Stories By Francois Vincent, Local Democracy Reporter
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Banbridge
/ 1 year agoDromore storage building to be turned into children’s wellbeing centre
A building used for storage space at 9-13 Princes Street, Dromore, is to be turned into a children’s wellbeing centre for...
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Portadown
/ 1 year agoPortadown filling station’s desire to retain footbridge refused planning permission
The owner of Lavery’s filling station at Obins Street in Portadown has been refused planning permission for the retention of a...
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Portadown
/ 1 year agoFormer Chinese restaurant in Portadown to be converted into four apartments
A former Chinese restaurant in Portadown is to be converted into four self-contained apartments with associated works to the front and...
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Newry
/ 1 year agoPermission for former hotel in Rathfriland to be retained as hostel
Permission has been granted for the former Old George Hotel, 3 Caddells Lane, Rathfriland, to be retained as a hostel –...
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Armagh
/ 1 year agoCouncil given £10,000 to safeguard future of Armagh gaol
ABC Council has accepted a £10,000 grant offer from HED’s Historic Environment Fund, towards a conservation management plan designed to safeguard...
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Craigavon
/ 1 year ago‘This is a scandal’: Farmers uprooted in Craigavon as Invest NI branded ‘not fit for purpose’
Most of the land available for industry in Craigavon remains unused to this day, and none more so than in Mandeville,...
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Craigavon
/ 1 year agoIndustrial land in Craigavon owned by Council – for decades – is still lying unused
Invest NI came in for criticism at a recent ABC Economic Development & Regeneration Committee meeting, over the statutory body’s perceived...
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Armagh
/ 1 year agoABC Council in £709,800 ‘green funding’ bid for borough’s parks
ABC Council is hoping to secure £709,800 in grant funding from the Nature Towns and Cities Fund to create vibrant and...
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Tandragee
/ 1 year agoHopes for funding to secure ‘much-needed’ upgrade works to Clare Glen
ABC Council is hoping to secure funding from the Department for Infrastructure’s Active Travel Unit, to deliver much-needed upgrade works to...
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Dungannon
/ 1 year agoOrchestrated or accidental? Mid Ulster Councillors debate damage of over 200 bilingual road signs
Two thirds of incidents involving bilingual street signs being damaged in the past five years were recorded in Mid Ulster, according...
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Armagh
/ 1 year agoArmagh’s Navan Centre fails to secure £5m regeneration grant despite popularity
Despite strong footfall figures showing that the Navan Centre in Armagh is a very popular destination, it was revealed at a...
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Dungannon
/ 1 year agoFrustration builds as Dungannon two-hour parking request pushed into 2025
Mid Ulster Councillor Barry Monteith has expressed frustration over the fact that a request for a change of policy, which would...
