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Tue, January 06, 2009
Thursday, 1 January 2009
ARMAGH Cadets Bronagh Grimley, Cathleen Guiney, Deborah O'Gorman, Eimear Cullen and Laura Conway travelled to Rugby rece...
Thursday, 1 January 2009
ARMAGH'S new state-of-the-art fire station is due to open next week - two months ahead of schedule. The £2.6 million fa...
Thursday, 1 January 2009
THE Armagh policing area had the highest number of drivers and motorcyclists detected for drink driving in the PSNI's an...
Thursday, 1 January 2009
CHILDREN may be used in the New Year to try and trap retailers who illegally sell cigarettes to them. Armagh Council ...
Thursday, 25 December 2008
THE Southern Area Accident Prevention Liaison Group (SAAPLG) is calling on everyone to be wary of the particular risks t...
Thursday, 25 December 2008
A CITY nursery school has scooped the top prize of £2,000 in an Irish language school funding programme. At an awards ce...
Thursday, 25 December 2008
by STEPHEN RICHARDSON.PROPOSALS to re-open the railway link between Portadown and Armagh would cost in the region of £26...
Thursday, 25 December 2008
by LIZ ADAIR.THE Woolworths store in Armagh will cease trading on Saturday, closing its doors for the last time after ov...
Thursday, 18 December 2008
WHEN Armagh writer Stuart Neville received a mysterious email from a stranger, he had no idea it would lead to contracts...
Thursday, 18 December 2008
POLICE in Armagh have staged a reconstruction of a crash scene in a bid to show drivers just what happens if you drink a...
Thursday, 18 December 2008
by LIZ ADAIR.A LOCAL Assemblyman has branded the weekend robberies and attacks on an elderly couple and a male pensioner...
Thursday, 18 December 2008
by RICHARD BURDEN.ST LUKE'S and Mullinure Hospitals are to face drastic cuts in services under sweeping changes proposed...
Thursday, 11 December 2008
JD Hunter and Co in Markethill has donated £500 to the Ulster Cancer Foundation (UCF). The money was raised through th...
Thursday, 11 December 2008
by RICHARD BURDEN. PIG producers and politicians locally are hopeful that the pork market in Northern Ireland can begin...
Thursday, 11 December 2008
DETECTIVES in Newry are appealing for information following a distraction burglary in the Cregagh Gardens area of Armagh...
Thursday, 11 December 2008
by LIZ ADAIR. NORTHERN Ireland Electricity has sent out letters requesting landowners' permission to survey ground alon...
Thursday, 4 December 2008
PUPILS across Armagh are asking residents to go green and help them win cash for their school. Residents are being encou...
Thursday, 4 December 2008
WORK began this week on Tandragee's new £90,000 play park. The redevelopment of the play area, close to the town's Recre...
Thursday, 4 December 2008
DEPARTMENT of Culture, Arts and Leisure officials have said there has been no movement in relation to proposed changes f...
Thursday, 4 December 2008
By RICHARD BURDEN.ARMAGH'S long-troubled Navan Centre could emerge as the City Council's 'must see' tourist attraction -...
Thursday, 27 November 2008
A HARD hitting roadshow has been staged in Armagh as part of an effort to get drivers to take more care and responsibili...
Thursday, 27 November 2008
by RICHARD BURDEN.STAFF at Mullinure are already being approached about redundancies and early retirement before a consu...
Thursday, 27 November 2008
DETECTIVES investigating the murder of 62-year-old Eileen Corrigan, whose body was found at her home in Boyd's Row, Arma...
Thursday, 27 November 2008
MUCH good can come from the blatant arson attack to The Cenotaph in Armagh City last week. And it could lead the way, f...
Thursday, 20 November 2008
ARMAGH Community Safety Partnership, in conjunction with Armagh District Policing Partnership and the PSNI, is supportin...
Thursday, 20 November 2008
by STEPHEN RICHARDSON.SICK vandals have torched wreaths and and caused fire damage to The Cenotaph at The Mall, Armagh. ...
Thursday, 20 November 2008
by LIZ ADAIR. JOBS and services could be axed at Mullinure Hospital in Armagh, local politicians have warned. The Sout...
Thursday, 20 November 2008
by RICHARD BURDEN. ARMAGH Gaol is to be converted into a new four-star hotel complex as part of a multi-million pound d...
Thursday, 13 November 2008
ARMAGH Rural Transport held its eight Annual General Meeting on Monday, October 27 at the Courthouse in Markethill. The...
Thursday, 13 November 2008
by STEPHEN RICHARDSON. YOUNG and old joined together in solemn tribute this week to The Fallen of two world wars and ...
Thursday, 13 November 2008
A CITY woman is taking part in a 10-day trek in Thailand for charity. Shauna Comiskey, 37, from Madden Road, is the da...
Thursday, 13 November 2008
ARMAGH'S new £5 million Orchard Leisure Centre is due to re-open for business on Monday, January 19, it was confirmed th...
Thursday, 6 November 2008
NORTHERN Ireland Water (NI Water) has started work on the main phase of a £6.6 million investment programme to upgrade t...
Thursday, 6 November 2008
THE opening of Market Street and Upper English Street to traffic this week saw the achievement of another major mileston...
Thursday, 6 November 2008
POLICE are appealing for information following an aggravated burglary in the Seagahan Road area of Armagh. At around ...
Thursday, 6 November 2008
by STEPHEN RICHARDSON. VETERANS who lost their lives fighting in two world wars - and the many maimed and injured in co...
