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Northern Ireland News for April 2007 : Page 8
Northern Ireland News, Apr 12, 2007
£3.5m boost for specialist schools
Specialist schools in Northern Ireland are set to benefit from £3.5 million from The International Fund for Ireland. The initiative is part of the fund’s efforts towards reconciliation and integratio...
£3.5m boost for specialist schools
Specialist schools in Northern Ireland are set to benefit from £3.5 million from The International Fund for Ireland. The initiative is part of the fund’s efforts towards reconciliation and integratio...
UK National News, Apr 12, 2007
Men bailed over Merseyside van shooting
Three men arrested in connection with the murder of a man shot dead in his van in Merseyside last year have been released on bail. The men, aged 22, 23 and 32 and all from Bootle, were arrested on su...
Men bailed over Merseyside van shooting
Three men arrested in connection with the murder of a man shot dead in his van in Merseyside last year have been released on bail. The men, aged 22, 23 and 32 and all from Bootle, were arrested on su...
UK National News, Apr 12, 2007
'60km sniper' for British troops
Britain's ground forces in Afghanistan are to receive a state-of-the-art precision land attack rocket, the Ministry of Defence has announced. The Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) has twic...
'60km sniper' for British troops
Britain's ground forces in Afghanistan are to receive a state-of-the-art precision land attack rocket, the Ministry of Defence has announced. The Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) has twic...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 12, 2007
Sum of money stolen during robbery
Detectives in west Belfast are appealing for information following an armed robbery at Norglen Road yesterday morning. The driver of a lorry was reversing into a parking space, when he was approached...
Sum of money stolen during robbery
Detectives in west Belfast are appealing for information following an armed robbery at Norglen Road yesterday morning. The driver of a lorry was reversing into a parking space, when he was approached...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 12, 2007
Northern Ireland companies visit South East Asia
Senior executives from nine Northern Ireland companies will be visiting markets in South East Asia from 14-24 April to strengthen trade links and explore other business opportunities. The mission is ...
Northern Ireland companies visit South East Asia
Senior executives from nine Northern Ireland companies will be visiting markets in South East Asia from 14-24 April to strengthen trade links and explore other business opportunities. The mission is ...
Recruitment News, Apr 12, 2007
Paragon Global Resources To Locate International HQ In Ireland
Paragon Global Resources is to locate its international headquarters in Blanchardstown, Co. Dublin, with the support of IDA Ireland. The total investment will be €3.7 million over five years and will...
Paragon Global Resources To Locate International HQ In Ireland
Paragon Global Resources is to locate its international headquarters in Blanchardstown, Co. Dublin, with the support of IDA Ireland. The total investment will be €3.7 million over five years and will...
Recruitment News, Apr 12, 2007
UK Legislation Provides Flexibility For Carers And Working Parents
From April 2007, employees who are new parents or who have caring responsibilities for an adult are set to benefit from changes to UK law. A key part of the new package of measures is an extension of...
UK Legislation Provides Flexibility For Carers And Working Parents
From April 2007, employees who are new parents or who have caring responsibilities for an adult are set to benefit from changes to UK law. A key part of the new package of measures is an extension of...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 12, 2007
Belfast Speed Networking event is big success
Belfast’s Biggest Speed Networking event took place at the Holiday Inn in Belfast last week. Two hundred and ten business people from around Ireland attended the event, which was hosted by B4B. Many...
Belfast Speed Networking event is big success
Belfast’s Biggest Speed Networking event took place at the Holiday Inn in Belfast last week. Two hundred and ten business people from around Ireland attended the event, which was hosted by B4B. Many...
Recruitment News, Apr 11, 2007
Gilead Sciences To Invest 60 Million Euro In New Biopharmaceutical Facility In Dublin
Irish Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Micheál Martin announced that a leading international biopharmaceutical company, Gilead Sciences Limited, will invest 60 million euro in developing ...
Gilead Sciences To Invest 60 Million Euro In New Biopharmaceutical Facility In Dublin
Irish Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Micheál Martin announced that a leading international biopharmaceutical company, Gilead Sciences Limited, will invest 60 million euro in developing ...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 11, 2007
Toomebridge attack man in 'serious' condition
An 18-year-old man is in a serious condition following an attack in Toomebridge, County Antrim. A police spokesperson said that the man had suffered head injuries after he was assaulted by another ma...
