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Northern Ireland News for July 2009 : Page 8
Recruitment News, Jul 21, 2009
Jobs Boost From Dublin School Project
Jobs are flowing from a continuing investment of €770m in the building programme for schools and colleges. Said to be creating almost 5,000 new construction jobs, the latest development to get the 'g...
Jobs Boost From Dublin School Project
Jobs are flowing from a continuing investment of €770m in the building programme for schools and colleges. Said to be creating almost 5,000 new construction jobs, the latest development to get the 'g...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 21, 2009
Haddock Questioned Over Four Killings
A notorious loyalist leader has been arrested in connection with four murders dating back to the 1990s. Mark Haddock is being questioned about the murders of John Harbinson in May 1997, Gary C...
Haddock Questioned Over Four Killings
A notorious loyalist leader has been arrested in connection with four murders dating back to the 1990s. Mark Haddock is being questioned about the murders of John Harbinson in May 1997, Gary C...
UK National News, Jul 21, 2009
Afghan Blast Kills Another Soldier
It has been another bloody 24-hours for UK forces as another British soldier has been killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan. It means 187 UK servicemen have now died in the conflict and whil...
Afghan Blast Kills Another Soldier
It has been another bloody 24-hours for UK forces as another British soldier has been killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan. It means 187 UK servicemen have now died in the conflict and whil...
UK National News, Jul 21, 2009
Fishermen Drown Off Scotland
Three sailors lost from a boat off the coast of Scotland have been confirmed as dead after their vessel foundered. Four men had been collecting scallops yesterday evening when it overturned in the vi...
Fishermen Drown Off Scotland
Three sailors lost from a boat off the coast of Scotland have been confirmed as dead after their vessel foundered. Four men had been collecting scallops yesterday evening when it overturned in the vi...
Business News, Jul 21, 2009
Wilson Pushes EPC Merits In Downturn
Stormont Finance Minister Sammy Wilson has stressed the current economic significance of energy performance certificates. Speaking one year on from the introduction of the legislation attached to pr...
Wilson Pushes EPC Merits In Downturn
Stormont Finance Minister Sammy Wilson has stressed the current economic significance of energy performance certificates. Speaking one year on from the introduction of the legislation attached to pr...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 21, 2009
Treasury Targeted For Swine Flu Vaccines
It has emerged that cash is being sought from London to help pay for the fight against swine flu. Although NI's top medic Dr Michael McBride (pictured) yesterday insisted that cost "was not a ...
Treasury Targeted For Swine Flu Vaccines
It has emerged that cash is being sought from London to help pay for the fight against swine flu. Although NI's top medic Dr Michael McBride (pictured) yesterday insisted that cost "was not a ...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 21, 2009
Bankers Get Further Executive Grilling
Senior executives from Barclays Bank were in the frame earlier this week as NI's political leaders continued their engagement with leading financial institutions. First Minister Peter Robinson...
Bankers Get Further Executive Grilling
Senior executives from Barclays Bank were in the frame earlier this week as NI's political leaders continued their engagement with leading financial institutions. First Minister Peter Robinson...
UK National News, Jul 21, 2009
Culture Committee Clashes With NOTW
News of the World (NOTW) lawyers are at loggerheads with a parliamentary committee tasked with investigating claims the paper 'hacked into' private phone calls. Legal experts representing News Inte...
Culture Committee Clashes With NOTW
News of the World (NOTW) lawyers are at loggerheads with a parliamentary committee tasked with investigating claims the paper 'hacked into' private phone calls. Legal experts representing News Inte...
Recruitment News, Jul 21, 2009
Bord Na Móna Creates 300 Jobs
Peat harvesting company Bord Na Móna has announced 300 jobs across the country as part of a major new investment in green energy. The jobs will be created in a range of areas in projects such as envi...
Bord Na Móna Creates 300 Jobs
Peat harvesting company Bord Na Móna has announced 300 jobs across the country as part of a major new investment in green energy. The jobs will be created in a range of areas in projects such as envi...
Recruitment News, Jul 21, 2009
Talks Underway To Save Welsh Aluminium Plant
Managers from Anglesey Aluminium are due to meet with politicians today to carry out talks to save the company from complete shut down. The company has already declined the offer of £50m in a Governm...
