Markethill

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“The worst-case scenario is a hard border, and people won’t accept that.” Frank Brady at his pig farm in Cootehill, Co Cavan. Photograph: Philip Fitzpatrick
‘Do I need two vets now?’ Border farmers sweat over Brexit

When Border farmer Ossy Hughes gets up in the morning, he has a choice: should he tend his beef cattle in the Republic of Ireland or his dairy herd in(...)

Cycling the Border, 2018: ‘At least yous are Prods, you f**kers’

Roused by Brexit to revisit his Northern Irish Protestant roots, Anton Thompson-McCormick took his English boyfriend David Bradford on a cycle alon(...)

Finn Lough domes in Fermanagh
Star-gazing domes to fancy yurts: the best places for glamping

The recent good weather has us giddy for the outdoors. But not so giddy that we want to abandon our home comforts. Glamping – or “glamorous camping” –(...)

Séamus Mallon, pictured in 1998 sitting behind Gerry Adams at an address in Belfast by Bill Clinton, has little affection for the Sinn Féin leader: “I just can’t be in the same room with him. There’s just something about him that I recoil from. He has his hand in too many awful events, too many.” Photograph: AP
Séamus Mallon: Adams legitimised killing of members of other community

Séamus Mallon today lives quietly in Markethill in Co Armagh perched just above the remnants of a wall that, centuries ago, was a bulwark against all (...)

Button Farm Mushrooms in Co Armagh has gone into administration. Photograph: iStock.
Button Farm Mushrooms placed in administration

A specialist hi-tech mushroom growing and packing facility established in Armagh by two brothers, who had worked in their family’s business for decade(...)

Former Deputy First Minister Seamus Mallon (R) with former SDLP leader John Hume: Mr Mallon’s wife Gertrude has died after a long illness. Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images
Northern Irish SDLP figures pay tribute to Gertrude Mallon

The death has occurred of Gertrude Mallon, wife of the former deputy SDLP leader and Deputy First Minister Seamus Mallon. SDLP leader Colum Eastwood d(...)

Two 17-year-olds died on Thursday when their car crashed near Markethill, Co Armagh, at about 8.30am.
Two 17-year-old students killed in Co Armagh crash

Two teenagers have died in a road crash in Co Armagh. It is understood the two 17-year-olds were on their way to college when their car crashed near(...)