Stories By Micheal McKenna
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Portadown
/ 4 weeks agoPolice 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 –...
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Portadown
/ 4 weeks agoSchool 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...
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Portadown
/ 4 weeks agoHigh 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...
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Portadown
/ 4 weeks agoParades 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...
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Craigavon
/ 4 weeks agoCentralising births ‘not the answer’ as Causeway figures ‘sound alarm’ for Daisy Hill
Centralising maternity services is putting unsafe pressure on hospitals and must not be repeated at Daisy Hill, Aontú’s Róisín Mulgrew has...
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Armagh
/ 1 month agoLearner drivers face two‑month wait for tests as Armagh, Newry and Craigavon queues almost double DVA target
Learner drivers in Armagh, Newry and Craigavon are now waiting more than two months on average for a practical driving test...
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Portadown
/ 1 month agoSinn Féin calls on Taoiseach to visit Garvaghy Road residents over Drumcree dispute
Sinn Féin MLA John O’Dowd has called on An Taoiseach Micheál Martin to visit the Garvaghy Road in Portadown and hear...
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Newry
/ 1 month agoRaw sewage ‘flowing onto roads and gardens’ in Newry branded ‘utterly unacceptable’
Raw sewage, wastewater and toilet paper “flowing onto roads and people’s property” in Derrybeg has been branded “utterly unacceptable” after a...
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Markethill
/ 1 month agoNMC issues apology after High Court quashes all findings against former Co Armagh nurse
The body that regulates nursing and midwifery across the UK has apologised to former Co Armagh nurse Mildred Jean Wylie after...
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Portadown
/ 1 month agoHamill Inquiry: RUC officers did not collude in Portadown murder, but investigation obstructed by ‘catalogue of failures’
The long-awaited report of the public inquiry into the murder of Portadown man Robert Hamill was finally published today, almost 15...
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Armagh
/ 1 month agoMLA hits out at ‘reactive’ road safety approach in Armagh following fatal collision
A DUP MLA has accused the Department for Infrastructure (DfI) of waiting for tragedy before acting on road safety concerns in...
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Portadown
/ 1 month agoMan arrested after police uncover ‘sophisticated’ cannabis factory in Portadown
Around 300 cannabis plants have been seized and a man arrested after police uncovered a “sophisticated and well-organised” drugs factory in...
