Prestigious award for Ring of Gullion website design firm
Local company, Wibble Web Design & Development has won a DANI award – Northern Ireland’s premier digital industry awards – for its work on the revamp of the Ring of Gullion’s website. The website...
View ArticleNew Local Policing Team to be stationed in Crossmaglen, PSNI reveals
New-style Local Policing Teams (LPTs) will begin operating across the Newry, Mourne and Down District from today (Monday) as part of a phased plan to transform community policing, the PSNI has...
View ArticleOngoing senior staff shortage threatens future of Daisy Hill Emergency...
The Southern Trust has admitted that, despite its efforts to recruit senior doctors to maintain the Emergency Department in Daisy Hill at night time on a permanent or temporary basis, the UK wide...
View ArticleHolders looking to retain titles
Armagh champions Crossmaglen Rangers and Down champions Kilcoo have both reached their respective County Finals as they bid to add further glory to their names. The Armagh final will be a repeat of...
View ArticleCourt hears international drugs gang linked to Newry shootings
A Lithuanian man charged with the attempted murder of two Eastern European men in Newry last week is allegedly part of an international drug smuggling gang, a judge has been told. Twenty-six year-old...
View ArticleAward winning success for Hughes Camlough
Hughes Nisa Extra in Camlough has been hailed the top Independent Retailer of the Year 2015 in the national Retail Industry Awards, which took place at glittering awards ceremony in London last...
View ArticleBail granted to seven accused over MI5 sting
Bail has been granted to seven men involved in alleged Continuity IRA terror plots, which were covertly recorded in an MI5 sting operation in Newry last year. The men were among ten arrested after...
View ArticleCommunity stunned at passing of promising young student
The sad passing of young Silverbridge man, Micéal Murphy, on Sunday last created a painful void not only within his close family circle, but in the wider south Armagh community where he was well known...
View ArticleRural primary school under threat of proposed closure
Proposals to close a primary school near Crossmaglen have sparked anger and concern among parents, staff and local political representatives in the area. On Friday, parents of pupils attending Anamar...
View ArticleClaire reaches new heights in epic mountain challenge for Diabetes UK
A determined young Camlough woman who was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes just days after she turned 18 has been reaching new heights this year since setting herself the challenge of scaling 15...
View ArticleO’Hanlon and Mackin Armagh’s only All Star nominees
Richard Bullick Ladies County Board Chairman Owen Reel has expressed disappointment that Armagh have received only two 2015 ladies All Star nominations in spite of reaching the All-Ireland semi-finals...
View ArticleJonesborough set for commercial boost from proposed retail development
Jonesborough could be set for a major commercial boost, with planning approval currently being sought for a significant retail investment in the village. The application, submitted by Edentubber...
View ArticleChampions turn on the style
● Armagh Senior Football Championship Crossmaglen Rangers 2-22 Armagh Haprs 0-10 “Rumours of our demise have been greatly exaggerated” was the clear message that Crossmaglen Rangers posted nationally...
View ArticleFatal helicopter crash prompts new aircraft laws
New regulations governing the operation of non-commercial complex aircraft are to be introduced next year as a result of the helicopter crash in which the owner of Norbrook Laboratories, Edward...
View ArticleMinister’s ‘overriding consideration’ is for wellbeing of Anamar pupils:...
Sinn Fein MLA, Megan Fearon, has revealed that she has received written confirmation from Education Minister John O’Dowd, assuring her of his primary concern that pupils of Anamar Primary School will...
View ArticleNewry rector criticised for removing RBL flags from churches
A Newry rector has been criticized by his own congregation for removing Royal British Legion (RBL) flags from his churches. Rev Kingsley Sutton took the decision to remove the flags from St Patrick’s...
View ArticleAbuse victim’s relief as scouts hall is razed
By Christine Keighery The demolition of a local scout hall which was the scene of a catalogue of sexual abuse carried out against young boys in the 80’s has been hailed as the end of a “dark chapter”...
View ArticleGardaí confirm triple shooting as murder suicide
Two men, one of whom was an on-duty member of An Garda Siochána, died in a multiple shooting incident in Omeath, Co. Louth yesterday (Sunday) evening. The horror unfolded around 6.00pm when Gardaí from...
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