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Northern Ireland News for April 2009 : Page 13
Northern Ireland News, Apr 6, 2009
Meningitis Tragedy Victim Named
The eight-year-old Co Down girl who died of meningitis has been named. Karla Smyth, a primary five pupil at St Colmcille's in Downpatrick, and who first fell ill on Wednesday - had been looking forwa...
Meningitis Tragedy Victim Named
The eight-year-old Co Down girl who died of meningitis has been named. Karla Smyth, a primary five pupil at St Colmcille's in Downpatrick, and who first fell ill on Wednesday - had been looking forwa...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 6, 2009
Latest Hotel Opens Today In Belfast
A prestige 169-bedroom hotel - the Ramada Encore - opened today in central Belfast. Part of the redevelopment of the St Anne's Square area, the hotel (pictured) commenced trading in Belfast's Cathe...
Latest Hotel Opens Today In Belfast
A prestige 169-bedroom hotel - the Ramada Encore - opened today in central Belfast. Part of the redevelopment of the St Anne's Square area, the hotel (pictured) commenced trading in Belfast's Cathe...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 6, 2009
Political Unity In Face Of Job Losses
Last week's employment loss 'bloodbath' has prompted comments from MPs and MLAs from across the political spectrum, with all expressing their shock at the number of job loss announcements. The most s...
Political Unity In Face Of Job Losses
Last week's employment loss 'bloodbath' has prompted comments from MPs and MLAs from across the political spectrum, with all expressing their shock at the number of job loss announcements. The most s...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 6, 2009
More Heart Ops Should Be Local, Says Charity
Nearly a third of heart operations on patients from Northern Ireland are carried out in England or the Irish Republic, according to a leading medical charity. NI Chest, Heart and Stroke said today th...
More Heart Ops Should Be Local, Says Charity
Nearly a third of heart operations on patients from Northern Ireland are carried out in England or the Irish Republic, according to a leading medical charity. NI Chest, Heart and Stroke said today th...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 6, 2009
'50 Dead Men' Movie Premier Attracts Protest
Protests have been held by an NI victims' group at the premiere of a film inspired by an IRA informer. Starring Sir Ben Kingsley and Jim Sturgess as a Special Branch handler and informer respectively...
'50 Dead Men' Movie Premier Attracts Protest
Protests have been held by an NI victims' group at the premiere of a film inspired by an IRA informer. Starring Sir Ben Kingsley and Jim Sturgess as a Special Branch handler and informer respectively...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 6, 2009
Dodds 'Builds Partnership' With Construction Industry
There has been a broad welcome for a successful partnership approach that has been built up between a Stormont department and the construction industry. NI Finance Minister Nigel Dodds was speaking a...
Dodds 'Builds Partnership' With Construction Industry
There has been a broad welcome for a successful partnership approach that has been built up between a Stormont department and the construction industry. NI Finance Minister Nigel Dodds was speaking a...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 6, 2009
Mobile Firm's Ringing Success Celebrated
A Belfast-based high-tech firm has followed the example of international names such as Google and eBay on to a list of the world's top ICT companies. SLA Mobile - which recently signed a deal with Fo...
Mobile Firm's Ringing Success Celebrated
A Belfast-based high-tech firm has followed the example of international names such as Google and eBay on to a list of the world's top ICT companies. SLA Mobile - which recently signed a deal with Fo...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 6, 2009
Other NI News In Brief
Latest Bomb Scare Ends A weekend security alert in Lurgan, Co Armagh has since ended. It began when a suspicious object was found on the railway line at Lake Street on Sunday morning. It was subseque...
Other NI News In Brief
Latest Bomb Scare Ends A weekend security alert in Lurgan, Co Armagh has since ended. It began when a suspicious object was found on the railway line at Lake Street on Sunday morning. It was subseque...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 3, 2009
Gruesome Knife Murderer Jailed
A judge has branded a killer's actions as being "amongst the most gruesome murders of the past 40 years in Northern Ireland". Jailing 28-year-old Steven Leslie Brown, also known as Steven Revels, fo...
Gruesome Knife Murderer Jailed
A judge has branded a killer's actions as being "amongst the most gruesome murders of the past 40 years in Northern Ireland". Jailing 28-year-old Steven Leslie Brown, also known as Steven Revels, fo...
UK National News, Apr 3, 2009
PM Offers to Send More Troops To Afghanistan
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has offered to send extra British troops to Afghanistan to provide security during the upcoming presidential election. It is likely the temporary increase in military pers...
PM Offers to Send More Troops To Afghanistan
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has offered to send extra British troops to Afghanistan to provide security during the upcoming presidential election. It is likely the temporary increase in military pers...
UK National News, Apr 3, 2009
Ofcom Fines BBC £150k Over Prank Calls
The BBC has been fined £150,000 by Ofcom over prank phone calls made by Russell Brand (pictured) and Jonathan Ross to actor Andrew Sachs. The sum related to the two episodes of the Russell Brand show...
