Stories By Micheal McKenna
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Newry
/ 3 months agoCare worker (46) passes away after suffering asthma attack fleeing from gang in Newry
A care worker, who suffered multiple cardiac arrests after running from a gang of young people in Newry last week, has...
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Armagh
/ 3 months agoScam Maguire: Fake trophy visiting venues and schools for ‘substantial amounts of money’
Armagh GAA has issued a warning over a counterfeit Sam Maguire trophy going to venues around the county. Team representatives from...
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Armagh
/ 3 months agoNewsletter: End this sorry bin debacle, for everyone’s sake!
Good morning loyal newsletter readers. Depending on circumstances, I suppose, it was a welcome return to porridge on Monday. Like an...
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Northern Ireland
/ 3 months agoPensioners hit as winter fuel payments only to be paid to those on certain benefits
Northern Ireland is to follow suit and cut winter fuel payments to pensioners unless they are in certain benefits. The move...
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Armagh
/ 3 months agoWillie cycling from Downpatrick to Armagh to aid Cathedral’s 150th Anniversary appeal
Bike at the ready and set for the road… Armagh’s champion fundraiser is set to test his pedal power as he...
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Keady
/ 3 months agoIn Pictures: GCSE results day at St Patrick’s High School in Keady
Maths to Mandarin, Portuguese to Polish and Everything in Between! GCSE Results Day was a day full of celebrations as pupils...
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South Armagh
/ 3 months agoSouth Armagh mother-of-four passes away in Mexico after courageous cancer battle
A Co Armagh mother-of-four, who had been diagnosed with terminal cancer, has passed away in Mexico. Tracey Crossan died suddenly –...
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Lurgan
/ 3 months agoLurgan’s famous Goodyear Sports & Social Club for sale weeks after end of era closure
For decades it provided a community hub, a leisure and sporting outlet and a home away from home for the good...
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Crossmaglen
/ 3 months agoCaolan Finnegan’s passing is ‘an immeasurable loss’ as funeral details are announced
“An immeasurable loss”. That’s how the BBC’s voice of the GAA, Thomas Niblock, described the news of Caolan Finnegan’s passing shortly...
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Crossmaglen
/ 3 months agoHeartbreak as Caolan ‘Stringer’ Finnegan loses bravest of cancer battles
Crossmaglen man Caolan Finnegan lost his brave battle with illness early on Friday morning. Affectionately known as Stringer, the 20-year-old fought...
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Armagh
/ 3 months ago‘Dismay’ as strike action in Armagh extended into mid-September
Industrial action which is affecting bin collections in the wider Armagh area will continue into mid-September, it has been announced. The...
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Banbridge
/ 3 months agoSecurity alert in Banbridge declared an ‘elaborate hoax’
A security alert in the Oak Lodge area of Banbridge has ended. Shortly after 1.45pm today, Thursday, August 22, it was...
