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Northern Ireland News for June 2010 : Page 5
Northern Ireland News, Jun 23, 2010
Armagh Bomb Alert 'Ongoing'
People living close to the scene of a security alert in Co Armagh have spent the night out of their homes. The alert is currently ongoing in Keady after a beer keg with wires was found on Castleblane...
Armagh Bomb Alert 'Ongoing'
People living close to the scene of a security alert in Co Armagh have spent the night out of their homes. The alert is currently ongoing in Keady after a beer keg with wires was found on Castleblane...
UK National News, Jun 23, 2010
Queen's Income 'Falls By Three Quarters'
The Civil List - support for The Queen to carry out her public duties and meet central staff costs and running expenses - is to be held at its existing level next year, even though that represents a f...
Queen's Income 'Falls By Three Quarters'
The Civil List - support for The Queen to carry out her public duties and meet central staff costs and running expenses - is to be held at its existing level next year, even though that represents a f...
UK National News, Jun 23, 2010
SMEs Back Budget Pledges
Small business support group the Forum of Private Business has welcomed a number of key victories for small to medium enterprises (SMEs) in Tuesday's Budget. The Forum believes the 1% cut in small co...
SMEs Back Budget Pledges
Small business support group the Forum of Private Business has welcomed a number of key victories for small to medium enterprises (SMEs) in Tuesday's Budget. The Forum believes the 1% cut in small co...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 23, 2010
Belfast 'Movie-Makers' Focus On Litter
There'll be a touch of Hollywood glamour around Belfast City Hall today with the creation of a mini movie set to launch a council campaign. The grounds of the iconic building are being used to set th...
Belfast 'Movie-Makers' Focus On Litter
There'll be a touch of Hollywood glamour around Belfast City Hall today with the creation of a mini movie set to launch a council campaign. The grounds of the iconic building are being used to set th...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 23, 2010
Smaller Traders Want National Debt 'Paid'
Most of Northern Ireland's smaller businesses (SMEs) support deficit reduction plans, a survey has found. As details of the UK's Emergency Budget were being digested this week, it has emerged that ov...
Smaller Traders Want National Debt 'Paid'
Most of Northern Ireland's smaller businesses (SMEs) support deficit reduction plans, a survey has found. As details of the UK's Emergency Budget were being digested this week, it has emerged that ov...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 23, 2010
Belfast Library's Historic Stonework Praised
Specialised stonework restoration on an iconic Belfast city centre building has been singled out for high level praise. Libraries NI initiated the repair works to correct weather damage to Belfast Ce...
Belfast Library's Historic Stonework Praised
Specialised stonework restoration on an iconic Belfast city centre building has been singled out for high level praise. Libraries NI initiated the repair works to correct weather damage to Belfast Ce...
UK National News, Jun 23, 2010
NHS Backs 'Psychological Therapies'
Psychological therapies will continue to be rolled out across the NHS in the coming year Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has announced. Visiting a psychological therapies service in Berkshire West wi...
NHS Backs 'Psychological Therapies'
Psychological therapies will continue to be rolled out across the NHS in the coming year Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has announced. Visiting a psychological therapies service in Berkshire West wi...
UK National News, Jun 23, 2010
Other UK News In Brief
England Win 'Vital' Many schools and some businesses across the country have decided to close early to let their pupils see England's crunch World Cup match against Slovenia this afternoon. It is the...
Other UK News In Brief
England Win 'Vital' Many schools and some businesses across the country have decided to close early to let their pupils see England's crunch World Cup match against Slovenia this afternoon. It is the...
Recruitment News, Jun 23, 2010
Crystal Centre To Create 80 Jobs
The new Waterford Crystal visitor centre is hoped to create 80 jobs for the region. Officially opened this week, the Waterford Crystal Experience, incorporating a manufacturing facility, retail store ...
Crystal Centre To Create 80 Jobs
The new Waterford Crystal visitor centre is hoped to create 80 jobs for the region. Officially opened this week, the Waterford Crystal Experience, incorporating a manufacturing facility, retail store ...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 23, 2010
Daíl Ministers Recall Air India Bombing
Government representatives from Ireland, India and Canada will join relatives and friends of the victims of the Air India crash in West Cork today. Today is the 25th anniversary of the incident, when...
Daíl Ministers Recall Air India Bombing
Government representatives from Ireland, India and Canada will join relatives and friends of the victims of the Air India crash in West Cork today. Today is the 25th anniversary of the incident, when...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 23, 2010
Other NI News In Brief
Duchess Visits School The Duchess of Gloucester has visited Fleming Fulton School in Belfast where, as Patron, she opened a new Home Economics facility. Her Royal Highness became Patron in 1987 and t...
