Stories By Micheal McKenna
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Newry
/ 5 months agoCouncillor condemns Newry burglary attempts as residents confront intruder
A Newry councillor has urged the public to remain vigilant after a series of attempted burglaries in the city – including...
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Armagh
/ 5 months ago‘More bang for our buck’: Councillor seeks repeat of small grant for businesses to improve shopfronts
A scheme to allow retail premises to improve their properties by way of a small grant should be repeated and factored...
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Newry
/ 5 months agoA train wreck! Efforts underway to find long-term solution to parking issue outside Newry station
Efforts are under way to find a long-term solution to mounting parking problems at Newry Train Station, as increased passenger numbers...
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Armagh
/ 5 months agoPlan to create 30 pop-up shops across ABC borough to help ‘artisan’ producers sell their wares
Thirty new pop-up shops could be established in the borough to allow ‘artisan’ producers to market their wares. That is the...
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Banbridge
/ 5 months agoDromore Community Centre 6am opening to become permanent while one councillor asks: ‘What about Gilford?’
A pilot project to open Dromore Community Centre at 6am is to be made permanent, with numerous local councillors describing it...
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Armagh
/ 5 months agoABC Council tender for artist to craft permanent sculpture celebrating late Queen’s ‘life and service’
ABC Council has gone out to tender in a bid to appoint a “suitably qualified artist” to create a sculpture of...
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Banbridge
/ 5 months agoDonaghcloney: Underwhelmed alderman slams ‘pathetic excuse’ for Christmas tree as villagers left vexed
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Really? Well try telling the good folk of Donaghcloney that! For the eagerly-awaited...
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Crossmaglen
/ 5 months agoCommunity mourns ‘immeasurable loss’ of much-loved mother, friend and proud South Armagh woman
The Crossmaglen and wider south Armagh community is mourning the sudden passing of a much-loved mother and friend who passed away...
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Newry
/ 5 months agoThree charged after reported assault and linked incidents in Newry
Police investigating reports of an assault and linked incidents in the Camlough Road and Patrick Street areas of Newry on Friday...
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Portadown
/ 5 months ago‘He was really looking forward to the future’ – Mum’s heartbreak as coroner warns of ’emerging threat’ in deadly online drug
A heartbroken Portadown mother has spoken of the devastating loss of her son after he died from taking a powerful synthetic...
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Armagh
/ 5 months agoPortadown now boasts 38 HMOs – 14 in the same street – with council ‘effectively powerless’ to limit numbers
Councillors are “effectively powerless” to control the increasing number of HMOs popping up across the borough, with no fewer than 38...
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Tandragee
/ 5 months agoTandragee’s £3m filling station plan finally approved as ‘fair solution’ found to residents’ complaints
Plans for a new £3 million EuroSpar filling station in Tandragee have finally been given the go-ahead after a “fair resolution”...
