Royal Mail today announced (November 5) that an original illustration of St Patrick’s Church of Ireland (COI) Cathedral Armagh will feature as the Second Class Large Class stamp for its Christmas Special Stamps in 2024. Royal Mail’s 2024 Christmas stamps feature some of the many spectacular cathedrals in the UK …
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A Co Armagh mother caught with up to £60,000 worth of cannabis narrowly avoided going to prison on Tuesday. Imposing a two-year jail sentence on Lurgan woman Nichaela Maxwell, Judge Patrick Lynch KC warned that, while the custody threshold “is clearly passed”, he was suspending the sentence for three years …
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A vacant Sainsbury’s size hole could soon be filled with a new and “exciting” tenant at Rushmere Shopping Centre, Armagh I can reveal. Talks are currently ongoing behind the scenes to have the former Sainsbury’s unit filled following its departure in February 2022. While negotiations have been ongoing ever since …
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The Royal Mail delivery office in Craigavon has been put on the market for sale. The huge site – which extends to over 22,000 sq ft – is located on the Balteagh Road. The property includes the “purpose-built delivery office and vehicle workshop”, which were constructed almost 70 years ago. …
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Royal Mail sorting office in Newry A Royal Mail whistle-blower has alleged “a second class service is being provided for first class postage” saying “staff overtime work is being banned”. The angered Newry worker raised their concerns as they say bags of mail are being brought back to the office …
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A Milltown woman has said she is disappointed that a traditional red postbox will no longer be in use in the area. The postbox, which was located in a stone pillar, has not been operational since the pillar was accidentally hit and damaged by a lorry in February. The woman, …
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The TUV has accused Royal Mail of an “orchestrated attempt to disrupt” its election campaign in Newry and Armagh amid claims that party literature has not been delivered to a large number of homes. The accusation has been levelled by TUV leader Jim Allister and his party’s candidate for the …
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Essential services – including carers and postal deliveries – have been unable to ‘access all areas’ in the borough during recent wintry weather conditions because of a failure to keep grit boxes topped up. And those with authority have been accused by one local councillor of allowing this “shambolic situation” …
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An injured dog treated by an Armagh vet last year Concerns have been raised over the number of dog attacks that happen each year in the Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough. An average of 165 incidents involving dogs take place each year, which has caused “significant concern” for one local …
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While there has been a postal service available in Newry from as far back as 1564, Newry only became a Post Town in 1784, the year the Irish Post Office separated from the English Post Office. Sometime after 1761, the Post Office was relocated from Market Street to Marcus Square …
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