Stories By Micheal McKenna
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Newtownhamilton
/ 5 years agoNewtown volunteers deliver 1,700 packages to local residents with plans to alleviate holiday hunger
Since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, Newtownhamilton Community Association has delivered almost 1,700 packages to families and vulnerable residents across...
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Hamiltonsbawn
/ 5 years agoExperts baffled by origins of huge swarms of flies making life hellish in Hamiltonsbawn
Residents of a Co Armagh village are being plagued by swarms of flies and it is making life hell. Quite literally...
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Northern Ireland
/ 5 years agoTwo metre distance rule to be relaxed as bookies, bingo, gyms and sports given re-open dates
The two-metre distance rule is to be reduced to one-metre. The move was confirmed at the daily briefing of the Northern...
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Armagh
/ 5 years agoControversial arrangement to employ private security firm at council sites ‘ended this week’
A controversial arrangement by ABC Council to employ a private security firm to help man facilities ended this week, it has...
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Armagh
/ 5 years agoArmagh haulier appears in court in connection with death of 39 Vietnamese citizens
An Armagh haulier has appeared in court charged in connection to the deaths 39 Vietnamese people who died in in the...
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Armagh
/ 5 years ago‘Urgent’ meeting called to discuss plan to end ‘task and finish’ for refuse collection staff on July 6
An “urgent” meeting of ABC Council’s Covid-19 working committee is to be called next week to discuss plans to end the...
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Armagh
/ 5 years agoTwo popular Co Armagh bars up for sale
Two of County Armagh’s most popular pubs have been put on the market for sale. The Victoria Bar in Armagh is...
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Newry
/ 5 years agoYoung man has car vandalised and items stolen day after starting new job
A young Newry man has been left traumatised after his car was broken into and thrashed in a late night attack...
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Banbridge
/ 5 years agoMulti-million pound housing plans to get green light on site of former linen factory
Plans for a multi-million pound redevelopment of a former factory site in Banbridge – to provide social housing and special accommodation...
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Craigavon
/ 5 years agoMotion to name Craigavon’s leisure venue ‘Centenary Centre’ ruled ‘improper’ and gets no hearing
A new state-of-the-art leisure centre will not be renamed the Centenary Leisure Centre to mark 100 years since the formation of...
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Armagh
/ 5 years agoCouncil rejects request to light buildings purple in support of Black Lives Matter campaign
A request to light up civic buildings in the borough in support of the Black Lives Matter has been refused. A...
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Armagh
/ 5 years agoSouthern Regional College’s Station Road site up for sale ahead of new £30m campus opening
Southern Regional College’s Station Road complex in Armagh is being sold off. The site – at Station Road, on the edge...
