Northern Ireland News for January 2011 : Page 11

UK National News, Jan 13, 2011
Other UK News In Brief
More Flu Deaths In Scotland According to the Scottish government's latest figures, Scotland has seen a large increase in the number of people dying from the flu virus. In the last week, a further 17...
Recruitment News, Jan 13, 2011
Jobs Drive At Irish AA
AA Ireland is creating 40 jobs at its Dublin headquarters, it has been announced. The motoring organisation said it is recruiting for its insurance operations, web development section and other areas....
Northern Ireland News, Jan 13, 2011
Patton Builds Up School's Orchestral Crescendo
Ballymena builders, the Patton Group, Belfast's Grosvenor Grammar School and the Ulster Orchestra have teamed up for a creative music project to mark Patton Group's recently completed new building pro...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 13, 2011
Schools Bid For Outside Play Space
Primary schools across NI are being invited to test their creative skills with the chance to win a professionally designed and installed outside space for their school worth up to £10,000. One of NI'...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 13, 2011
Other NI News In Brief
Local Soldier Loses Leg A Co Antrim soldier is believed to have lost a leg in a booby trap explosion in Afghanistan on Sunday. he injured soldier was flown on Tuesday to Birmingham, where army medics...
Recruitment News, Jan 13, 2011
Arrests Made In Irish Pork Contamination Scare
An investigation into the 2008 Irish pork contamination scare has led to the arrests of four men in Northern Ireland The men, aged 25, 27, 29 and 43, were arrested on suspicion of fraud by false rep...
UK National News, Jan 12, 2011
'Expenses MP' To Stand Down
Eric Illsley has quit as an MP after pleading guilty on Tuesday to dishonestly claiming parliamentary expenses. Mr Illsley, 55, from Barnsley, South Yorkshire, pleaded guilty to three false accountin...
UK National News, Jan 12, 2011
No 'Calling Time' For Royal Wedding
Pubs, bars and other licensed venues could be allowed to open to sell alcohol and put on entertainment until 1am to celebrate the Royal Wedding under plans announced by the Home Office today. A two-w...
UK National News, Jan 12, 2011
Three Arrested Over Harte Honeymoon Murder
Three hotel staff in Mauritius have been charged in connection with the murder of Michaela Harte on her honeymoon. Two of the men are charged with murder and one with conspiracy to murder. Michael...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 12, 2011
Three Arrested Over Harte Honeymoon Murder
Three hotel staff in Mauritius have been charged in connection with the murder of Michaela Harte on her honeymoon. Two of the men are charged with murder and one with conspiracy to murder. Michael...
UK National News, Jan 12, 2011
NHS IT Plans Require Safeguards, Says BMA
Plans to change the way healthcare information is collected, controlled and used will be difficult to achieve within the financial constraints on the NHS, and will require safeguards to protect patien...
UK National News, Jan 12, 2011
David Miliband Set For Sunderland
Former Foreign Secretary David Miliband is gearing up to sign for Sunderland football club in a non-executive role. On a reported £50,000 salary, he is set to become Vice-Chairman. A spokesman said:...
Recruitment News, Jan 12, 2011
Police College Funding Boosts Jobs
Construction work on a long-awaited police training college will finally begin next year, the NI Department of Justice has said. A major employment boost will follow after it emerged yesterday that t...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 12, 2011
Police College Funding Boosts Builders
Construction work on a long-awaited police training college will finally begin next year, the NI Department of Justice has said. It emerged yesterday that the £140m college - that was one of the poli...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 12, 2011
Irish Road Signs Point To Stormont Division
NI politicians are taking divergent routes on a proposal to splash-out on the provision of bilingual road signs. A consultation on a range of bilingual traffic signs in either Irish or Ulster-Scots h...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 12, 2011
Presbyterian Leader Reaches Out To SF
As signs of sectarian division again overtook the local political scene in a row over a proposal for bilingual road signs, a Protestant church leader has been building bridges. The Presbyterian Moder...
UK National News, Jan 12, 2011
Arrests Made In Irish Pork Contamination Scare
An investigation into the 2008 Irish pork contamination scare has led to the arrests of four men in Northern Ireland The men, aged 25, 27, 29 and 43, were arrested on suspicion of fraud by false rep...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 12, 2011
Bullets Posted To Footballer Paddy McCourt
Bullets have been sent to Celtic Footballer Paddy McCourt just days after his team mate and manager received similar packages. The envelope, posted in Northern Ireland, was found by staff at a Royal ...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 12, 2011
Extra Flu Jabs Allocated To NI
NI's supply of 'normal' seasonal flu vaccine is being supplemented by stocks of the swine flu (H1N1) vaccine, to meet increased demand, it emerged yesterday. Over 410,000 doses of the seasonal flu va...
UK National News, Jan 12, 2011
Other UK News In Brief
Tony Blair to Give Evidence This Month Tony Blair is to give evidence in the Iraq Inquiry this month. This will be the second time the former Prime Minister will be evidence before the Chilcot commit...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 12, 2011
All-Ireland Battle Over Flu Outbreak
There have as yet been no deaths from the latest outbreak of swine flu in the Irish Republic. As medical services north of the border continued to battle the latest outbreak of swine flu - with 14 li...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 12, 2011
Ballyclare Set For Major Housing Fillip
A popular residential area of Co Antrim is to get a welcome boost as a proposed housing scheme and associated relief road for Ballyclare are approved. Danny Kinahan, Ulster Unionist MLA for South Ant...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 12, 2011
Arrests Follow Pork Contamination Scare
An investigation into the 2008 Irish pork contamination scare has led to the arrests of four men in Northern Ireland The men, aged 25, 27, 29 and 43, were arrested on suspicion of fraud by false rep...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 12, 2011
Ards In Line For Further Retailing Boost
Ards town is to get a new retailing boost with the construction industry enjoying a fillip along the way. A proposal for a multi-million pound mixed-use retail scheme in Newtownards, Co Down was subm...
Business News, Jan 12, 2011
Primary Schools Bid For Outside Space
Primary schools across NI are being invited to test their creative skills with the chance to win a professionally designed and installed outside space for their school worth up to £10,000. One of NI'...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 12, 2011
Other NI News In Brief
Dissident Suspects Held Gardaí investigating the activities of dissident republicans have this morning arrested two men in the Monasterevin area of Co Kildare. Both men, aged in their 50s and 20s, ar...
Recruitment News, Jan 12, 2011
Galway Hotel Development Secures Jobs
There's good news after a modest jobs fillip for Co Galway with news that the recent re-branding of the former Marriott Courtyard Hotel in Galway to become the Pillo Hotel & Spa has secured the employ...
UK National News, Jan 11, 2011
MP Admits False Accounting
The Metropolitan Police welcomed today's guilty pleas that follow a thorough and detailed investigation of Eric Illsley's parliamentary claims whilst a Member of Parliament for Barnsley Central. Eri...
Business News, Jan 11, 2011
Thunderbirds Get Stamp Of Approval
Royal Mail is celebrating the iconic TV work of Gerry Anderson on a new set of stamps just issued. The archive is represented by ITV Studios Global Entertainment which worked with Royal Mail to produ...
UK National News, Jan 11, 2011
'Fire Extinguisher Student' Jailed
A student who threw a fire extinguisher off the roof of London's Millbank Tower during the student fees riots in November has been jailed for 32 months. Edward Woollard, 18, and fellow protesters sto...