Stories By Francois Vincent, Local Democracy Reporter
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Dungannon
/ 11 months agoWoman (86) slips on Caledon footpath as questions raised over state of slippery streets
The issue of hazardous footpaths – due to a lack of gritting or simply on account of their poor condition in...
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Portadown
/ 11 months agoSerious anti-social concerns over plans to convert house into HMO in Portadown
Serious concerns have been expressed at an ABC Planning & Regulatory Services Committee meeting in relation to planning approval recommendation for...
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Armagh
/ 11 months agoABC Council don’t get involved with gritting footpaths and car parks for fear of legal action
While most ABC residents may take the view that some degree of gritting provision on footpaths is better than none at...
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Armagh
/ 11 months agoCouncil considering reinstating crèche services at Armagh and Banbridge leisure centres
Armagh City, Banbridge & Craigavon (ABC) Borough Council is currently assessing demand regarding reinstating a crèche service, as used to be...
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Dungannon
/ 11 months agoResidents prevent bilingual signage being erected after error in survey results
Mid Ulster District Council staff recently came very close to erecting bilingual Irish/English signage on the Rossmore Road, Dungannon – they...
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Armagh
/ 11 months agoABC Council to commemorate 80th anniversary of D-Day
Plans are being worked on to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings across the Armagh City, Banbridge & Craigavon...
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Armagh
/ 11 months agoHuman remains potential sees 1830s Middletown ‘Fever Hospital’ conversion plans rejected
A planning application for the conversion of a former schoolhouse into a dwelling in Middletown has been turned down, in part...
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Portadown
/ 12 months agoMoy Park plans for new gas-fired power plant at Seagoe but concerns raised over emissions
Armagh City, Banbridge & Craigavon (ABC) Borough Council has received a planning application from Moy Park for a gas-fired heat and...
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Armagh
/ 12 months agoSmear test review women ‘have been failed’
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Councillor Julie Flaherty has thanked the local authority’s head of Community Planning, Policy & Research, Elaine...
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Dungannon
/ 12 months agoCalls for ‘all-Ireland approach’ to save Lough Neagh from blue-green algae
An Independent Mid Ulster councillor has called for an all-Ireland approach to save Lough Neagh, which has been blighted by toxic...
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Dungannon
/ 12 months agoDivide on Mid Ulster Council over free King Charles portrait
There was no meeting of minds at a recent full council sitting of Mid Ulster District Council, over a proposal to...
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Dungannon
/ 12 months agoCouncillor speaks of anguish after daughter diagnosed with Kawasaki Disease
A Mid Ulster public representative has spoken openly of his anguish as his young daughter was diagnosed with a little-known condition...
