There’s snow respite: Armagh hit by overnight blizzard

COUNTY Armagh is dealing with the aftermath of another deluge of snow after a heavy overnight fall covered large parts of...

Housing Executive rent increase approved

SOCIAL Development Minister Nelson McCausland has approved a rent increase of around £2.12 per week for Northern Ireland Housing Executive tenants....

Excellent work! – Number of Armagh’s university graduates trebles

THE number of Armagh citizens educated to a university level and higher has more than trebled in the last decade, Census...

MP calls for information on Garda killers

NEWRY and Armagh MP Conor Murphy has called on anyone with information on the murder of Garda Adrian Donohoe to bring...

‘Rogue retailer’ action call to Minister

NEWRY and Armagh MLA William Irwin has questioned Justice Minister David Ford on progress to implement new legislation governing the sale...

Man took knife to benefits office

A MAN who brought a knife with him to a Portadown benefits office was given suspended prison sentences at Craigavon Magistrates’...

Mayor praises police over drugs raid

CRAIGAVON Mayor Carla Lockhart has commended police who swooped to shut down a cannabis factory operating out of a house in...

‘Treacherous’ junction work complete

SINN Féin Councillor Mary Doyle has welcomed long-awaited road works completed recently at the Old School Lane in Granemore at her request....

Arrest after ‘suspicious’ jewellery sale

A WOMAN has been released on bail pending further enquiries after a  business offering cash for gold was sold jewellery in suspicious...

Lorry overturns as black ice hits!

BLACK ice is causing a major headache for motorists across Counties Armagh and Down. A lorry has overturned this morning (Friday)...

New DARD Direct opens in Armagh

AGRICULTURE Minister Michelle O’Neill officially opened the new DARD Direct office – Armagh’s ‘one-stop farm-shop’ – today (Thursday). The new office...

Kennedy condemns fuel launderers

NEWRY and Armagh MLA Danny Kennedy is demanding action be taken against those responsible for illegal fuel laundering in the area....