NI unemployment hits 15-year high

UNEMPLOYMENT in Northern Ireland has hit a fifteen-year high, new figures have revealed. The current rate of unemployment in NI is...

Is your school’s future safe? Our guide to primary plans!

THREE schools in County Armagh have been recommended for closure under controversial plans for the future of primary education published today...

Burglars flee with cash and jewellery

A LARGE quantity of jewellery and a sum of cash were stolen during a burglary at a house at Acton, near...

Two men arrested following Armagh fire

Armagh Neighbourhood Policing Team arrested two males following a fire at a vacant property in Langs Crescent. At 8.42pm on Wednesday,...

Gulliver travels to Armagh

St Patrick’s Day Armagh pics

Cardinal Sean Brady held the annual mass in Armagh’s St Patrick’s RC Cathedral in honour of the patron Saint on St...

Police seek help after man stabbed

POLICE have issued an appeal for information into a stabbing  in Craigavon. A PSNI spokesperson said they were tying to ascertain...

Prices soar to record levels at Newtown

PRICES soared to record levels at the Fane Valley cattle sale in Newtownhamilton on Saturday last, March 16.  A packed yard...

GAA President’s Award for Armagh man

THE GAA confirmed the 15 winners of the 2013 President’s Awards recently with Armagh man Raymond McSherry making the list. Raymond,...

Woman arrested over filling station theft

A 32-YEAR-OLD woman has been reported to the Public Prosecution Service after a theft at a filling station at Lurgan Road in...

‘Aim high’ key message at Women’s Day event

WORK  hard and aim high – that was the message from the speakers at the International Women’s Day event organised by...

Firm demand at sheep sale

AN entry of 1705 sheep at Markethill on Wednesday returned a very firm demand both for hoggets and cull ewes. Heavy hoggets...