A row over whether a pipe band championship should be held in Newtownards or Bangor has been settled thanks to an agreement on rotating venues.
Last October, an argument over a venue for the County Down Pipe Band Championship split the DUP and Ards and North Down Council down the middle, while again exposing the age-old rivalry between Newtownards and the newly classified City of Bangor.
At that meeting, aggrieved DUP Newtownards councillors were involved in rancorous exchanges with their own party colleagues who represent Bangor district electoral areas.
