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Northern Ireland News for November 2009
Northern Ireland News, Nov 30, 2009
MI5 Must Share Intelligence: Ford
As the Irish and UK prime ministers meet in London this afternoon in a bid to break continued deadlock over the devolution of policing and justice powers to the Northern Ireland Assembly, the man tipp...
MI5 Must Share Intelligence: Ford
As the Irish and UK prime ministers meet in London this afternoon in a bid to break continued deadlock over the devolution of policing and justice powers to the Northern Ireland Assembly, the man tipp...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 30, 2009
SF Stymies MLA Pay Boost
A bid to block a pay increase for local politicians has been successful. Sinn Féin Chief Whip and North Belfast MLA Carál Ní Chuilín welcomed the removal of a motion on pay increases for MLAs from to...
SF Stymies MLA Pay Boost
A bid to block a pay increase for local politicians has been successful. Sinn Féin Chief Whip and North Belfast MLA Carál Ní Chuilín welcomed the removal of a motion on pay increases for MLAs from to...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 30, 2009
Anti-Abortion Activists Win Court Bid
Northern Ireland's Department of Health has been ordered to withdraw its current abortion guidelines. A court today ruled that guidance issued by the department fails to deal properly with counsellin...
Anti-Abortion Activists Win Court Bid
Northern Ireland's Department of Health has been ordered to withdraw its current abortion guidelines. A court today ruled that guidance issued by the department fails to deal properly with counsellin...
Recruitment News, Nov 30, 2009
Cross Border Shopping Trips 'Costing Jobs'
An Irish retail group has claimed one job was lost in Ireland's retail sector every 150th shopping trip to the north. Retail Ireland, the Irish Business and Employers Confederation (IBEC) group that...
Cross Border Shopping Trips 'Costing Jobs'
An Irish retail group has claimed one job was lost in Ireland's retail sector every 150th shopping trip to the north. Retail Ireland, the Irish Business and Employers Confederation (IBEC) group that...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 30, 2009
Cowen And Brown Hold Justice Talks
Ireland's prime minister has flown to London in a bid to break the continued deadlock over the devolution of policing and justice powers to the Northern Ireland Assembly. Brian Cowen will meet with U...
Cowen And Brown Hold Justice Talks
Ireland's prime minister has flown to London in a bid to break the continued deadlock over the devolution of policing and justice powers to the Northern Ireland Assembly. Brian Cowen will meet with U...
Recruitment News, Nov 30, 2009
50 Pharma Jobs Expected In Co Waterford
A new pharmaceutical manufacturing company is expected to create 50 new jobs in Lismore, Co Waterford. The company, QM Specials, a subsidiary of UK-based Quantum Specials, has been granted a license ...
50 Pharma Jobs Expected In Co Waterford
A new pharmaceutical manufacturing company is expected to create 50 new jobs in Lismore, Co Waterford. The company, QM Specials, a subsidiary of UK-based Quantum Specials, has been granted a license ...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 30, 2009
Dangerous Weather Warning For Ireland
There's a major road alert tonight as drivers are warned of 'treacherous icy conditions' on the roads. As a milder than usual November comes to an end, the cold snap means that winter has really arri...
Dangerous Weather Warning For Ireland
There's a major road alert tonight as drivers are warned of 'treacherous icy conditions' on the roads. As a milder than usual November comes to an end, the cold snap means that winter has really arri...
Business News, Nov 30, 2009
Magners Buys Gaymer
The maker of Magners cider, C&C, has bought the UK cider brands Blackthorn, Olde English and Gaymer. As part of a £45m deal, the Dublin-based drinks group has also acquired a range of budget and own...
Magners Buys Gaymer
The maker of Magners cider, C&C, has bought the UK cider brands Blackthorn, Olde English and Gaymer. As part of a £45m deal, the Dublin-based drinks group has also acquired a range of budget and own...
UK National News, Nov 30, 2009
Scottish Makes Independence Bid
Scotland's First Minister today published a White Paper which could lead the way for a referendum on national independence. Alex Salmond said, after a decade of devolved powers to Holyrood, there is...
Scottish Makes Independence Bid
Scotland's First Minister today published a White Paper which could lead the way for a referendum on national independence. Alex Salmond said, after a decade of devolved powers to Holyrood, there is...
UK National News, Nov 30, 2009
Boy Killed In Dog Attack
A four-year-old boy has been mauled to death by a dog at a house in Liverpool. Emergency services were called to a house in Ashgrove, Wavertree, shortly after midnight on Monday, following reports th...
