Smaller show of lambs at Markethill

THE seasonal good weather resulted in a smaller show of lambs at Markethill on Wednesday, July 10. Heavy lambs sold from £94.50...

Chronic fuel laundering crime to be tackled more effectively

SDLP Councillor Thomas O’Hanlon has welcomed the announcement by Environment Minister Alex Attwood MLA that he is to invest a further...

Riot averted after youths set fire to bins

Armagh City councillors have praised the actions of a local community activist who defused a potentially violent situation on the evening...

Kennedy salutes ‘glorious Newtownhamilton twelfth’

The Ulster Unionist Party Assembly member for Newry & Armagh, Danny Kennedy MLA has warmly congratulated the WDM, Officers and members of Newtownhamilton District LOL No 9 for organising what...

UPDATE: Security alert ended in Hamiltonsbawn

The security alert in Bawn Meadows, Hamiltonsbawn has ended. ATO attended the scene and made safe a small viable explosive device....

Thieves snatch Armagh GAA tops

POLICE are advising people not to buy Armagh Gaelic football tops from unusual sources. It follows the theft from a shop...

Mobile roaming charges to be axed

TENS of thousands of mobile phone users in border areas of South Armagh will be better off after the announcement by the...

MP demands end to ‘CIRA attacks’ on Travellers

SINN Féin MP Conor Murphy has described the recent acts of violence, intimidation and arson carried out against Traveller families by people...

Fourteen cattle stolen in fortnight

POLICE in Armagh are advising farmers to check their herds regularly and to report to police any suspicious activity near their land....

Three charged on theft related offences

POLICE in Armagh have charged two men aged 23 and 25 and a woman aged 22 with a number of offences including theft,...

Three returned to Prison Service custody

THREE men, arrested after appearing at Craigavon Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, have been returned  to the custody of the Northern Ireland...

Organised crime theory in store cigarette raid

SOME £3,000 worth of cigarettes have been stolen during a burglary at shop premises in Main Street, Markethill, in the early hours...