Dungannon, Northern Ireland News

A NEW training and employability programme for the Coalisland and Dungannon areas has been made possible after the Department of Social Development announced funding of 276,000 for the initiative.

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The partnership are now encouraging the public to have your say in the projects by attending a consultation event on 21st or 22nd May.

Almost 180 new jobs are being created at a Co Tyrone meat processing plant. Dungannon-based Linden Foods is expanding operations in a A 5m investment.

Visitors to this year's Balmoral Show, which is being held for the first time at its new home in the Maze, Lisburn, have been urged to use free public transport.

Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster said: "This investment is very welcome news for the food industry which is a key contributor to Northern Ireland's economy.

FIRST it was trekking through the Rainforest in Brazil over five days and now a Dungannon restaurant worker is undertaking his biggest challenge yet...climbing Mount Kilimanjaro.

Grace Nugent, aged 25, was last seen at her home in the Sessiadonaghy Road in Dungannon at around 7.15pm on Friday when she left for a dinner date in Omagh.

WOMEN from many different churches in Dungannon attended the service for Women's World Day of Prayer which was held in St.

James Andrew Lockhart, 38, of Upper Cranlome Road, Galbally, Dungannon is also charged with possessing an offensive weapon in a public place, assaulting police and resisting police following an incident on April 7th.

SINN FEIN is expected to be the largest party in the proposed Mid-Ulster supercouncil after the proposal of radical changes which include the scrapping of the Blackwater electoral area and the loss of 13 councillors across the region.

DUNGANNON and South Tyrone Borough Council will give out free compost at Dungannon, Coalisland and Fivemiletown Recycling Centres to promote Compost Awareness Week 2013 which takes place from 6th-11th May.

A 21 YEAR old Dungannon man has been handed a suspended prison sentence by East Tyrone Magistrates' Court following an incident outside of his former home in March this year.

STAFF at Xtra-Vision stores in Dungannon and Coalisland face continued uncertainty about their jobs following the announcement that the company has gone into receivership.

Elaine Conway, from Dungannon, who has qualified for the final of the Tempted Boutique Model Search competition 2013.

Pupils from Clintyclay Primary School enjoy road traffic signal cupcakes while reading their copies of Road Safety Rules What Would You Choose? INTT1813-058X CHILDREN from Clintyclay Primary School have helped to launch a new road safety project which has been rolled out to over 850 primary schools in Northern Ireland.

Primary 4 pupils from St Patrick's Primary School Dungannon who are Tyrone Regional Heat Winners of the Lidi "Fit Factor". Included in the picture are Cherie Wilson and Katrina McCarry .INTT1713-301SR SAINT Patrick's Primary School in Dungannon is celebrating after being chosen as the Tyrone winner of the Lidl Fit Factor, a fun competition designed ... (more)

DIABETES UK Northern Ireland is urging local people to sign up for its Walk for Diabetes event in Dungannon Park and raise vital funds to support people living with both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes.

Pupils at Derry's Model Primary School have put their spin on the Gangnam Style phenomenon as part of a healthy lifestyle project - and now need your votes to win a national prize.

A MASSIVE sale, which includes 17 properties across Tyrone, has been launced by the National Asset Management Agency, the Republic of Ireland's 'bad bank'. NAMA, which has been tasked with clearing the mountain of bad debt amassed by Ireland's property developers, has published its most up-to-date list of thousands of properties across the UK and ... (more)