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Northern Ireland News for January 2012 : Page 10
UK National News, Jan 13, 2012
Searches Take Place For Drugs Crime Gang
Searches have spread to the mainland following an investigation into the seizure of £450k worth of cocaine and cannabis in County Down, a High Court has heard. Addresses in the north of London have b...
Searches Take Place For Drugs Crime Gang
Searches have spread to the mainland following an investigation into the seizure of £450k worth of cocaine and cannabis in County Down, a High Court has heard. Addresses in the north of London have b...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 13, 2012
Finucane Family Win Right To Judicial Review
The family of murdered solicitor Pat Finucane has won the right for a judicial review into the government’s decision not to launch a public inquiry into his death. Mr. Finucane, a Catholic solicitor,...
Finucane Family Win Right To Judicial Review
The family of murdered solicitor Pat Finucane has won the right for a judicial review into the government’s decision not to launch a public inquiry into his death. Mr. Finucane, a Catholic solicitor,...
UK National News, Jan 13, 2012
Legal Action Taken Over Cumbrian Rail Crash
It has been revealed that Network rail is to be prosecuted over the Cumbrian rail crash back in 2007, which claimed one life. The rail regulation body, The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) has said th...
Legal Action Taken Over Cumbrian Rail Crash
It has been revealed that Network rail is to be prosecuted over the Cumbrian rail crash back in 2007, which claimed one life. The rail regulation body, The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) has said th...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 13, 2012
Two More Arrested In Comber Murder
Two more arrests have been made in connection with the murder of a man in County Down. Thirty- six-year-old Philip Strickland was found in a car on Quarry Road, off the Ballydrain Road, near Comber o...
Two More Arrested In Comber Murder
Two more arrests have been made in connection with the murder of a man in County Down. Thirty- six-year-old Philip Strickland was found in a car on Quarry Road, off the Ballydrain Road, near Comber o...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 13, 2012
Boston College Promises Confidentiality
Boston College has said that documents in its archive from the body which oversaw paramilitary decommissioning, will remain confidential for 30 years. This news comes as the college is already in foc...
Boston College Promises Confidentiality
Boston College has said that documents in its archive from the body which oversaw paramilitary decommissioning, will remain confidential for 30 years. This news comes as the college is already in foc...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 13, 2012
Stewart Faces Delay Over Double Murder Appeal
Hazel Stewart, who was convicted of double murder, may have to wait until the summer to hear if she can overturn her conviction. Stewart was convicted of murdering her husband and her lover Colin How...
Stewart Faces Delay Over Double Murder Appeal
Hazel Stewart, who was convicted of double murder, may have to wait until the summer to hear if she can overturn her conviction. Stewart was convicted of murdering her husband and her lover Colin How...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 13, 2012
School Jobs Saved With Funding Boost
Schools in Northern Ireland are to receive a massive boost to funding it has been announced. In a bid to help save hundreds of jobs across the country an extra £120m will be provided in funding for e...
School Jobs Saved With Funding Boost
Schools in Northern Ireland are to receive a massive boost to funding it has been announced. In a bid to help save hundreds of jobs across the country an extra £120m will be provided in funding for e...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 13, 2012
NI Cocaine Haul Probe Moves To UK
Searches have spread to the mainland following an investigation into the seizure of £450k worth of cocaine and cannabis in County Down, a High Court has heard. Addresses in the north of London have b...
NI Cocaine Haul Probe Moves To UK
Searches have spread to the mainland following an investigation into the seizure of £450k worth of cocaine and cannabis in County Down, a High Court has heard. Addresses in the north of London have b...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 13, 2012
Financial Firm To Invest In NI
A financial services firm is set to make a major investment in Belfast, it has been revealed. According to Northern Ireland's First and Deputy First Ministers US company, The Chicago Mercantile Excha...
Financial Firm To Invest In NI
A financial services firm is set to make a major investment in Belfast, it has been revealed. According to Northern Ireland's First and Deputy First Ministers US company, The Chicago Mercantile Excha...
UK National News, Jan 13, 2012
Lloyds Banking Group Chief Executive Declines Annual Bonus
António Horta-Osório, Lloyds Banking Group Chief Executive, has informed the bank's board that he does not wish to be considered for an annual bonus for 2011. António Horta-Osório, Group Chief Execut...
