Welcome to Portadown, County Armagh
Portadown (Port an Dúnáin) is a town in County Armagh. It has an estimated population of 30,000, and is situated on the River Bann, in the north of County Armagh. It is within of the Craigavon Borough Council area.
Although the town can trace its origins to at least the 1600s, it was not until the Victorian era and the arrival of the railway that it became a major town. Portadown is known as "The Hub of the North", the origin of this phrase coming from its central position in Northern Ireland and being a major railway junction in the past, where the Great Northern Railway's line diverged for Belfast, Dublin, Armagh and Derry.
(21 Mar 2010) A group representing many former residents of industrial schools has thanked Pope Benedict for 'his unprecedented apology' to victims of abuse.
(21 Mar 2010) A search has resumed for a young Scottish man missing off the west Cork coast.
(21 Mar 2010) PSNI officers investigating a security alert on a rail line in Co Down came under gun attack last night but managed to escape injury.
(21 Mar 2010) A 21-year-old man has died after a road crash in Co Cork this morning.
From RTÉ News
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