Armagh Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council
USPCA brands puppy farmer sentencing an 'insult'
The USPCA has described the sentencing of an Armagh man for running an illegal puppy farm as a "slap on the wrist" and called for tougher penalties for those "inflicting the worst levels of animal cruelty".
Unionists hold sway in ABC, where veteran Seamus Doyle in shock return for SDLP
UNIONISTS have always held the dominant hand in Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon District Council, which comprises the whole of the old Armagh City, Craigavon Borough, and Banbridge District Councils.
Council row as proposal for UDR 'Greenfinch' memorial is agreed
PLANS for a "lasting tribute" to women UDR members at a local council have been slammed as seeking to celebrate the "discredited" regiment.
Details of council's Great Famine memorial project revealed
DETAILS of planned memorials to the victims of the Great Famine in Co Armagh have been revealed.
Community group throws weight behind £2m Gilford retail development
TRADERS and community groups in Gilford have thrown their weight behind revised proposals to redevelop a petrol station and convenience retail site in the town which has lain idle for five years.
Would radical reform of council’s powers restore political stability?
THE novelist Edward G. Bulwer Lytton once said: "A reform is a correction of abuses; a revolution is a transfer of power.
We must create space in our hearts for hope of better days
INJUSTICE, prejudice, and increasing polarisation .
Planning approval for new £6m M&S food store in Banbridge
PLANS for a new £6 million Marks and Spencer food hall in Banbridge have been approved by Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council’s planning committee.
ABC Council lays out roadmap for economic recovery
THE north's second most populated local authority has laid out an ambitious roadmap to rejuvenate its economy around its strength areas of agri-food, health and life sciences, and advanced manufacturing.
`Watershed moment' for protection of Neolithic Co Down burial site
THE first formal stage in the removal of a controversial wind turbine built alongside a protected ceremonial site at the centre of an ancient Irish kingdom has been passed with cross-community political support.