Ofcom Fines BBC £150k Over Prank Calls
The BBC has been fined £150,000 by Ofcom over prank phone calls made by Russell Brand (pictured) and Jonathan Ross to actor Andrew Sachs. The sum related to the two episodes of the Russell Brand show...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 3, 2009
Taser Deployed As Robbery Suspects Held
A Taser has been fired as a specialist firearms officer took part in the arrest of three men in west Belfast. It happened during a police operation at the Twin Spires on the Falls Road, around 11.15a...
Taser Deployed As Robbery Suspects Held
A Taser has been fired as a specialist firearms officer took part in the arrest of three men in west Belfast. It happened during a police operation at the Twin Spires on the Falls Road, around 11.15a...
UK National News, Apr 3, 2009
Malawi Court Rejects Madonna Adoption Bid
Pop star Madonna has lost her bid to adopt a second child from Malawi. Sources at the court in Llongwe said that judge Esme Chombo ruled against granting the US singer's interim adoption, saying a re...
Malawi Court Rejects Madonna Adoption Bid
Pop star Madonna has lost her bid to adopt a second child from Malawi. Sources at the court in Llongwe said that judge Esme Chombo ruled against granting the US singer's interim adoption, saying a re...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 3, 2009
Face All-Ireland Recession Together: DUP
One of Stormont's top DUP politicians has insisted that beating the current recession is an all-Ireland problem. The Northern Ireland Executive Junior Minister Jeffrey Donaldson said the North's admi...
Face All-Ireland Recession Together: DUP
One of Stormont's top DUP politicians has insisted that beating the current recession is an all-Ireland problem. The Northern Ireland Executive Junior Minister Jeffrey Donaldson said the North's admi...
UK National News, Apr 3, 2009
Man Arrested Over 'Scissors' Stabbing
A man has been arrested in relation to the death of a teenager who is believed to have been stabbed with scissors outside a shopping centre. Thames Valley police launched an investigation after the v...
Man Arrested Over 'Scissors' Stabbing
A man has been arrested in relation to the death of a teenager who is believed to have been stabbed with scissors outside a shopping centre. Thames Valley police launched an investigation after the v...
UK National News, Apr 3, 2009
Reward Offered For Information On 'Brutal' Murder
Detectives investigating the brutal murder of 24-year-old Rocky Dawson in 2006 have appealed for further information. Christopher Pearman, 54, of Waltham Abbey was convicted of shooting Mr Dawson las...
Reward Offered For Information On 'Brutal' Murder
Detectives investigating the brutal murder of 24-year-old Rocky Dawson in 2006 have appealed for further information. Christopher Pearman, 54, of Waltham Abbey was convicted of shooting Mr Dawson las...
UK National News, Apr 3, 2009
Villagers Block Google Street View Car
Residents of a Buckinghamshire village have blocked the driver of a Google Street View car who was taking photographs of their homes. Officers were called to Broughton, Milton Keynes after locals com...
Villagers Block Google Street View Car
Residents of a Buckinghamshire village have blocked the driver of a Google Street View car who was taking photographs of their homes. Officers were called to Broughton, Milton Keynes after locals com...
UK National News, Apr 3, 2009
Ferguson And McGregor Banned For Life
Rangers' footballer Barry Ferguson and Allan McGregor have been told they will never play for Scotland again. The Scottish FA made the announcement because of a weekend drinking session after defeat ...
Ferguson And McGregor Banned For Life
Rangers' footballer Barry Ferguson and Allan McGregor have been told they will never play for Scotland again. The Scottish FA made the announcement because of a weekend drinking session after defeat ...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 3, 2009
'Reveal Source' Paisley Ordered
Despite the involvement of the NI Executive First Minister, the Lord Chief Justice's Office has ordered a prominent local politician to reveal his 'source' to a controversial inquiry. Mr Justice Gill...
'Reveal Source' Paisley Ordered
Despite the involvement of the NI Executive First Minister, the Lord Chief Justice's Office has ordered a prominent local politician to reveal his 'source' to a controversial inquiry. Mr Justice Gill...
UK National News, Apr 3, 2009
Go-Ahead For Asylum Detention Centre
Plans for Europe's largest immigration detention centre have today been given the green-light. Bullingdon Detention Centre near Bicester, which will be situated across the road from Bullingdon Prison...
Go-Ahead For Asylum Detention Centre
Plans for Europe's largest immigration detention centre have today been given the green-light. Bullingdon Detention Centre near Bicester, which will be situated across the road from Bullingdon Prison...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 3, 2009
Policing Board Welcomes Number Of PSNI Applications
There's been no shortage of applicants for the police, despite the recent highly publicised escalation in the dangers involved - and the tragic murder of one serving officer on duty. The Chairman of ...
