Stories By Richard Burden
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Lurgan
/ 3 weeks agoSwing your hook! Vandals told ‘stay away’ as damaged play park re-opens in time for summer
A Lurgan play park – forced to close as a result of sickening vandalism – has now reopened ahead of the...
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Keady
/ 3 weeks agoGolden ticket moment for Keady school as Irish language ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ wins All-Ireland drama award
Pupils of a County Armagh primary school unwrapped a real ‘golden ticket’ when their Irish language version of Charlie and the...
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Armagh
/ 3 weeks agoNo public inquiry on cervical screening scandal ‘insult to women’ but campaigners say: ‘Fight is far from over’
A decision not to hold a public inquiry into the cervical screening scandal in the Southern Health Trust area has been...
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Armagh
/ 3 weeks agoPublic inquiry into cervical screening scandal in Southern Trust shot down as ‘inappropriate’
There will be no public inquiry into the cervical screening scandal in the Southern Trust area. Confirmation came from Health Minister...
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Armagh
/ 3 weeks agoOfficer apology as special needs swim lessons cancelled in Armagh amid claims staffing levels ‘at crisis point’
A senior council officer has apologised after swimming lessons for children with additional needs were cancelled at the Orchard Leisure Centre...
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Lurgan
/ 3 weeks agoBehind-the-scenes work starts to deliver cemetery extensions at Richhill, Lurgan and Dromore
Work has started to develop extensions to three local cemeteries – all of which are in danger of running out of...
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Bessbrook
/ 3 weeks agoLittle Dáithí does them proud raising over £700 in memory of grandad on Darkness Into Light walk
When it comes to dedication there’s no-one quite like Dáithí! For the seven-year-old Mountnorris schoolboy put his best foot forward to...
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Armagh
/ 3 weeks agoABC Council sees Longstone locals’ ‘looped walk’ logic and agree to lend a hand
ABC Council has agreed to engage with local residents as they aim to construct a half mile ‘looped walk’ close to...
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Banbridge
/ 4 weeks agoNo ‘dial-emma’ for planners backing BT phonebox axe in favour of new Banbridge ‘digi street hub’
Banbridge is ringing in the changes with a traditional BT payphone box in the town centre is to be scrapped and...
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News
/ 4 weeks agoCo Armagh teens resurrect short-lived flute band 50 years on after seizing upon idea at the Somme
From following in the footsteps of the Fallen at the Somme, to marching the streets of County Armagh and beyond, a...
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Craigavon
/ 4 weeks agoThey’re Craigavon a laugh: Déjà vu as councillor forced to flag missed bin collections yet again!
Bin there, done that! Or, in Craigavon, as the case may be, didn’t! For missed bins again have left ratepayers there...
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Portadown
/ 4 weeks agoOfficial apologises for state of cemetery as councillor hit with complaints while tending son’s grave
A senior council official has apologised for the state of Kernan Cemetery in Portadown and admitted it has fallen below “acceptable”...
