Northern Ireland News for October 2010 : Page 15
UK National News, Oct 4, 2010
Tube Strike 'Irresponsible', Says Johnson
As the latest tube strike against job cuts gets underway, the London Mayor has lashed out against unions. The 24-hour strike, which kicked off at 7pm Sunday night, caused chaos during this mornings r...
Tube Strike 'Irresponsible', Says Johnson
As the latest tube strike against job cuts gets underway, the London Mayor has lashed out against unions. The 24-hour strike, which kicked off at 7pm Sunday night, caused chaos during this mornings r...
UK National News, Oct 4, 2010
Ryder Golf Accolade Celebrated
Ulsterman Graeme McDowell has swept to victory as Europe clung on to its overnight lead to beat United States 14½-13½ to regain the Ryder Cup. Trailing 9½-6½ going into the delayed finale, the USA fo...
Ryder Golf Accolade Celebrated
Ulsterman Graeme McDowell has swept to victory as Europe clung on to its overnight lead to beat United States 14½-13½ to regain the Ryder Cup. Trailing 9½-6½ going into the delayed finale, the USA fo...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 4, 2010
Ryder Golf Accolade Celebrated
NI's own Graeme McDowell has swept to victory as Europe clung on to its overnight lead to beat United States 14½-13½ to regain the Ryder Cup. Trailing 9½-6½ going into the delayed finale, the USA fou...
Ryder Golf Accolade Celebrated
NI's own Graeme McDowell has swept to victory as Europe clung on to its overnight lead to beat United States 14½-13½ to regain the Ryder Cup. Trailing 9½-6½ going into the delayed finale, the USA fou...
UK National News, Oct 4, 2010
High Taxpayers To Lose Out On Child Benefit
Chancellor George Osborne has announced that from 2013 child benefit is to be axed for high rate taxpayers. In an interview with the BBC, Mr Osborne said it was a "big decision" but "absolutely neces...
High Taxpayers To Lose Out On Child Benefit
Chancellor George Osborne has announced that from 2013 child benefit is to be axed for high rate taxpayers. In an interview with the BBC, Mr Osborne said it was a "big decision" but "absolutely neces...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 4, 2010
Murder Suicide Leaves Children Alone
Three children have been left orphaned over the weekend as a man allegedly murdered his recently estranged wife - before killing himself. The body of mother-of-three Sharon Hull, 33, was found in he...
Murder Suicide Leaves Children Alone
Three children have been left orphaned over the weekend as a man allegedly murdered his recently estranged wife - before killing himself. The body of mother-of-three Sharon Hull, 33, was found in he...
UK National News, Oct 4, 2010
Nobel Prize Win For British IVF Pioneer
This year's Nobel prize for medicine has been awarded to British Scientist Robert Edwards, the man who devised IVF fertility treatment. On 25 July 1978, his revolutionary work led to the birth of the...
Nobel Prize Win For British IVF Pioneer
This year's Nobel prize for medicine has been awarded to British Scientist Robert Edwards, the man who devised IVF fertility treatment. On 25 July 1978, his revolutionary work led to the birth of the...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 4, 2010
Freed Prisoner Embarrassment For Minister
A prisoner has been released from custody in error - and the PSNI and their colleagues in the Irish Republic are still searching for the alleged rapist - freed from Maghaberry prison by mistake. Devi...
Freed Prisoner Embarrassment For Minister
A prisoner has been released from custody in error - and the PSNI and their colleagues in the Irish Republic are still searching for the alleged rapist - freed from Maghaberry prison by mistake. Devi...
UK National News, Oct 4, 2010
Health Gets New Permanent Secretary
The Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service, Sir Gus O'Donnell, is pleased to announce the appointment of Una O’Brien as the new Permanent Secretary at the Department of Health. Una was chose...
Health Gets New Permanent Secretary
The Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service, Sir Gus O'Donnell, is pleased to announce the appointment of Una O’Brien as the new Permanent Secretary at the Department of Health. Una was chose...
UK National News, Oct 4, 2010
Police Pay And Conditions Review Launched
The most comprehensive review of police pay and conditions in more than 30 years has been launched by the government to improve service for the public and maximise value for money. The independent st...
Police Pay And Conditions Review Launched
The most comprehensive review of police pay and conditions in more than 30 years has been launched by the government to improve service for the public and maximise value for money. The independent st...
Business News, Oct 4, 2010
Airporter Opens City Centre Routes
There is to be a new bus service between NI's two main airports and Belfast city centre. Despite the continuing recession and fears over this month's UK-wide cutbacks, coach operator, Airporter, has ...
