Portadown Orange District report ‘criminal suspects’ Michelle O’Neill and Mary Lou McDonald to PSNI

Portadown District LOL No 1 has lodged a formal criminal complaint with the PSNI Chief Constable naming Sinn Féin president Mary...

Loyalists plan ‘Drumcree family support event’ in solidarity with Portadown Orangemen as stand-off enters third day

A ‘family support’ event is to be held in Portadown in support of the Orange Order’s stand at Drumcree. Three bands...

Important changes to bin collection days from week commencing October 26

Residents across the Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon (ABC) borough are being advised that their bin collection days may change from week...

Tributes paid to highly respected Portadown Orangeman who was ‘one of a kind’

Tributes have been paid to a highly respected and deeply admired Portadown Orangeman, Oliver Laffin. Oliver, who was originally from Rathfriland,...

Senior police officer defends PSNI’s handling of the Drumcree stand-off

A senior PSNI officer has defended the force’s handling of the Drumcree stand-off in Portadown, insisting police acted “independently and impartially”...

Portadown Orange District blasts PSNI’s ‘abject failure’ over Drumcree parade and calls for PSNI chief to resign

Portadown District LOL No 1 has launched a blistering attack on the PSNI, accusing the force of an “abject failure” to...

Police block overnight Drumcree march bid as Garvaghy residents set to meet head of police and NI SoS

Two days of high tension over a planned Drumcree parade ended in a late‑night stand‑off on the streets of Portadown –...

School just off Garvaghy Road to remain closed on Monday as Drumcree stand-off continues

A secondary school just off the Garvaghy Road will remain closed on Monday as tension continues to hang over Portadown following...

Dramatic late‑night legal battle sees Orange Order’s appeal against Garvaghy Road decision upheld

A dramatic late‑night legal battle over Sunday morning’s planned Drumcree parade has ended with the Court of Appeal issuing its ruling...

High Court bid to stop Garvaghy Road parade as Sinn Féin say people will gather in solidarity with residents

Sinn Féin leaders have condemned as “utterly reckless” the Parades Commission’s decision to allow a tightly‑restricted Orange Order parade along Portadown’s...

Parades Commission give green light for highly restricted Orange Order parade down Garvaghy Road

The Parades Commission has given the green light for a highly restricted Orange Order parade to travel down Portadown’s Garvaghy Road...

Banbridge pair who violently assaulted woman at Portadown pub where she worked spared prison

A Banbridge pair have avoided immediate custody after a late‑night assault on a woman working at a Portadown bar left her...