From Middletown to Manhattan: 150 years on from Joe Coburn’s return to Armagh

By Jamie Casey It’s a little-known fact that the parish of Tynan and Middletown produced one of the world’s most fearsome,...

The Senses of ‘The Armagh’ Shiraz 2009

The name of ‘Armagh’ was bestowed by the original Irish settlers who arrived in 1849, and named the lush rolling hill...

Use of iPads improving patient care in the region

Hospital consultants in the Southern Health and Social Care Trust are using iPads to improve access to patient information and update...

Assault by four-man gang treated as racist hate crime

Detectives in Armagh are appealing for information after a report of an assault – which is being treated as a racist hate crime...

Work to start early next year on major Mall retail development

Work on a major new retail development at the Mall is due to start early next year, it has been confirmed....

Blaze at large derelict house believed to have been started deliberately

Fire crews from Portadown and Lurgan, including an aerial machine, had to deal with a fire in a large derelict house...

Sunday’s ‘Tour of the Orchard County’ cycle to support work of NSPCC

For many of us the Giro D’ Italia visit has encouraged the dusting off of old bicycles and a desire to...

Speculation mounts Grimley to bow out with Geezer primed for job

Kieran McGeeney could be set to replace Armagh manager Paul Grimley at the Orchard County helm, it is being reported. Today’s...

Woman arrested after fuel laundering plant uncovered in County Armagh

A woman has been arrested after a laundering plant capable of producing nearly 3.6 million litres of illicit fuel a year...

Witness appeal after man assaulted by four others in Keady

Police in Armagh are appealing for information after a report of an assault in the Madden Row area of Keady on Sunday,...

Permanent status for Bessbrook autism unit

Sinn Féin Councillor Dáire Hughes has said that Education Minister John O’Dowd’s support for the Learning Support Centre at St Joseph’s...

County Armagh woman suffers head trauma in wold-famous Pamplona Bull Run

A county Armagh woman has been left hospitalised after being injured in the world-famous Pamplona Bull Run in Spain. Kayleigh McManus,...