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Northern Ireland News for July 2004 : Page 2
Northern Ireland News, Jul 29, 2004
Irish drivers think speeding is acceptable: survey
Despite the high numbers of fatalities on Ireland's roads, seven-out-of-10 drivers believe that excess speed – at 10mph above the limit – is acceptable, according to a survey published today. An onli...
Irish drivers think speeding is acceptable: survey
Despite the high numbers of fatalities on Ireland's roads, seven-out-of-10 drivers believe that excess speed – at 10mph above the limit – is acceptable, according to a survey published today. An onli...
Recruitment News, Jul 29, 2004
Major Biopharmaceutical Investment For Ireland
The Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Mary Harney TD, has announced that biopharmaceutical firm Centocor, Inc. has decided to invest in a major manufacturing facility at Ring...
Major Biopharmaceutical Investment For Ireland
The Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Mary Harney TD, has announced that biopharmaceutical firm Centocor, Inc. has decided to invest in a major manufacturing facility at Ring...
UK National News, Jul 29, 2004
UN mission to assess Darfur plight concludes
An observer group of UN staff, Sudanese officials and representatives of concerned countries today wrapped up its three-day visit to Darfur, where local civilians have been fleeing militia attacks, by...
UN mission to assess Darfur plight concludes
An observer group of UN staff, Sudanese officials and representatives of concerned countries today wrapped up its three-day visit to Darfur, where local civilians have been fleeing militia attacks, by...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 29, 2004
FSB voices hopes for resolution to civil service strike
A delegation from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has today met with senior officials from Department of Finance & Personnel and the DVTA on the civil service. The FSB voiced its hope that t...
FSB voices hopes for resolution to civil service strike
A delegation from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has today met with senior officials from Department of Finance & Personnel and the DVTA on the civil service. The FSB voiced its hope that t...
UK National News, Jul 29, 2004
Companies 'still paying late' despite government reforms
More than five years after the government brought in legislation to curb late payment, the gap between the average payment period of companies in the UK when the legislation was introduced and now has...
Companies 'still paying late' despite government reforms
More than five years after the government brought in legislation to curb late payment, the gap between the average payment period of companies in the UK when the legislation was introduced and now has...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 29, 2004
Gay men find 'death threat' letter on doorstep
Two gay men living in the Waterside area of Londonderry have received death threats, the BBC has reported today. The men found a letter on their doorstep, signed by the UDA, ordering the pair to lea...
Gay men find 'death threat' letter on doorstep
Two gay men living in the Waterside area of Londonderry have received death threats, the BBC has reported today. The men found a letter on their doorstep, signed by the UDA, ordering the pair to lea...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 29, 2004
Police appeal after Co Antrim armed robberies
Police have appealed for information in relation to two armed robberies which occurred in Co Antrim yesterday. At around 4.45pm yesterday, two men, armed with a handgun and a knife, entered a shop on...
Police appeal after Co Antrim armed robberies
Police have appealed for information in relation to two armed robberies which occurred in Co Antrim yesterday. At around 4.45pm yesterday, two men, armed with a handgun and a knife, entered a shop on...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 29, 2004
Ballymena entrepeneurs boosted by Michelin business fund
The local economy in the Ballymena Borough Council area has received a boost following the launch by tyre manufacturer Michelin of its a new business start-up initiative for small and medium enterpris...
Ballymena entrepeneurs boosted by Michelin business fund
The local economy in the Ballymena Borough Council area has received a boost following the launch by tyre manufacturer Michelin of its a new business start-up initiative for small and medium enterpris...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 29, 2004
New scheme for compensation cases planned
The Government has published a consultation document on draft legislation to implement a scheme for the recovery of health services costs in compensation cases. Health Minister Angela Smith said the...
New scheme for compensation cases planned
The Government has published a consultation document on draft legislation to implement a scheme for the recovery of health services costs in compensation cases. Health Minister Angela Smith said the...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 29, 2004
Community Midwifery Units to be developed in NI
Health Minister, Angela Smith, today announced her decision to allow the development of Community Midwifery Units in Northern Ireland. The Minister’s decision follows an extensive consultation exerci...
Community Midwifery Units to be developed in NI
Health Minister, Angela Smith, today announced her decision to allow the development of Community Midwifery Units in Northern Ireland. The Minister’s decision follows an extensive consultation exerci...
UK National News, Jul 29, 2004
Proposals for new flooding strategy published
Proposals to combat increasingly frequent and severe flooding in England have been published today. The new strategy examines what could be done to tackle all types of flooding including coastal, riv...
