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Constituency Crime Portadown Upper Bann

Police Appeal Following Assault in Portadown

Police in Portadown are appealing for information following the report of an assault in the Obins Street area of the town on Friday 2nd December. Sergeant Bigger said: โ€œShortly after 9.15pm, officers attended Obins Street after it was reported that a teenage girl had been assaulted by a man armed with a bat. One man, […]

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Constituency Crime Newry Newry and Armagh

Police Appeal Following “Ambush and Execution” Murder in Newry

Detectives investigating the murder of Mark Lovell in Newry on Thursday 1 December are continuing to appeal to the public for their assistance in identifying his killers. The 58 year old was shot a number of times, at close range, whilst inside his car near his home in Ardcarn Park just after 6pm. Detective Chief […]

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Banbridge Constituency Crime Upper Bann

Viable Device Found in Banbridge

Aย security alertย in Brookfield Avenue, Banbridge, has now ended following the discovery of a viable device in the town.ย Police and Ammunition Technical Officers attended the scene following the discovery of a suspicious object. A controlled explosion was carried out on the pipe bomb type device which has been now been declared viable and has been taken […]

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Constituency Crime Newry Newry and Armagh

Victim of Brutal Newry Shooting Named

Police can confirm the man murdered in Newry on Thursday 1 December was Mark Lovell. The 58 year old was shot a number of times, at close range, outside his home in the Ardcarn Park area of the city shortly after 6pm. Detectives from the Police Service of Northern Irelandโ€™s Major Investigation Team launched a murder […]

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Constituency Crime Newry Newry and Armagh

Man “Ambushed and Executed” in Newry Shooting say Police

Detectives from the Police Service of Northern Irelandโ€™s Major Investigation Team have launched a murder investigation after a man was shot and killed in Newry yesterday evening, 1 December. The 58-year-old man was shot a number of times, at close range, outside his home in the Ardcarn Park area of the city.  The attack took […]

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Armagh Community Constituency Newry Newry and Armagh Portadown Upper Bann

Womenโ€™s Aid Armagh Down Launch Christmas โ€˜See Behind the Shineโ€™ Campaign

Christmas can be the most dangerous time of year for many women and children living in our local community. Domestic abuse is an increasing issue in our locality and this Christmas Womenโ€™s Aid Armagh Down is encouraging people to โ€˜See Behind the Shineโ€™, to identify what is really going on behind some closed doors.   […]

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Constituency Crime Newry Newry and Armagh

Man Dead After Shooting in Newry

Police are currently at the scene of a shooting incident in the Ardcarn Park area of Newry this evening, Thursday 1st December. Ardcarn Park is currently closed to both motorists and pedestrians. One man has been pronounced dead at the scene. A further update will be provided in due course. ENDS

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Constituency Crime Newry Newry and Armagh

Newry Men Charged and Named Following Vicious Attack Claiming to be an IRA Punishment Beating

A man attacked with a nail studded bat in his own home was told it was an IRA punishment beating, Newry Magistrates Court heard today Wednesday 30th November. Police arrested three men following the report of an aggravated burglary at a house in Springfarm Heights, Newry, in the early hours of the morning on Tuesday […]

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Constituency Crime Newry Newry and Armagh

Three Men Charged Following Aggravated Burglary in Newry

Police have charged three men aged 27, 30 and 33 following an aggravated burglary at a house in Springfarm Heights, Newry, yesterday, Tuesday 29th November. The men were charged with a number of offences including two counts of aggravated burglary and driving related offences. They have been charged to appear before Newry Magistratesโ€™ Court this […]

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Armagh Community Constituency Crime Newry and Armagh

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Statement by TUV spokesperson Keith Ratcliffe: โ€œI was disgusted this morning to find that, once again, our Unionist cultural identity is under attack in South Armagh. Overnight, sectarian thugs took it upon themselves to spray paint derogatory and sectarian things over Crosskeys Orange Hall; including โ€˜IRAโ€™ and โ€˜Up the Raโ€™. โ€œFew people are more acquainted […]

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Newry and Armagh SDLP Condemns Attack on Keady Orange Hall

SDLP Newry and Armagh elected reps have condemned an attack on an Orange Hall in Keady. Pro-IRA graffiti was dubbed on the Orange Hall on the Crosskeys Road.  Newry and Armagh MLA Justin McNulty said: โ€œThis is a disgraceful attack on a local Orange Hall and the SDLP condemns it wholeheartedly. Given the nature of […]

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Constituency Crime Newry Newry and Armagh

Newry Woman Facing 12 Serious Drug Charges Refused Bail

By Paul Higgins Refusing to free 30-year-old Whitney Hughes, District Judge Eamon King said โ€œsheโ€™s part of whatโ€™s obviously a serious OCG in some shape or fashion and she must face the consequences when police, doing their duty, find the matters in this case – cash, drugs, phones, you name it.โ€ Hughes,  from Ardcarn Park in […]