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Community Loughgall
A four-month refurbishment and extension programme is planned for St Luke’s Hospital in Armagh, but the Southern Health and Social Care Trust has declined to explain the proposed work while procurement is under way.
Education
Students from CAFRE’s Enniskillen Campus gained practical racing experience during a season that included the Farmacaffley Point-to-Point in Armagh, fixtures at Portrush and Loughanmore, and a final meeting at Necarne.
Traffic & Construction
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.
Culture
Armagh Observatory and Planetarium has joined Birr and Dunsink observatories in a formal partnership seeking UNESCO World Heritage status, with a five-year project coordinator role planned to help develop the nomination.
Community
Co Armagh content creator Anna Crawford has spoken about experiencing distressing postpartum mental health symptoms after the births of both her daughters, urging new mothers not to suffer in silence and saying more information and support are needed after leaving hospital.
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.
Business & Openings City Centre
Cancer Research UK’s long-established Scotch Street charity shop is expected to shut permanently on September 9 as the organisation reshapes its high-street network in response to rising costs, inflation and changing shopping habits.
Business & Openings City Centre
Castlebrooke Investments has unveiled scaled-back plans for a £195m redevelopment of neglected parts of Belfast’s Cathedral Quarter, including around 1,000 homes, two four-star hotels and up to 100,000 sq ft of commercial and community space. The proposal is outside Armagh, so its direct local relevance is limited.
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.
Community
Sinn Féin councillor Martin Hearty is preparing a proposal to add “South Armagh” to the name of Newry, Mourne and Down District Council, saying the issue concerns both practical recognition and local identity.
Business & Openings Hamiltonsbawn
Trading Standards inspectors visited 87 petrol and fuel-selling premises across Northern Ireland, including sites in Armagh City, Hamiltonsbawn and Markethill, during a campaign focused on fuel accuracy and consumer protection.
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.
Sport
Young players played decisive roles across the opening weekend of the Cormac Leonard Commercials Senior Football Championship, with Maghery, Culloville, Cullyhanna and Dromintee all producing notable performances.
Culture Cathedral
A new Craft NI exhibition in Belfast’s Cathedral Quarter is bringing together work by 18 artists, including makers from Antrim, Lisburn and Fermanagh, whose pieces explore rhythm, harmony and lyrics.
Community
The families of Paddy Mackin and Eamon MacMahon continue to challenge the original account of their murders, saying other republicans were involved in the killings.
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.
Sport The Mall
More than 200 people took part in Armagh I’s first Penalty Shootout event on The Mall, held on Friday, August 14, as part of an upbeat community day celebrating Armagh’s football connections and the summer’s World Cup celebrations.
Sport
Jack Dobson, from Hillsborough, has raised £2,000 for Newlife after completing a 21-mile North Channel swim in 11 hours and 25 minutes, with support from coach Stephen Grimley from Camlough in County Armagh.
Culture
Armagh Observatory and Planetarium is joining two other historic observatories in a formal bid to secure UNESCO World Heritage status, with a five-year project coordinator role planned to drive the nomination process.
Community
Co Armagh harpist Niamh Noade has spoken about her pride at performing at the Fleadh closing ceremony after reaching the semi-finals of Britain’s Got Talent.
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.
Sport Cathedral
Armagh Junior footballers became the first team from the county and Ulster to win an All-Ireland title when they defeated Dublin 4-11 to 0-4 in the 1926 All-Ireland Junior Football Final.
Education Cathedral
Armagh Harps GAA has paid tribute to Paul Clarke, who died peacefully at home on August 14 surrounded by his family. The well-known Armagh man was remembered for his dedication to the club, his humour and his lasting contribution as a player, committee member, manager, sponsor and benefactor.
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.
Community Navan
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council has published a series of August 2026 updates covering digital inclusion, culture, creative businesses, family activities, community relations and a major event at Navan Centre & Fort.