Proposals for new flooding strategy published
Proposals to combat increasingly frequent and severe flooding in England have been published today. The new strategy examines what could be done to tackle all types of flooding including coastal, riv...
UK National News, Jul 28, 2004
68 killed in Baquba suicide bomb
A car bomb outside a police station in northern Iraq has killed almost 70 people, it has been reported today. The BBC has reported that at least 68 people died when a suicide bomber detonated explos...
68 killed in Baquba suicide bomb
A car bomb outside a police station in northern Iraq has killed almost 70 people, it has been reported today. The BBC has reported that at least 68 people died when a suicide bomber detonated explos...
UK National News, Jul 28, 2004
Self-harm guideline to help raise standard of NHS care
People who harm themselves are not getting the same quality of treatment on the NHS as they deserve as few people providing care in casualty understand why people self-harm and do not know how to help...
Self-harm guideline to help raise standard of NHS care
People who harm themselves are not getting the same quality of treatment on the NHS as they deserve as few people providing care in casualty understand why people self-harm and do not know how to help...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 28, 2004
Man appears in court charged with attempted murder
A 30-year-old man has appeared in court today charged with the attempted murder of another man in Londonderry at the weekend. Daniel David Paul Kerr, from Ballymore Park in the Creggan area of the ci...
Man appears in court charged with attempted murder
A 30-year-old man has appeared in court today charged with the attempted murder of another man in Londonderry at the weekend. Daniel David Paul Kerr, from Ballymore Park in the Creggan area of the ci...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 28, 2004
Binmen rescue toddler from burning house
Binmen have rescued a two-year-old boy from a housefire in Belfast this morning. The council workers spotted the blaze in an upstairs bedroom of a house in the Fort Street area of the Springfield Roa...
Binmen rescue toddler from burning house
Binmen have rescued a two-year-old boy from a housefire in Belfast this morning. The council workers spotted the blaze in an upstairs bedroom of a house in the Fort Street area of the Springfield Roa...
UK National News, Jul 28, 2004
Health report adds weight to smoking ban demands
Concerns that a ban on smoking in public places would disastrously affect the leisure industry have been dismissed by the Chief Medical Officer as "unfounded", in his annual report published today. ...
Health report adds weight to smoking ban demands
Concerns that a ban on smoking in public places would disastrously affect the leisure industry have been dismissed by the Chief Medical Officer as "unfounded", in his annual report published today. ...
UK National News, Jul 28, 2004
Father jailed for life for murdering baby son
A 40-year-old man has been given a life sentence after being found guilty of murdering his infant son in a bakery in Carlisle last year. Shahajan Kabir was found guilty at Carlisle Crown Court today ...
Father jailed for life for murdering baby son
A 40-year-old man has been given a life sentence after being found guilty of murdering his infant son in a bakery in Carlisle last year. Shahajan Kabir was found guilty at Carlisle Crown Court today ...
UK National News, Jul 28, 2004
Police questioning murder suspect granted extension
Police holding murder suspect Mark Hobson have been given more time to continue their questioning. Mr Hobson was arrested on Sunday on suspicion of murdering 27-year-old twins, Claire and Diane Sand...
Police questioning murder suspect granted extension
Police holding murder suspect Mark Hobson have been given more time to continue their questioning. Mr Hobson was arrested on Sunday on suspicion of murdering 27-year-old twins, Claire and Diane Sand...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 28, 2004
Man arrested following Co Antrim body find
One person has been arrested after the body of a man was found in Co Antrim. The body was discovered at Milltown Court in Ballymoney shortly before 2pm on Tuesday. The identity of the 49-year-old ma...
Man arrested following Co Antrim body find
One person has been arrested after the body of a man was found in Co Antrim. The body was discovered at Milltown Court in Ballymoney shortly before 2pm on Tuesday. The identity of the 49-year-old ma...
UK National News, Jul 28, 2004
Agencies rally to ease plight of Bangladesh flood victims
UN agencies are rushing in aid into Bangladesh after devastating floods killed at least 275 people and damaging or destroying over 12 million houses. With more than 23 million people in Bangladesh ...
Agencies rally to ease plight of Bangladesh flood victims
UN agencies are rushing in aid into Bangladesh after devastating floods killed at least 275 people and damaging or destroying over 12 million houses. With more than 23 million people in Bangladesh ...
UK National News, Jul 28, 2004
Food airdrops set to arrive in Darfur next week
Airdrops of food are scheduled to begin next week in West Darfur, where the annual rainy season has made road transport almost impossible, the UN has confirmed. A UN observer group is currently in Su...
