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Northern Ireland News, Nov 28, 2013
Crossmaglen Security Alert Continues
A security alert is continuing in Crossmaglen this morning following the discovery of a suspicious object. On Wednesday, a device, understood to be a beer keg, was found left close to a north-south ...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 11, 2013
Men Killed In Fermanagh Road Collision
An 18 and a 22-year-old man have been killed in a road collision on Sunday afternoon in Fermanagh. The men were travelling in a car on the Pettigo Road when the crash happened at about 16:30. The ro...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 3, 2012
GAA Launches Racism Investigation
The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) is set to launch an investigation into allegations of racism during a football match. The Ulster Club final between Grossmaglen and Kilcoo on Sunday took a negat...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 5, 2012
New 'Areas at Risk' Announced
10 new areas have been announced for Northern Ireland’s 'Areas at Risk' programme. Areas at Risk was launched in June 2006 and is intended support to communities which are at risk of economic, social...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 21, 2012
Rape Accused 'Gave Victim's Phone To Girlfriend'
An alleged rapist stole his victim's mobile phone and gave it to his girlfriend as a gift, the High Court has heard. Prosecutors said the woman was sexually assaulted in a car in Newry after acceptin...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 29, 2012
Body Of Missing Man Discovered In Lake
The body of missing Crossmaglen man Padraig Campbell has been found. The 37-year-old’s body was recovered from a lake in Co Monaghon last night. Campbell, of Drumbroy Road, Castleblaney, has been mi...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 9, 2012
Two Northern Bank Branches To Close
The Northern Bank has confirmed it is to shut down two branches at the end of May. Branches in Tandragee and Crossmaglen will be closing as they have been found "less sustainable than others". Tony ...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 1, 2012
Fuel Laundering Plant Discovered
Three fuel laundering plants discovered last week has demonstrated the risks fuel fraud presents to the public. HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) officers investigated a building destroyed by fire, unsafe...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 21, 2011
Shotgun Suspect Hangs Despite Suicide Watch
Although subject to a 'suicide watch' regime that meant prison staff checked on him every 15 minutes while he was in his jail cell, a suspected shotgun killer has hanged himself soon after a court app...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 13, 2011
GAA Star's Murder Recalled In Court
There was a court hearing in Co Louth today over the shock weekend murder of a Crossmaglen man. Shane Rogers, 32, with an address in Co Monaghan, was charged with murder and was remanded in custody f...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 12, 2011
Crossmaglen Man Shot Dead In Dundalk
A south Armagh man has been murdered in County Louth at the weekend. James Hughes, 35, who played for the Crossmaglen Rangers senior Gaelic football team, was shot dead in Dundalk in the early hours ...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 1, 2011
Kennedy Highlights £6m Roads Investment
Regional Development Minister Danny Kennedy has set out Roads Service’s progress on investment totalling £6.6million for maintenance schemes in the Newry and Mourne District this year. Speaking ahead...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 23, 2011
Two 'Disappeared' Met Violent Deaths
An inquest has found that two of the so-called 'disappeared' met unlawful and violent deaths at the hands of a paramilitary. The jury at the Dublin Coroner's Court returned verdicts of death by unlaw...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 2, 2011
All-Ireland Co-Operation Targets Fuel Gangs
It emerged last night that 11 businesses and homes have been searched in cross-border raids targeting fuel fraud and money laundering. Cross border, inter-agency co-operation has been shown to be at ...
Northern Ireland News, May 19, 2011
Eight Million Illicit Cigarettes Seized
Two Armagh men have been arrested this week and customs' officials have seized around eight million cigarettes - worth an estimated £1.7m in lost duty. With about £2bn of UK taxpayers' money for publ...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 16, 2011
Fraudulent Fuel Plant Shut Down
The UK's largest ever fuel laundering operation - capable of producing over 30 million litres of illicit fuel a year and costing the taxpayer an estimated £20m in lost revenue - has been dismantled by...
UK National News, Mar 16, 2011
Biggest Fraudulent Fuel Plant Shut
The UK's largest ever fuel laundering operation - capable of producing over 30 million litres of illicit fuel a year and costing the taxpayer an estimated £20m in lost revenue - has been dismantled by...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 29, 2010
IRA Murder Victim's Body Identified
Remains found in the Republic of Ireland have been identified as those of one of the 'Disappeared', Gerry Evans. The murder victim, who was 24 and from Crossmaglen, went missing in March 1979. His b...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 1, 2010
Men Jailed Over Gun Smuggling Plot
Two men have been jailed at Belfast Crown Court after taking part in a dissident republican gun smuggling plot. 44 year old Paul McCaugherty of Lurgan, County Armagh, was found guilty of attempting t...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 30, 2010
'Disappeared' Body Found Along Border
Human remains found in County Monaghan during a search for one of the victim's of the IRA during The Troubles are to be taken to Dublin for examination. The macabre find came after teams searching fo...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 30, 2010
Man's Skull Found In Wicklow
A forensic anthropologist has been called to the scene of the discovery of a man's skull in County Wicklow. Gardai are investigating the discovery made in Manor Kilbride, Blessington. The skull is b...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 15, 2010
SF Roads Minister Criticised
SDLP Newry and Armagh MLA Dominic Bradley said the people of South Armagh are entitled to look at Conor Murphy's record as NI Roads Minister when making their decision on Westminster representation. ...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 14, 2010
ATM Ram Raid Bags Empty Machine
Although much reduced in number since the New Year, there has now been a second bank cash machine 'ram raid'. This time the luckless thieves stole an empty cash machine from a shop in Greencastle, Co...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 30, 2010
Border Policing Gets Priority
Enhanced levels of cross-border co-operation are expected to aid the fight against the threat from dissident republicans. Police on both sides of the border are to step up joint activities with the P...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 23, 2010
Cops 'Foil ATM Robbers'
Cops left red-faced last year as criminal gangs repeatedly hit isolated bank cash machines have hit back. ATM ram-raids - which totalled more than a dozen last year - have dropped to just one so far ...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 18, 2010
Other NI News In Brief
Biker Killed A 19-year-old motorcyclist has died in hospital following a road traffic accident when the teenager crashed on the Shelling Hill Road in Cullybackey on Wednesday. No other vehicles were ...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 1, 2010
'Heroes' Of Bessbrook Shot-down
The SDLP Newry and Armagh MLA Dominic Bradley has condemned those responsible for firing shots at Bessbrook PSNI station on Sunday evening. He said: "Like the shooting at Crossmaglen last week this l...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 25, 2010
Crossmaglen Police Under Attack
The police station in the border village of Crossmaglen has been attacked by gunmen. It happened at the weekend when a car pulled up at the station gates at around 9.30pm on Sunday. Two persons fire...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 18, 2010
Border ATM Robbery Condemned
Gangsters have returned to their original area of operation with the thieves using a digger to steal a bank automated teller machine (ATM) from a bank along the poorly policed border area. Taking adv...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 4, 2010
ATM Robbers Hunted
The bank are facing further losses as - despite a major cross-border police air support operation being launched early yesterday - there's still no sign of the latest ATM to be taken. Neither content...