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Northern Ireland News for September 2008 : Page 2
UK National News, Sep 29, 2008
Police Officer Charged With Teen Death
A police officer is to be charged with causing the death of Hayley Adamson, 16, in May this year. Hayley was killed instantly after she was struck by a Northumbria Police car on Denton Road, Newcastl...
Police Officer Charged With Teen Death
A police officer is to be charged with causing the death of Hayley Adamson, 16, in May this year. Hayley was killed instantly after she was struck by a Northumbria Police car on Denton Road, Newcastl...
UK National News, Sep 29, 2008
Children To Be Kept Safe Online
Some of the biggest names from industry and charities have joined forces with the Government, parents and young people to help keep children safe online, Children's Secretary Ed Balls and Home Secreta...
Children To Be Kept Safe Online
Some of the biggest names from industry and charities have joined forces with the Government, parents and young people to help keep children safe online, Children's Secretary Ed Balls and Home Secreta...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 29, 2008
End Of Prescription Fees For NI
Prescription charges will be scrapped in Northern Ireland within the next 18 months, the regional Health Minister has announced. From January 2009 Ulster people will only pay £3 per prescription, fo...
End Of Prescription Fees For NI
Prescription charges will be scrapped in Northern Ireland within the next 18 months, the regional Health Minister has announced. From January 2009 Ulster people will only pay £3 per prescription, fo...
UK National News, Sep 29, 2008
ScottishPower Plan Major Tidal Stream Projects
ScottishPower Renewables today confirmed they are evaluating three separate coastal sites for the development of the world's largest tidal stream projects. Two of the sites are being planned in Scot...
ScottishPower Plan Major Tidal Stream Projects
ScottishPower Renewables today confirmed they are evaluating three separate coastal sites for the development of the world's largest tidal stream projects. Two of the sites are being planned in Scot...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 29, 2008
Baby Dies In Antrim Fire
A baby girl has died after a weekend blaze tore through her family home in Antrim. Ten-month-old Anna Lee Clelland Harkin lost her life during the fire, which broke out around 7pm on Saturday night. ...
Baby Dies In Antrim Fire
A baby girl has died after a weekend blaze tore through her family home in Antrim. Ten-month-old Anna Lee Clelland Harkin lost her life during the fire, which broke out around 7pm on Saturday night. ...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 29, 2008
ScottishPower Plan Includes Antrim Coast In Tidal Projects
ScottishPower Renewables today confirmed they are evaluating three separate coastal sites for the development of the world's largest tidal stream projects. Two of the sites are being planned in Scot...
ScottishPower Plan Includes Antrim Coast In Tidal Projects
ScottishPower Renewables today confirmed they are evaluating three separate coastal sites for the development of the world's largest tidal stream projects. Two of the sites are being planned in Scot...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 29, 2008
Orange Order To Reject Adams Meeting
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has renewed his appeal for a meeting with the Orange Order - but the Order is unlikely to comply, despite an earlier high level meeting involving Sinn Féin and Co Armag...
Orange Order To Reject Adams Meeting
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has renewed his appeal for a meeting with the Orange Order - but the Order is unlikely to comply, despite an earlier high level meeting involving Sinn Féin and Co Armag...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 29, 2008
Rape Victim's 'Model' Recovery
A rape victim - whose attacker is currently serving 11 years in prison - is to take to the catwalk in support of those who supported her. Christine Bennett was raped by Anthony West after he scaled a...
Rape Victim's 'Model' Recovery
A rape victim - whose attacker is currently serving 11 years in prison - is to take to the catwalk in support of those who supported her. Christine Bennett was raped by Anthony West after he scaled a...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 29, 2008
Tories To Field Ulster Candidates
Unionist peer David Trimble has told the Conservative conference that he hoped the party would have the help of the UUP at the next election. The Tories, he claimed, will fight for every seat in the...
Tories To Field Ulster Candidates
Unionist peer David Trimble has told the Conservative conference that he hoped the party would have the help of the UUP at the next election. The Tories, he claimed, will fight for every seat in the...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 29, 2008
Other NI News In Brief
Stab Victim Named The man who died in a stabbing incident in Co Antrim at the weekend has been named. He was 30-year-old Kevin Doyle from the Twinbrook area whose death is now being treated as murder...
Other NI News In Brief
Stab Victim Named The man who died in a stabbing incident in Co Antrim at the weekend has been named. He was 30-year-old Kevin Doyle from the Twinbrook area whose death is now being treated as murder...
UK National News, Sep 29, 2008
End Of Prescription Fees For NI
Prescription charges will be scrapped in Northern Ireland within the next 18 months, the regional Health Minister has announced. From January 2009 Ulster people will only pay £3 per prescription, fo...
