Stories By Micheal McKenna
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Portadown
/ 7 years ago‘The internet saved our lives’: Family’s lucky escape as tumble dryer goes up in flames
A Co Armagh family has been left counting their lucky stars after a tumble dryer went up in flames in their...
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Armagh
/ 7 years agoDiarmuid plans hitch-hike across Ireland for mental health charity – carrying only a microwave oven!
A Dublin-based student union officer is appealing for local people to help as he prepares to arrive in Armagh as part...
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Bessbrook
/ 7 years agoCo Armagh woman named Northern Ireland flagbearer for Commonwealth Games
A Co Armagh woman has been named as the Northern Ireland flagbearer for the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Australia. Camlough’s Caroline O’Hanlon...
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Portadown
/ 7 years agoPlans lodged for £5million poultry sheds to house 148,000 chickens
Plans for the construction of four large poultry sheds in Co Armagh at a cost of almost £5 million have been...
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Tandragee
/ 7 years ago£1.2m three-storey apartment complex plan in pipeline for Tandragee
Plans are in the pipeline for a new apartments development in Tandragee at a cost in the region of £1.2 million....
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Bessbrook
/ 7 years agoReplica plan stirs fond memories for Billy whose father drove the Bessbrook tram
News that the Bessbrook tram is to be recreated in a full-scale replica has brought back fond memories for a local...
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Crossmaglen
/ 7 years agoTerrifying ordeal as man attacked by burglars who locked woman and children in room
A woman and three young children were forced into the room of a house in south Armagh while a man was...
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Bessbrook
/ 7 years agoFull steam ahead for Bessbrook tram replica as plans to be approved next month
Plans to erect a replica of the Bessbrook Tram outside Newry are to be granted approval this month. As Armagh I...
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Armagh
/ 7 years agoNewry and Armagh Easter 1916 commemorations attract large numbers
Republicans throughout the Newry and Armagh area turned out in large numbers to remember the Easter Rising of 1916 and also pay...
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South Armagh
/ 7 years agoNew glamping holiday park in south Armagh to be given the thumbs-up
A new glamping holiday park in south Armagh is to be given the go-ahead. Outline approval for the development – which...
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Armagh
/ 7 years agoTV producer calls for Sir Tony Robinson to feature Armagh’s two cathedrals in new show
A London-based television producer has called on Armagh’s two cathedrals to feature on a new TV show which has just been...
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GAA
/ 7 years agoArmagh crowned Division Three champions with victory over Fermanagh at Croke Park
Armagh 1-16 Fermanagh 0-17 Armagh claimed their first piece of silverware of the season with a nail-biting two-point victory over Fermanagh...
