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Northern Ireland News for February 2008 : Page 6
UK National News, Feb 20, 2008
Killer Back Behind Bars
A killer is today back in custody following a dramatic escape during a hospital visit when he escaped from prison guards and threatened security staff during his trip to Perth Royal Infirmary on Tuesd...
Killer Back Behind Bars
A killer is today back in custody following a dramatic escape during a hospital visit when he escaped from prison guards and threatened security staff during his trip to Perth Royal Infirmary on Tuesd...
Recruitment News, Feb 20, 2008
Killybegs Sewerage Scheme Moving Forward
Advertisements are to be placed for tenders for sewerage works to serve a new fish processing plant in Killybegs. The new sewers, pumping station and sea outfall are part of the Killybegs Sewerage Sc...
Killybegs Sewerage Scheme Moving Forward
Advertisements are to be placed for tenders for sewerage works to serve a new fish processing plant in Killybegs. The new sewers, pumping station and sea outfall are part of the Killybegs Sewerage Sc...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 20, 2008
Property Boom Over?
Those selling their homes have 'missed the boat' - according to a new survey - and even those buyers hoping to cash in on a downturn in the market are still struggling. Last year's hugely inflated ri...
Property Boom Over?
Those selling their homes have 'missed the boat' - according to a new survey - and even those buyers hoping to cash in on a downturn in the market are still struggling. Last year's hugely inflated ri...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 20, 2008
DUP Not Disclosing 'Family' Staffing
The DUP has been left behind as the sole NI party not to have revealed which of its members have family members employed in backroom posts. Details emerged from the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) - wher...
DUP Not Disclosing 'Family' Staffing
The DUP has been left behind as the sole NI party not to have revealed which of its members have family members employed in backroom posts. Details emerged from the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) - wher...
UK National News, Feb 20, 2008
Bravery Of Auxilary Pilots To Be Recognised
Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly has today announced that a badge of recognition will be created for the surviving pilots and other men and women who served in the Air Transport Auxiliary during World W...
Bravery Of Auxilary Pilots To Be Recognised
Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly has today announced that a badge of recognition will be created for the surviving pilots and other men and women who served in the Air Transport Auxiliary during World W...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 20, 2008
Maternity Closure Plan Opposed
Despite a claimed all-time shortage of midwives, and increasing pressure on existing maternity services across Northern Ireland as a result, a busy regional maternity facility is to be shut down. It ...
Maternity Closure Plan Opposed
Despite a claimed all-time shortage of midwives, and increasing pressure on existing maternity services across Northern Ireland as a result, a busy regional maternity facility is to be shut down. It ...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 20, 2008
No Irish Holiday For McCanns
There will be no holiday in rural Co Donegal this year for the distressed McCann family. As the family continue to battle to keep the public focus on finding their missing daughter, Madeleine, the li...
No Irish Holiday For McCanns
There will be no holiday in rural Co Donegal this year for the distressed McCann family. As the family continue to battle to keep the public focus on finding their missing daughter, Madeleine, the li...
UK National News, Feb 20, 2008
Iconic Office Of Information Film Archive Boosted
The iconic British Central Office of Information films - that steered a nation at war through its darkest days to final victory and then through a newly nervous 'nuclear threat' world - are to be made...
Iconic Office Of Information Film Archive Boosted
The iconic British Central Office of Information films - that steered a nation at war through its darkest days to final victory and then through a newly nervous 'nuclear threat' world - are to be made...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 20, 2008
Leaked Report Recommends Stadium For Maze Site
The highly controversial £240m (€318m) multi-sport stadium should be built at the site of the former Maze prison, a leaked consultants' report has revealed. The feasibility study found that the Maze ...
Leaked Report Recommends Stadium For Maze Site
The highly controversial £240m (€318m) multi-sport stadium should be built at the site of the former Maze prison, a leaked consultants' report has revealed. The feasibility study found that the Maze ...
UK National News, Feb 20, 2008
New Sanctions Regime For Benefit Cheats
A review into the way benefit claimants are sanctioned will pave the way for a more flexible, graduated system which gives advisers more ability to impose sanctions on those claimants who break the ru...
New Sanctions Regime For Benefit Cheats
A review into the way benefit claimants are sanctioned will pave the way for a more flexible, graduated system which gives advisers more ability to impose sanctions on those claimants who break the ru...
UK National News, Feb 20, 2008
BBC 'Resources' Sale Delayed
The BBC has caused consternation with staff and union representatives by cancelling a meeting with union representatives last week - apparently because it had no firm proposal on the expected 'Resourc...
