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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Circle of Friends, a creative support group for adults with autism, learning disabilities and additional needs, has moved from Dobbin Community Centre into its first dedicated premises at 53 Thomas Street, Armagh.
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The Newtownhamilton Road on the outskirts of Armagh city remains closed in both directions after a serious four-vehicle collision shortly after 9am on 2 September 2026. Four children were among those involved, while one patient was airlifted to Belfast and two elderly passengers were cut free from a vehicle.
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Emergency services are dealing with a serious collision on the Newtownhamilton Road outside Armagh this morning, Wednesday, with local diversions in place.
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A man who left a joint birthday and christening party at an Armagh bar and drove drunk before crashing on the Moy Road moments later has been banned from driving for 13 months, according to a report by Armagh I.
Traffic & Construction Tandragee
A £318,000 resurfacing scheme at Newry’s A28 Customs Station Roundabout and Carnbane Way will bring overnight closures from 6 to 18 September 2026, with signed diversion routes including the A1 Armagh Road and A27 Tandragee Road.
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A £262,000 resurfacing scheme at the A28 Armagh Road Roundabout in Newry is due to begin on 13 September 2026, with overnight closures and signed diversions affecting journeys towards Armagh.
Traffic & Construction Tandragee
A £250,000 resurfacing project at the A27 Tandragee Road Roundabout in Newry is due to begin on 30 August 2026, with overnight closures continuing until 11 September and signed diversions in place. The scheme is outside Armagh, but may affect residents and motorists travelling between Armagh and Newry.
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A £265,000 resurfacing project on the A27 Shepherds Way Roundabout and Shepherds Way in Newry will begin on Sunday 30 August 2026, with daytime and overnight closures expected to cause delays for road users travelling towards the A28 Armagh Road and A27 Tandragee Road.
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A serious collision has closed the Killuney Road roundabout on the Portadown Road in Armagh, with local diversions in place for motorists.
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A planning application has been submitted to convert 43 Main Street, Blackwatertown, into five self-contained flats, with parking increased from five to nine spaces. The proposal has received support from DfI Roads but a refusal recommendation from NI Water, while the Historic Environment Division is still considering the plans.
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Eithne Vallely, an 81-year-old musician whose work helped shape traditional Irish music in Armagh and across Ireland, has died after being struck by a truck in the Portadown Road area. Police are appealing for witnesses following the crash on Friday morning.
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Eithne Vallely, an 81-year-old woman from Armagh, has died after a single-vehicle collision involving a lorry on the Portadown Road. She has been remembered for her decades of work teaching and promoting traditional Irish music, including through the Armagh Pipers Club.
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Police have confirmed that renowned traditional music educator Eithne Vallely, aged 81, died at the scene of a collision involving a lorry and a female pedestrian on Armagh’s Portadown Road. The road has reopened, while investigators appeal for witnesses and dash-cam footage.
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Portadown Road in Armagh has fully reopened after a serious collision on Friday morning, with the Air Ambulance and several emergency crews sent to the scene and temporary closures affecting routes around Killuney Roundabout.
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Emergency services attended a serious road traffic collision at the Killuney Road roundabout in Deansbridge, County Armagh, shortly before 8.30am on Friday, August 21, 2026. The Portadown Road around the roundabout remains closed, with local diversions in place.
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Emergency services are responding to a serious road traffic collision involving a vehicle and a pedestrian at the Killuney Road roundabout in Deansbridge, County Armagh. The Portadown Road remains closed, with local diversions in operation.
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Police are at the scene of a serious collision on Portadown Road in Armagh, with the Killuney Road roundabout closed and diversions in place.
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The Killuney Road roundabout in Armagh city is closed following a serious collision on the Portadown Road, with police advising motorists to avoid the area and use alternative routes.
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Motorists have been urged to avoid the Portadown Road area in Armagh after a serious collision led to road closures and diversions around Killuney roundabout, College Hill, Victoria Road and Stonebridge roundabout.
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Emergency services attended a serious collision on the Monaghan Road on the outskirts of Armagh shortly after 10am on 19 August 2026, with one vehicle understood to have overturned into a ditch.
Traffic & Construction Middletown
One person was taken to Craigavon Area Hospital after a collision on the Monaghan Road near Middletown, outside Armagh, in which a car overturned.
Traffic & Construction Loughgall
The Memory Garden will host a creative plaque-making workshop for bereaved mothers at Bramley Barn, Long Meadow Farm, on Saturday, October 10, at 2pm.
Traffic & Construction City Centre
Emergency services attended a fire at derelict premises on Harford Street in Portadown on Thursday afternoon, August 13, marking the second fire incident on the street within a week. No injuries were reported.
Traffic & Construction City Centre
Castlebrooke Investments will host a public drop-in event in Belfast on August 26 about plans for up to 150 co-living homes on Academy Street, forming part of a wider central-city redevelopment scheme.