Policing Board Welcomes Number Of PSNI Applications
There's been no shortage of applicants for the police, despite the recent highly publicised escalation in the dangers involved - and the tragic murder of one serving officer on duty. The Chairman of ...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 3, 2009
Sapper Murder Suspect Freed
A young man arrested in connection with the murder of two soldiers in Antrim has been released without charge. The 19-year-old teenager was arrested on Thursday morning in Bellaghy by police. Howeve...
Sapper Murder Suspect Freed
A young man arrested in connection with the murder of two soldiers in Antrim has been released without charge. The 19-year-old teenager was arrested on Thursday morning in Bellaghy by police. Howeve...
UK National News, Apr 3, 2009
Domestic Violence Board Expands To Include Sexual Attacks
The MPA Domestic Violence Board is formally expanding its remit and oversight responsibilities to include sexual violence and will re-launch as the Domestic and Sexual Violence Board today. Cindy But...
Domestic Violence Board Expands To Include Sexual Attacks
The MPA Domestic Violence Board is formally expanding its remit and oversight responsibilities to include sexual violence and will re-launch as the Domestic and Sexual Violence Board today. Cindy But...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 3, 2009
Police Community Support Officer Launch Abandoned
There has been further confirmation that the PSNI is unlikely to get long-awaited unformed support from civilian patrol officers in the near future. Although initially launched as a joint initiative ...
Police Community Support Officer Launch Abandoned
There has been further confirmation that the PSNI is unlikely to get long-awaited unformed support from civilian patrol officers in the near future. Although initially launched as a joint initiative ...
UK National News, Apr 3, 2009
Government Backs Improved Swindon-Gloucester Rail Line With £2.5m Funding
Much needed improvements to the Swindon to Gloucester railway line moved a step closer today after Transport Minister Andrew Adonis announced £2.5m of Government funding for preparatory research into ...
Government Backs Improved Swindon-Gloucester Rail Line With £2.5m Funding
Much needed improvements to the Swindon to Gloucester railway line moved a step closer today after Transport Minister Andrew Adonis announced £2.5m of Government funding for preparatory research into ...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 3, 2009
Project To Transform 'Heart' Of City Centre
A £7m scheme designed to rejuvenate the heart of Belfast city centre has been unveiled, marking the second phase of a massive urban renewal project. Works have already started on Donegall Place and ...
Project To Transform 'Heart' Of City Centre
A £7m scheme designed to rejuvenate the heart of Belfast city centre has been unveiled, marking the second phase of a massive urban renewal project. Works have already started on Donegall Place and ...
UK National News, Apr 3, 2009
Other News In Brief
Gerrard Pleads Not Guilty To Bar Charge Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard has pleaded not guilty to affray, relating to a Merseyside nightclub brawl. The 28-year-old England star was accused of being ...
Other News In Brief
Gerrard Pleads Not Guilty To Bar Charge Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard has pleaded not guilty to affray, relating to a Merseyside nightclub brawl. The 28-year-old England star was accused of being ...
Recruitment News, Apr 3, 2009
130 Jobs Axed At Flextronics
The Cork branch of the billion dollar multi-national corporation Flextronics has announced they are axing 130 jobs. The electronic components company announced this morning that 130 people are to be ...
130 Jobs Axed At Flextronics
The Cork branch of the billion dollar multi-national corporation Flextronics has announced they are axing 130 jobs. The electronic components company announced this morning that 130 people are to be ...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 3, 2009
Other NI News In Brief
Step Out For Spring, Says UCF Sarah Atcheson from the Ulster Cancer Foundation's (UCF) Events Team is encouraging people to 'Step out for Spring' and take part in a UCF walk to raise funds to help p...
Other NI News In Brief
Step Out For Spring, Says UCF Sarah Atcheson from the Ulster Cancer Foundation's (UCF) Events Team is encouraging people to 'Step out for Spring' and take part in a UCF walk to raise funds to help p...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 2, 2009
NI 'Reeling' As Bombardier Cuts 1,000 Jobs
Jobs at the Belfast factories of plane-maker Bombardier may be at risk. The company has announced today that it is cutting aircraft production rates and reducing manpower throughout all its sites, an...
NI 'Reeling' As Bombardier Cuts 1,000 Jobs
Jobs at the Belfast factories of plane-maker Bombardier may be at risk. The company has announced today that it is cutting aircraft production rates and reducing manpower throughout all its sites, an...
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Northern Ireland WeatherToday:A chilly start with a widespread frost and some freezing fog, any freezing fog slow to clear. Otherwise bright with sunny spells and coastal showers. Light winds. Maximum temperature 6 °C.Tonight:Coastal showers dying out with a widespread frost developing along with freezing fog, which could become extensive. Winds remaining light. Minimum temperature -3 °C.
