SAOIRSE32 (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Suzanne Breen, Northern Editor Tribune.ie November 15, 2009 The Real IRA has strongly denied involvement in the largest ever haul of smuggled cigarettes captured in the Republic. A spokesman for the organisation insisted it had “no connection” with the cargo of 120 million cigarettes uncovered in Greenore Port in Co Louth following a massive surveillance operation. “It has absolutely...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Gerry Evans thought to have been kidnapped, killed and buried by Provisional IRA in 1970s Digging to recover the body of one of Northern Ireland's "disappeared" was resuming today in south Armagh. The search was to centre on an area at Hackballscross, close to the Irish border, as attempts to find the body of Gerry Evans, who was last seen hitchhiking in Co Monaghan in March 1979, restart....
SAOIRSE32 (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
News Letter 03 November 2009 DOZENS of petrol bombs and paint containers were thrown as republican youths laid siege to a police station in south Armagh at the weekend. However, details of the attack, involving up to 50 people, were only released by police after a request for information was made by the News Letter . Ulster Unionist MLA Danny Kennedy criticised how police reported the attack, saying...
SAOIRSE32 (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
By Bimpe Archer Irish News 27/10/09 WOUNDED: Above, the remains of the police car in which Mark Elwood, Trevor Elliot, and Neville Grey were travelling on May 18 1984 when the IRA detonated a 1,000lb landmine. Mr Elwood suffered years of ill health after the attack A FORMER police officer left partially blind and badly injured in an IRA bomb blast that killed two colleagues 25 years ago has died while...
SAOIRSE32 (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
BBC Thirty five MI5 officers are to give evidence against three County Armagh men arrested after an operation against the Real IRA, a court has heard. The trio pleaded not guilty at Belfast Crown Court to the charges, linked to what police believe was an international gun-smuggling operation. The officers have applied to give evidence anonymously behind screens. The court heard 90 hours of bugged...
Top Stories: BreakingNews.ie (Free subscription) | 23/09/2009
John and Tony McEntee have called time on their stellar club careers with Armagh outfit Crossmaglen Rangers.
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 19/09/2009
ALL-IRELAND MFC FINAL Mayo v Armagh: THERE WERE eyebrows raised around these parts on learning Armagh’s only minor football All-Ireland title was captured in 1949. Surely a Kieran McGeeney team or the Crossmaglen boys stormed the citadel before the turn of this century? Seemingly, they were too busy learning how to lose before learning how to win.
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
GAA:Joe Kernan has been officially ratified as the new Galway senior football manager and takes over from Liam Sammon on a three-year term. The Crossmaglen legend guided his native Armagh to All-Ireland glory in 2002 and has now returned to the game to take up a new challenge with the Tribesmen.
SAOIRSE32 (Free subscription) | 02/09/2009
BBC 1 Sept 09 Soldiers have not been brought in to south Armagh to tackle dissident republicans, police have said. The comments came at a DPP meeting in Crossmaglen, following last month's illegal checkpoint in the village of Meigh. SDLP councillor Frank Feely asked the area commander about the rumours of the Army returning. Chief Inspector Sam Cordner said that there was "no suggestion"...
SAOIRSE32 (Free subscription) | 24/07/2009
Breaking News.ie 23/07/2009 Experts searching for the body of one of the IRA's victims have received a map which could provide vital clues, it was revealed today. There was renewed optimism in the hunt for the remains of Charlie Armstrong, 57, who disappeared from his home in Co Armagh in August 1981. The fresh information was sent anonymously and indicated a previously unsearched area of the borderland...
SAOIRSE32 (Free subscription) | 22/07/2009
Commission for Northern Ireland's 'disappeared' appeals for anonymous source to come forward Henry McDonald, Ireland correspondent Guardian Wednesday 22 July 2009 The family of one of Northern Ireland's "disappeared" has received fresh hope that his remains will be found 28 years after the IRA kidnapped, killed and buried him in a secret grave . The cross-border Independent Commission for...
Sunday Tribune (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Ewan MacKenna ACROSS his many Na Fianna years, Kieran McGeeney came across the majority of today's Dublin side on the field but there was always one special welcome that stood out. When Ger Brennan crossed paths with the Armagh man in club games he'd wind him up, knowingly wrong in his geography, knowingly irritating and knifing with his words. "You should have stayed in Crossmaglen," he'd...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 30/03/2009
ARMAGH HAVE suddenly emerged as serious promotion contenders – just a point behind the leaders – after their fusion of pride and passion proved too much for Meath at Crossmaglen yesterday.
Top Stories: BreakingNews.ie (Free subscription) | 29/03/2009
Armagh 1-13 Meath 0-13, Crossmaglen A goal from full-back Finnian Moriarty proved the difference between Armagh and Meath at Crossmaglen as the Orchard men collected their fourth win of the Division 2 campaign.
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 23/02/2009
ARMAGH KINGPINS Crossmaglen Rangers are back within 60 minutes of a fifth All-Ireland senior club football championship title.
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