The £800,000 for a feasibility study is an early Christmas gift for PARS members Derek Smyth, left, and William Hutchinson
Reinstating the railway line between Armagh[1] and Portadown[2] could become a reality as soon as 2030 “if there is a will”, me…
Rail services are again affected while a number of roads are closed.
Meanwhile, a clean-up operation is continuing in towns and cities following the “catastrophic” rainfall, amid fears it could be hampered by further downpours.
More rain is forecast on…
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Police reached speeds of up to 140mph trying to keep up with a driver of a Ferrari, a court was told today.
A defence solicitor told Craigavon Magistrates’ Court that his Co Fermanagh client had been more con…
Two people have been taken to hospital – one of them in a serious condition – after road traffic collision at Moy Road in Armagh[1] today (Friday).
The Air Ambulance and Northern Ireland Ambulance Service attended the scene, while the PSNI closed the…
A man who died in a single-vehicle lorry crash in Co Down was involved in a previous tragic incident that led to the death of a work colleague and friend.
Ryan Telford, in his late twenties, died following the crash yesterday morning on the Ballynahinc…
Translink train – hopes high for a rail halt in Craigavon, Co Armagh. Photo Colm Lenaghan/Pacemaker Press (Photo: Colm Lenaghan)Following the publication of the draft review of the All-Island Strategic Rail Review which proposed a greater network inclu…
A “right-hand man” in a people-smuggling ring has been jailed for more than 12 years for the manslaughter of 39 men, women and children found dead in a lorry trailer in Essex. The Vietnamese nationals died in the airtight sealed container as it was bei…
A “right-hand man” in a people-smuggling ring has been jailed[1] for more than 12 years for the manslaughter of 39 men, women and children found dead in a lorry trailer.
The Vietnamese nationals died in the airtight sealed container[2] as it was being …
The Vietnamese nationals were found dead in the container which had been transported by ferry from Zeebrugge in Belgium to Purfleet early on October 23 2019.
The victims had hoped for a better life in Britain when they agreed to pay up to £13,000 a he…
A police officer secures the cordon at the scene (AFP via Getty Images)
An alleged ringleader of a people-smuggling gang has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of 39 men, women and children in a lorry trailer in Essex.
The Vietnamese nationals were…
The PSNI[1], alongside partner agencies, are conducting further testing regarding fatal road traffic collisions.
Police[2] say that these fatal collisions occurred last year, on September 2022 and December 2022.
The M1 has been closed between junctio…
Three members of one family have tragically died in a horror accident on the A5 in Co Tyrone this morning.
It is understood a brother, his sister and their aunt from the Innisfree Gardens area of Strabane sadly lost their lives in the accident.
We und…
Three people, all believed members of the same extended family, were killed while four others are in hospital following a road crash tragedy in Co Tyrone on Thursday morning.
The collision involving a lorry and a minivan happened on the A5 road betwee…
A group of Lurgan[1] residents have come together in a bid to stop a new cold storage unit and lorry park being built on their doorsteps.
It is understood more than 200 residents living in five developments in the Annesborough area have signed a lett…