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Northern Ireland News for May 2011 : Page 13
Business News, May 6, 2011
Bank Rate Decisions 'Good And Bad' For NI
News that the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee this week voted to maintain the official bank rate paid on commercial bank reserves at 0.5% has been greeted as a 'curate's egg' by a local ec...
Bank Rate Decisions 'Good And Bad' For NI
News that the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee this week voted to maintain the official bank rate paid on commercial bank reserves at 0.5% has been greeted as a 'curate's egg' by a local ec...
Northern Ireland News, May 6, 2011
Irish Property Prices Level Out After Fall
The fall in house prices across the Irish Republic is slowing and may even have levelled off - but no recovery is in sight. According to a European housing market report published by Standard & Poor'...
Irish Property Prices Level Out After Fall
The fall in house prices across the Irish Republic is slowing and may even have levelled off - but no recovery is in sight. According to a European housing market report published by Standard & Poor'...
Business News, May 6, 2011
Development Planned For Poyntzpass
A development plan that will deliver key services to Poyntzpass, has been unveiled. The plan will deliver play and recreational provision, new gateway features and new public toilets. Talks are cu...
Development Planned For Poyntzpass
A development plan that will deliver key services to Poyntzpass, has been unveiled. The plan will deliver play and recreational provision, new gateway features and new public toilets. Talks are cu...
Northern Ireland News, May 6, 2011
Belfast Book Festival Announced
The Belfast Book Festival 2011 is a week of celebration of the book, the reader and the writer taking place this June. Featuring a mix of new voices, original work and well-known authors, the festiva...
Belfast Book Festival Announced
The Belfast Book Festival 2011 is a week of celebration of the book, the reader and the writer taking place this June. Featuring a mix of new voices, original work and well-known authors, the festiva...
Northern Ireland News, May 6, 2011
Other NI News In Brief
Prison Deaths Probed Following this week's deaths of two prisoners at Belfast's Hydebank Young Offenders Centre, the tragedies are to be the subject of three separate investigations. The PSNI,...
Other NI News In Brief
Prison Deaths Probed Following this week's deaths of two prisoners at Belfast's Hydebank Young Offenders Centre, the tragedies are to be the subject of three separate investigations. The PSNI,...
Business News, May 6, 2011
Dublin Inner City Regeneration Planned
New plans for the regeneration of Dublin's southeast inner city which could facilitate the construction of a 'landmark' high-rise building opposite the Custom House are being prepared by Dublin City C...
Dublin Inner City Regeneration Planned
New plans for the regeneration of Dublin's southeast inner city which could facilitate the construction of a 'landmark' high-rise building opposite the Custom House are being prepared by Dublin City C...
Business News, May 6, 2011
Social Justice Ireland 'To Create 100,000 Jobs'
Social Justice Ireland has called on Government to create a Part-Time Job Opportunities Programme aimed at taking 100,000 people off the live register over a three-year period. The plan was successf...
Social Justice Ireland 'To Create 100,000 Jobs'
Social Justice Ireland has called on Government to create a Part-Time Job Opportunities Programme aimed at taking 100,000 people off the live register over a three-year period. The plan was successf...
UK National News, May 5, 2011
Other UK News In Brief
Appeal Following Attack On 14-Year-Old Boy Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward following the violent attack on a 14-year-old boy in Tooting last year. On Wednesday 21 April 2010, poli...
Other UK News In Brief
Appeal Following Attack On 14-Year-Old Boy Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward following the violent attack on a 14-year-old boy in Tooting last year. On Wednesday 21 April 2010, poli...
UK National News, May 5, 2011
16-Year-Old Charged With Florida Killings
Authorities in Florida have charged a 16-year-old boy with the murders of two British tourists. Shawn Tyson has been charged as an adult with the murders of James Kouzaris, 24, from Northampton, and ...
16-Year-Old Charged With Florida Killings
Authorities in Florida have charged a 16-year-old boy with the murders of two British tourists. Shawn Tyson has been charged as an adult with the murders of James Kouzaris, 24, from Northampton, and ...
UK National News, May 5, 2011
Medical Body Probe Tomlinson Pathologist
The pathologist who determined Ian Tomlinson's death was a result of natural causes is being investigated. Dr Freddy Patel recorded that Mr Tomlinson died as a result of a heart attack after the G20 ...
Medical Body Probe Tomlinson Pathologist
The pathologist who determined Ian Tomlinson's death was a result of natural causes is being investigated. Dr Freddy Patel recorded that Mr Tomlinson died as a result of a heart attack after the G20 ...
