Stories By The Newsroom
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Portadown
/ 1 month agoPolice warn Garvaghy Road blockade ‘still illegal’ after thousands attend solidarity rally
Police have warned that anyone blocking the Garvaghy Road will be treated as taking part in an “unnotified and therefore illegal...
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Portadown
/ 1 month agoPolice step up ‘major public safety operation’ in Portadown as Drumcree dispute continues
A large-scale policing operation will remain in place in Portadown over the weekend as the Drumcree dispute continues, the PSNI has...
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Banbridge
/ 1 month agoBanbridge farmer who illegally kept hundreds of end of life cars spread across fields sentenced
A Banbridge farmer who kept hundreds of scrap cars spread over a number of fields has been handed a suspended prison...
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Portadown
/ 1 month agoDrumcree rector has received hundreds of ‘extremely nasty’ messages and calls but urges calm
The rector of Drumcree Parish Church has appealed for calm, prayer and unity as tensions rise in Portadown over recent events...
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Portadown
/ 1 month agoDeliberate fire in Portadown ‘placed emergency services at unnecessary risk’
Police are appealing for witnesses in relation to an arson attack at a derelict building on Cecil Street, Portadown. Shortly after...
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Newry
/ 1 month agoCrossmaglen councillor Pete Byrne secures SDLP nomination for Newry & Armagh as McNulty deselected
Crossmaglen councillor Pete Byrne has been selected as the SDLP’s Assembly candidate for Newry and Armagh – ousting sitting MLA Justin...
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Portadown
/ 1 month agoTalks collapse over Drumcree parade as dispute head backs to court
No breakthrough has been secured in efforts to resolve the long-running Drumcree parade stand-off, Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Chris Bryant has...
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Portadown
/ 1 month agoCalls for UK Government to pick up bill for policing Drumcree standoff as operation surpasses £3M mark
Ulster Unionist Party leader Jon Burrows has called on the UK Government to pick up the full policing bill for Drumcree,...
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Lurgan
/ 1 month agoLord Mayor seeks meeting with union officials and Smurfit Westrock where 55 workers face redundancy
Lord Mayor Mary O’Dowd is to seek a meeting with Smurfit Westrock and trade union officials after confirmation 55 workers at...
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Portadown
/ 1 month agoDrumcree plan ‘already ruled out’ as details of Hillsborough compromise leaked to Nolan Show
An outline proposal to end the Drumcree deadlock – said to involve Garvaghy Road residents recognising the Orange Order’s legal right...
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Portadown
/ 1 month agoBryson: ‘No deal’ at Drumcree unless Portadown District walks Garvaghy Road
Portadown Orangemen will not accept any deal at Drumcree that falls short of a full march down the Garvaghy Road, Jamie...
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Portadown
/ 1 month agoGarvaghy residents say they’ll back Secretary of State’s Drumcree deal ‘if Orange Order accepts it’
A potential compromise to end the Drumcree deadlock is “tantalisingly close”, according to both the Secretary of State and Garvaghy Road...