Other NI News In Brief
Duchess Visits School The Duchess of Gloucester has visited Fleming Fulton School in Belfast where, as Patron, she opened a new Home Economics facility. Her Royal Highness became Patron in 1987 and t...
UK National News, Jun 22, 2010
MoD Names 300th Afghan Victim
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has named the 300th member of the UK forces to die after being injured in a blast in Afghanistan. Marine Richard Hollington, 23, from Bravo Company, 40 Commando Royal Ma...
MoD Names 300th Afghan Victim
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has named the 300th member of the UK forces to die after being injured in a blast in Afghanistan. Marine Richard Hollington, 23, from Bravo Company, 40 Commando Royal Ma...
UK National News, Jun 22, 2010
UK Deficit Tackled With Higher VAT
Today the Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has set out his Budget with a comprehensive five-year plan aimed at rebuilding the British economy. He said the Government will increase the stand...
UK Deficit Tackled With Higher VAT
Today the Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has set out his Budget with a comprehensive five-year plan aimed at rebuilding the British economy. He said the Government will increase the stand...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 22, 2010
Derry Man Dies In Hotel Fall
A man from Co Londonderry has died after he fell from a hotel window in Donegal Town. He has been named as Conor Duddy from the Lecky Road in Brandywell. The 20-year-old fell from the third floor o...
Derry Man Dies In Hotel Fall
A man from Co Londonderry has died after he fell from a hotel window in Donegal Town. He has been named as Conor Duddy from the Lecky Road in Brandywell. The 20-year-old fell from the third floor o...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 22, 2010
Drugs Unit 'Unlikely' As Budget Bites
An inter-church group has this week called on the Stormont Executive to "do more" to help Northern Ireland's teenage drugs addicts, but their bid to develop a specialist in-patient unit already seems ...
Drugs Unit 'Unlikely' As Budget Bites
An inter-church group has this week called on the Stormont Executive to "do more" to help Northern Ireland's teenage drugs addicts, but their bid to develop a specialist in-patient unit already seems ...
UK National News, Jun 22, 2010
Facebook Insults End In Killing
Insults on Facebook have resulted in the killing of an 18-year-old teenager -with a youth, now aged 16 - detained for killing his former best friend. Salum Kombo, 18, was stabbed in the chest in Brom...
Facebook Insults End In Killing
Insults on Facebook have resulted in the killing of an 18-year-old teenager -with a youth, now aged 16 - detained for killing his former best friend. Salum Kombo, 18, was stabbed in the chest in Brom...
UK National News, Jun 22, 2010
Drugs Gangster 'Laundered' £10m
The last member of a drug dealing gang which supplied cocaine and laundered nearly £10m has been convicted at Kingston Crown Court. The 35-year-old man, Behar Dika, an Albanian national of Hendon in ...
Drugs Gangster 'Laundered' £10m
The last member of a drug dealing gang which supplied cocaine and laundered nearly £10m has been convicted at Kingston Crown Court. The 35-year-old man, Behar Dika, an Albanian national of Hendon in ...
UK National News, Jun 22, 2010
Global To Cut Heart In Half
It has been revealed that a UK based premier radio company, home of the leading commercial radio brands is to reduce the number of Heart network stations it operates by up to 50%. Global Radio will c...
Global To Cut Heart In Half
It has been revealed that a UK based premier radio company, home of the leading commercial radio brands is to reduce the number of Heart network stations it operates by up to 50%. Global Radio will c...
UK National News, Jun 22, 2010
Cut Saturated Fat Levels Says NICE
Tens of thousands of lives could be saved, and millions of people spared the suffering of living with the effects of heart disease and stroke, simply by producing healthier food says new National Inst...
Cut Saturated Fat Levels Says NICE
Tens of thousands of lives could be saved, and millions of people spared the suffering of living with the effects of heart disease and stroke, simply by producing healthier food says new National Inst...
Recruitment News, Jun 22, 2010
Skills' Match Website Boosts Dublin Jobs
A skills-match website is to create as many as 50 jobs in the Irish Republic. The Dáil Enterprise Minister Batt O'Keeffe welcomed news of the new jobs with Internet firm Weedle in south Dublin, yeste...
Skills' Match Website Boosts Dublin Jobs
A skills-match website is to create as many as 50 jobs in the Irish Republic. The Dáil Enterprise Minister Batt O'Keeffe welcomed news of the new jobs with Internet firm Weedle in south Dublin, yeste...
UK National News, Jun 22, 2010
Budget 'To Hit Poorest', Says Labour
The Labour opposition has said that today's 'emergency' Budget will hit the poorest hardest and that the cuts the Tories are implementing are 'ideologically driven'. While the details remain unclear ...