BBC 'Resources' Sale Delayed
The BBC has caused consternation with staff and union representatives by cancelling a meeting with union representatives last week - apparently because it had no firm proposal on the expected 'Resourc...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 20, 2008
Northern Ireland Water Fined For Pollution
Northern Ireland Water has been fined after untreated sewage was discovered in two rivers in west Belfast. Belfast Magistrates’ Court yesterday fined the company £100 and ordered them to pay costs of...
Northern Ireland Water Fined For Pollution
Northern Ireland Water has been fined after untreated sewage was discovered in two rivers in west Belfast. Belfast Magistrates’ Court yesterday fined the company £100 and ordered them to pay costs of...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 20, 2008
IRA Hunger Striker Dies - 30 Years On
Two thousand people watched the funeral of former hunger striker, IRA commander and later Sinn Fein critic, Brendan Hughes yesterday. The 59-year-old Belfast man was taken into hospital last week aft...
IRA Hunger Striker Dies - 30 Years On
Two thousand people watched the funeral of former hunger striker, IRA commander and later Sinn Fein critic, Brendan Hughes yesterday. The 59-year-old Belfast man was taken into hospital last week aft...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 20, 2008
£5m Funding For NI Creative Sector
A new £5 million fund for creative industries is set to develop business enterprise in Northern Ireland and to encourage its most talented people to 'shine on an international stage', Arts and Culture...
£5m Funding For NI Creative Sector
A new £5 million fund for creative industries is set to develop business enterprise in Northern Ireland and to encourage its most talented people to 'shine on an international stage', Arts and Culture...
UK National News, Feb 20, 2008
Laptop Designed To 'Self Destruct'
A British company has developed an intelligent security technology that can block access and even destroy data if a laptop is moved from its designated space. Backstopp, from technology company, Virt...
Laptop Designed To 'Self Destruct'
A British company has developed an intelligent security technology that can block access and even destroy data if a laptop is moved from its designated space. Backstopp, from technology company, Virt...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 19, 2008
Quinn Dad Demands 'Criminal' Slur Retraction
Stephen Quinn - father of Cullyhanna man Paul Quinn, who died after a brutal beating by up to 10 men with iron bars near Castleblayney in the Irish Republic last October - has called on Sinn Fein to w...
Quinn Dad Demands 'Criminal' Slur Retraction
Stephen Quinn - father of Cullyhanna man Paul Quinn, who died after a brutal beating by up to 10 men with iron bars near Castleblayney in the Irish Republic last October - has called on Sinn Fein to w...
UK National News, Feb 19, 2008
Another Body Found In Bridgend
Another body of a young person has been found in Bridgend, South Wales. The body of 16-year-old Jenna Parry was found in woodland near the village of Cefn Cribwr early on Tuesday morning. The death ...
Another Body Found In Bridgend
Another body of a young person has been found in Bridgend, South Wales. The body of 16-year-old Jenna Parry was found in woodland near the village of Cefn Cribwr early on Tuesday morning. The death ...
UK National News, Feb 19, 2008
Drugs To Blame In 'Necrophilia' Killing
Drink and drugs are being blamed in the case of a chef accused of murdering teenage model Sally Anne Bowman - by way of explanation for his claimed necrophilia. The accused, Mark Dixie, 37, said in c...
Drugs To Blame In 'Necrophilia' Killing
Drink and drugs are being blamed in the case of a chef accused of murdering teenage model Sally Anne Bowman - by way of explanation for his claimed necrophilia. The accused, Mark Dixie, 37, said in c...
Recruitment News, Feb 19, 2008
Topaz Launch Ends Shell Identity
As the first two Topaz-branded service stations opened today - at Dublin Port and in Citywest - it has emerged that the Shell and Statoil names will soon be no more. Topaz Energy, the group which bou...
Topaz Launch Ends Shell Identity
As the first two Topaz-branded service stations opened today - at Dublin Port and in Citywest - it has emerged that the Shell and Statoil names will soon be no more. Topaz Energy, the group which bou...
UK National News, Feb 19, 2008
British Boy Killed In Austrian Mountain Fall
A 12-year-old British schoolboy has been killed in a fall from a mountain in southern Austria. Hayden Waller, a pupil at the Howard School in Gillingham, Kent, was trekking with a group of schoolchil...
British Boy Killed In Austrian Mountain Fall
A 12-year-old British schoolboy has been killed in a fall from a mountain in southern Austria. Hayden Waller, a pupil at the Howard School in Gillingham, Kent, was trekking with a group of schoolchil...
UK National News, Feb 19, 2008
Jury Sent Home In 'Bus Stalker' trial
The jury in the murder case dubbed the 'Bus Stalker' killings has been sent home following a second day of deliberations. Levi Bellfield, 39, from west London, is accused of offences against five dif...
Jury Sent Home In 'Bus Stalker' trial
The jury in the murder case dubbed the 'Bus Stalker' killings has been sent home following a second day of deliberations. Levi Bellfield, 39, from west London, is accused of offences against five dif...
