Co Armagh man more than halfway in ‘Long Walk Home’ across Europe
A county Armagh man trekking across Europe to highlight the importance of dementia has arrived in Dover. ‘The Long Walk Home’ – a 2,500km+ Trek across Europe to Highlight the Importance of Dementia...
View ArticleCo Armagh woman so afraid of Huntington’s Disease outcome she won’t take test
A county Armagh woman says she’s so afraid of being told she has Huntington’s Disease that she’d rather not take the test to find out. Janice McCartney, 42, from Keady, lost her father George Heatrick...
View ArticleOwner’s desperate plea to help find missing family pet
The owners of a missing family pet have appealed for help in bringing him back home. This golden Labrador went missing from the Tivnacree Road/Drumhillery area of Derrynoose. He answers to the name...
View ArticleThumbs up for significant new housing development in Keady
Planners have given the thumbs up for a significant new housing development in Keady. The development will see seven new detached houses erected in the edge of the county Armagh town. The new estate...
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Little Eva’s legacy to live on with Keady Adventure Run this weekend
The loss of their little precious seven-year-old daughter rocked a county Armagh family and saddened an entire community back in 2015. But two years on and Eva Tomney’s legacy still burns bright. Now,...
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Armagh man arrives in Ireland today for final leg of trek across Europe
Armagh man, Eamonn Donnelly and his friend Sepp Tieber-Kessler from Graz in Austria will finally arrive in Ireland after clocking up over 2200km (almost 1400 miles) of their epic 2,500km (1,550 miles...
View ArticleCouncil hosting free ‘dementia friendly workshops’ to raise awareness and...
A number of dementia friendly community workshops will be hosted by the ABC Council to mark International Day of Older Persons. Two workshops will take place on Tuesday, September 26, from 10am–12noon...
View ArticleMain road blocked as lorry crashes into ditch near border
A main road close to the border in south Armagh was blocked for a number of hours earlier this afternoon when a lorry crashed into the ditch. The Castleblayney Road, outside Keady was impassable at...
View ArticleDarkley community festival in celebration of 180 years this weekend
All roads lead to the Darkley this weekend as the small mill village celebrates 180 years since the first six houses were built to house the workers of the linen mills. The event on Saturday (September...
View ArticleCo Armagh man set to complete 2,500km ‘Long Walk Home’ to Keady
After a mammoth 2,500km trek across Europe, county Armagh man Eamonn Donnelly will complete his ‘Long Walk Home’ to Keady on Monday afternoon. Accompanied by his good friend Sepp Tieber-Kessler, the...
View ArticleExciting £315,000 re-development of Darkley Forest could begin this year
Work on an exciting new £315,000 re-development of Darkley Forest could begin before the end of the year. Years of preparation could finally bear some fruit in the coming months with a network of...
View ArticleFull steam ahead for Gosford, Carnagh and Darkley Forest Parks as council...
Plans to re-develop three forest parks in the Borough took a significant step forward tonight (Monday) as Council agreed significant investment for the projects. ABC Council will invest close to...
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Hero’s welcome for Armagh man who completed 2,500km trek across Europe
Armagh man, Eamonn Donnelly arrived in his native Keady on Monday evening to a hero’s welcome after completing ‘The Long Walk Home’ – a 2500+km (almost 1560 miles) across Europe to raise awareness and...
View ArticleOnline viral sensations Farmer Michael and Kathleen coming to Keady
The Tae Pot Tour comes to the Tommy Makem Arts Centre in Keady later this month. The show features internet viral sensations Farmer Michael and Kathleen acting out their famous sketches alongside a...
View Article‘Shabby and neglected’; focus turns to Borough’s Christmas lights investment
As Christmas approaches, attention in the Borough’s smaller towns and villages turns to Christmas lighting schemes. Last year in Tandragee, the Christmas lights were branded “an insult to the rate...
View ArticleSadness at passing of well-known and respected former Keady councillor
A well-known and hugely respected former Keady councillor died on Sunday. Tommy Kavanagh passed away peacefully at Chestnut Lodge Care Home where he was a resident. The former SDLP councillor served...
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A tribute to ‘one of life’s characters’ Tommy Kavanagh
Tommy Kavanagh was a popular character and a man so well respected in Keady and beyond. He was a man who served the community as a councillor from 1989 until his retirement in 2004. But to those who...
View ArticleCouncil tied up in two legal disputes stretching back years
Formal mediation will be employed in a bid to resolve two outstanding legal matters stretching back years and involving the former Armagh and Craigavon Councils. Councillors have been told that it is...
View ArticleKeady camog puts champagne on ice to play in final 48 hours after wedding
Forty-eight hours after wedding the love of her life a county Armagh camog donned her kit for another love. Keady woman Katrina Kinsella married Sean Renaghan at St Patrick’s Church on Friday...
View ArticleWatch: The Glensiders re-form and raise thousands for cancer charity
Dance band The Glensiders re-formed after 18 years away from the circuit with a special concert to raise money for charity. At Christmas past, well-known Keady man, Michael Haughey received the news...
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