Members at a recent full meeting of Council were in full agreement that representatives from Royal Mail should be brought before ABC Council to discuss ongoing issues with late and misdelivered post. Concerns were first raised with Armagh I five months ago, when a resident of a rural area on …
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A request for English-Irish street signage at Woodside Hill, Portadown, has finally been approved. Woodside Hill had been the first street in the Armagh City, Banbridge & Craigavon Borough Council area to meet the criteria for such provision – namely two thirds of residents in favour of bilingual signs. But …
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A Killylea woman has branded the local postal service a “shambles” after going three weeks without mail. The woman, who did not wish to be named, has told how she previously complained to the Consumer Council, as she was “made to feel like a liar” after raising her concerns. And …
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Photo by K. Mitch Hodge on Unsplash Upper Bann MP, Carla Lockhart secured a “high-level” meeting with senior management of Royal Mail to discuss “unacceptable” postal delays in Banbridge. While the issue of slow post is not unique to Banbridge, Ms Lockhart explained there was a “very specific local issue” …
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The new Home Bargains store at Oaks Shopping Centre will be more than twice the size of the previous one, and there will also be a garden centre. Credit: Mid Ulster planning portal Plans that will see the Home Bargains store more than double in size at Oaks Shopping Centre, …
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A young man is in a critical condition in hospital following a two-vehicle collision on the Annaghilla Road in Augher, this morning, Wednesday. Sergeant Fletcher said: “We received a report of a collision between a white Audi A4 and a yellow Renault lorry just before 8.10am. “The driver of the …
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The issue of delayed postal delivery was raised at at Mid Ulster District Council, with Royal Mail and courier service, Evri, being singled out for criticism. Crucially, some councillors claimed hospital appointments are regularly being missed as a result of their constituents not receiving appointment letters in a timely fashion. …
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Photo by Simon Harmer on Unsplash Concerns have been raised over “infrequent” postal services in rural parts of Armagh. The issue was first raised with Armagh I in September of this year after a resident claimed that post wasn’t being delivered to her address in a timely fashion and was …
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A phrase that’s commonly associated with delayed payment or a disbelief that something will arrive, “It’s in the mail”, has now quite literally become a reality for all post intended for a rural area in County Armagh, says one local resident. Speaking to Armagh I, the resident – who wished …
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Street signs still direct motorists to “Laural Drive”. Credit: Google As was expected, all eight households surveyed in ‘Laural Drive’, Aughnacloy, have now elected to have their street renamed ‘Laurel Drive’ – this being the correct spelling. Having the name of their street correctly spelt will bring to an end …
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