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Armagh Banbridge Community Lurgan Portadown

Creative Writing Students Close Final Chapter With Book Launch

A number of groups from across the borough, who successfully completed a six-session creative writing course aimed at building positive relations gathered at the Armagh City Hotel, Armagh to mark the launch of ‘Once Alien Here’ containing a collection of their poems, stories and scripts. Supported by Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council’s Peace […]

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Armagh Banbridge Community Lurgan Portadown

Lord Mayor Urges Residents to ‘Be Allergen Aware’ at Halloween

There has been a lot of publicity recently around Natasha’s Law – the new Food Safety Law that is now in place requiring food retailers to provide full details of the ingredients and allergens in all pre-packaged food.  This publicity has heightened public awareness around an issue that can have a major impact on many […]

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Community South Armagh

Sinn Féin propose Active Travel Masterplan- Ó Muirí

Sinn Féin Group Leader in Council Barra Ó Muirí has given a warm welcome to the Active Travel Masterplan agreed at Monday’s meeting of the Active and Healthy Communities at Newry, Mourne and Down District Council. A visionary document, the master plan has proposed ways to improve opportunities for cycling and walking in the district […]

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Business Newry Politics

Newry BID Offers Random Taps of Kindness

This weekend Newry BID will be out and about on the streets of Newry hosting its ‘Random Taps of Kindness’ initiative as part of the ‘TAP into Newry’ Campaign. TAP into Newry celebrates the arrival of the Spend Local High Street Voucher Card which started arriving through doors in recent weeks. Newry BID is encouraging […]

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Politics

UUP Welcomes Budget Provisions for Extra £1.6Bn for NI and Cuts to APD

Dr Steve Aiken OBE MLA, Chair of the NI Assembly Finance Committee has welcomed measures in the Budget announced today which provide for an extra £1.6Bn for Northern Ireland and cuts to Air Passenger Duty (APD). Steve Aiken said: “The statement by the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, that the UK economy is growing stronger than forecast, […]

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Politics

Protocol Working to Dislocate GB/NI Links, As Intended – TUV Newry and Armagh

Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister:- “The deliberate design of the iniquitous Protocol was to prise Northern Ireland and Great Britain apart. That is its underlying political intent. “Today’s figures from the Food & Drink Federation, confirming a substantial reduction in food sales from GB to NI, demonstrate the trade-inhibiting Protocol is working as Brussels […]

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Agriculture Armagh Banbridge Community Lurgan Portadown

Remember to Recycle Your Halloween Waste!

Halloween is a time for spooky fun, crazy costumes, dastardly decorations, trick-or-treating and fun-filled parties with friends and family! It’s also a time when we generate a lot of extra waste! As a result, Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council is encouraging all of its residents to recycle all their excess food and waste […]

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Armagh Banbridge Community Lurgan Portadown

ABC Council Named ‘Council of the Year’ at Social Enterprise Awards!

Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council is delighted to have been recognised as ‘Council of the Year’ at the recent Social Enterprise Awards 2021 Organised by Social Enterprise NI, the awards recognise organisations and businesses that give back, enrich communities and make a contribution to society, as well as those who lead them. The […]

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Agriculture Newry Politics

Energy Crisis: Profiteering Drives Up Prices – Workers Party

We are in an energy crisis. Winter is around the corner and cold kills. For thousands of local families, single parents and lone pensioners, the immediate dilemma is whether to Heat or Eat. On top of the 25% of homes currently in fuel poverty thousands more are destined to become a further grim statistic. Many […]

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Agriculture Newry

Kimmins Welcomes Electric Vehicle Chargepoint Upgrades

Sinn Féin MLA Liz Kimmins is welcoming ESB replacing a number of EV charge points across the north. The Newry and Armagh MLA stated: “ESB ecars is in the process of replacing 35 electric vehicle chargers across the north. These changepoints were in poor condition and in urgent need of an upgrade. “They are now […]

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Crime South Armagh

Bilingual Street Sign Defaced at Newtownhamilton

Police are appealing for information following a report of criminal damage in the Keady Road area of Newtownhamilton. A report was made to police shortly before 4.45pm on Wednesday, October 27 that a bilingual street sign had been defaced. It is believed that this damage was caused sometime over the weekend from Friday, October 22 […]

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Politics

TUV Warns Against Mere Tinkering With Protocol

Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister:- “Tinkering with the Belfast Agreement at St Andrew’s neither fixed it nor changed its basic architecture. “Likewise, mere tinkering with the Protocol will not work. If the basic architecture of foreign rule and stolen sovereignty remains, then, nothing of significance would have changed. “Many Unionists were conned by exaggerated […]