Craigavon


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Craigavon

(ˌkreɪɡˈævən)
n
(Placename) a district in central Northern Ireland, in Co Armagh. Pop: 57 685 (2001). Area: 279 sq km (108 sq miles)
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Almac in Craigavon, Co Armagh, produces Orkambi for US drug firm Vertex Pharmaceuticals.
Carla Lockhart, MLA for Upper Bann, was present in Banbridge supporting colleagues running for Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon Council on Friday when her newborn decided to make his arrival.
The 21-year-old, who will appear at Lisburn Magistrates' Court, is charged with withholding information about the shooting of Constable Stephen Carroll, 48, in Craigavon earlier this month.
Teams of detectives are hunting the dissident republicans who gunned down two soldiers at Massereene barracks in Antrim last Saturday night and shot dead a police constable on Monday night in Craigavon, Co Armagh.
Cars were also hijacked and set on fire during trouble which flared while police were carrying out searches in Craigavon, Co Armagh, following bomb warnings from dissident republica ns.
PARTS of Craigavon can be 'written off' because they're controlled by criminal Mafia-style gangs, it has been claimed.
One was hit at Craigavon, Co Armagh, and the second at Fivemiletown, Co Tyrone.
AND TAKE NOTICE that this application will be dealt with by the Court sitting at Craigavon on Friday the 5th day of July 2019 commencing at 10.00 o'clock in the forenoon.
It is understood Craigavon Area Hospital staff were notified of the find on Tuesday and it is alleged the device was left there by a former employee.
Tragic James Fegan, aged 44, from Ardowen, Craigavon, Co Armagh, died hours after being rushed to hospital.