Airporter Opens City Centre Routes
There is to be a new bus service between NI's two main airports and Belfast city centre. Despite the continuing recession and fears over this month's UK-wide cutbacks, coach operator, Airporter, has ...
UK National News, Oct 4, 2010
New Mums Unsupported, Study Suggests
A new study, involving almost 1,300 mothers, has found more than half felt they did not receive enough emotional support during the first 24 hours after giving birth. The survey, conducted by the Nat...
New Mums Unsupported, Study Suggests
A new study, involving almost 1,300 mothers, has found more than half felt they did not receive enough emotional support during the first 24 hours after giving birth. The survey, conducted by the Nat...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 4, 2010
HR Jobs Expansion Welcomed To Belfast
There's good news this week on additional recruitment jobs being created in Belfast. Stormont Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster has just announced an expansion by Mercer, one of the world's largest H...
HR Jobs Expansion Welcomed To Belfast
There's good news this week on additional recruitment jobs being created in Belfast. Stormont Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster has just announced an expansion by Mercer, one of the world's largest H...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 4, 2010
Airporter Opens City Centre Routes
There is a new bus service between NI's two main airports and Belfast city centre from today. Despite the continuing recession and fears over this month's UK-wide cutbacks, coach operator, Airporter,...
Airporter Opens City Centre Routes
There is a new bus service between NI's two main airports and Belfast city centre from today. Despite the continuing recession and fears over this month's UK-wide cutbacks, coach operator, Airporter,...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 4, 2010
Irish May Roll Out €4bn Of Cuts
The Dublin Government's next austerity budget could see over €4billion in cuts this December. The Irish Republic's Finance Minister Brian Lenihan has refused to rule out the massive cuts which will ...
Irish May Roll Out €4bn Of Cuts
The Dublin Government's next austerity budget could see over €4billion in cuts this December. The Irish Republic's Finance Minister Brian Lenihan has refused to rule out the massive cuts which will ...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 4, 2010
NI Firms Tackle Brazil Marketplace
Fourteen Northern Ireland companies are visiting Brazil on the first Invest Northern Ireland organised trade mission. The companies will be headquartered in Sao Paulo, from 2-9 October, and 13 are new...
NI Firms Tackle Brazil Marketplace
Fourteen Northern Ireland companies are visiting Brazil on the first Invest Northern Ireland organised trade mission. The companies will be headquartered in Sao Paulo, from 2-9 October, and 13 are new...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 4, 2010
ATG Jobs Boost For Belfast
Dozens of new, high-tech jobs are online for Belfast with news of a major US-backed investment. The NI Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster has announced that US-owned company ATG is set to almost doubl...
ATG Jobs Boost For Belfast
Dozens of new, high-tech jobs are online for Belfast with news of a major US-backed investment. The NI Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster has announced that US-owned company ATG is set to almost doubl...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 4, 2010
Christian Brothers' School Officially Opened
THe NI Education Minister, Caitríona Ruane, has been the special guest on the occasion of the opening of the new Abbey Christian Brothers' School in Newry. The school has relocated to a new building,...
Christian Brothers' School Officially Opened
THe NI Education Minister, Caitríona Ruane, has been the special guest on the occasion of the opening of the new Abbey Christian Brothers' School in Newry. The school has relocated to a new building,...
Business News, Oct 4, 2010
Ireland At The Forefront Of Renewable Energy
Ireland is playing a lead role in Europe in adding wind power and other renewables to our energy supplies, according to a new report . Ireland is on target to achieve its target of 40% of electricit...
Ireland At The Forefront Of Renewable Energy
Ireland is playing a lead role in Europe in adding wind power and other renewables to our energy supplies, according to a new report . Ireland is on target to achieve its target of 40% of electricit...
UK National News, Oct 4, 2010
Safety Initiative Targets Small Construction Sites
A new safety initiative targeting small-scale building projects is being launched across Greater Manchester and Cheshire. Statistics from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) show two thirds of all ...
Safety Initiative Targets Small Construction Sites
A new safety initiative targeting small-scale building projects is being launched across Greater Manchester and Cheshire. Statistics from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) show two thirds of all ...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 4, 2010
Other NI News In Brief
Ken Quits Assembly A long-serving Ulster Unionist MLA is leaving the Northern Ireland Assembly. Ken Robinson has told his constituency association in East Antrim that he would not be putting his name...
Other NI News In Brief
Ken Quits Assembly A long-serving Ulster Unionist MLA is leaving the Northern Ireland Assembly. Ken Robinson has told his constituency association in East Antrim that he would not be putting his name...
UK National News, Oct 1, 2010
Suspected Chemical Suicide In Putney
Police in London have resumed their investigation into the deaths of two women. The bodies of two females, in their 20s, were found in a flat in Putney on Thursday. The deaths are being treated as a...
