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<p>A handout file photo dated April 24, 2021, taken with permission from the Twitter feed of @DeeJayDready of a gorse fire on the Mourne Mountains in the Slieve Donard area. Picture: DeeJay Dready/PA</p>

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£332K allocated to help Mournes recover following wild fire

The blaze wreaked destruction in April and took firefighters several days to extinguish.

National Trust mountain ranger Theo Burke trails heavy slabs up Slieve Donard (Niall Carson/PA)

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Work on mountain path project continuing despite Mournes fire

<p>Firefighters in the operation against a huge gorse fire which spread across the Mourne Mountains in Co Down over the weekend (Department of Agriculture/PA)</p>

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Major gorse fire in NI started deliberately, fire service says

Firefighting operation at Mourne Mountains ‘being scaled back’

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Firefighting operation at Mourne Mountains ‘being scaled back’

Mourne Mountains fire

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Mourne Mountains: Assistant fire chief thanks all for support

Mourne Mountains fire fighting operation to continue into third day

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Mourne Mountains fire fighting operation to continue into third day

Mourne Mountains fire

Wildfire is causing horrifying damage to Mourne Mountains, says minister

Firefighters are spending a second day in the Mourne Mountains, battling the flames through demanding terrain

Sat, 24 Apr, 2021

Firefighters battle huge gorse blaze in Mourne Mountains

Firefighters battle huge gorse blaze in Mourne Mountains

The blaze in the Slieve Donard area started in the early hours of Friday morning.

Sat, 24 Apr, 2021

40 cadets rescued from Mourne Mountains in Northern Ireland

40 cadets rescued from Mourne Mountains in Northern Ireland

British army cadets got into difficulties while training in mountains in Northern Ireland.

Thu, 03 Aug, 2017