UK National News, May 5, 2011
Jo Yeates's Neighbour Admits Manslaughter
The 33-year-old neighbour of Jo Yeates, has admitted manslaughter but denied murder. Vincent Tabak, 33, is accused of killing the 25-year-old Landscape Architect who was found on Christmas day in Lo...
Jo Yeates's Neighbour Admits Manslaughter
The 33-year-old neighbour of Jo Yeates, has admitted manslaughter but denied murder. Vincent Tabak, 33, is accused of killing the 25-year-old Landscape Architect who was found on Christmas day in Lo...
UK National News, May 5, 2011
Bank Of England Maintains Bank Rate At 0.5%
The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee today voted to maintain the official Bank Rate paid on commercial bank reserves at 0.5%. The Committee also voted to maintain the stock of asset purch...
Bank Of England Maintains Bank Rate At 0.5%
The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee today voted to maintain the official Bank Rate paid on commercial bank reserves at 0.5%. The Committee also voted to maintain the stock of asset purch...
Northern Ireland News, May 5, 2011
Double Deaths Shock Rocks Hydebank Prison
There have been two further deaths in prison custody with both a male and a female remand prisoner found dead at Hydebank in south Belfast. A service spokesperson said the deaths "were not related" a...
Double Deaths Shock Rocks Hydebank Prison
There have been two further deaths in prison custody with both a male and a female remand prisoner found dead at Hydebank in south Belfast. A service spokesperson said the deaths "were not related" a...
UK National News, May 5, 2011
Double Deaths Shock At NI Prison
There have been two shcok deaths in prison custody in Northern Ireland with both a male and a female remand prisoner found dead at a remand facility in south Belfast. A service spokesperson said the ...
Double Deaths Shock At NI Prison
There have been two shcok deaths in prison custody in Northern Ireland with both a male and a female remand prisoner found dead at a remand facility in south Belfast. A service spokesperson said the ...
UK National News, May 5, 2011
Study Suggests Improvement In Child Protection Services
The number of children dying a violent death has fallen substantially in England and Wales over the past 30 years, reveals research published in Archives of Disease in Childhood. But the authors warn...
Study Suggests Improvement In Child Protection Services
The number of children dying a violent death has fallen substantially in England and Wales over the past 30 years, reveals research published in Archives of Disease in Childhood. But the authors warn...
Northern Ireland News, May 5, 2011
Man Remanded Over East Belfast Stab Death
The PSNI has now charged a man with a fatal stabbing in east Belfast at the weekend. Robert Scott of Clarawood House, Clara Way, Belfast, has today denied murdering Richard Hicking although a PSNI de...
Man Remanded Over East Belfast Stab Death
The PSNI has now charged a man with a fatal stabbing in east Belfast at the weekend. Robert Scott of Clarawood House, Clara Way, Belfast, has today denied murdering Richard Hicking although a PSNI de...
Business News, May 5, 2011
Historic Larne Building Faces Delisting
The outgoing Stormont Environment Minister is to hold a meeting on Thursday to consider delisting an historic building in Larne - with a plan under consideration to raze it and then to build a propose...
Historic Larne Building Faces Delisting
The outgoing Stormont Environment Minister is to hold a meeting on Thursday to consider delisting an historic building in Larne - with a plan under consideration to raze it and then to build a propose...
Northern Ireland News, May 5, 2011
NI Polls Open For Three-Way Vote
After weeks of political debate, the polls have now opened across NI to elect 108 new members of the Stormont Assembly. The electorate is also being asked to vote for 582 new councillors in wards aro...
NI Polls Open For Three-Way Vote
After weeks of political debate, the polls have now opened across NI to elect 108 new members of the Stormont Assembly. The electorate is also being asked to vote for 582 new councillors in wards aro...
UK National News, May 5, 2011
Northern Ireland Goes To The Polls
After weeks of political debate, the polls have now opened across NI to elect 108 new members of the Stormont Assembly. The electorate is also being asked to vote for 582 new councillors in wards aro...
Northern Ireland Goes To The Polls
After weeks of political debate, the polls have now opened across NI to elect 108 new members of the Stormont Assembly. The electorate is also being asked to vote for 582 new councillors in wards aro...
Recruitment News, May 5, 2011
Social Justice Ireland Plan To Create 100,000 Jobs
Social Justice Ireland has called on Government to create a Part-Time Job Opportunities Programme aimed at taking 100,000 people off the live register over a three-year period. The plan was successf...
Social Justice Ireland Plan To Create 100,000 Jobs
Social Justice Ireland has called on Government to create a Part-Time Job Opportunities Programme aimed at taking 100,000 people off the live register over a three-year period. The plan was successf...
