Area
Business & Openings Keady
Natural World Products has been issued with a legally binding enforcement notice after inspections found excess waste, odour-control defects and inadequate pest-control measures at its recycling and composting facility in Keady, County Armagh.
Sport Keady
Plans have been outlined for an indoor sports facility on the outskirts of Armagh, including courts for padel and pickleball and a new café.
Business & Openings Keady
ABC Council has announced a week of free events for entrepreneurs and business owners, featuring resilience, succession planning, wellbeing, female entrepreneurship and practical digital-skills workshops.
Community Keady
Aontú’s Armagh representative Daniel Connolly is calling for the number of MLAs at Stormont to be reduced from 90 to 65, arguing that taxpayers are not receiving value for money from the current political system.
Community Keady
iCare’s 2026 Destination Anywhere raffle has raised £6,000, with Air Ambulance Northern Ireland and Make-A-Wish Ireland each receiving £3,000. Winner Aimee Crilly can use a separate £3,000 prize for a holiday or take the cash alternative.
Business & Openings Keady
ABC Council has published its first Local Development Plan 2035 Draft Plan Strategy and is inviting residents, businesses and community groups to respond during an eight-week consultation beginning on 13 October 2026.
Education Keady
St Patrick’s High School in Keady has welcomed Teddy, an ADNI Therapy Dog who will support pupil wellbeing, inclusion and pastoral programmes across the school.
Culture Keady
The Tommy Makem Folk Festival will take place across multiple venues in Keady, Armagh, from 6 to 8 November 2026, with concerts, cultural workshops and performances celebrating Irish folk traditions.
Community Keady
The Southern Health & Social Care Trust has identified £42.4 million in savings for 2026-27, while warning that finding more could affect frontline services, staffing and patient access. The plan falls £5.1 million short of the full savings requirement, and an independent review is under way.
Community Keady
Alderman Paul Berry says Armagh-area businesses linked to Food Heartland hampers have lost promotional opportunities, and has asked ABC Council to revisit how local products are promoted and used as gifts.
Crime & Public Safety Keady
An Armagh man has appeared in court accused of falsely telling emergency services that a bomb had been planted in Keady and assaulting a police officer.
Community Keady
Glenn Chapman and his long-time friend Jason have begun running 40 half-marathons in 40 consecutive days to raise money for the Lighthouse Charity and remember family members lost to suicide.
Culture Keady
Tributes have been paid across Armagh and the traditional music community following the death of Armagh Pipers Club Director of Music Eithne Vallely, aged 81. Mrs Vallely, who made Armagh her home after moving from Donegal, spent six decades teaching children and young people and helped establish the club with her husband Brian.
Crime & Public Safety Keady
A lorry was seized and a man reported to the Public Prosecution Service after PSNI officers carried out a co-ordinated day of action against suspected rogue traders and cold callers across the Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon borough, including the Keady area.
Sport Keady
The 2026 Cormac Leonard Commercials Intermediate Championship begins this Friday with 16 teams split across four groups, as clubs including Keady, St Paul’s, Pearse Og and St Peter’s chase a place in October’s final stages.