Budget 'To Hit Poorest', Says Labour
The Labour opposition has said that today's 'emergency' Budget will hit the poorest hardest and that the cuts the Tories are implementing are 'ideologically driven'. While the details remain unclear ...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 22, 2010
Bomb Attack Targets Community Worker
A cross-community worker has insisted that she does not know why she was targeted in an overnight pipe bomb attack. Mary Kelly was speaking after the second attack on her home this year and has asked...
Bomb Attack Targets Community Worker
A cross-community worker has insisted that she does not know why she was targeted in an overnight pipe bomb attack. Mary Kelly was speaking after the second attack on her home this year and has asked...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 22, 2010
Lottery To 'Reach-Out' To Vulnerable
A major debate is being held in Belfast today to launch a multi-million pound package of Lottery funding to support the most vulnerable people in Northern Ireland. The Big Lottery Fund is kick-starti...
Lottery To 'Reach-Out' To Vulnerable
A major debate is being held in Belfast today to launch a multi-million pound package of Lottery funding to support the most vulnerable people in Northern Ireland. The Big Lottery Fund is kick-starti...
Business News, Jun 22, 2010
Increases 'Just Not Fare', Says Watchdog
The Consumer Council has criticised Translink for its latest fare increase, claiming that - unfairly - customers who pay cash will be hardest hit. Translink will increase prices on some journeys by a...
Increases 'Just Not Fare', Says Watchdog
The Consumer Council has criticised Translink for its latest fare increase, claiming that - unfairly - customers who pay cash will be hardest hit. Translink will increase prices on some journeys by a...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 22, 2010
Irish Man Dies In African Plane Tragedy
The family of James Casserly, who died after a plane crash in Africa this week, are travelling out in an effort to bring his body home. The plane went down in dense jungle between Cameroon and the D...
Irish Man Dies In African Plane Tragedy
The family of James Casserly, who died after a plane crash in Africa this week, are travelling out in an effort to bring his body home. The plane went down in dense jungle between Cameroon and the D...
UK National News, Jun 22, 2010
Other UK News In Brief
Chocolate Laxative Child Ill A three-year-old boy has taken ill after he was fed laxatives by older boys in a Hertfordshire park. The child was playing in Pound Recreation Ground, Hoddesdon, on Thurs...
Other UK News In Brief
Chocolate Laxative Child Ill A three-year-old boy has taken ill after he was fed laxatives by older boys in a Hertfordshire park. The child was playing in Pound Recreation Ground, Hoddesdon, on Thurs...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 22, 2010
Increases 'Just Not Fare', Says Watchdog
The Consumer Council has criticised Translink for its latest fare increase, claiming that customers who pay cash will unfairly be the ones hardest hit. Translink will increase prices on some journeys...
Increases 'Just Not Fare', Says Watchdog
The Consumer Council has criticised Translink for its latest fare increase, claiming that customers who pay cash will unfairly be the ones hardest hit. Translink will increase prices on some journeys...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 22, 2010
Border CIT Robbers Are Hunted
Police along the border are hunting armed robbers who stole a cash box from a security guard yesterday. The SDLP Newry and Armagh MLA, Dominic Bradley condemned the armed robbers who stole cash in tr...
Border CIT Robbers Are Hunted
Police along the border are hunting armed robbers who stole a cash box from a security guard yesterday. The SDLP Newry and Armagh MLA, Dominic Bradley condemned the armed robbers who stole cash in tr...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 22, 2010
Nursery Unit 'Born' At Daisy Hill
There's been a 'new arrival' in south Down's main hospital complex. Former office accommodation beside the existing maternity unit at Daisy Hill in Newry has been completely revamped into a bright an...
Nursery Unit 'Born' At Daisy Hill
There's been a 'new arrival' in south Down's main hospital complex. Former office accommodation beside the existing maternity unit at Daisy Hill in Newry has been completely revamped into a bright an...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 22, 2010
Sinn Féin 'Concerned On School Building'
There are worries emerging that no new schools will be built in this financial year as a result of the constraints on the education budget. Sinn Féin Education Spokesperson John O' Dowd has said he i...
Sinn Féin 'Concerned On School Building'
There are worries emerging that no new schools will be built in this financial year as a result of the constraints on the education budget. Sinn Féin Education Spokesperson John O' Dowd has said he i...
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Northern Ireland WeatherThis Evening and Tonight:Rain clearing away east by early evening with some clear spells but a few showers likely to affect the North coast and other areas towards dawn, remaining breezy and mild overnight. Minimum temperature 9 °C.
