Portadown

Looking happy with Santa at his grotto in St Mark's Church tower are Freddie Irwin and dad Neil. PT50-227.

15 magical photos of festive family fun in St Mark's Church, Portadown

Staff at the new Maisie's Bar Restaurant in Portadown, Co Armagh including Willard, right, general manager, and Paulo, centre, head chef. PT49-219.

20 photos of Maisie's Bar and Restaurant

Arlene McKeown

Tributes paid to Portadown woman Arlene McKeown who had a 'heart of gold'

Celebrated tenor Fr Eugene O'Hagan is to perform as a soloist at the annual Christmas Concert in St Mark's Church in Portadown, Co Armagh.

Celebrated tenor for St Mark's Christmas concert

Jude Ashton helping to dispatch the Amazon delivery vans. Picture: family image

Watch as Amazon helps birthday wish comes true for delighted six-year-old

99 Toberhewny Lodge, Lurgan is the perfect first time buyers home.

Beautiful first time buyers' home complete with solar panels

Lord Mayor Alderman Margaret Tinsley announces free parking in council-owned off-street pay-and-display car parks in Armagh City, Banbridge, Lurgan and Portadown on Saturday, December 2, 9, 16 and 23. Picture: ABC Borough Council.

Free Christmas parking scheme for Portadown, Lurgan and Banbridge

St Mark's Church in Portadown has been beautifully decorated for the Santa's Grotto in the Tower experience. Picture: submitted by St Mark's Church

Video: Landmark Portadown church hosts Santa's Grotto in the Tower experience

Eoin O’Hagan, Art O’Hagan and Shane O’Hagan, Directors of CPS Property Group, pictured after winning Multi-Branch Agent of the year plus Commercial Agent of the year 2023 at the recent PropertyPal awards at the Titanic gala awards dinner in Belfast. CPS Property Group has offices in Portadown, Armagh and Belfast.

CPS Property Group win top awards

Aaron 'Branko' Brankin sitting high above Times Square in New York launching his new single 'Tenfold'. The Portadown native officially launched his single last week at the Shade 45 studios of Eminem and already it's going viral.

Branko launches new single in NY city

Lord Mayor of Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council, Alderman Margaret Tinsley with Craigavon Senior High School team captain Samuel Ruddell, holding the U16 Danske Bank Ulster High School Trophy and Dylan Adamson with the Ulster High Schools Pollock Cup

15 pictures of smiles and congratulations in the Lurgan and Portadown area

Showing off her photo record of her time at the playgroup is past pupil Sophie Elliott and her mum, Wendy. PT48-235.

Epworth Playgroup in Portadown marks 10 years with special coffee morning

All smiles at the Portadown Christmas lights switch on on Saturday night are Noah Robinson (8) and Demi-lee Wells (6). PT48-200.

28 magical photos as Portadown lights up for Christmas 2023

Daniella Morelli-Kerr, sales and marketing director at Morelli’s Ice Cream. Picture: supplied by Morelli’s Ice Cream

Morelli's Ice Cream reveals the favourite flavours across Co Armagh

46 Beech Meadows, Waringstown.

Immaculate modern family home is just ready to move in to

All smiles on prize day.

Bored of Lunch creator Nathan Anthony is special guest at school prize day

Raffle winner Barbara Abraham (second left) with, from left: Sarah O’Hare, fundraising officer Southern Area Hospice Services; Imogen Blevins, Shelbourne Motors; Ruth Atkins, NFU Mutual; Peter Murray, Buttercrane Shopping Centre and Gary Connolly Shelbourne KIA sales manager. Picture: supplied by Southern Area Hospice Services

Co Armagh woman delighted to win Southern Area Hospice Services car raffle

Support staff at Lismore College, Craigavon are on strike over pay and conditions. Some of the workers took to the picket line this morning. They are some of the thousands of union members from NIPSA, GMB, Unison and Unite which are taking industrial action across Northern Ireland today.

School workers forced to use food banks

Workers on the picket line at Carrick PS in Lurgan, Co Armagh. Hundreds of school support staff from unions such as Unison, Unite, GMB and NIPSA joined the strike on the second day in what will be one of the biggest strikes among non-teaching unions in years. The ongoing industrial dispute is over the failure to deliver a pay and grading review to education workers as part of a negotiated resolution of the 2022 pay dispute.