Boy Killed In Dog Attack
A four-year-old boy has been mauled to death by a dog at a house in Liverpool. Emergency services were called to a house in Ashgrove, Wavertree, shortly after midnight on Monday, following reports th...
UK National News, Nov 30, 2009
Floods Claim Latest Victim
A 60-year-old woman who fell into a river in Cornwall has died. She entered the water at Hessenford at around 8pm on Saturday night. Although the police and firefighters were called to the scene and...
Floods Claim Latest Victim
A 60-year-old woman who fell into a river in Cornwall has died. She entered the water at Hessenford at around 8pm on Saturday night. Although the police and firefighters were called to the scene and...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 30, 2009
Violence Echoes Past Policing Problems
Street violence at the weekend has been roundly condemned – and blamed on loyalists for deliberately fermenting the trouble, which was said to be organised with text messages. In a chilling reminder ...
Violence Echoes Past Policing Problems
Street violence at the weekend has been roundly condemned – and blamed on loyalists for deliberately fermenting the trouble, which was said to be organised with text messages. In a chilling reminder ...
UK National News, Nov 30, 2009
Festive Rape Awareness Highlighted
As the Christmas party season gets underway, police have launched a campaign to raise awareness of rape and warn female partygoers not to make themselves easy targets for rapists. The campaign, led b...
Festive Rape Awareness Highlighted
As the Christmas party season gets underway, police have launched a campaign to raise awareness of rape and warn female partygoers not to make themselves easy targets for rapists. The campaign, led b...
UK National News, Nov 30, 2009
Teenager Sentenced Over Young Footballer Stabbing
A 14-year-old boy who accidentally stabbed a young footballer in the neck during a row has been detained for six years. The teenager had pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Jahmal Mason-Blair, 17 a...
Teenager Sentenced Over Young Footballer Stabbing
A 14-year-old boy who accidentally stabbed a young footballer in the neck during a row has been detained for six years. The teenager had pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Jahmal Mason-Blair, 17 a...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 30, 2009
Population Heads For Two Million
Official statistics just released show that the size of the resident population in Northern Ireland is currently estimated to be 1.775 million people - and is likely to reach 1.8 million by 2010. Nor...
Population Heads For Two Million
Official statistics just released show that the size of the resident population in Northern Ireland is currently estimated to be 1.775 million people - and is likely to reach 1.8 million by 2010. Nor...
UK National News, Nov 30, 2009
Life Sentences For East London Killing
A man and boy have been sentenced to life imprisonment after being found guilty of a murder in east London. Jason Michael, 39 and Harry Farrant, 14, of of Hewett's Quay, Barking were found guilty on ...
Life Sentences For East London Killing
A man and boy have been sentenced to life imprisonment after being found guilty of a murder in east London. Jason Michael, 39 and Harry Farrant, 14, of of Hewett's Quay, Barking were found guilty on ...
UK National News, Nov 30, 2009
Wigan Suspects Devices Made Safe
Police in Wigan have launched an investigation after three suspect packages were found in the Atherton area over the weekend. In each incident bomb disposal experts made the devices safe. A number o...
Wigan Suspects Devices Made Safe
Police in Wigan have launched an investigation after three suspect packages were found in the Atherton area over the weekend. In each incident bomb disposal experts made the devices safe. A number o...
UK National News, Nov 30, 2009
Arctic Trip Highlights Global Warming
An expedition to the High Arctic has scored a world first. Aboard his boat, Caelan, to shoot material for a TV pilot on climate change, natural history producer and cameraman Brian Black, of Evergreen...
Arctic Trip Highlights Global Warming
An expedition to the High Arctic has scored a world first. Aboard his boat, Caelan, to shoot material for a TV pilot on climate change, natural history producer and cameraman Brian Black, of Evergreen...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 30, 2009
Cross Border Shopping Trips 'Costing Jobs'
An Irish retail group has claimed one job was lost in Ireland's retail sector every 150th shopping trip to the north. Retail Ireland, the Irish Business and Employers Confederation (IBEC) group that...
Cross Border Shopping Trips 'Costing Jobs'
An Irish retail group has claimed one job was lost in Ireland's retail sector every 150th shopping trip to the north. Retail Ireland, the Irish Business and Employers Confederation (IBEC) group that...
UK National News, Nov 30, 2009
Change4Life Campaign Announced
An extension of the UK Government's Change4Life campaign, which helps families 'eat well, move more and live longer', was announced by Health Secretary Andy Burnham at the Royal College of Midwives la...
