Stories By Micheal McKenna
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Banbridge
/ 4 years agoLong-vacant borough police station to be given new lease of life as apartments
A long-vacant police station in Gilford is to be given a new lease of life – as apartments. The former RUC...
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Newtownhamilton
/ 4 years agoFull steam ahead for £500,000 Newtownhamilton facelift with new paths and lighting planned
A £500,000 environmental improvement programme in Newtownhamilton has been given the go-ahead. The works will centre on Dundalk Street. A planning...
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Northern Ireland
/ 4 years agoThree households able to come together indoors for five days over Christmas
Three Northern Ireland households will be able to mix indoors for five days over the Christmas period, the NI Executive has...
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Portadown
/ 4 years agoCharity to build ‘therapeutic garden centre’ to help people struggling with poor mental health
A new mixed-use social enterprise – including facilities for gardening and therapeutic classes – could be opening in Portadown. It could,...
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Armagh
/ 4 years agoAmbitious plan to convert Armagh’s famous Gosford Place on Mall into apartments complex
The iconic former home of the Southern Health Trust on the Mall in Armagh could be turned into apartments as part...
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Armagh
/ 4 years agoContracts worth over £400,000 to modernise electrics and lifts at Craigavon and St Luke’s Hospitals
Over £400,000 worth of contracts have been awarded to help modernise and replace items at Craigavon Area Hospital and St Luke’s...
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Tandragee
/ 4 years agoTim celebrates true meaning of Christmas as spectacular charity lights display returns to Tandragee
It may be a different Christmas entirely this year but one thing remains constant in Tandragee. The annual spectacular lights display...
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South Armagh
/ 4 years agoFamilies devastated as dozens of graves flooded by sewerage in Mullaghbawn cemetery
Families have been left devastated after dozens of graves in a south Armagh cemetery were flooded by raw sewerage on Friday....
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Keady
/ 4 years agoEngineer has van hijacked in Keady as two men demand keys before driving off
A engineer had his van hijacked as he tended to a nearby internet exchange in Keady this evening. The shocking incident...
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Newry
/ 4 years agoProposals to transform disused Newry quarry into ‘one of the best rock climbing sites in Ireland’
Plans are afoot to transform a disused quarry in Newry into “one of the best rock climbing sites in Ireland”. Mountaineering...
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Lurgan
/ 4 years agoMajor revamp of historic Foresters Clubhouse in Lurgan to go out to tender early next year
A major refurbishment of the Irish National Foresters Clubhouse in Lurgan – a listed building – is expected to go out...
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Northern Ireland
/ 4 years agoTwelve more Covid-related deaths in NI as DUP MP says circuit breaker decision ‘hard to understand and accept’
There have been 12 further Covid-related deaths reported by the Department of Health today (Friday). Ten of these occurred in the...