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Crime & Public Safety
An Armagh chef found guilty of launching an antisemitic “hate spree” at a Jewish couple’s wedding has denied making antisemitic comments, saying he did not know the event was Jewish.
Crime & Public Safety
A 67-year-old Armagh man has been jailed after being caught driving while disqualified, uninsured and more than three times over the drink-drive limit in a car displaying false number plates.
Crime & Public Safety
An Aghavilly family has described its heartbreak after stones were removed from two graves at St Mary’s Church graveyard, just outside Armagh, leaving relatives facing the cost of replacing them before Remembrance Sunday.
Crime & Public Safety
Former special-forces personnel have described the 1997 operation near Crossmaglen in which suspected IRA sniper Bernard McGinn was captured after a pursuit involving SAS commandos, intelligence teams and specialist police.
Crime & Public Safety Markethill
A 20-year-old man is set to face a Crown Court trial this month over allegations that he caused the deaths of Patrick and Ciera Grimley and Ciara McElvanna in a Co Armagh crash, while four other people were seriously injured.
Crime & Public Safety Cathedral
Police are investigating a report of an alleged assault on Archbishop of Armagh John McDowell following a confrontation with jailed teacher Enoch Burke at St Patrick’s Church of Ireland Cathedral in Armagh.
Crime & Public Safety
A woman in her 30s was cautioned after detectives searched two Lurgan addresses and seized a significant quantity of suspected unlicensed products from a beauty treatment business.
Crime & Public Safety
A 26-year-old Armagh man is to stand trial at the Crown Court over an alleged serious assault in Derrynoose more than three years ago.
Crime & Public Safety Richhill
The Killylea, Caledon and Brantry community is mourning Reverend Bill Atkins, who died on Thursday, October 22, after suffering a massive heart attack the previous week. His family, parishioners and fellow clergy paid tribute to his faith, humour, kindness and service. Funeral arrangements are expected to be announced shortly.
Crime & Public Safety
A theatre production created and performed by Southern Regional College students reached almost 900 people during Hate Crime Awareness Week, using real-life-inspired scenes to explore hate crime, respect, prejudice and inclusion.
Crime & Public Safety
A 21-year-old man was arrested in the Ardowen area after police said a stolen motorcycle was ridden dangerously through Lurgan, including along the wrong side of roads and onto a footpath.
Crime & Public Safety
A civil action linked to the 1975 murder of Armagh man Sean Farmer and another Gaelic football fan has been put on hold until January.
Crime & Public Safety
An Armagh man who pushed another man in a pub smoking area, causing him to fall and suffer a head injury, has received a suspended prison sentence and been ordered to pay £500 compensation.
Crime & Public Safety Middletown
A 29-year-old Armagh woman has been fined and banned from driving for one month after admitting she was driving without a full licence when involved in a road collision near Middletown.
Crime & Public Safety
Police are appealing for information about an incident at Apache Pizza on Lower English Street, Armagh, on 8 February 2026, and have released images of men they believe may assist their investigation.
Crime & Public Safety
The High Court in Belfast has heard that serving soldiers helped set up a bogus military checkpoint used in the 1975 murder of Sean Farmer and another Catholic friend in Armagh.
Crime & Public Safety
Paul Patrick Joseph McConville, 57, has been remanded in custody after being returned for trial at Newry Crown Court on six alleged child sex offences said to have occurred in late December 2025.
Crime & Public Safety Markethill
An Armagh man who repeatedly targeted another male with offensive online comments has received a suspended prison sentence and a two-year restraining order.
Crime & Public Safety Markethill
A Markethill woman with almost 70 convictions has been jailed following alcohol-fuelled incidents involving abuse of bar staff, repeated contact with her ex-husband and assaults on three police officers, according to Armagh I.
Crime & Public Safety City Centre
John Patrick Nixon has pleaded not guilty to eight charges linked to an alleged petrol bomb attack at The Toby Jug on Irish Street, Armagh, in which two patrons reportedly suffered significant burn injuries. A trial has been listed for February 2027.
Crime & Public Safety Darkley
A man from Darkley has denied 15 charges relating to making and possessing indecent images of children, including three described in court as extreme. His lawyer indicated that a trial date may not be required.
Crime & Public Safety
A man subject to a deportation order has been refused bail after police allegedly found crack cocaine, crystal meth, heroin and Class C drugs during searches linked to Armagh and Portadown.
Crime & Public Safety
An inquest has been scheduled for February 2027 into the death of Armagh man Patrick Fearon, who died after entering Belfast’s River Lagan while trying to save a young woman in 2023.
Crime & Public Safety
A 56-year-old Armagh man accused of possessing homemade explosives and antique firearms has been refused bail after a judge found he posed a danger to the public.
Crime & Public Safety The Mall
Police are seeking witnesses and CCTV or dash-cam footage after a man in a black balaclava reportedly confronted people inside a car in Armagh’s The Mall area on Thursday, 1 October.
Crime & Public Safety
A man who smashed the window of a PSNI patrol car with an almost full Buckfast bottle while leaving the Athletic Grounds in Armagh has been spared jail, according to a report by Armagh I.
Crime & Public Safety
A 56-year-old man from Corrigan Court, Irish Street, has been remanded in custody after appearing at Newry Magistrates’ Court on a series of explosives and firearms charges.
Crime & Public Safety
A 56-year-old man arrested at Corrigan Court in Armagh has been charged with offences including making and possessing explosives and possessing firearms or ammunition. He is expected before Newry Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, September 30.
Crime & Public Safety City Centre
Police searched a property in the Corrigan’s Court area of Armagh city centre on Tuesday morning, September 29, as part of what the PSNI described as an ongoing investigation.
Crime & Public Safety
An Armagh man has denied a series of serious offences, including blackmail and possessing an offensive weapon with intent, after appearing at Newry Crown Court on Monday.
