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Northern Ireland News for August 2007 : Page 3
Business News, Aug 28, 2007
Plastics Factory Fined £400,000 Over Blast
The operators of a Glasgow plastics factory has been fined £400,000 for safety breaches which resulted in nine deaths, it has emerged. ICL Plastics and ICL Tech were each fined £200,000 each at the H...
Plastics Factory Fined £400,000 Over Blast
The operators of a Glasgow plastics factory has been fined £400,000 for safety breaches which resulted in nine deaths, it has emerged. ICL Plastics and ICL Tech were each fined £200,000 each at the H...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 28, 2007
Fisher Engineering Bought Over: Jobs Retained
A Fermanagh-based steel fabricator company is to be sold to a British firm for £90 million. North Yorkshire company Severfield-Rown PLC has agreed to buy Fisher Engineering, which is owned by brother...
Fisher Engineering Bought Over: Jobs Retained
A Fermanagh-based steel fabricator company is to be sold to a British firm for £90 million. North Yorkshire company Severfield-Rown PLC has agreed to buy Fisher Engineering, which is owned by brother...
UK National News, Aug 28, 2007
Rhys' Parents Plea To Killer
The parents of murdered Merseyside schoolboy Rhys Jones have appealed for his killer to turn himself in to police. Melanie and Stephen Jones have also pleaded for the killer's parents to come forward...
Rhys' Parents Plea To Killer
The parents of murdered Merseyside schoolboy Rhys Jones have appealed for his killer to turn himself in to police. Melanie and Stephen Jones have also pleaded for the killer's parents to come forward...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 28, 2007
Roads Service To Invest £3.3m In Antrim Area
Regional Development Minister Conor Murphy has announced investment totalling £3.3 million is planned for the Antrim Borough Council area this year. Mr Murphy said: "The combined footway/cycleway on ...
Roads Service To Invest £3.3m In Antrim Area
Regional Development Minister Conor Murphy has announced investment totalling £3.3 million is planned for the Antrim Borough Council area this year. Mr Murphy said: "The combined footway/cycleway on ...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 28, 2007
£2.5m Refurbishment Success For Hotel
Best Western Magherabuoy House Hotel in Portrush has doubled its annual room sales following a £2.5 million expansion and redevelopment backed by Invest Northern Ireland. The project involved major r...
£2.5m Refurbishment Success For Hotel
Best Western Magherabuoy House Hotel in Portrush has doubled its annual room sales following a £2.5 million expansion and redevelopment backed by Invest Northern Ireland. The project involved major r...
UK National News, Aug 28, 2007
Massive Cocaine Seizure In Ireland
Cocaine with an estimated street value of one million euros has been seized by gardai in Co. Louth. It is understood that 12kg of the drug were found during a raid by local detectives and members of ...
Massive Cocaine Seizure In Ireland
Cocaine with an estimated street value of one million euros has been seized by gardai in Co. Louth. It is understood that 12kg of the drug were found during a raid by local detectives and members of ...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 28, 2007
Trader In Court For Falsely Describing Car
The car dealer Charles Hurst Ltd, trading as Charles Hurst Renault, Balloo Avenue, Bangor, was today fined £300 at Belfast Magistrates’ Court for selling a car that was six months older than described...
Trader In Court For Falsely Describing Car
The car dealer Charles Hurst Ltd, trading as Charles Hurst Renault, Balloo Avenue, Bangor, was today fined £300 at Belfast Magistrates’ Court for selling a car that was six months older than described...
UK National News, Aug 28, 2007
Shoppers Warned Of 'Meat Price Rises'
UK shoppers could face rising meat prices, following a series of set-backs to the country's agricultural industry. According to business advisory firm, Deloitte, the UK's agricultural industry has be...
Shoppers Warned Of 'Meat Price Rises'
UK shoppers could face rising meat prices, following a series of set-backs to the country's agricultural industry. According to business advisory firm, Deloitte, the UK's agricultural industry has be...
Recruitment News, Aug 27, 2007
Mayors Of Clare And Shannon Express Fears Over Job Losses
The Mayors of Clare and Shannon have expressed their concern over the announcement of job losses at three regional manufacturing firms. Their fears are heightened over the potential loss of the Shann...
Mayors Of Clare And Shannon Express Fears Over Job Losses
The Mayors of Clare and Shannon have expressed their concern over the announcement of job losses at three regional manufacturing firms. Their fears are heightened over the potential loss of the Shann...
UK National News, Aug 27, 2007
Rhys Murder - Six Released
Six teenagers arrested in connection with the murder of Merseyside schoolboy Rhys Jones have been released by police. Four suspects - two boys aged 15 and 19 and two girls aged 15 and 18 - were relea...