Talks Underway To Save Welsh Aluminium Plant
Managers from Anglesey Aluminium are due to meet with politicians today to carry out talks to save the company from complete shut down. The company has already declined the offer of £50m in a Governm...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 21, 2009
Teen Faces Race Attack Charges
A 15-year-old boy will appear in court later charged in connection with racist intimidation in south Belfast. The youth is accused of attacking a house on Belgravia Avenue in the city. Over 1...
Teen Faces Race Attack Charges
A 15-year-old boy will appear in court later charged in connection with racist intimidation in south Belfast. The youth is accused of attacking a house on Belgravia Avenue in the city. Over 1...
Business News, Jul 21, 2009
Western Road Route Revealed
A multi-million pound road development along the border has been boosted today with news of a decision on the route to be taken. NI Transport Minister Conor Murphy and his southern counterpart Minist...
Western Road Route Revealed
A multi-million pound road development along the border has been boosted today with news of a decision on the route to be taken. NI Transport Minister Conor Murphy and his southern counterpart Minist...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 21, 2009
Western Road Route Revealed
A multi-million pound road development along the border has been boosted today with news of a decision on the route to be taken. NI Transport Minister Conor Murphy (pictured) and his southern ...
Western Road Route Revealed
A multi-million pound road development along the border has been boosted today with news of a decision on the route to be taken. NI Transport Minister Conor Murphy (pictured) and his southern ...
UK National News, Jul 21, 2009
Care For Those From Abroad In Focus
A UK-wide government review has concluded that some asylum seekers whose claims have been refused but who cannot return home should not be denied free NHS treatment. Commenting on the announcement, ...
Care For Those From Abroad In Focus
A UK-wide government review has concluded that some asylum seekers whose claims have been refused but who cannot return home should not be denied free NHS treatment. Commenting on the announcement, ...
UK National News, Jul 21, 2009
Call To End 'School Elitism' Over Jobs
Children from middle and working class families are missing out on top professions such as medicine and law according to a government-commissioned report into social mobility. The report, 'Fair Acces...
Call To End 'School Elitism' Over Jobs
Children from middle and working class families are missing out on top professions such as medicine and law according to a government-commissioned report into social mobility. The report, 'Fair Acces...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 21, 2009
West Belfast Pensioners' Home Attacked
An elderly couple whose home was attacked by young nationalists in west Belfast last night have said they could have been killed. The brother and sister who live on Workman Avenue, just off th...
West Belfast Pensioners' Home Attacked
An elderly couple whose home was attacked by young nationalists in west Belfast last night have said they could have been killed. The brother and sister who live on Workman Avenue, just off th...
UK National News, Jul 21, 2009
Man Cautioned Over Cotton Threats
Detectives at Scotland Yard have arrested and cautioned a man for sending threatening text messages to radio presenter Fearne Cotton (pictured) while she was on air. Police escorted Miss Cotton home...
Man Cautioned Over Cotton Threats
Detectives at Scotland Yard have arrested and cautioned a man for sending threatening text messages to radio presenter Fearne Cotton (pictured) while she was on air. Police escorted Miss Cotton home...
UK National News, Jul 21, 2009
Millions Lost From Site Theft Or Vandalism
Research into crime in the construction industry has shown that an overwhelming majority have experienced theft, vandalism and health and safety neglect. According to the Chartered Institute of Build...
Millions Lost From Site Theft Or Vandalism
Research into crime in the construction industry has shown that an overwhelming majority have experienced theft, vandalism and health and safety neglect. According to the Chartered Institute of Build...
UK National News, Jul 21, 2009
Opportunity 'Lost' For Low Income Medics
A new report aimed at increasing the number of doctors from lower income groups was today branded a 'missed opportunity'. Doctor and medical student leaders said that it failed to address the full of...
Opportunity 'Lost' For Low Income Medics
A new report aimed at increasing the number of doctors from lower income groups was today branded a 'missed opportunity'. Doctor and medical student leaders said that it failed to address the full of...
UK National News, Jul 21, 2009
Tasered Man 'Up In Flames'
An Australian man whom police were attempting to restraint has literally 'gone up in flames' after being tasered. In a development that will boost the case for UK critics of the high-powered, non-let...
Tasered Man 'Up In Flames'
An Australian man whom police were attempting to restraint has literally 'gone up in flames' after being tasered. In a development that will boost the case for UK critics of the high-powered, non-let...