Thursday, 30 October 2008
NEWRY and Armagh MLA Cathal Boylan has appealed for the safe and responsible use of fireworks this Hallowe'en. The Sinn...
Thursday, 30 October 2008
A LOCAL man has been arrested in connection with the murder of Middletown man Victor Stewart. A police spokesperson conf...
Thursday, 30 October 2008
KEADY has been named 'Young People' category winner at the recent Calor Village of the Year ® awards ceremony. The vill...
Thursday, 30 October 2008
ROADS Service officials have confirmed they intend to start the legislative process to make Ogle Street a one-way street...
Thursday, 23 October 2008
DETECTIVES investigating the murder of 62-year-old Eileen Corrigan, whose body was found at her home at Boyds Row in Arm...
Thursday, 23 October 2008
THE back payment of rates to the Ministry of Defence could prove "catastrophic" for the people of Armagh City and Distri...
Thursday, 23 October 2008
CHURCH of Ireland Primate, the Most Rev Alan Harper OBE, has warned of the serious repercussions of the so-called 'credi...
Thursday, 23 October 2008
by RICHARD BURDENRATEPAYERS in the Armagh area can expect to face a significant 'double figure' blow when next year's es...
Thursday, 16 October 2008
Exclusive by MELANIE SIMMONSA HELPLESS nine-week-old pup has been rescued after being cruelly dumped in a brown bin.The ...
Thursday, 16 October 2008
NEWRY and Armagh MLA Danny Kennedy has received a Slugger O'Toole Political Award at a ceremony in Belfast.Councillor Ke...
Thursday, 16 October 2008
TWO local men have appeared at Newry Magistrates' Court in relation to a number of drug offences.Before the court on Mon...
Thursday, 16 October 2008
Exclusive by RICHARD BURDENA CALEDON pensioner wept yesterday as she told how a cat she had befriended had its head and ...
Thursday, 9 October 2008
by RICHARD BURDEN POLICE confirmed yesterday that a murder investigation had been launched following the discovery of ...
Thursday, 9 October 2008
A DARING dozen from across Armagh City and District will be taking to the skies in December for a solo parachute...
Thursday, 9 October 2008
SDLP Councillor Thomas O'Hanlon has welcomed confirmation from Irish Energy Minister Eoin Ryan TD that independent inter...
Thursday, 9 October 2008
LOCAL Assemblymen and senior officials from Armagh Council will meet at Stormont today (Wednesday) for the start of a ca...
Thursday, 2 October 2008
THERE were two serious attacks recently within a few miles of each other in south Armagh. Two respected local ladies wer...
Thursday, 2 October 2008
A PORTADOWN dog owner has appealed for the return of her much-loved pet St Bernard 'Mojo'. The two-year-old disappeared...
Thursday, 2 October 2008
A MAJOR review of police stations - which could inevitably lead to closures locally - is about to take place. All PSNI b...
Thursday, 2 October 2008
by STEPHEN RICHARDSON.THE new North-South Ministerial Council complex is to be developed on the site of the old Armagh C...
Thursday, 25 September 2008
GAISCE Gnó - Be the Business - is a new fast-paced Irish language series, which pits teen teams from all over Northern I...
Thursday, 25 September 2008
A COUNCIL delegation travelled to Razgrad in Bulgaria at the end of July, as part of the formal links which were establi...
Thursday, 25 September 2008
HALFORDS Group plc has confirmed that it is to open a new store in Armagh. But the leading auto, leisure and cycling pr...
Thursday, 25 September 2008
by RICHARD BURDEN. THE make-up of the new Armagh City and Bann District Council will be "totally unfair" to local peopl...
Thursday, 18 September 2008
A 100lb bomb has been defused at Jonesboro in South Armagh after a two-day security operation. The bomb was packed into...
Thursday, 18 September 2008
ARMAGH City and District Council conferred the prestigious honour of Freedom of the City upon Northern Ireland Ambulance...
Thursday, 18 September 2008
by RICHARD BURDEN. ARMAGH's cinema could be re-opened in time for Christmas - after a major facelift costing in excess ...
Thursday, 18 September 2008
PEOPLE in Loughgall enjoy £8.54 worth of flowers each, while residents of Tandragee and Laurelvale have just 19 pence sp...
Thursday, 11 September 2008
MARKETHILL-based Ulster Scots group Mid Armagh Community Network - now in its 10th year of organisation - has unveiled c...
Thursday, 11 September 2008
By STEPHEN RICHARDSON. HEARTLESS thieves have stolen the only means of transport available to an elderly lady pensioner...
Thursday, 11 September 2008
MILFORD House Museum is taking part in the European Open Heritage days for the first time this Saturday, September 13 an...
Thursday, 11 September 2008
THREE city estates are to get new murals and wall art in a re-imaging programme. Armagh Council is recruiting artists t...
Thursday, 4 September 2008
A SUCCESSFUL children's summer scheme has been held across the Southern Trust area for young people aged between four an...
Thursday, 4 September 2008
'ENCIRCLE' - the Armagh and Dungannon Support Group for the Southern Area Hospice Services - are hosting a family fun da...
Thursday, 4 September 2008
LOCAL public services could be boosted by almost £1.2 million if a move by the Northern Ireland Executive to rate empty ...
Thursday, 4 September 2008
by RICHARD BURDEN. AIRCRAFT could be redirected over Armagh City and District as part of changes proposed by National A...