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Crime & Public Safety
A third man has appeared at Newry courthouse as the PSNI continues its crackdown on cold-calling rogue traders targeting elderly people in border areas around Armagh and Newry.
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.
Crime & Public Safety Blackwatertown
A County Armagh man accused of carrying out shoddy and overpriced work at an isolated Armagh farm has been refused bail, while a second man linked to the investigation was remanded over alleged witness intimidation.
Crime & Public Safety
A man in his 50s has been arrested in Newry following a report of a rogue trader targeting a farm and other properties, after a PSNI operation focused on cold callers and rogue traders across Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon.
Crime & Public Safety
A multi-agency meeting was held in Lurgan after two dogs were found dead inside a house, as police urged the public to avoid social-media speculation while legal proceedings continue.
Crime & Public Safety Blackwatertown
A 49-year-old Armagh man has been ordered to pay £20 in compensation after admitting criminal damage to a packet of cigarettes during a domestic-related incident, according to a report by Armagh I.
Crime & Public Safety Blackwatertown
A €5,000 reward is being offered for information about an armed robbery at the bureau de change inside Hughes’ shop on the Monaghan Road in Middletown. Police said a man wearing a hood and face covering threatened an employee with what they believe was a small handgun before escaping with cash in a blue Volkswagen Passat without number plates.
Crime & Public Safety Middletown
Police are appealing for information after a worker was threatened during an armed robbery at a filling station bureau de change in the Monaghan Road area of Middletown, Armagh.
Crime & Public Safety Markethill
Police are appealing for witnesses after an employee was held at gunpoint during an armed robbery at a filling station bureau de change on the Monaghan Road area of Middletown around 1pm on Saturday, August 22, 2026. The employee was unharmed but shaken, while the suspect reportedly fled in a blue Volkswagen Passat.
Crime & Public Safety
Eithne Vallely, 81, from Armagh, died at the scene after a single-vehicle collision involving a lorry and a pedestrian at about 8.20am on Friday. The PSNI is appealing for information.
Crime & Public Safety Markethill
A Markethill man accused of administering a substance, rape and false imprisonment has been returned for trial at the Crown Court, according to a report published on August 22, 2026.
Crime & Public Safety
A man in his thirties has been arrested in the Newry Road area of Armagh on suspicion of several fraud-related offences following a cross-border police operation targeting cold-callers and rogue traders.
Crime & Public Safety
Two neglected dogs were found dead inside crates at an abandoned Lurgan home after residents said they repeatedly contacted police and Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council about barking and welfare concerns. A 47-year-old man has been charged and is due before Craigavon Magistrates’ Court on 9 September, while elected representatives seek answers about how the reports were handled.
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.
Crime & Public Safety Killylea
Family and friends of Grange man Pat Toal have raised £19,350 for Dementia NI after completing a 24-hour spinathon on what would have been his 88th birthday.
Crime & Public Safety Killylea
An Armagh man accused of throwing a petrol bomb inside the Toby Jug bar on Irish Street, causing significant burn injuries to two people, has been returned for trial at Newry Crown Court.
Crime & Public Safety Markethill
A gang suspected of stealing 39 high-value bikes and an Ifor Williams trailer from premises in Limavady has been tracked travelling through Northern Ireland, including the Markethill area and the A28 at Newry. The owner says the haul is worth around £50,000, while police appeal for information.
Crime & Public Safety Killylea
Ivan Petrov, 33, has been returned for trial at Newry Crown Court over the deaths of Peter and Loughlin Devlin in a December 2024 collision on the Killylea Road. He faces two dangerous-driving death charges and three grievous-bodily-injury charges.
Crime & Public Safety City Centre
An Israeli news crew filming a documentary in Belfast’s Cathedral Quarter was confronted over the weekend, with a cameraman suffering a cut to the head after a pint glass was thrown. The incident is outside Armagh, but may be of interest to residents following Northern Ireland public-safety news.
Crime & Public Safety
A district judge dismissed a resisting-police charge involving a County Armagh man after none of the officers who arrested him activated their body-worn cameras, describing the failure as a “grave breach” of police guidelines.
Crime & Public Safety
Sally Ann Finnegan, 29, and Willy McDonagh, 20, have admitted stealing a three-week-old pygmy goat from an animal farm in County Armagh.
Crime & Public Safety
Two men have appeared in court following the seizure of cigarettes and cash in Co Armagh, according to a Belfast Telegraph report.
Crime & Public Safety
A man accused of exposing his genitals outside a County Armagh nursery reportedly told police he had been relieving himself in nearby bushes and had been visiting a grave.
Crime & Public Safety Cathedral
A teenage girl received medical treatment after an alleged assault in the Cathedral Road area of Armagh, where police said officers had been alerted to an ongoing fight involving youths. The PSNI said her injuries were not believed to be serious and appealed for information as enquiries continued.
Crime & Public Safety
A retired police officer who insulted a neighbour during a driveway confrontation has received a two-year conditional discharge and been banned from harassing the woman and her husband.
Crime & Public Safety
An Armagh man has been disqualified from driving for six months and fined more than £450 after a court case involving a red-light offence, failure to properly produce his licence and filming police while behind the wheel.
Crime & Public Safety Cathedral
Police are appealing for witnesses after a teenage girl was allegedly assaulted by a group of youths near the Cathedral Road recreation centre in Armagh. The girl received medical attention, while officers said her injuries were not believed to be serious.
Crime & Public Safety
Mildred Wylie, a veteran nurse who was struck off after allegations concerning financial behaviour at two County Armagh nursing homes, has won a High Court appeal against the tribunal’s decision.
Crime & Public Safety
A woman accused of setting fire to an Armagh property on Killuney Drive has been released on bail and ordered to see her doctor within 48 hours of leaving custody.
Crime & Public Safety City Centre
Police say the death of a man following a vehicle fire in Portadown is not being treated as suspicious at this time, although officers are still appealing for witnesses who may have seen what happened.
