Stories By Richard Burden
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Portadown
/ 1 week agoBirches family plan Vinted Live sale for brittle bone charity which has been lifeline to little Georgie
The family of a County Armagh schoolgirl who has suffered more than 20 fractures in her six short years are staging...
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Armagh
/ 1 week ago‘It’s scandalous’: DAERA ‘raids’ money promised to rural businesses just days before letters of offer to go out
Close to £400,000 has been “raided” from funding promised to rural businesses in the borough just days before letters of offer...
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Lurgan
/ 1 week agoFree ‘get home safe’ night bus to continue in Portadown – but Lurgan has reached its final destination!
A free ‘get home safe’ bus pilot programme introduced in Portadown is to be extended – but a similar initiative in...
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Dungannon
/ 2 weeks agoTwelve years after ‘unsustainable’ Clintyclay PS closure approved school has trebled enrolment and plans to extend
Twelve years ago this week a rural County Armagh community was left reeling after the Education Minister rubber-stamped the closure of...
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Armagh
/ 2 weeks ago‘An outstanding educator’: St Patrick’s PS leads tributes to inspirational teacher Brian Kelly who gave so much to so many
For some it is simply a vocation, for others it is a purpose. And for Brian Kelly, when he set his...
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Richhill
/ 2 weeks agoRichhill to become all the richer as village football club’s new ‘community hub’ goal scores approval
Richhill AFC’s exciting goal to build to deliver a ‘community hub’ for the County Armagh village have scored approval from ABC...
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Lurgan
/ 2 weeks agoDual-language Irish and English street signs request approved for Lurgan street
A request for dual language signage at Parkview Street in Lurgan has been approved by ABC Council. The decision was taken...
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Lurgan
/ 2 weeks agoFull steam ahead as new state-of-the-art Lurgan train station development wins planning approval
Plans to build a new multi-million pound, state-of-the-art train station in Lurgan – together with increased park and ride facilities –...
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Banbridge
/ 2 weeks agoConference and events venue approval for historic Gilford Castle in ‘one of the best ever’ applications before council
A conference and events venue has been approved within the walls of the historic Gilford Castle in what one councillor described...
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Lurgan
/ 2 weeks agoCCTV pilot mooted in bid to ‘win back’ play parks for kids as vandalism ‘costing around £26,000 a year’
CCTV could be installed as part of a pilot project in a bid to tackle ongoing anti-social behaviour and vandalism in...
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Armagh
/ 2 weeks agoInquest hears of ‘remarkable bravery’ of friends who tried to help at scene of Armagh crash which claimed four lives
Young people returning from a night out have been hailed for their "remarkable bravery" after they stopped and tried to rescue...
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Keady
/ 2 weeks agoNIHE teams won’t let grass grow under feet next year as cutting to start earlier after 2026 ‘difficulties’
Constant rainfall of almost biblical proportions hampered grass-cutting across Housing Executive estates. But lessons will be learned with plans to get...
