Stories By Micheal McKenna
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Newry
/ 5 years agoSinn Fein selects new MLA to take over from Megan Fearon at Stormont
Sinn Fein has selected Megan Fearon’s replacement as MLA for Newry and Armagh. Liz Kimmins was chosen by party activists during...
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Markethill
/ 5 years agoDiggers roll in as work begins on new state-of-the-art play facilities at Gosford Forest Park
Work has officially began on clearing the way for five exciting new play facilities in Gosford Forest Park. The diggers and...
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Newry
/ 5 years agoControversial plans for new £3.2m Lidl and mountain rescue centre to be recommended for approval
Plans for a new Lidl supermarket and Mourne Mountain Rescue Centre on the site of a former primary school in Newcastle...
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Armagh
/ 5 years ago‘End of an era’ as plans to relocate Post Office away from McAnerney’s supermarket
The Post Office is proposing to relocate its branch from McAnerney’s supermarket in Armagh in what has been described as the...
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Banbridge
/ 5 years ago200 jobs on way as plans lodged for £24m Game of Thrones tour which will bring 600,000 visitors a year
Plans for a £23.7m tourist attraction based on the hit TV show ‘Game of Thrones’ – which would create close to...
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Markethill
/ 5 years agoMarkethill businesses back Gosford crossing campaign as petition hits 1,000 names and counting
Over a thousand people have now signed petitions calling for a safe passage crossing between Markethill and Gosford Forest Park after...
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Markethill
/ 5 years agoOnline petition started as support grows for Markethill-to-Gosford crossing after schoolboy’s calls
A petition has now been launched in the next step on a campaign to provide a safe road crossing – preferably...
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Markethill
/ 5 years ago12-year-old’s plea to council for road crossing so Markethill kids can get safely to Gosford to play
A Markethill schoolboy has called on councillors to do everything in their power to provide a safe crossing over the busy...
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Lurgan
/ 5 years agoPolice probe after shots fired at house in busy residential area
A number of shots were fired at a house in Lurgan last night (Thursday). It happened shortly before 8pm, in the...
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Portadown
/ 5 years agoWorld-famous Tim Hortons coffee and donut chain plans new Co Armagh drive-thru
World-famous coffee and donut chain Tim Horton’s has set its sights on opening a new drive-thru in Portadown, Armagh I can...
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Armagh
/ 5 years agoResident’s distress as lazy dog walkers take to shoving bags of mess through hole in her fence
The black receptacle with the opening at the top is a litter bin. The clue is in the use of the...
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Armagh
/ 5 years agoWatch: Craic all the way as Armagh schoolboy is a pocket-sized pundit with nothing to learn!
They say it’s in the blood and there’s no doubt about that! Young Kian ‘Tubbs’ McNally knows a thing or two...