Local news from Portadown and the surrounding area
A ban on Portadown Orangeman making their return parade from a church service at Drumcree has been quashed, after a landmark legal victory against the Parades Commission.
NI Water’s education team has been out on the road visiting summer schemes across Northern Ireland, helping children learn about the vital role water plays in our everyday lives.
Fun was the order of the day on Saturday afternoon at Portadown People’s Park.
Crusaders manager Declan Caddell feels hat-trick hero Adam Brooks has been “knocking on the door with that type of performance” after helping his side secure a 3-2 Premiership win at home to 10-man Po
Portadown College is celebrating another year of very worthy GCSE success.
Manager David Jeffrey has total belief Ben Kennedy can go from Irish League maverick to Portadown’s magic man – having looked “in the whites of his eyes”.
Police have confirmed the Portadown Road in Armagh has now fully reopened to traffic following a serious collision on Friday morning.
An award-winning dairy farm in Portadown is to be the venue for the Greenmount Association’s annual Autumn Farm Walk in September.
“It was clearly a racist, unprovoked attack which no doubt terrified your victim,” a Craigavon judge has told a Co Armagh man.
A bin was set alight and pushed against the door of a house in Portadown, say police investigating an early morning arson attack.
A reward of £20,000 has been offered for information in the 1973 murder of Portadown teen Marian Beattie.
Back-to-back blanks in terms of points or even goals from two games as Portadown boss have 63-year-old David Jeffrey turning back the clock to his teenage playing days for inspiration.
Police have issued images of people they want to speak to in connection with public disorder on June 10 in the Mandeville Street area of Portadown.
A memorable street party with a difference was held on Saturday in loving memory of the late Rosie Toland.
Police rammed a stolen car off the road to end a high-speed chase from Portadown to Banbridge.
Niamh McVeigh, New Product Introduction Lead at Kinisla in Portadown, was among the students recognised at the recent College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE), Further Education Food
David Jeffrey’s first Irish League home game as Portadown manager finished in a 1-0 loss to Dungannon Swifts as Kris Lowe’s goal proved decisive at Shamrock Park.
Kris Lowe was the sole scorer as Dungannon Swifts enjoyed a 1-0 defeat of Portadown at Shamrock Park.
Kris Lowe’s early Dungannon Swifts goal prevented David Jeffrey from celebrating victory on his first competitive home game as Portadown boss – with an added-time penalty appeal adding to the Shamrock
For over four decades David Jeffrey has accepted the black-and-white results-based business of Irish League football – but for a few minutes today the red-and-white romance of the game will take over.
