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Traffic & Construction Markethill
A £490,000 improvement scheme on the A27 Auglish Road between Tandragee and Poyntzpass will bring lane closures before weekday daytime road closures from 16 November to 4 December 2026.
Traffic & Construction Demesne
Planning permission has been granted for 39 homes, garages, access roads and landscaping on land beside Meadow View and Deanery Park in Armagh.
Traffic & Construction Middletown
Lisnadill Primary School and St John’s Primary School in Middletown are among 33 schools included in the latest phase of Northern Ireland’s part-time 20mph road safety scheme. The measures are intended to slow traffic when children arrive and leave school, with the programme now covering 307 schools since 2020/21.
Traffic & Construction Navan
Businesses at Armagh’s Ring Road Shopping Centre are introducing clearer customer-only parking signs after traders said vehicles left at the site for work, events and nearby match days were restricting access and hitting trade.
Traffic & Construction Markethill
Daisy, Roxy and Izzy went missing from Scarva, Keady and Longstone Armagh after Halloween fireworks, prompting an appeal for sightings and searches of gardens, fields and outbuildings.
Traffic & Construction Markethill
Three children under seven were taken to hospital after a collision involving two cars and a caravan on Cusher Road, Markethill, on 31 October 2026. The caravan overturned and the road remained closed while emergency services attended.
Traffic & Construction Markethill
A £7,000 compensation payment for damage to one vehicle has highlighted growing concern over potholes and road maintenance across the Armagh area, with claims to the Department for Infrastructure rising from 237 in 2021 to 1,687.
Traffic & Construction
A proposed three-year off-site parking arrangement could ease pressure from Royal Mail delivery vans near the Upper English Street office, after councillors raised concerns about on-street parking and its effect on residents and businesses.
Traffic & Construction The Mall
The 35th Armagh International Road Races will return to The Mall on Thursday, February 11, 2027, with a new Women’s International Elite 5K added to the programme.
Traffic & Construction
Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council members have received a Department for Infrastructure update on road maintenance and improvement works planned across the council area for 2025/26 and 2026/27.
Traffic & Construction
A South Armagh tour guide has criticised delays in reopening a historical cairn that has been closed since July 2025 because of structural damage.
Traffic & Construction Tandragee
A mobile bus brought simulated sensory challenges to Tandragee during a Southern Health Trust and ABC Council wellbeing event for Positive Ageing Month.
Traffic & Construction Markethill
Residents along Barrack Street say modified cars, loud exhausts, aggressive acceleration and repeated backfires are disrupting sleep and family life. Police say neighbourhood and local policing teams are targeting the problem with partner agencies, including the Driver & Vehicle Agency.
Traffic & Construction
Philip White Tyres on Station Road in Armagh has issued winter tyre-safety advice, explaining how tread depth affects grip, handling and stopping distances. Drivers are advised to inspect tread, wear indicators, sidewalls and pressures at least monthly, with extra checks before long journeys.
Traffic & Construction
Northern Ireland Assembly figures show pothole-related claims rose from 237 to 1,687 in five years, while public liability spending exceeded £4.4 million across the ABC East and West Roads Division.
Traffic & Construction
A supported training facility in Armagh has closed, leaving a disabled adult trainee and his friend in tears, according to the Belfast Telegraph. Appleby Trust said Westminster funding cuts forced the decision.
Traffic & Construction
The family of one of four young people killed in a crash on Ballynahonemore Road outside Armagh has asked the Coroner to formally raise concerns about the road’s layout and speed limit with Roads Service.
Traffic & Construction
A three-day hands-on block-printing workshop will take place on Tullysaran Road in Armagh, with places limited and advance booking required.
Traffic & Construction City Centre
Experts told an inquest into the deaths of four young Armagh people that a Volkswagen Golf was travelling too fast for a bend on Ballynahonemore Road before hitting a tree and catching fire.
Traffic & Construction
Visitors to Gosford Forest Park are being advised that traffic management measures are in place while a new parking barrier is installed at the entrance. The park will remain open as normal, with work expected to finish within two weeks and no change to parking costs.
Traffic & Construction
An inquest has heard how the scene unfolded after a road crash near Armagh in March 2024 that claimed the lives of four young people.
Traffic & Construction
An inquest has opened into the deaths of Philip Mitchell, Emma Mallon, Marina Crilly and Keith Morrison, who died after a single-vehicle collision on Armagh’s Ballynahonemore Road on March 24, 2024.
Traffic & Construction
The Appleby Trust will cease operations at the end of September 2026, closing The Gathering Rooms Café and Print It operations in Armagh and Lurgan. The organisation said changes to funding, including the loss of almost 70% of its annual Growth Fund support, left it unable to continue its disability training, supported employment and social enterprise services.
Traffic & Construction Cathedral
Campaigners seeking to reopen the railway between Armagh and Portadown say an outline business case is the next step, as the city marks 69 years since its last passenger train service.
Traffic & Construction City Centre
A vacant retail unit at 43 Thomas Street, Armagh, has been approved for conversion into a family-friendly PlayStation gaming and entertainment centre, with proposed opening hours from 10am to 10pm daily.
Traffic & Construction Hamiltonsbawn
A 22-year-old Hamiltonsbawn man has been banned from driving for 15 months after admitting a series of motoring offences following a late-night collision on the Newry Road in which his BMW flipped onto its roof.
Traffic & Construction
A trial using artificial intelligence to support winter gritting decisions produced “some benefits”, but Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins says there are no current plans to introduce the system across the country. The Southern Division has 31 gritters available to salt main roads in just over three hours when ice or snow is forecast.
Traffic & Construction
A man was taken to hospital after a collision involving a car and pedestrian outside the Spar store on Monaghan Road in Armagh shortly after 11.15am on Sunday, September 13. Police are appealing for witnesses and dashcam footage.
Traffic & Construction City Centre
Newry and Armagh MLA Gareth Wilson has criticised what he calls a reactive approach to road safety after the death of musician and educator Eithne Vallely in a collision on the Portadown Road. He is calling for a wider review of safety measures at The Mall and across Armagh city centre.
Traffic & Construction Milford
Berny Rafferty has spent four decades behind the counter at Rafferty’s Bar, also known as The Cuchulain Bar, on Thomas Street in Armagh. He recalls an unexpectedly packed punk gig, a protest over Sunday opening, the changing pub trade and the local characters who made the business part of city life.