Suspected Chemical Suicide In Putney
Police in London have resumed their investigation into the deaths of two women. The bodies of two females, in their 20s, were found in a flat in Putney on Thursday. The deaths are being treated as a...
UK National News, Oct 1, 2010
BMA Criticises Health Care Changes
The British Medical Association (BMA) has criticised planned changes to the NHS in England, warning they could undermine its "stability and future." The changes, set for July, will scrap two tiers of...
BMA Criticises Health Care Changes
The British Medical Association (BMA) has criticised planned changes to the NHS in England, warning they could undermine its "stability and future." The changes, set for July, will scrap two tiers of...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 1, 2010
Men Jailed Over Gun Smuggling Plot
Two men have been jailed at Belfast Crown Court after taking part in a dissident republican gun smuggling plot. 44 year old Paul McCaugherty of Lurgan, County Armagh, was found guilty of attempting t...
Men Jailed Over Gun Smuggling Plot
Two men have been jailed at Belfast Crown Court after taking part in a dissident republican gun smuggling plot. 44 year old Paul McCaugherty of Lurgan, County Armagh, was found guilty of attempting t...
UK National News, Oct 1, 2010
Further Appeal Made For Farooq's Murder
Detectives have recovered a five and a half inch-bladed kitchen knife and a house brick which were used in the attack on Dr Imran Farooq in Edgware two weeks ago. The knife and brick were found in G...
Further Appeal Made For Farooq's Murder
Detectives have recovered a five and a half inch-bladed kitchen knife and a house brick which were used in the attack on Dr Imran Farooq in Edgware two weeks ago. The knife and brick were found in G...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 1, 2010
One Man Charged In Dissident Probe
A 32-year-old man is due to appear in Londonderry Magistrates Court this morning charged with collecting information likely to be useful to terrorists. It comes after police investigating dissident r...
One Man Charged In Dissident Probe
A 32-year-old man is due to appear in Londonderry Magistrates Court this morning charged with collecting information likely to be useful to terrorists. It comes after police investigating dissident r...
UK National News, Oct 1, 2010
BBC Urged To Show Gays 'More Positively'
The corridors of power in the BBC are 'too straight' for some tastes and there has been a call for the corporation to ensure it shows alternatives to alleged gay stereotypes. A report commissioned by...
BBC Urged To Show Gays 'More Positively'
The corridors of power in the BBC are 'too straight' for some tastes and there has been a call for the corporation to ensure it shows alternatives to alleged gay stereotypes. A report commissioned by...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 1, 2010
IFA Delay Hits Sports Stadia Project
Funding that has been earmarked for a massive sports stadia rebuilding scheme may not be released yet. It has emerged there are still ongoing problems at the Irish Football Association (IFA) to be re...
IFA Delay Hits Sports Stadia Project
Funding that has been earmarked for a massive sports stadia rebuilding scheme may not be released yet. It has emerged there are still ongoing problems at the Irish Football Association (IFA) to be re...
UK National News, Oct 1, 2010
Kidney Function Linked To Heart And Brain
People with impaired kidney function are at a higher risk of future stroke than people with normal kidney function, new studies have found. The studies, carried out by the British Medical Association...
Kidney Function Linked To Heart And Brain
People with impaired kidney function are at a higher risk of future stroke than people with normal kidney function, new studies have found. The studies, carried out by the British Medical Association...
UK National News, Oct 1, 2010
Nutrition Moves To Department of Health
The Government has today restated its commitment to improving public health by moving nutrition policy for England into the Department of Health. Policies including working with manufacturers to refo...
Nutrition Moves To Department of Health
The Government has today restated its commitment to improving public health by moving nutrition policy for England into the Department of Health. Policies including working with manufacturers to refo...
UK National News, Oct 1, 2010
Lancashire Couple In Court After Repeated Injuries
A Lancashire couple has been prosecuted after an employee was seriously injured twice in less than two months at a pine furniture workshop. Simon Davies, from Bacup, was cutting a small groove into a...
Lancashire Couple In Court After Repeated Injuries
A Lancashire couple has been prosecuted after an employee was seriously injured twice in less than two months at a pine furniture workshop. Simon Davies, from Bacup, was cutting a small groove into a...
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Northern Ireland WeatherToday:A sunny but frosty start for many. However cloud increases by midday with a few showers reaching the north coast, these mostly light but spreading inland this afternoon. Chilly. Maximum temperature 8 °C.Tonight:A rather cloudy evening with scattered showers. Becoming drier through the night with some good clear spells developing and a patchy frost away from coasts. Minimum temperature 0 °C.
