Register of Gifts and Hospitality

Councillors are required to declare any gifts or hospitality they receive.

Date	Councillor	Gift	Value	From	Accepted	Notes
10.04.2024	Alderman Graham	Local Residents Discount card for Old Inn Crawfordsburn	N/A	Old Inn Crawfordsburn	Accepted	Alderman Graham advised that the card was given to him by the planning applicant after voting against the application on the night
07.10.2024	Councillor McLaren	£30 cash which was converted to two gift cards and donated to charity	£30	Church of Ireland Men's Society	Accepted as a donation to a charity	Ards and North Down Women's Aid
08.11.2024	Councillor McLaren	Invitation to the NI v Belarus Football Match	Unknown	President of IFA - Conrad Kirkwood	Accepted
06.11.2025	Councillor W. Irvine	Ticket for the Bangor Business awards	£100	The Fusco group	Accepted
20.01.2026	Councillor Moore	M&S Voucher	£100	Jessie Jiao of Oriental Express in Newtownards	Accepted	Cllr Moore has made a donation to the Mayor's Charities for the equivalent amount
16.02.2026	Councillor Cathcart	Dinner Friday night € 21.50 Bed & Breakfast Friday night €158.00 Dinner Saturday night €55.00 Bed & Breakfast Saturday night €158.00	£392.50	Artsawonder to attend the ongoing conversations programme in support of peace and reconciliation, funded by the international fund for Ireland. The meeting was held in Dublin and involved a hotel stay and dinner. 9-11th January 2026	Accepted