Toomebridge attack man in 'serious' condition
An 18-year-old man is in a serious condition following an attack in Toomebridge, County Antrim. A police spokesperson said that the man had suffered head injuries after he was assaulted by another ma...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 11, 2007
Police deal with trouble after Bangor parade
Police made four arrests when trouble flared following an Orange Order parade in Bangor. The arrests were made in Castle Park when police said that a fight broke out. Police said that they were subs...
Police deal with trouble after Bangor parade
Police made four arrests when trouble flared following an Orange Order parade in Bangor. The arrests were made in Castle Park when police said that a fight broke out. Police said that they were subs...
UK National News, Apr 11, 2007
Britain set for 'warm' summer
Britain is set to have yet another summer that is warmer than normal, according to the latest seasonal forecast from the Met Office. Forecasters said that there is a "high probability" that summer te...
Britain set for 'warm' summer
Britain is set to have yet another summer that is warmer than normal, according to the latest seasonal forecast from the Met Office. Forecasters said that there is a "high probability" that summer te...
UK National News, Apr 11, 2007
Investigation launched into missing REM tickets
Police have launched an investigation into the alleged theft of more than a hundred tickets for a concert by US band REM in Dublin later this year. The investigation was launched after 122 tickets fo...
Investigation launched into missing REM tickets
Police have launched an investigation into the alleged theft of more than a hundred tickets for a concert by US band REM in Dublin later this year. The investigation was launched after 122 tickets fo...
UK National News, Apr 11, 2007
Browne: 'The buck stops here'
Defence Secretary Des Browne has said that he takes full responsibility for decisions, which allowed two members of the British naval crew held captive in Iran to sell their stories. Speaking in his ...
Browne: 'The buck stops here'
Defence Secretary Des Browne has said that he takes full responsibility for decisions, which allowed two members of the British naval crew held captive in Iran to sell their stories. Speaking in his ...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 11, 2007
Sanchez to caretake at struggling Fulham
Lawrie Sanchez is to take over at Fulham as caretaker manager following the sacking of Chris Coleman on Tuesday. Sanchez, who is Northern Ireland manager, will still fulfil his role as the regional f...
Sanchez to caretake at struggling Fulham
Lawrie Sanchez is to take over at Fulham as caretaker manager following the sacking of Chris Coleman on Tuesday. Sanchez, who is Northern Ireland manager, will still fulfil his role as the regional f...
UK National News, Apr 11, 2007
Three arrested over Merseyside van shooting
Police investigating the murder of a man shot dead in his van in Merseyside last year have arrested three men. Stephen Lloyd, 25, was shot dead as he sat in his van in Redfern Street in Bootle just a...
Three arrested over Merseyside van shooting
Police investigating the murder of a man shot dead in his van in Merseyside last year have arrested three men. Stephen Lloyd, 25, was shot dead as he sat in his van in Redfern Street in Bootle just a...
UK National News, Apr 11, 2007
Woman arrested following fatal stabbing
A 40-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man was found stabbed to death in North Wales last night. Police were called to an incident at a property in the Fron Fawr area of...
Woman arrested following fatal stabbing
A 40-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man was found stabbed to death in North Wales last night. Police were called to an incident at a property in the Fron Fawr area of...
UK National News, Apr 11, 2007
Two men charged over Port Talbot murder
Two men have been charged with the murder of a former soldier whose body was discovered in a lane in Port Talbot at the weekend. The body of Wayne Oglesby, 30, was discovered in a lane at Grove Place...
Two men charged over Port Talbot murder
Two men have been charged with the murder of a former soldier whose body was discovered in a lane in Port Talbot at the weekend. The body of Wayne Oglesby, 30, was discovered in a lane at Grove Place...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 11, 2007
Suspect device at DPP member's home
An Army bomb disposal team has been called in to deal with a suspect device at the home of a District Policing Partnership. Items were removed for forensic examination following the third bomb alert ...
Suspect device at DPP member's home
An Army bomb disposal team has been called in to deal with a suspect device at the home of a District Policing Partnership. Items were removed for forensic examination following the third bomb alert ...
UK National News, Apr 11, 2007
Second teen charged with boy's murder
A second teenager has been charged with the murder of 14-year-old Paul Erhahon in east London last Friday. Paul died after being attacked and stabbed outside a block of flats in Leytonstone on April ...