Food airdrops set to arrive in Darfur next week
Airdrops of food are scheduled to begin next week in West Darfur, where the annual rainy season has made road transport almost impossible, the UN has confirmed. A UN observer group is currently in Su...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 28, 2004
Portuguese youth attacked in racial assault
The upsurge in racial attacks in Northern Ireland continued yesterday after a Portuguese youth was attacked in Co Londonderry. The 19-year-old was assaulted and subjected to racial abuse after being ...
Portuguese youth attacked in racial assault
The upsurge in racial attacks in Northern Ireland continued yesterday after a Portuguese youth was attacked in Co Londonderry. The 19-year-old was assaulted and subjected to racial abuse after being ...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 28, 2004
Political talks set for mid-September
Prime Minister Tony Blair and Taoiseach Bertie Ahern will lead talks aimed at restoring the local political institutions in mid-September, it has emerged today. It has been confirmed that the Prime M...
Political talks set for mid-September
Prime Minister Tony Blair and Taoiseach Bertie Ahern will lead talks aimed at restoring the local political institutions in mid-September, it has emerged today. It has been confirmed that the Prime M...
UK National News, Jul 28, 2004
Public getting better protection from dangerous criminals: Home Office
Closer supervision of dangerous offenders in the community is helping to protect the public "better than ever", according to the Home Office. The Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) w...
Public getting better protection from dangerous criminals: Home Office
Closer supervision of dangerous offenders in the community is helping to protect the public "better than ever", according to the Home Office. The Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) w...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 28, 2004
NI wireless technology sector address Dublin seminar
Leading figures from Northern Ireland’s wireless technology sector have addressed a Dublin business audience to outline future opportunities in the area. At a breakfast seminar today, Denis Murphy, o...
NI wireless technology sector address Dublin seminar
Leading figures from Northern Ireland’s wireless technology sector have addressed a Dublin business audience to outline future opportunities in the area. At a breakfast seminar today, Denis Murphy, o...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 28, 2004
Consultation on eradication of scrapie is published
The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has today issued a public consultation on strategic options for the Northern Ireland Scrapie Plan (NISP). The review is in response to the EU requi...
Consultation on eradication of scrapie is published
The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has today issued a public consultation on strategic options for the Northern Ireland Scrapie Plan (NISP). The review is in response to the EU requi...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 28, 2004
Survey finds Irish girls obsessed with being thin
Irish teenage girls' obsession with looking like pop divas Britney Spears or Posh Spice is leading to them making unhealthy diet choices, according to research undertaken by the University of Ulster. ...
Survey finds Irish girls obsessed with being thin
Irish teenage girls' obsession with looking like pop divas Britney Spears or Posh Spice is leading to them making unhealthy diet choices, according to research undertaken by the University of Ulster. ...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 28, 2004
FSA warning over eatable seaweed linked to cancer
Oriental restaurants across Northern Ireland have been warned against using a type of seaweed - which is a popular ingredient in soups, salads and vegetarian dishes - over fears that it increases the ...
FSA warning over eatable seaweed linked to cancer
Oriental restaurants across Northern Ireland have been warned against using a type of seaweed - which is a popular ingredient in soups, salads and vegetarian dishes - over fears that it increases the ...
UK National News, Jul 28, 2004
Britain's octogenarian population set to double by 2031
The number of Britons aged 80 and over will double by 2031 to almost five million, according to statistics released today. The UK's octogenarians will grow from 2.5 million recorded in 2002 to 4.9 m...
Britain's octogenarian population set to double by 2031
The number of Britons aged 80 and over will double by 2031 to almost five million, according to statistics released today. The UK's octogenarians will grow from 2.5 million recorded in 2002 to 4.9 m...
UK National News, Jul 28, 2004
Foreign Minister embarks on three-day China visit
Human rights and Hong Kong are set to top the agenda of a three-day visit to China by Foreign Office Minister Bill Rammell starting today. The trip follows the visit to the UK by the Chinese Premier...
Foreign Minister embarks on three-day China visit
Human rights and Hong Kong are set to top the agenda of a three-day visit to China by Foreign Office Minister Bill Rammell starting today. The trip follows the visit to the UK by the Chinese Premier...
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Northern Ireland WeatherToday:A showery start with outbreaks most frequent north of Lough Neagh and through the morning, before dwindling during the afternoon as the northwest breezes ease and brighter spells of weak sunshine prosper. Maximum temperature 8 °C.Tonight:A dry night, save for a few light showers around the coasts, with prolonged clear spells and light winds bringing a frosty dawn for many in central and southern parts. Minimum temperature -3 °C.
