Fears for crime rate as neighbourhood policing to be significantly reduced

Concerns have been raised at the planned cuts to community policing teams across County Armagh. Due to budget cuts, the number...

Barclays becomes latest bank to leave Portadown high street

Barclays bank in Portadown is to be shuttered in yet another blow to the high street. The High Street branch is...

Warning after young people access Lurgan building site

Parents have been asked to “be aware of the dangers” following reports of young people accessing a building site on the...

Owner placed in kitchen as home ransacked while second south Armagh house targeted

The terrified owner of a Forkhill home was placed in the kitchen as men armed with a sledgehammer ransacked it before...

Bluestone Unit to house inpatient dementia unit under trust proposal  

There are plans to create a specialist inpatient dementia unit at the Bluestone Mental Health Unit, Craigavon Area Hospital. The recommendation...

Special Constabulary Association to host national service locally

Sunday April 16, will see the greater Armagh area host an important church event sure to attract participants and visitors from...

New Yorker announced as Aontú council candidate for Slieve Gullion

Aontú has selected a born and bred New Yorker to seek election to Newry Mourne and Down District Council for the...

Operation Snap: Plans to allow NI public to submit dashcam footage showing careless driving

Members of the public will soon be able to submit their own footage of careless drivers as police plan to introduce...

Newsletter: Decreasing crime but no thanks to time wasters…

‘Hike the Reek’ and help fundraising drive to repair cathedral steps

A fundraising campaign has begun to pay for work to restore the 52 steps leading up to St Patrick’s Cathedral in...

Co Armagh woman blasts failing Bluestone unit and ‘shocking’ rate of suicide locally

A County Armagh woman has spoken of the dire – and “failing” – state of the Southern Trust’s mental health services...

Easter tragedy as man in his 40s recovered from water at Carlingford Harbour

A man has tragically died after falling into the water in Carlingford overnight. The man – who was aged in his...