3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (419+ words) Work on repairing the pothole-plagued pathway to the Palace in Armagh is expected to get underway in October. The confirmation came as one local representative asked where he should forward the repair bill for his latest flat tyre. DUP Alderman…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (316+ words) Plans have been lodged for the development of a drive-thru restaurant beside Starbucks in Portadown… making it the elevnth drive-thru in the locality, if approved. The vacant area of grassland to be built upon lays directly adjacent to the world-renowned…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (619+ words) A Newry healthcare worker says his partner and three young children are being forced to live in “distressing” cramped emergency accommodation at a local hotel as the family’s homelessness crisis enters a second week. The Daisy Hill Hospital frontline worker…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (597+ words) A Co Tyrone grammar school are expecting to lay-off six members of staff under a redundacy scheme amid what is understood to be an ongoing issue with the school’s finances. Since June, it has been reported that The Royal School…...

6+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1547+ words) Stormont’s first day back after the summer recess saw a stormy clash over Drumcree and the future of the Parades Commission, with unionist MLAs demanding commissioners’ resignations and nationalist representatives warning against “re‑opening old wounds”. The special “Matter of…...

1+ week, 16+ hour ago   (801+ words) Sinn Féin MLA John O’Dowd has insisted that the issue of Orange Order marches on Portadown’s Garvaghy Road is “closed”, as he vowed to raise the matter in the Assembly on its return from summer recess on Monday. The Upper…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (393+ words) A notice of motion will see Newry, Mourne and Down District Council asked to back proposed changes to public drinking laws which would grant officials the authority to request the surrender of alcoholic beverages in designated public areas. Several Northern…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (775+ words) The Orange Order has formally applied to complete its Drumcree church parade this month with a heavily scaled‑down, silent procession along the Garvaghy Road in Portadown involving just 60 participants and no bands. Details of the proposal were unveiled at…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (393+ words) Sinn Féin councillor Catherine Nelson has accused the Orange Order of trying to “re-establish repeated unwanted parades” on the Garvaghy Road in Portadown, describing its latest Drumcree proposal as “a dangerous attempt” to reopen a “closed issue”. Her intervention follows…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (454+ words) Armagh’s historic Robinson Library have paid tribute to a “greatly respected” former Governor and Guardian. The staff, volunteers, Governors and Guardians of the library – which houses the Archbishop Richard Robinson’s personal collection of books and fine art – said they were…...