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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...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 10, 2009
Disappeared Hunt Continues On Border
Forensic archaeologists and geophysicists spent yesterday marking 'hot spots' along the border area as the search for the remains of a Troubles IRA victim continues. However, by nightfall on Monday, ...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 3, 2009
Hero Army Dog Handlers Honoured
Murdered soldiers who worked with specialist 'sniffer' dogs during the Northern Ireland Troubles have been remembered. The 'Red Paw' and its work across Northern Ireland was the subject of a s...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 22, 2009
Fresh Lead Emerges On Body Location
The Independent Commission for the Location of Victims Remains (ICLVR) has received what it considers to be a "potentially significant" new piece of information in its bid to locate the remains of ...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 31, 2008
More Arrests Over Quinn Killing
Three more men have been arrested in connection with the murder of south Armagh man Paul Quinn. The men from the Forkhill and Crossmaglen areas were arrested on Thursday morning. A number of items h...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 29, 2008
Three More Questioned Over Quinn Murder
Three men are being questioned by the PSNI about the brutal gang-murder of Co Armagh man Paul Quinn after three others were arrested by gardaí earlier. The three men arrested by the PSNI are from the...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 16, 2008
Missing Man's Family Given Body 'Map'
The family of a County Armagh man who went missing 29 years ago have been given a map showing the reported location of his remains. Twenty four year old Gerry Evans from Crossmaglen is listed as one ...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 14, 2007
Quinn Murder Recalled
It is a killing that won't be easily overlooked with more than 300 people last night attending a meeting in south Armagh in support of the family of Paul Quinn. In a clear message to the republicans ...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 19, 2007
Kernan steps down from Orchard hot seat
Armagh manager Joe Kernan has stepped down from the Orchard County hot seat following six years in charge. Kernan led Armagh to their first ever All-Ireland victory in 2002 with a nail-biting win ove...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 27, 2007
County Armagh man dies following road accident
A County Armagh man has died after he fell from the back of a jeep in County Louth. Stephen Rice, aged 27, from Crossmaglen, died in hospital following the accident which occured at around 10:30am on...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 20, 2007
Petrol bombs thrown at police in Crossmaglen
Police guarding the site in south Armagh where a military helicopter crashed on Sunday have come under attack last night. Stones, bottles and up to 30 petrol bombs were thrown at police in Crossmagle...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 13, 2007
Armagh watchtower to be dismantled
The last remaining British Army watchtower is due to be dismantled today in County Armagh. The armoured sangar post in Crossmaglen is being removed later today as part of the government's normalisati...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 16, 2007
Security alert in Crossmaglen ends
Two men believed to be from the Dundalk area have been arrested following a security alert caused by two mystery packages in Crossmaglen. The village square was closed and the area was cleared due to...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 18, 2006
Motorist killed in digger collision
A motorist has died following a collision between a digger and a car in County Armagh. The 36-year-old man from Crossmaglen, who has not yet been named, was driving along the Edenard Road between New...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 5, 2006
Last army watchtower to be removed
The last Army observation post in Northern Ireland is to be taken down over the next few days. The post in Forkhill in south Armagh is the 13th and final tower to be removed as part of the normalisat...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 23, 2006
Three remanded over terror charges
Three people arrested following a police operation into dissident republican activity on Monday, have been remanded in custody. Desmond Kearns, 41, his wife Alison Patricia Kearns, 37, from Tannaghmo...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 20, 2006
Leading republican's farm destroyed by fire
Part of a farm believed to belong to leading republican Thomas 'Slab' Murphy, has been destroyed in a fire. The farm blaze, at a property in Hackballscross, close to the border between County Armagh ...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 19, 2006
Four rescued from County Armagh blaze
Four people have escaped injury following a house fire in County Armagh. The blaze broke out in the terraced house in the Lismore area of Crossmaglen at around 4.30am this morning. The alarm was rai...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 28, 2006
NI troop withdrawal plan announced
The government has today revealed that the number of troops in the province will be cut from 9,000 to 5,000 by August 1 2007. The number of remaining military sites will also be reduced from 40 to 14...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 30, 2006
Crossmaglen school closed after fire
A County Armagh school has been damaged in an attack by arsonists. Fire crews were called to deal with a blaze discovered in the kitchen of St Joseph's secondary school on the Dundalk road at around ...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 24, 2005
Plans for £6.2m Day Care Centres approved
Plans have been approved for two new Day Care Centres for People with a Learning Disability costing a total of £6.2 million. The new Day Care Centres, which will replace existing facilities in Newry ...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 25, 2005
Unionist ‘fury’ at Forkhill policing arrangements
Ulster Unionists have reacted angrily to the announcement that the police are to withdraw from Forkhill Barracks in South Armagh as a change in policing in the area takes effect. The move is being ma...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 22, 2004
Policeman injured in hit-and-run accident
A policeman is being treated in hospital after being struck by a hit-and-run driver in Co Armagh on Friday. The incident occurred shortly after lunchtime when a car sped through a checkpoint on Conce...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 13, 2004
Belfast prepares for National Lottery film screenings
Belfast will be joining in the National Lottery’s 10th birthday celebrations this Sunday by launching a week of free cinema screenings throughout the province. The Cinemobile, Ireland’s unique mobile...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 16, 2004
Local cinema lovers in for Cinemobile treat
Northern Ireland cinema lovers are in for a treat next month when the National Lottery, in conjunction with the Northern Ireland Film and Television Commission (NIFTC), brings Ireland’s only touring c...
Northern Ireland News, May 31, 2004
Officer in 'serious condition' following hit-and-run incident
A police officer is in serious condition in hospital after being hit by a speeding car in south Armagh on Sunday. The officer was manning a routine check point on the Blayney Road in Crossmaglen in t...
Northern Ireland News, May 31, 2004
Queen's to carry out national identity study
A major project into national identity along the border is to be carried out by researchers from Queen's University. The study, which is expected to begin later this year, will examine how the ident...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 27, 2004
Two women injured in head-on collision
One woman is being treated for severe head injuries after a collision between two cars in Co Armagh on Monday night. The head-on collision occurred at around 8.00pm on the Newry Road, Crossmaglen in ...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 31, 2003
Two men die in separate road accidents
Two people have died following separate road accidents in Co Tyrone and Co Armagh. Paul Devenney, 24, from Keady, died in hospital on Wednesday after he fell from the back of a taxi bus in Crossmagle...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 24, 2003
£5m Peace II funding awarded to NI workspace projects
The European Peace II Programme has announced £5 million of funding for some of Northern Ireland's most deprived and disadvantaged areas. The funding, which will help projects in Belfast, Londonderry...