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One of the house designs approved as part of the planning application. Image: ABC planning portal

ABC planners give thumbs-up to Derryhale dwellings despite objections

Michael Hall, founder and managing director of Craigavon-based Kestrel Foods, has been named among the UK’s Top 50 Most Ambitious Business Leaders for 2026

NI snack entrepreneur targets £100m turnover after top UK business leader honour

Jon Burrows (pictured speaking in the Assembly today) was a police officer for 22 years, and held command positions in the force

Drumcree stand-off: 'I know political pressure on PSNI to turn blind eye'

Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service attended and the scene

Police appeal for information following Armagh arson attack

Neil Doak during his time in 2017 with Ulster. (Photo by Colm Lenaghan/Pacemaker)

Neil Doak test for Chris Parker's 'fantastic' Armagh group

Patrick Woods, managing director of Linwoods Health Foods in Armagh

Armagh health food boss puts fibre in the spotlight

‘Please seek an alternative route for your journey. ‘ (File image)

Co Armagh road closed following 'serious' road traffic collision

Armagh-based corporate gifting firm needi has announced it has secured a £1 million follow-on investment from the Investment Fund for Northern Ireland (IFNI). Pictured is Claudine Owens, senior investment manager at Clarendon Fund Managers and Louise Doyle, co-founder and CEO of needi

'We’re proud': NI tech start-up lands £1m investment after 400% growth

Gareth Wilson MLA

DUP MLA warns Parades Commission is in a very bad place

Eithne Vallely's funeral took place in Armagh Cathedral. PA Photo.

Funeral of musician Eithne hears her music books were 'legendary'

Eithne Vallely tragically passed away following the incident

Police confirm pedestrian tragically dies after being hit by a lorry in Armagh

A tree on the parched grass of Danson Park, south east London following weeks of extremely dry weather for much of England and Wales. Northern Ireland has also had lower-than-usual rainfall

Met Office reveals extent of Northern Ireland's unusually-dry run of weather

The solar eclipse has generated “excitement” in Co Armagh as families gathered to observe the “remarkable astronomical event”

Packed-out planetarium welcomes eclipse watchers in Co Armagh

Epitome Living has been shortlisted in the Technology Beyond the Home category for its design and installation work in the Partnership Hub and boardroom of Lisburn-based home heating appliance manufacturer Warmflow

'A huge honour': NI smart tech firm named only Irish finalist in global awards

With the then Duchess of Cornwall, who was interviewed by Gloria Hunniford on Morning Live for the BBC to mark World Osteoporosis Day in 2021

Why Gloria Hunniford is considered a national treasure

A Royal Black 'Last Saturday' parade in Newry in 2011. Senior Sinn Fein this week went to the Parades Commission complaining about this year's planned march. Photo: Declan Roughan/PressEye

Anger as Sinn Fein targets Royal Black 'Last Saturday' parade
Unionists have reacted angrily after Sinn Fein targeted a ‘Last Saturday’ Royal Black parade through a Co Down city.
Iain Gray

People pictured at Seapark in Co Down enjoying the good weather on July 16

Driest July in at least 190 years for Northern Irish weather observatory

The Department of Finance keeps a record of new-builds across NI's council areas (photo by Cate Gillon/Getty Images)

Figures reveal fastest-growing regions of Northern Ireland over the past decade

John Nicholson of Crannagael House in Armagh, ahead of the Armagh Food and Cider Festival in September.

Birthplace of the Bramley in Northern Ireland features in festival celebrations

Luan Liebenberg collects his 'Player of the Match' award after his role in Armagh's T20 Trophy win. (Photo by NCU)

Armagh 'feels like home' to all-rounder after playing key role in T20 Trophy win

Banbridge town centre

Figures reveal fastest-growing regions of Northern Ireland over the past decade

Ryan Eagleson suffered a serious injury while playing for Carrickfergus on Sunday. (Photo by Ray Lawrence via Cricket Ireland)

Cricketer faces 'long road to recovery' with surgery scheduled

General view of The Lawn, home of Waringstown CC.

Cricket final postponed after 'serious injury' as ambulance called

Dry grass in the fields surrounding Ashton Court Estate near Bristol earlier this month, amid extreme heat and a lack of rain across the UK as a whole (Ben Birchall/PA Wire) - new figures show that just 8% of July's typical rainfall has happened so far this month in Northern Ireland

'I have never known a dry spell like it' says veteran Ulster farmer

Family success: Patrick Woods, managing director, left, with his father John Woods, who founded Linwoods in Armagh

Healthy Armagh Overnight Oats now fueling breakfasts across the US

Armagh house arson investigation

Ballyoran Hill in Portadown. Photo by Google

Plan for Irish signs close to Corcrain Orange Hall passes committee stage
A controversial application for Irish street signage near an Orange Hall in Portadown has been passed by the planning committee at Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon Council.
Francois Vincent

People enjoying the good weather at Belfast City Hall on June 23; it turns out that June 2026 was among the warmest on record

NI just had one of its hottest and wettest Junes since records began

The archeologists recovered part of a human skull from the 'King's Stables' area of the site near Armagh.