UK National News, Jul 21, 2009
Other News In Brief
Drowned Dad Named A father who drowned after being caught out by a rip tide as he boogie boarded with his teenage son, was named last night as Nigel Hayes from Chelmsford in Essex. The Hayes family w...
Other News In Brief
Drowned Dad Named A father who drowned after being caught out by a rip tide as he boogie boarded with his teenage son, was named last night as Nigel Hayes from Chelmsford in Essex. The Hayes family w...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 21, 2009
Minister Slams School Arson Attacks
Separate arson attacks that recently targeted both a State and two Catholic schools have been roundly condemned. The NI Education Minister Caitríona Ruane (pictured) yesterday called for such ...
Minister Slams School Arson Attacks
Separate arson attacks that recently targeted both a State and two Catholic schools have been roundly condemned. The NI Education Minister Caitríona Ruane (pictured) yesterday called for such ...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 21, 2009
Wilson Pushes EPC Merits In Downturn
Stormont Finance Minister Sammy Wilson has stressed the current economic significance of energy performance certificates. Speaking one year on from the introduction of the legislation attached...
Wilson Pushes EPC Merits In Downturn
Stormont Finance Minister Sammy Wilson has stressed the current economic significance of energy performance certificates. Speaking one year on from the introduction of the legislation attached...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 21, 2009
Belfast Art Tour Boosts Tourism
An award-winning initiative to increase the profile of Belfast's many art galleries has been extended over the summer months. For the past year, 'Late Night Art' has seen the city's galleries ...
Belfast Art Tour Boosts Tourism
An award-winning initiative to increase the profile of Belfast's many art galleries has been extended over the summer months. For the past year, 'Late Night Art' has seen the city's galleries ...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 21, 2009
Top Medic Offers Swine Flu Reassurance
Northern Ireland's Chief Medical Officer has said that despite a rapid rise in the number of local cases, the swine flu pandemic can be safely controlled. Dr Michael McBride said yesterday tha...
Top Medic Offers Swine Flu Reassurance
Northern Ireland's Chief Medical Officer has said that despite a rapid rise in the number of local cases, the swine flu pandemic can be safely controlled. Dr Michael McBride said yesterday tha...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 21, 2009
Other NI News In Brief
Sextuplet Passes Away One of Ireland's first sextuplets has died. It was revealed today that one of Nuala Conway's four girls - born along with two boys on 22 May - passed away at a local hos...
Other NI News In Brief
Sextuplet Passes Away One of Ireland's first sextuplets has died. It was revealed today that one of Nuala Conway's four girls - born along with two boys on 22 May - passed away at a local hos...
Recruitment News, Jul 21, 2009
Minimum Wage Cut Targeted
Although a mere 4% of Irish workers are currently receiving the minimum wage, a reduction in the legal rate looks increasingly likely today. The Government is said to be proposing the measure, along ...
Minimum Wage Cut Targeted
Although a mere 4% of Irish workers are currently receiving the minimum wage, a reduction in the legal rate looks increasingly likely today. The Government is said to be proposing the measure, along ...
UK National News, Jul 20, 2009
Swine Flu Phone Service Revealed
Details of a new swine flu advice service has been outlined today. The National Pandemic Flu Service will operate in England as the latest move in the fight against swine flu. The flu line is a pho...
Swine Flu Phone Service Revealed
Details of a new swine flu advice service has been outlined today. The National Pandemic Flu Service will operate in England as the latest move in the fight against swine flu. The flu line is a pho...
Recruitment News, Jul 20, 2009
Space Components Firm Creates 20 Hi-Spec Jobs
Up to 20 top jobs are to be created by a space industry manufacturer in Dublin. The firm, Ampac (American Pacific Corporation) manufactures structural components for the European space industry, and...
Space Components Firm Creates 20 Hi-Spec Jobs
Up to 20 top jobs are to be created by a space industry manufacturer in Dublin. The firm, Ampac (American Pacific Corporation) manufactures structural components for the European space industry, and...
Recruitment News, Jul 20, 2009
Border Watch Office Creates NI Jobs
Over two dozen jobs are being created with the opening of a new Belfast office of the UK Border Agency. Billed as a 'one stop shop' for immigration services in Northern Ireland, it was officially o...
Border Watch Office Creates NI Jobs
Over two dozen jobs are being created with the opening of a new Belfast office of the UK Border Agency. Billed as a 'one stop shop' for immigration services in Northern Ireland, it was officially o...
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