Northern Ireland News, May 5, 2011
Historic Larne Building Faces Delisting
The outgoing Stormont Environment Minister is to hold a meeting on Thursday to consider delisting an historic building in Larne - with a plan under consideration to raze it and then to build a propose...
Historic Larne Building Faces Delisting
The outgoing Stormont Environment Minister is to hold a meeting on Thursday to consider delisting an historic building in Larne - with a plan under consideration to raze it and then to build a propose...
Northern Ireland News, May 5, 2011
NI Water Blames Public For Sewage Spill
Northern Ireland's official water provider, NI Water (NIW) has hit back over news of a £2,000 fine for polluting a major angling river in Co Antrim. It has blamed the public for blocking the pumps af...
NI Water Blames Public For Sewage Spill
Northern Ireland's official water provider, NI Water (NIW) has hit back over news of a £2,000 fine for polluting a major angling river in Co Antrim. It has blamed the public for blocking the pumps af...
Business News, May 5, 2011
Residents Alarmed Over City Runway Plans
East Belfast residents have expressed alarm at a draft planning policy document which they said could pave the way for George Best Belfast City Airport to be permitted its long-sought runway extension...
Residents Alarmed Over City Runway Plans
East Belfast residents have expressed alarm at a draft planning policy document which they said could pave the way for George Best Belfast City Airport to be permitted its long-sought runway extension...
Northern Ireland News, May 5, 2011
NI Sunshine Warning From Cancer Charity
As one of the best ever spells of sunny weather faded away overnight with showers finally ending the May Day weekend's blue skies, the Ulster Cancer Foundation (UCF) has launched its 2011 Care in the ...
NI Sunshine Warning From Cancer Charity
As one of the best ever spells of sunny weather faded away overnight with showers finally ending the May Day weekend's blue skies, the Ulster Cancer Foundation (UCF) has launched its 2011 Care in the ...
Northern Ireland News, May 5, 2011
Residents Alarmed Over City Runway Plans
East Belfast residents have expressed alarm at a draft planning policy document which they said could pave the way for George Best Belfast City Airport to be permitted its long-sought runway extension...
Residents Alarmed Over City Runway Plans
East Belfast residents have expressed alarm at a draft planning policy document which they said could pave the way for George Best Belfast City Airport to be permitted its long-sought runway extension...
Northern Ireland News, May 5, 2011
Belsonic Announce Additional Acts
Organisers of Belfast's biggest outdoor festival, Belsonic, have announced some additional acts to their already packed line-up. Model turned actor turned multi-track vocalist and powerchord addict, ...
Belsonic Announce Additional Acts
Organisers of Belfast's biggest outdoor festival, Belsonic, have announced some additional acts to their already packed line-up. Model turned actor turned multi-track vocalist and powerchord addict, ...
Northern Ireland News, May 5, 2011
Other NI News In Brief
Zoo Says Hello Deer! Belfast Zoo's minor baby boom continues with the birth of Pequeño, the Southern pudu baby fawn that was so small that it was the same weight as a pint of milk. The Southe...
Other NI News In Brief
Zoo Says Hello Deer! Belfast Zoo's minor baby boom continues with the birth of Pequeño, the Southern pudu baby fawn that was so small that it was the same weight as a pint of milk. The Southe...
Business News, May 5, 2011
Alliance Seeks Action On 'Mixed Housing'
The Alliance Housing Spokesperson Anna Lo has said that the party would deliver more mixed housing and related action to encourage more areas to sign up to the Shared Neighbourhood Programme. She sai...
Alliance Seeks Action On 'Mixed Housing'
The Alliance Housing Spokesperson Anna Lo has said that the party would deliver more mixed housing and related action to encourage more areas to sign up to the Shared Neighbourhood Programme. She sai...
Business News, May 5, 2011
NAMA Accused Of 'Act Of Vandalism'
The Irish Republic's National Asset Management Agency (Nama) has been slammed for failing to take steps to protect historic buildings owned by developers whose multi-million euro loans have ended up i...
NAMA Accused Of 'Act Of Vandalism'
The Irish Republic's National Asset Management Agency (Nama) has been slammed for failing to take steps to protect historic buildings owned by developers whose multi-million euro loans have ended up i...
UK National News, May 4, 2011
PM Takes The Hot Seat For Questions
Ahead of the elections tomorrow, the Prime Minister’s Questions got underway today. The session is an opportunity for MPs from all parties to question the Prime Minister on any subject, although they...
PM Takes The Hot Seat For Questions
Ahead of the elections tomorrow, the Prime Minister’s Questions got underway today. The session is an opportunity for MPs from all parties to question the Prime Minister on any subject, although they...
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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.