QUB finds large settlement near Armagh dating back 3000 years

Fidelma Fearon on her previous appearance before the committee

Stormont 'b*****d' row: Charity witness 'respectfully declines' to appear

People on Tynemouth Beach in the North East of England today (Sunday). Heatwave conditions are forecast for parts of the UK this weekend as temperatures rise, with some areas set to be hotter than Barbados. Picture: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire

Northern Ireland will be hot this week but England will still be far hotter

Pictured at the announcement that Linwoods Health Foods has been recognised in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work Awards are founder, John Woods, managing director, Patrick Woods, marketing executive, Ellen Woods and director, Joe Woods. Credit: Liam McArdle

NI family health food company named among UK’s best places to work

Ciara Mallon, business manager, Danske Bank UK, Dr Andrew Little, owner of Armagh Dental Clinic, Oonagh Murtagh, head of South Business Centre, Danske Bank UK

Dental entrepreneur expands into Armagh with acquisition and clinic investment

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Fresh appeal for information about attack on bus which claimed life of woman

A talk about Enrique MacDonnell, a descendant of the Earls of Antrim who became an admiral in the Spanish navy in the late 1700s, given by Roddy Hegarty at the Robinson Library in Armagh as part of the Armagh-250 series to mark Ulster links to the early United States, on Wednesday June 3 2026. Picture Ben Lowry

Ben Lowry: I have been enjoying fascinating talks on Ulster and the early US

TUV MLA Timothy Gaston, who appeared at last week's committee meeting by video conferencing, had a number of robust exchanges with Ms Fearson over last year's violence in Ballymena. Image: Northern Ireland Assembly

Gaston comment witness should apologise at Stormont: DUP

People enjoying Bank Holiday Monday's hot weather and sunshine at Seapark near Holywood, Co Down. Photo: Jonathan Porter/PressEye

After the heat: Ulster's farewell to blazing sun as rain and thunder roll in

People enjoying the good weather and sunshine at Helen’s Bay in Co Down on Sunday (Jonathan Porter/PressEye)

Temperatures set to hit 26C in Northern Ireland today

NI entrepreneur expands S’more’a’licious marshmallow kits across UK and Ireland

Leading pharmacy McKeevers Chemists is celebrating 25 years of delivering trusted healthcare, professional pharmacy services, and community support across Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, and England

Staff key to success of expanding NI pharmacy group after 25-year milestone

The Bluebell Festival in Portglenone profited from sunny weather on Saturday

Northern Ireland records hottest day of the year in sunshine-filled weekend

The Bessbrook delegation held an act of remembrance at the grave of Rev Alexander Stuart CF in Ruyaulcourt military cemetery in France on Thursday

Orange brethren's Somme pilgrimage to visit grave of Presbyterian minister

Susie Hamilton Stubber and Bob McDonald of Burren Balsamics in Armagh has won an international award for a new Turas Pantry snack box for the international travel industry

High flying Armagh food innovator lands award success in Germany

The new Matcha Chocolate Almonds snack created by Forest Feast with London’s top matcha tea company PerfectTed

NI pioneer creates luxury snack with Japanese Matcha Tea

Church of Ireland Archbishop John McDowell (left) Roman Catholic Archbishop Eamon Martin have released a joint Easter message

'Peace be with you' is the Easter message from Archbishops of Armagh

City of Armagh will be aiming to build on their victory over Highfield last week when they travel to face Trinity. (Photo by David Maginnis/Pacemaker Press)

Armagh in frame for AIL Division 1B playoffs with two games remaining

Pictured from left: rom Pádraig Ó Tiarnaigh, Gavin Booth, Nóe Ó hÁgáin-Fontes, Iris Hagan, Macha Ní Ágáin-Fontes, Róisín Ní Ágáin-Fontes and Cuisle Nic Liam at Belfast High Court on Thursday.

Irish signs to be erected in Portadown following legal battle

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More than 50 bands attend St Patrick's Day parade in Armagh

'The fear and anxiety in my body is indescribable,' said Denise Curran in a social media Post in Dubai on 3 March.

Dubai: ‘I didn’t eat or sleep for a week until I got my toddlers home’

Holm Park, the home of Armagh City FC. (Photo by NIFL)

NIFL confirm Irish League derby called off due to 'floodlight outage'

This site, across from Orangefield on the Ballynahonemore in Armagh, is to be redeveloped, with plans for a filling station, new convenience store and industrial units. Credit: Google

Filling station, retail store and industrial units approved

President of the GAA Jarlath Burns was commenting on growing up in south Armagh during the Troubles

Liam Kennedy: Likening south Armagh to Gaza is disturbing

Carla Lockhart is calling for the removal of VAT on home heating oil (photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)

Signs that home heating oil prices are beginning to creep back up in NI

Josh Cunningham will be aiming to impress for City of Armagh this weekend against Queen's in the AIL. (Photo by Arthur Allison/Pacemaker Press)

AIL derby date 'awful lot at stake' for both Queen's and Armagh

Belfast named one of the UK’s fastest cities for internet speeds in 2026

Belfast and Armagh named among the UK’s fastest cities for internet speeds in 20...

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