Second teen charged with boy's murder
A second teenager has been charged with the murder of 14-year-old Paul Erhahon in east London last Friday. Paul died after being attacked and stabbed outside a block of flats in Leytonstone on April ...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 11, 2007
Belfast poker ace wins £450,000
A north Belfast man is celebrating a 650,000 euro (£450,000) win following a four-day poker competition in Dublin. But Marty Smyth, a professional poker player, told the 'Belfast Telegraph' that he w...
Belfast poker ace wins £450,000
A north Belfast man is celebrating a 650,000 euro (£450,000) win following a four-day poker competition in Dublin. But Marty Smyth, a professional poker player, told the 'Belfast Telegraph' that he w...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 11, 2007
Antrim house fire 'suspicious'
Police are treating a house fire in Antrim as suspicious. Emergency services were called to a house fire at Mallusk Gardens at 00:50am. Extensive damage was caused to the living room and there was s...
Antrim house fire 'suspicious'
Police are treating a house fire in Antrim as suspicious. Emergency services were called to a house fire at Mallusk Gardens at 00:50am. Extensive damage was caused to the living room and there was s...
UK National News, Apr 11, 2007
Sixteen charged following Old Trafford violence
Sixteen football fans have been charged with various offences following violent clashes at the Champions League quarter-final tie between Manchester United and AC Roma at Old Trafford on Tuesday night...
Sixteen charged following Old Trafford violence
Sixteen football fans have been charged with various offences following violent clashes at the Champions League quarter-final tie between Manchester United and AC Roma at Old Trafford on Tuesday night...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 11, 2007
Grandmother targeted by bombers
A grandmother in the County Tyrone village of Sion Mills has been the target of a bomb attack. A device described by police as "viable" was defused outside the home of Mary McCrea on Easter Monday. M...
Grandmother targeted by bombers
A grandmother in the County Tyrone village of Sion Mills has been the target of a bomb attack. A device described by police as "viable" was defused outside the home of Mary McCrea on Easter Monday. M...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 11, 2007
Community Interest Companies for NI
A new type of company, a Community Interest Company, has been introduced in Northern Ireland, following the implementation of new legislation here. The legislation, which came into effect on 6 April,...
Community Interest Companies for NI
A new type of company, a Community Interest Company, has been introduced in Northern Ireland, following the implementation of new legislation here. The legislation, which came into effect on 6 April,...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 6, 2007
Victim of sectarian abuse awarded almost £80,000
A Catholic bus driver who suffered sectarian abuse from two colleagues has been awarded almost £80,000 compensation for religious discrimination. Gerald Duffy, 42, from Ballymena, suffered five years...
Victim of sectarian abuse awarded almost £80,000
A Catholic bus driver who suffered sectarian abuse from two colleagues has been awarded almost £80,000 compensation for religious discrimination. Gerald Duffy, 42, from Ballymena, suffered five years...
UK National News, Apr 6, 2007
New measures to tackle violent crime introduced
New measures aimed at tackling gun and knife crime have come into force. Under the new measures, part of the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006, it is now an offence to use someone to hide or carry a w...
New measures to tackle violent crime introduced
New measures aimed at tackling gun and knife crime have come into force. Under the new measures, part of the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006, it is now an offence to use someone to hide or carry a w...
UK National News, Apr 6, 2007
New legislation targets counterfeiters
New laws to tackle counterfeiting and piracy crime have come into force. The new powers, which are backed by £5 million of government funding, will make enforcement of copyright infringement the resp...
New legislation targets counterfeiters
New laws to tackle counterfeiting and piracy crime have come into force. The new powers, which are backed by £5 million of government funding, will make enforcement of copyright infringement the resp...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 6, 2007
18-year-old dies in road traffic crash
A teenager has died following a road traffic collision in County Tyrone. The 18-year-old was driving a Mitsubishi Shogun car which collided with a gas tanker lorry on the A4 on a stretch of road betw...
18-year-old dies in road traffic crash
A teenager has died following a road traffic collision in County Tyrone. The 18-year-old was driving a Mitsubishi Shogun car which collided with a gas tanker lorry on the A4 on a stretch of road betw...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 6, 2007
Man arrested following stabbing
A man has been stabbed following an incident at an apartment in south Belfast. The victim, who has not been named, was taken to hospital suffering injuries to his head and forearm, following the inci...
Man arrested following stabbing
A man has been stabbed following an incident at an apartment in south Belfast. The victim, who has not been named, was taken to hospital suffering injuries to his head and forearm, following the inci...
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Northern Ireland WeatherThis Evening and 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.
