Stories By Francois Vincent, Local Democracy Reporter
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Armagh
/ 2 months agoCouncillors approve £40,000 budget for borough-wide 80th VE Day anniversary
May 8, 2025, will mark the 80th Anniversary of VE Day, and ABC councillors have approved a budget of £40,000, to...
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Dungannon
/ 2 months agoPlans for Dungannon Railway Park project dating back almost 20 years now approved
Mid Ulster District councillors have approved Phases 2 and 3 of the eagerly-awaited Railway Park outdoor development in Dungannon, and frustration...
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Portadown
/ 2 months agoMore than required two thirds of residents voted for Irish-English signs but decision deferred
Despite the fact that 82 per cent of residents in Churchill Gardens, in Portadown, want bilingual Irish-English street signage erected in...
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Portadown
/ 3 months agoResidents torn on plans for new filling station and retail store in Portadown
A planning application for a filling station and retail store with access onto the Killycomain Road, Portadown, has been approved despite...
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Craigavon
/ 3 months agoNew large-scale £4m Craigavon storage hub will provide 250 jobs during construction
Planning permission has been granted for the erection of a large-scale storage/distribution hub, including two warehouse buildings, at Silverwood Business Park,...
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Portadown
/ 3 months agoPortadown estate is ‘bilingual-signage ready’
Should formal approval be granted at full council meeting next Monday (February 24), Churchill Gardens in Portadown will become the second-ever...
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Banbridge
/ 3 months agoDam! Council pull plug on imaginative plans to transform reservoir into house
Imaginative plans for the repurposing of a former concrete reservoir structure into a house in the vicinity of Ednego Road, Banbridge,...
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News
/ 3 months agoRathfriland one step closer to medical village after major planning hurdle cleared
A major planning hurdle has been cleared towards the construction of an integrated medical village on land fronted by 87 –...
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Dungannon
/ 3 months agoResidents’ relief as 25 years of confusion at an end with street name change
As was expected, all eight households surveyed in ‘Laural Drive’, Aughnacloy, have now elected to have their street renamed ‘Laurel Drive’...
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Armagh
/ 3 months agoOrange Hall in Armagh to be razed and new venue built in its place
Planning permission has been granted for the demolition of Ballynahonemore Community Hall on the Hamiltonsbawn Road, in Armagh, and for a...
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Banbridge
/ 3 months agoSeconds out! Permission granted for new building to house borough boxing club
An exciting community project will soon become reality, with planning permission having been granted for a brand-new building to house a...
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Keady
/ 3 months agoPermission granted for 11 new houses close to high school in Keady
Planning permission has been granted for the construction of 11 dwellings close to the high school in Keady. However, it was...
