Keady First Responders awarded £1,000 towards life-saving equipment
Keady Community First Responders have received £1,000 from the Centra Choices Community Fund which will help them to buy a defibrillator, a vital life-saving piece of equipment. Keady Community First...
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Kick off your well-being journey at Granemore GAC event
A health and well-being event will take place in Granemore this Saturday, October 22, with experts on hand to offer advice and information. It has been organised by Granemore GAC and will take place in...
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Family of murdered schoolboy Gavin McShane meet with Irish government officials
The family of murdered County Armagh schoolboy Gavin McShane met with Irish government officials from the Department of the Taoiseach and the Department for Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Thursday morning....
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Night to remember Keady man Ed raises over £2,000 for charity
A Keady man who had always joked about wanting a good ‘send-off’ got just that with a charity night raising over £2,000 in his memory. Eddie (Ed) O’Reilly died after a massive heart attack in 2021, a...
View ArticleMan (33) charged following robberies in Cullyhanna and Keady
Police investigating reports of robberies in Cullyhanna and Keady have charged a 33-year-old man. He is due to appear before Newry Magistrates’ Court today, Wednesday, charged with two counts of...
View ArticleMan accused of robbing Post Office and service station because he ‘owes...
A Jonesborough man accused of robbing a service station in Keady and attempting to rob a Post Office in Cullyhanna has been refused bail. Objecting to the release of Finbar Stephen Maguire, of Bay...
View ArticleHunter McGleenon: Sharyar Ali handed minimum 13-year jail term for Keady...
A man who murdered his then girlfriend’s 11-month old baby in Keady has been told he must spend at least 13 years behind bars before he is eligible for parole. Sharyar Ali, of Westenra Terrace in...
View ArticleHunter McGleenon’s heartbroken aunt on ‘wee shining light’ who ‘brought joy...
Hunter McGleenon brought so much “joy to everybody’s life” in the 11 short months he was on this earth. His life was cruelly ended at the hands of 34-year-old Sharyar Ali, who today (Thursday), was...
View ArticleHunter McGleenon: CCTV footage of killer gambling for over two hours while...
Sharyar Ali, aged 34, has today (Thursday) been sentenced for the appalling murder of baby Hunter McGleenon, following an investigation by detectives from the Police Service of Northern Ireland’s Major...
View ArticleThree taken to hospital after 4×4 crashes through wall and into river 40ft...
Three people were taken to hospital after a 4×4 crashed through a wall and into a river 40ft below off the main Armagh–Keady Road. Passers-by helped rescue the two men and one woman from the vehicle,...
View ArticleTassagh man brandishing knife chased through Armagh by police
A Tassagh man who was chased by police through Armagh whilst brandishing a knife has been fined £200. Paul Harte, (30), of Granemore Road, appeared before Armagh Magistrates’ Court, sitting at Newry...
View ArticleWarm spaces and online advice as council launches cost of living support schemes
Two schemes to help local community groups and residents during the cost of living crisis have been launched by Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough (ABC) Council. They are the Warm Spaces...
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Second crash in less than a week at notorious Keady Road bend sees bridge...
Two serious collisions in less than a week has left this bridge along the Keady Road in Armagh in a precarious state. Badly damaged by a collision in the early hours of Saturday morning, a second...
View Article22 new homes planned for Keady
A new housing development – consisting of 22 new homes – could be built in Keady. Proposals for the new scheme have been lodged with Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council for...
View ArticleOver 1,600 homes and businesses hit by widespread power losses around Keady
Over 1,600 homes and businesses are without power in Keady and surrounding areas. Northern Ireland Electricity Networks is reporting “widespead outages” in the area. Power losses were reported shortly...
View ArticleKeady mum’s warning after fraudsters’€500 Shania Twain tickets scam
A Keady mother has warned others to be vigilant after she was scammed out of €500 by fraudsters pretending to sell Shania Twain tickets online. Michelle Powell was one of the many people trying to get...
View ArticleLook inside abandoned Scala cinema in Keady which closed its doors in 1990
This is what the inside of a Co Armagh cinema – last opened to the public more than 30 years ago – looks like today. Urban explorer Jamie Robinson caught a glimpse of the inside of the former Scala...
View ArticleCastleblayney man raises money for Armagh boy Frankie Rooney in memory of...
A Castleblayney man has been tirelessly fundraising in memory of his best friend who died suddenly six years ago. Barry Nugent, who was from the Keady, passed away in October 2016 while living in...
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PPS to appeal ‘unduly lenient’ 13-year term handed down to baby Hunter...
The PPS are to appeal as “unduly lenient” the 13 year minimum tariff handed down to an illegal immigrant who killed his girlfriend’s baby. A PPS spokesperson said: “While sentencing is a matter for the...
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