Change4Life Campaign Announced
An extension of the UK Government's Change4Life campaign, which helps families 'eat well, move more and live longer', was announced by Health Secretary Andy Burnham at the Royal College of Midwives la...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 30, 2009
Coke 'Drives Home' Xmas Safety Message
A local soft drinks supplier has today launched its Christmas 'Designated Driver' campaign. Taking place at Stormont, the initiative has been developed in association with the Department of the Envir...
Coke 'Drives Home' Xmas Safety Message
A local soft drinks supplier has today launched its Christmas 'Designated Driver' campaign. Taking place at Stormont, the initiative has been developed in association with the Department of the Envir...
UK National News, Nov 30, 2009
Other News In Brief
Gately Remembered TV and media stars have turned out to pay tribute to Stephen Gately at a concert in memory of the late Boyzone singer, who died last month. Crowds of fans gathered in the rain outsi...
Other News In Brief
Gately Remembered TV and media stars have turned out to pay tribute to Stephen Gately at a concert in memory of the late Boyzone singer, who died last month. Crowds of fans gathered in the rain outsi...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 30, 2009
NI Is 'Safest Place To Live'
A crime survey across the whole of the UK has found that living in Northern Ireland is safer than living in England and Wales. Although the number of people falling victim to crime in Northern Irelan...
NI Is 'Safest Place To Live'
A crime survey across the whole of the UK has found that living in Northern Ireland is safer than living in England and Wales. Although the number of people falling victim to crime in Northern Irelan...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 30, 2009
Other NI News In Brief
Sex Attacker Arrest Welcomed An East Belfast MLA, Robin Newton (pictured) has praised the prompt action of the PSNI in the arrest of a 21-year-old man following an alleged rape. "Often the public are...
Other NI News In Brief
Sex Attacker Arrest Welcomed An East Belfast MLA, Robin Newton (pictured) has praised the prompt action of the PSNI in the arrest of a 21-year-old man following an alleged rape. "Often the public are...
Business News, Nov 27, 2009
£14m Newry Rail Station Opens
A newly built train station has been opened in Newry, following a £14.2m investment by Northern Ireland Rail. The modern facility has incorporated 300 new customer parking spaces, and will play a vit...
£14m Newry Rail Station Opens
A newly built train station has been opened in Newry, following a £14.2m investment by Northern Ireland Rail. The modern facility has incorporated 300 new customer parking spaces, and will play a vit...
UK National News, Nov 27, 2009
Woman Dead After Stand-off With Gunman
It has just emerged that a woman's body has been found in Canterbury following a stand-off between a gunman and police in a supermarket. Officers at a flat opened fire on a man in Morrisons in Ten Pe...
Woman Dead After Stand-off With Gunman
It has just emerged that a woman's body has been found in Canterbury following a stand-off between a gunman and police in a supermarket. Officers at a flat opened fire on a man in Morrisons in Ten Pe...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 27, 2009
Fermanagh Couple's Death Mourned
The tragic Co Fermanagh couple found dead earlier this week had planned their deaths a long time ago, their son has revealed. Bill and Ann Barbour - who met during the Second World War when Ann Borre...
Fermanagh Couple's Death Mourned
The tragic Co Fermanagh couple found dead earlier this week had planned their deaths a long time ago, their son has revealed. Bill and Ann Barbour - who met during the Second World War when Ann Borre...
UK National News, Nov 27, 2009
'Questionable Legitimacy' Of Iraq
The American and UK invasion of Iraq was of "questionable legitimacy", the inquiry into the war heard today. Former UK ambassador to the United Nations, Sir Jeremy Greenstock conceded, however, the i...
'Questionable Legitimacy' Of Iraq
The American and UK invasion of Iraq was of "questionable legitimacy", the inquiry into the war heard today. Former UK ambassador to the United Nations, Sir Jeremy Greenstock conceded, however, the i...
Business News, Nov 27, 2009
Bushmills Announces Expansion Plans
The world's oldest whiskey, Bushmills has announced that it will create more jobs, with plans to more than double production of their world-famous whiskey over the next three years. The distillery, w...
Bushmills Announces Expansion Plans
The world's oldest whiskey, Bushmills has announced that it will create more jobs, with plans to more than double production of their world-famous whiskey over the next three years. The distillery, w...
UK National News, Nov 27, 2009
Pearson Chosen As New UKIP Leader
The UK Independence Party has chosen Lord Pearson of Rannoch as the man to lead it into the next general election. Lord Pearson will succeed outgoing party leader Nigel Farage, who stood down to foc...
Pearson Chosen As New UKIP Leader
The UK Independence Party has chosen Lord Pearson of Rannoch as the man to lead it into the next general election. Lord Pearson will succeed outgoing party leader Nigel Farage, who stood down to foc...
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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.