Recruitment News, Feb 19, 2008
Managers 'Working An Extra 40 Days Per Year'
Managers in the UK work, on average, the equivalent of an extra 40 days a year in order to help them cope with their workload, a survey has revealed. The survey of more than 1,500 managers, conducted...
Managers 'Working An Extra 40 Days Per Year'
Managers in the UK work, on average, the equivalent of an extra 40 days a year in order to help them cope with their workload, a survey has revealed. The survey of more than 1,500 managers, conducted...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 19, 2008
Skye Nightclub Murder Accused Set For Trial
A man has been sent for trial charged with the rape and murder of a woman after leaving a Belfast nightclub. Grace Moore, 38, was raped and murdered after she left Skye nightclub in Howard street at ...
Skye Nightclub Murder Accused Set For Trial
A man has been sent for trial charged with the rape and murder of a woman after leaving a Belfast nightclub. Grace Moore, 38, was raped and murdered after she left Skye nightclub in Howard street at ...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 19, 2008
Calls For More City Centre CCTV
Following a weekend during which 36 people were arrested in Belfast city centre, the PSNI has outlined plans to tackle street crime. After several statements condemning a recent slew of violent incid...
Calls For More City Centre CCTV
Following a weekend during which 36 people were arrested in Belfast city centre, the PSNI has outlined plans to tackle street crime. After several statements condemning a recent slew of violent incid...
UK National News, Feb 19, 2008
Cabbie In Court Over Rape Charges
A taxi driver has appeared in court today, charged in connection with a series of rapes and sexual assaults on women in black taxi cabs in London. John Worboys, 50, a licensed cab driver from Soverei...
Cabbie In Court Over Rape Charges
A taxi driver has appeared in court today, charged in connection with a series of rapes and sexual assaults on women in black taxi cabs in London. John Worboys, 50, a licensed cab driver from Soverei...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 19, 2008
Apology Over Files That 'Fell Off The Back Of A Lorry'
While slamming a fellow MLA's motives for revealing the issue in the first place, the NI Assembly Education Minister, Caitriona Ruane has now apologised after personal files were found dumped at a Co ...
Apology Over Files That 'Fell Off The Back Of A Lorry'
While slamming a fellow MLA's motives for revealing the issue in the first place, the NI Assembly Education Minister, Caitriona Ruane has now apologised after personal files were found dumped at a Co ...
UK National News, Feb 19, 2008
Porsche To Challenge Congestion Charge
Luxury car company Porsche has announced plans to challenge the new congestion charge in London. The German-owned company has announced plans to seek a judicial review in a bid to get the decision ov...
Porsche To Challenge Congestion Charge
Luxury car company Porsche has announced plans to challenge the new congestion charge in London. The German-owned company has announced plans to seek a judicial review in a bid to get the decision ov...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 19, 2008
Road Death Toll Continues To Rise
Northern Ireland's rising toll of road deaths has seen a woman being killed - and two other people injured - in an accident in Banbridge. The latest crash, on Monday night, was the second fatality in...
Road Death Toll Continues To Rise
Northern Ireland's rising toll of road deaths has seen a woman being killed - and two other people injured - in an accident in Banbridge. The latest crash, on Monday night, was the second fatality in...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 19, 2008
NI 'Stars' At Irish Film & TV Awards
While 'The Tudors’, ‘Kings’ and ‘Garage’ were the big winners at the Irish Film & Television Awards in Dublin’s Gaiety on Sunday, local Northern Ireland talent was stage front too. BBC Newsline won t...
NI 'Stars' At Irish Film & TV Awards
While 'The Tudors’, ‘Kings’ and ‘Garage’ were the big winners at the Irish Film & Television Awards in Dublin’s Gaiety on Sunday, local Northern Ireland talent was stage front too. BBC Newsline won t...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 19, 2008
Nesbitt To Star In 'Cold Feet' - Poland Style
Home-growth TV star - Coleraine's own James Nesbitt - is in line for a whole new wave of fans, now that the hit show, 'Cold Feet' has been sold to Polish TV. Granada International has licensed the fo...
Nesbitt To Star In 'Cold Feet' - Poland Style
Home-growth TV star - Coleraine's own James Nesbitt - is in line for a whole new wave of fans, now that the hit show, 'Cold Feet' has been sold to Polish TV. Granada International has licensed the fo...
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Northern Ireland WeatherToday:A very mild, but mostly cloudy day, although with some bright or sunny spells. It will be mostly dry in the morning, but a little patchy light rain or drizzle at times in the afternoon. Maximum temperature 14 °C.Tonight:A band of heavier rain will move east during the evening before clearing eastwards after midnight. then mostly dry through the early hours, but a little rain towards dawn. Minimum temperature 8 °C.