School workers on strike

Excited to see the Christmas lights switch on in Portadown town centre in 2022 are friends Mia Fearon, left, and Clodagh Smith, both aged 10. Photo: Tony Hendron

Christmas lighting-up times across the ABC Council area

PSNI advises of heavy traffic build up after crash on M1 westbound near Tamnamore roundabout between Portadown and Dungannon.

Crash on M1 westbound

Translink train at Carrickfergus station. Photo: Tim Cully

Consumer Council comments on Larne line rail fares hike

A Pensioners' lunch has been organised by Portadown Cares this Thursday.

Pensioners' lunch on Thursday

A snapshot from aerial footage showing the extent of the flooding in Portadown at the end of October. Picture: Lukas of Lucky Loyal Photography

£7,500 grant payment and rates relief support available to flooded businesses

Portadown Scouts during Sunday's ceremony.

In pictures: crowds pay their respects on Remembrance Sunday in Portadown

The Belfast to Portadown railway line will be closed on Sunday due to engineering work says Translink.

Train line to close for engineering work

Many homes and businesses across Portadown and Co Armagh were affected by the flooding in recent days. Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon Council has set up a rates relief scheme. Paul Cranston Blackbox Aerial Photography

Praise for community during flood

Portadown-based themed-interiors specialist, The Deluxe Group, launches a new mini Irish pub into the USA leisure market. Pub Óg was recently delivered to its first customers ahead of the firm's launch of its new Orlando base and a $750,000 investment. Pictured is Secretary of State, Chris Heaton-Harris with Colm O’Farrell, Executive Chairman, The Deluxe Group.

Pub Óg for USA market

Tributes have been paid to Patrick Grimley from Madden village in Co Armagh who was killed following a four-vehicle road traffic collision on Gosford Road in Markethill at approximately 1.20am on Saturday morning.

Funeral for Patrick Grimley announced

Just some of the cast from Frozen Jnr which is being performed by Moyraverty Arts and Drama Society at Portadown Town Hall, Co Armagh this weekend.

Musical Frozen Jnr for stage

Three injured in road crash on Lurgan Road, Portadown not far from Craigavon Hospital this afternoon.

Firefighters help 3 people after crash

The Bann Meadows in Portadown were heavily flooded earlier this week. PT44-262. Photo: TONY HENDRON

'Improving' picture for Portadown area as water levels fall

Katie Girvan from Hamill's Pharmacy in Portadown hitched a lift with boatman Barry McCann to deliver urgent medication to an elderly customer during floods in the Co Armagh town yesterday.

Katie brings elderly customer urgent medication

A motorist gets stuck in flooding on the main Portadown-Loughgall Road on Tuesday. PT44-247.

31 photos of Portadown flooding

Major flooding closes road between Newry and Markethill, Co Armagh with diversions via Tandragee.

Road closed due to flooding

Lord Mayor Margaret Tinsley cuts the ribbon and officially opens the new Woodlands Play Park with children from Gilford Primary School along with elected members Councillor Joy Ferguson, Councillor Paul Greenfield and Councillor Ian Wilson. Picture: ABC Borough Council

New play parks opened in Gilford and Portadown

Enjoying some water play with naíscoil deputy leader, Shauneen McGeown are from left, Cian, Finn and Maeve. PT43-301.

In pictures: Fun all the way at Portadown's Naíscoil Na Banna pre-school

Lots of great ideas on how to make Portadown even better - including bringing back the leisure centre and creative thinking on how the town centre can be used.

12 ideas to make Portadown a better place

Portadown man Gareth Prideaux who died tragically in the Mourne Mountains this week.

Tributes to Gareth Prideaux

Singer and actor Keith Duffy presents Julia McKeever, founder of The Autism Hive, with her National Lottery Award. Julia set up the charity after losing her autistic son Luke O'Hara to suicide. and was named winner in the Charity/Community category of The National Lottery Awards, which celebrate inspirational individual who do extraordinary things with the help of National Lottery funding. Picture Bill Smyth (free to use)

Keith gives Julia special award

Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon Councillor Robbie Alexander at the Moylinn Bridge in Craigavon before it was razed to the ground earlier this year.

Footbridge in Craigavon to be rebuilt

Translink is set to carry out essential engineering works on the Portadown line. Picture: Translink

Portadown rail line to be closed for essential work