End Of Prescription Fees For NI
Prescription charges will be scrapped in Northern Ireland within the next 18 months, the regional Health Minister has announced. From January 2009 Ulster people will only pay £3 per prescription, fo...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 29, 2008
Stamp Of Approval 50 Years On
Royal Mail is celebrating the introduction of new country stamps for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland - 50 years ago. This historic anniversary is being marked with a special stamp launch on a sh...
Stamp Of Approval 50 Years On
Royal Mail is celebrating the introduction of new country stamps for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland - 50 years ago. This historic anniversary is being marked with a special stamp launch on a sh...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 29, 2008
Coffee Anyone? Says Charity
Over 18,500 people across Northern Ireland took part in the World's Biggest Coffee Morning last week. Around 565 coffee mornings were held throughout the country as part of the huge fundraising even...
Coffee Anyone? Says Charity
Over 18,500 people across Northern Ireland took part in the World's Biggest Coffee Morning last week. Around 565 coffee mornings were held throughout the country as part of the huge fundraising even...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 26, 2008
Hope For Progress At Hopetoun House
Stormont leaders are meeting for intergovernmental talks in Edinburgh, today (Friday), with hopes for progress in the current Northern Ireland deadlock over the devolution of policing and justuce on t...
Hope For Progress At Hopetoun House
Stormont leaders are meeting for intergovernmental talks in Edinburgh, today (Friday), with hopes for progress in the current Northern Ireland deadlock over the devolution of policing and justuce on t...
UK National News, Sep 26, 2008
Other News In Brief
Arrests After Teen Stabbed To Death Two arrests have been made following the stabbing of a teenager in London, police have revealed. Craig Steven Marshall, 19, of Acton, west London, died from his wo...
Other News In Brief
Arrests After Teen Stabbed To Death Two arrests have been made following the stabbing of a teenager in London, police have revealed. Craig Steven Marshall, 19, of Acton, west London, died from his wo...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 26, 2008
Gardaí Probe Bizarre Co Donegal Shooting And Abduction
A bizarre 'masked' gun attack in the small Co Donegal village of St Johnston on Thursday has left a man from Londonderry in hospital after being shot in the neck, his girlfriend abducted but later fre...
Gardaí Probe Bizarre Co Donegal Shooting And Abduction
A bizarre 'masked' gun attack in the small Co Donegal village of St Johnston on Thursday has left a man from Londonderry in hospital after being shot in the neck, his girlfriend abducted but later fre...
Recruitment News, Sep 26, 2008
221 Jobs To Go At Kilkenny Mine
Over 200 jobs are to go at a Kilkenny mine, as the firm announced a gradual ceasing of operation. Galmoy Mine will cut its entire workforce over a phased basis during the next three years, with aroun...
221 Jobs To Go At Kilkenny Mine
Over 200 jobs are to go at a Kilkenny mine, as the firm announced a gradual ceasing of operation. Galmoy Mine will cut its entire workforce over a phased basis during the next three years, with aroun...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 26, 2008
Odyssey Hits Back As McGimpsey Slates Behaviour
One of Belfast's premier entertainment locations was highlighted today as the NI Health Minister Michael McGimpsey went 'on the town' to experience first hand the problems that land at the doorstep of...
Odyssey Hits Back As McGimpsey Slates Behaviour
One of Belfast's premier entertainment locations was highlighted today as the NI Health Minister Michael McGimpsey went 'on the town' to experience first hand the problems that land at the doorstep of...
UK National News, Sep 26, 2008
German Man Arrested Over Gamer Murder
A 21-year-old German man arrested by police in relation to the murder of a British internet gaming enthusiast in Nottingham is to face extradition proceedings. Twenty-year-old Matthew Pyke was found ...
German Man Arrested Over Gamer Murder
A 21-year-old German man arrested by police in relation to the murder of a British internet gaming enthusiast in Nottingham is to face extradition proceedings. Twenty-year-old Matthew Pyke was found ...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 26, 2008
Disruption At 'Elaborate' Bomb Hoax in City
Police came under attack during a security alert in north Belfast last night. Officers attended the scene of a suspicious device in Ballygomartin, and were set upon by a gang of youths throwing miss...
Disruption At 'Elaborate' Bomb Hoax in City
Police came under attack during a security alert in north Belfast last night. Officers attended the scene of a suspicious device in Ballygomartin, and were set upon by a gang of youths throwing miss...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 26, 2008
BBC 'Maze Escape' Prompts US Controversy
A leading DUP politician was caught up in a US 'peace' award row this week as his Sinn Fein's NI Executive colleague's past was thrown into focus. Stormont Junior Minister Jeffrey Donaldson (pictured...