Rhys Murder - Six Released
Six teenagers arrested in connection with the murder of Merseyside schoolboy Rhys Jones have been released by police. Four suspects - two boys aged 15 and 19 and two girls aged 15 and 18 - were relea...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 27, 2007
Man Killed In Car Accident
A man has been killed after being hit by a car at approximately 5am this morning near Dunmurry. Twenty-one-year-old Gerard Kane from the Colin Glen area in west Belfast was knocked down by a car on t...
Man Killed In Car Accident
A man has been killed after being hit by a car at approximately 5am this morning near Dunmurry. Twenty-one-year-old Gerard Kane from the Colin Glen area in west Belfast was knocked down by a car on t...
UK National News, Aug 27, 2007
Lib Dems Call For 'Selective Amnesty'
The Liberal Democrats have called for illegal immigrants in Britain to be given the chance to 'earn' full British citizenship. The party's home affairs spokesperson, Nick Clegg, said that such a 'sel...
Lib Dems Call For 'Selective Amnesty'
The Liberal Democrats have called for illegal immigrants in Britain to be given the chance to 'earn' full British citizenship. The party's home affairs spokesperson, Nick Clegg, said that such a 'sel...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 27, 2007
Rival Loyalist Groups In Prison Clash
Rival groups of Ulster Defence Association prisoners have clashed after a disturbance in Maghaberry Prison on Friday. The Prison service said two prisoners were injured in the incident. According to...
Rival Loyalist Groups In Prison Clash
Rival groups of Ulster Defence Association prisoners have clashed after a disturbance in Maghaberry Prison on Friday. The Prison service said two prisoners were injured in the incident. According to...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 27, 2007
Belfast Woman Escapes Gun Attack
A Belfast woman has narrowly escaped injury after an Estonian man was shot at a bar she was working in at the time in Spain. The victim was sitting on the terrace of the Point pub in Nueva Andalucía ...
Belfast Woman Escapes Gun Attack
A Belfast woman has narrowly escaped injury after an Estonian man was shot at a bar she was working in at the time in Spain. The victim was sitting on the terrace of the Point pub in Nueva Andalucía ...
UK National News, Aug 27, 2007
Call For New Bank Holiday To Celebrate 'Britishness'
The UK should have an additional bank holiday to celebrate Britishness and thank community heroes, a think tank report has urged. The report by the Institute for Public Police Research, which is due ...
Call For New Bank Holiday To Celebrate 'Britishness'
The UK should have an additional bank holiday to celebrate Britishness and thank community heroes, a think tank report has urged. The report by the Institute for Public Police Research, which is due ...
UK National News, Aug 27, 2007
Microlight Crash - Two Killed
Two men have been killed in a light aircraft crash near the Northamptonshire-Bedfordshire border. It is understood that the pair were flying in a two-seater microlight - a powered glider - near the A...
Microlight Crash - Two Killed
Two men have been killed in a light aircraft crash near the Northamptonshire-Bedfordshire border. It is understood that the pair were flying in a two-seater microlight - a powered glider - near the A...
UK National News, Aug 27, 2007
Three Remanded Over Sunderland Street Murder
Three people have been remanded in custody charged with the murder of a man with learning difficulties who was beaten to death in Sunderland. Brent Martin, 23, died in hospital after being attacked b...
Three Remanded Over Sunderland Street Murder
Three people have been remanded in custody charged with the murder of a man with learning difficulties who was beaten to death in Sunderland. Brent Martin, 23, died in hospital after being attacked b...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 27, 2007
Man Faces Robbery Charges
A man who attempted to rob a bar in west Belfast on Saturday night bought an imitation gun on the internet a court has heard today. Thomas Maguire, 44, from Rosnareen Avenue, Belfast was charged with...
Man Faces Robbery Charges
A man who attempted to rob a bar in west Belfast on Saturday night bought an imitation gun on the internet a court has heard today. Thomas Maguire, 44, from Rosnareen Avenue, Belfast was charged with...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 27, 2007
Two Arson Attacks On House In Ballymena
Two arson attacks have happened within hours on the same house in Ballymena at around 3.20am this morning. Two petrol bombs were thrown at the property in Drumclug Park, and police were alerted after...
Two Arson Attacks On House In Ballymena
Two arson attacks have happened within hours on the same house in Ballymena at around 3.20am this morning. Two petrol bombs were thrown at the property in Drumclug Park, and police were alerted after...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 27, 2007
Conservation Plans Launched For Derry's Walls
Environment Minister Arlene Foster has launched a Conservation Plan for Londonderry’s walls at the end of celebrations to mark Irish Walled Towns Day. Speaking in the historic surroundings of the eig...
Conservation Plans Launched For Derry's Walls
Environment Minister Arlene Foster has launched a Conservation Plan for Londonderry’s walls at the end of celebrations to mark Irish Walled Towns Day. Speaking in the historic surroundings of the eig...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 27, 2007
Divers To Film First Footage Of RMS Carpathia
A team of divers are set to bring up relics and film the first video footage of the wreck of RMS Carpathia, the ship which rescued 705 people from the Titanic in 1912. Its wreckage lies some 300 mile...
