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Education Tandragee
Two students from Armagh are celebrating strong results as Southern Regional College records a 96.6% overall A-Level pass rate, with several subjects achieving 100%.
Culture Tandragee
“In The Heart Of The Country” will be performed at Armagh’s Market Place Theatre on Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 August 2026, following a young couple whose romance unfolds amid political upheaval and Civil Rights protests in rural Tyrone.
Education Tandragee
Saint Catherine’s College Armagh is celebrating what it describes as another outstanding year of A-Level results, with students securing opportunities for their next steps in education and beyond.
Education Tandragee
St Patrick’s High School in Keady is celebrating what it describes as an exceptional set of AS and A Level results, with many subject areas recording a 100% A–C pass rate and students progressing towards university, apprenticeships and further education.
Community City Centre
Natural World Products welcomed 40 children, parents and carers to a Family Gardening Workshop at its No-Dig Garden at Kinnego Bushcraft Centre, Oxford Island, Craigavon. The event included bug hunting, seed-ball making, vegetable harvesting and hands-on activities promoting peat-free compost. Further horticultural workshops are planned for autumn.
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.
Sport Keady
The 2026 Cormac Leonard Commercials Intermediate Championship begins this Friday with 16 teams split across four groups, as clubs including Keady, St Paul’s, Pearse Og and St Peter’s chase a place in October’s final stages.
Sport
The 2026 Armagh Senior Championship promises a wide-open contest, with reigning champions Madden, 2024 winners Clann Eireann and a first-ever Senior Championship tie for Tullysaran among the main storylines.
Business & Openings
Tributes have been paid to Arthur McAnerney, the City Picnic owner with family connections to Armagh, who died on his 50th birthday. His funeral will take place in Carlingford on Saturday.
Community Tassagh
Tributes have been paid to Paddy McGleenon, the former North Armagh GAA Board secretary from Tassagh who spent more than 30 years supporting Gaelic games and youth development before his death in Lurgan.
Sport City Centre
Families and astronomy enthusiasts gathered at Armagh Observatory and Planetarium on 12 August 2026 as a rare partial solar eclipse covered about 94% to 95% of the sun in the region.
Community
Crowds gathered at Armagh Observatory and Planetarium as 93% of the Sun was obscured during Northern Ireland’s deepest partial solar eclipse since 1999, with experts saying a comparable event will not be seen until 2090.
Community Richhill
CAFRE students William McMahon from Armagh and Rosie Jennings from Richhill joined a study tour of innovative farms in England, examining sustainability, diversification, technology and renewable energy.
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.
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.
Education
Families gathered at Armagh Observatory and Planetarium ahead of Wednesday evening’s partial solar eclipse, when the Moon is expected to cover more than 90% of the Sun across County Armagh.
Education
Families gathered at Armagh Observatory and Planetarium ahead of a partial solar eclipse expected to cover about 94% to 95% of the Sun over the region on Wednesday evening, in an event described as the deepest visible locally since 1999.
Business & Openings
Armagh GAA is urging supporters to enter its 2026 Club & County Draw, which offers more than £70,000 in prizes while raising funds for clubs across the county and supporting county-level development.
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.
Traffic & Construction
The ABC Autism Group, which supported families across the Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough for 11 years, has announced its immediate closure after efforts to recruit additional committee members failed. Two planned activities have been cancelled, with refunds due for deposits paid.
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.
Sport
Plans to transform the former Brownlow Leisure Centre in Craigavon into a multi-use community sports and activity centre have been halted by Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council. Powered By Sport, the charity behind the proposal, had planned indoor and outdoor skateparks alongside wider facilities for sport, wellbeing and community use.
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.
Community
Armagh-based businesses have helped raise £13,069.94 for Pulmonary Fibrosis NI at a charity golf day held in memory of Dungannon man Paul McBride, who died aged 59 after living with the terminal condition.
Community
A bright yellow Chatty Bench on Banbridge’s Riverside Walk has been defaced with substantial graffiti, prompting condemnation from a local councillor and concern for an initiative designed to reduce loneliness and isolation.
Traffic & Construction Drumcairn Road
The Moy Road in Armagh was closed between Drumcairn Road and Cabragh Road after a serious road traffic collision, with motorists advised to seek an alternative route.
Sport
Representatives from Armagh football clubs gathered for the launch of this year’s Armagh Football Championship, with Cormac Leonard Commercials continuing its long-standing sponsorship.
Business & Openings
A high-end airline seat maker in County Armagh could create up to 400 additional jobs after its order book passed the £2bn mark, according to a Belfast Telegraph report.
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.
Community
Patients at Craigavon Area Hospital and Daisy Hill Hospital have faced discharge delays of up to 131 days because homecare packages were unavailable, figures released in response to an Assembly Question have shown.
