is already there" "cant even get out" "disability an afterthought"
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And yet Downpatrick is falling on deaf ears as usual