Divers To Film First Footage Of RMS Carpathia
A team of divers are set to bring up relics and film the first video footage of the wreck of RMS Carpathia, the ship which rescued 705 people from the Titanic in 1912. Its wreckage lies some 300 mile...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 27, 2007
Oil Painting Stolen From Hotel
A famous painting by artist Brian Ballard has been stolen from a hotel in County Down. The oil painting, estimated to be worth between £10,000 and £12,000, was discovered missing from the five star C...
Oil Painting Stolen From Hotel
A famous painting by artist Brian Ballard has been stolen from a hotel in County Down. The oil painting, estimated to be worth between £10,000 and £12,000, was discovered missing from the five star C...
UK National News, Aug 27, 2007
Appeal Over Glasgow Indecent Assault
Police in Glasgow have appealed for information after a 16-year-old girl was indecently assaulted in the city's west end. The incident happened on the footpath leading between Cumbernauld Town Centre...
Appeal Over Glasgow Indecent Assault
Police in Glasgow have appealed for information after a 16-year-old girl was indecently assaulted in the city's west end. The incident happened on the footpath leading between Cumbernauld Town Centre...
UK National News, Aug 27, 2007
Aer Lingus Boycott Considered By Councillors
Councillors in Limerick are meeting on Monday to discuss a formal boycott of Aer Lingus because of its controversial decision to transfer its Shannon to Heathrow service to its new hub in Belfast. Th...
Aer Lingus Boycott Considered By Councillors
Councillors in Limerick are meeting on Monday to discuss a formal boycott of Aer Lingus because of its controversial decision to transfer its Shannon to Heathrow service to its new hub in Belfast. Th...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 24, 2007
Co Down Ale In Running For World's Top Beer
Ale from a small brewery in Kilkeel, Co Down, has been ranked as one of the world's top 50 beers. Whitewater Brewing Company, located in the foothills of the Mournes at Kilkeel, was listed by a high-...
Co Down Ale In Running For World's Top Beer
Ale from a small brewery in Kilkeel, Co Down, has been ranked as one of the world's top 50 beers. Whitewater Brewing Company, located in the foothills of the Mournes at Kilkeel, was listed by a high-...
UK National News, Aug 24, 2007
BA Fined In US For Price Fixing
British Airways has been fined £150 million for its part in price fixing fare surcharges. US investigators found BA had held talks with Virgin Atlantic over surcharges for transatlantic flights to co...
BA Fined In US For Price Fixing
British Airways has been fined £150 million for its part in price fixing fare surcharges. US investigators found BA had held talks with Virgin Atlantic over surcharges for transatlantic flights to co...
UK National News, Aug 24, 2007
Henman To Retire After Davis Cup
British tennis player Tim Henman is to retire from competitive tennis after the next Davis Cup tie. The 32-year old peaked at number four in the world rankings in a 14-year long career at the top of ...
Henman To Retire After Davis Cup
British tennis player Tim Henman is to retire from competitive tennis after the next Davis Cup tie. The 32-year old peaked at number four in the world rankings in a 14-year long career at the top of ...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 24, 2007
Forensic Experts Probe Belfast Skull Find
Workmen at a site in Belfast have uncovered what is thought to be a human skull. The discovery of the buried skull was made as work started on a children's playground at Britton's Parade close to Bel...
Forensic Experts Probe Belfast Skull Find
Workmen at a site in Belfast have uncovered what is thought to be a human skull. The discovery of the buried skull was made as work started on a children's playground at Britton's Parade close to Bel...
UK National News, Aug 24, 2007
Search Continues For Rhys' Killer
Police are continuing to search for the killer of Merseyside schoolboy Rhys Jones, as it was revealed that they may be as young as 13. Eleven-year-old Rhys was shot by a hooded youth on a BMX bicycle...
Search Continues For Rhys' Killer
Police are continuing to search for the killer of Merseyside schoolboy Rhys Jones, as it was revealed that they may be as young as 13. Eleven-year-old Rhys was shot by a hooded youth on a BMX bicycle...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 24, 2007
Male Nurse Struck Off
An "overfriendly" 32-year-old male nurse who formerly worked at the Ulster Hospital in Dundonald has been struck off. A professional conduct panel heard that Jonathan Gourley had made suggestive comm...
Male Nurse Struck Off
An "overfriendly" 32-year-old male nurse who formerly worked at the Ulster Hospital in Dundonald has been struck off. A professional conduct panel heard that Jonathan Gourley had made suggestive comm...
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Northern Ireland WeatherThis Evening and Tonight:Rain clearing away east by early evening with some clear spells but a few showers likely to affect the North coast and other areas towards dawn, remaining breezy and mild overnight. Minimum temperature 9 °C.
