Company wins contract for luxury Dubai hotel!

ENTERPRISE Minister Arlene Foster has congratulated Portadown-based Ulster Carpets on winning a major order in Dubai. The company has been selected...

Design team named for £5.5M park scheme

PLANS for a £5.5 million redevelopment of the People’s Park in Portadown have taken a major step forward with the appointment...

Irish President ‘delighted’ to accept Armagh invite

IRISH President Michael D Higgins and his wife Sabina have been asked by Armagh SDLP group leader Thomas O’Hanlon to visit...

£100,000 cannabis haul in Bessbrook

CANNABIS with an estimated value of £100,000 has been recovered by police in Bessbrook, South Armagh. The find came today from...

Armagh’s two parades to merge on St Patrick’s Day

ARMAGH’S two traditional St Patrick’s Day parades are to be merged into one this year which, with one city councillor saying...

St Paul’s Captain Ciaran O’Hanlon

Patients evacuated in hospital fire

A WARD at Craigavon Hospital had to be evacuated as the result of a small electrical fire, it has emerged. Five fire appliances...

Man due in court on terror-related charge

A 51-YEAR-OLD man is due to appear at Belfast Magistrates’ Court tomorrow (Friday) charged with membership of a proscribed organisation. The...

John Rafferty interview

Boy (15) arrested on gun suspicion

A TEENAGE boy has been arrested on suspicion of having a gun in Lurgan. The 15-year-old was detained after police searched a house in...

Police renew fatal crash appeal

POLICE in Armagh have reissued their appeal for information into a fatal road traffic accident earlier this month. The accident, on...

Significant increase in sheep prices

SHEEP prices took another significant increase at Markethill yesterday (Wednesday), with heavy hoggets selling to £92.50 each. Several pens sold in excess of £90...