BBC 'Maze Escape' Prompts US Controversy
A leading DUP politician was caught up in a US 'peace' award row this week as his Sinn Fein's NI Executive colleague's past was thrown into focus. Stormont Junior Minister Jeffrey Donaldson (pictured...
UK National News, Sep 26, 2008
UK Air Traffic Returns To Normal
The UK's main air traffic control centre hit major problems yesterday, stranding hundreds of air passengers. They faced frustrating delays when a computer fault paralysed the system and led to thousa...
UK Air Traffic Returns To Normal
The UK's main air traffic control centre hit major problems yesterday, stranding hundreds of air passengers. They faced frustrating delays when a computer fault paralysed the system and led to thousa...
UK National News, Sep 26, 2008
Foster Carer Jailed For 'Sadistic' Abuse Has Sentence Cut
A foster mother who was jailed for 14 years for abusing children in her care has had her sentenced reduced by two years. Eunice Spry, 64, from Tewkesbury was found guilty last year of 26 counts of ph...
Foster Carer Jailed For 'Sadistic' Abuse Has Sentence Cut
A foster mother who was jailed for 14 years for abusing children in her care has had her sentenced reduced by two years. Eunice Spry, 64, from Tewkesbury was found guilty last year of 26 counts of ph...
UK National News, Sep 26, 2008
Welsh Vicar Jailed Over Child Porn Offences
A Welsh vicar has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years for possessing more than 56,000 indecent images of children. The Reverend Richard Hart, 59, from Beguildy, near Knighton in Powys pleaded gu...
Welsh Vicar Jailed Over Child Porn Offences
A Welsh vicar has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years for possessing more than 56,000 indecent images of children. The Reverend Richard Hart, 59, from Beguildy, near Knighton in Powys pleaded gu...
UK National News, Sep 26, 2008
Ecstasy Could Be Reclassified By Advisory Panel
A government advisory body is set to discuss whether ecstasy should be downgraded from a Class A drug to Class B, against adverse advice from senior UK police officers. The Advisory Council's specia...
Ecstasy Could Be Reclassified By Advisory Panel
A government advisory body is set to discuss whether ecstasy should be downgraded from a Class A drug to Class B, against adverse advice from senior UK police officers. The Advisory Council's specia...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 26, 2008
NI Airports Back To Normal After Air Traffic Problems
The UK's main air traffic control centre hit major problems yesterday, stranding hundreds of Ulster air passengers. They faced frustrating delays when a computer fault paralysed the system and led to...
NI Airports Back To Normal After Air Traffic Problems
The UK's main air traffic control centre hit major problems yesterday, stranding hundreds of Ulster air passengers. They faced frustrating delays when a computer fault paralysed the system and led to...
UK National News, Sep 26, 2008
Funding Boost Of £455m For Equal Pay Claims
Funding of £455m will be awarded to councils in England to allow back payments relating to thousands of equal pay claims from women workers. In a move to speed up long-term commitments to achieving e...
Funding Boost Of £455m For Equal Pay Claims
Funding of £455m will be awarded to councils in England to allow back payments relating to thousands of equal pay claims from women workers. In a move to speed up long-term commitments to achieving e...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 26, 2008
Aer Lingus Flight Forced To Return To Dublin Airport
An Aer Lingus flight was forced to return to Dublin Airport 90 minutes into its journey to Malaga after an undisclosed problem on board the aircraft. During the flight to southern Spain the pilot too...
Aer Lingus Flight Forced To Return To Dublin Airport
An Aer Lingus flight was forced to return to Dublin Airport 90 minutes into its journey to Malaga after an undisclosed problem on board the aircraft. During the flight to southern Spain the pilot too...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 26, 2008
BT Boss Meets Robinson Over Broadband Investment
There has been a high level discussion on the way forward in internet telecommunications in Northern Ireland. BT Chairman Sir Mike Rake met with First Minister Peter Robinson (pictured) at Stormont t...
BT Boss Meets Robinson Over Broadband Investment
There has been a high level discussion on the way forward in internet telecommunications in Northern Ireland. BT Chairman Sir Mike Rake met with First Minister Peter Robinson (pictured) at Stormont t...
UK National News, Sep 26, 2008
New Report Tackles Neighbourhood 'Studentification' Problem
To coincide with the start of a new term for university and college students across Britain, a report that identifies ways to help councils manage high concentrations of Houses in Multiple Occupation...
New Report Tackles Neighbourhood 'Studentification' Problem
To coincide with the start of a new term for university and college students across Britain, a report that identifies ways to help councils manage high concentrations of Houses in Multiple Occupation...
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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.