Lloyds Banking Group Chief Executive Declines Annual Bonus
António Horta-Osório, Lloyds Banking Group Chief Executive, has informed the bank's board that he does not wish to be considered for an annual bonus for 2011. António Horta-Osório, Group Chief Execut...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 13, 2012
Woman Carjacked In Belfast
A woman has had her car hijacked in Belfast City Centre this morning this will be the sixth carjacking in the Belfast area in the last ten days. The woman was parking her car in John Street area at 0...
Woman Carjacked In Belfast
A woman has had her car hijacked in Belfast City Centre this morning this will be the sixth carjacking in the Belfast area in the last ten days. The woman was parking her car in John Street area at 0...
Recruitment News, Jan 13, 2012
Diageo Investment At St James' Gate Welcomed
Fine Gael TD for Dublin South Central, Catherine Byrne, has welcomed the announcement from Diageo that it is to make a capital investment of €153 million in a brewing centre of excellence at St James'...
Diageo Investment At St James' Gate Welcomed
Fine Gael TD for Dublin South Central, Catherine Byrne, has welcomed the announcement from Diageo that it is to make a capital investment of €153 million in a brewing centre of excellence at St James'...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 13, 2012
Big Bus Drives Cancer Services To City Centre
Northern Ireland cancer charity, Action Cancer is bringing its mobile unit, the Big Bus, to Custom House Square, Belfast,this Saturday. The 18 metre-long articulated vehicle with expanding side pods,...
Big Bus Drives Cancer Services To City Centre
Northern Ireland cancer charity, Action Cancer is bringing its mobile unit, the Big Bus, to Custom House Square, Belfast,this Saturday. The 18 metre-long articulated vehicle with expanding side pods,...
UK National News, Jan 13, 2012
Reward Offer Over Birmingham Couple's Death
Crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers is offering a reward of up to £10,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the murder of Carole and Avtar ...
Reward Offer Over Birmingham Couple's Death
Crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers is offering a reward of up to £10,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the murder of Carole and Avtar ...
UK National News, Jan 13, 2012
British-Irish Council Discuss Job Creation
First Minister Alex Salmond will attend the British-Irish Council tomorrow following his recent call to the Westminster government for a UK-wide jobs summit to agree an immediate programme of employme...
British-Irish Council Discuss Job Creation
First Minister Alex Salmond will attend the British-Irish Council tomorrow following his recent call to the Westminster government for a UK-wide jobs summit to agree an immediate programme of employme...
Recruitment News, Jan 13, 2012
Vita Cortex Campaign Brought To The Dáil
Over 300 people gathered outside Dáil Eireann yesterday to support the campaign by the Vita Cortex workers for their agreed redundancy payments. The crowd gave a rapturous welcome to 14 Vita Cortex w...
Vita Cortex Campaign Brought To The Dáil
Over 300 people gathered outside Dáil Eireann yesterday to support the campaign by the Vita Cortex workers for their agreed redundancy payments. The crowd gave a rapturous welcome to 14 Vita Cortex w...
UK National News, Jan 13, 2012
Regulator Prosecutes Network Rail For Grayrigg Train Derailment
The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) has today started criminal proceedings against Network Rail for a breach of health and safety law which caused a train to derail near Grayrigg in 2007. On 23 Febru...
Regulator Prosecutes Network Rail For Grayrigg Train Derailment
The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) has today started criminal proceedings against Network Rail for a breach of health and safety law which caused a train to derail near Grayrigg in 2007. On 23 Febru...
UK National News, Jan 13, 2012
Smartphones Changed The Way Britain Shopped This Christmas
The way UK consumers shopped for presents this Christmas was completely different to any previous year, according to the annual survey by international consumer research specialist Intersperience. Wi...
Smartphones Changed The Way Britain Shopped This Christmas
The way UK consumers shopped for presents this Christmas was completely different to any previous year, according to the annual survey by international consumer research specialist Intersperience. Wi...
Business News, Jan 13, 2012
Major Investment By US Financial Services Firm Welcomed
First Minister the Rt. Hon. Peter D. Robinson MLA, deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness MP, MLA and Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster have welcomed the decision by Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME ...
Major Investment By US Financial Services Firm Welcomed
First Minister the Rt. Hon. Peter D. Robinson MLA, deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness MP, MLA and Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster have welcomed the decision by Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME ...
UK National News, Jan 13, 2012
Other News In Brief
Ex-BBC Presenter Pleads Guilty To Sex Charges Former BBC and ITV presenter Peter Rowell has pleaded guilty to 12 charges of indecent assault on girls under the age of 16. Rowell, 53, also ple...
Other News In Brief
Ex-BBC Presenter Pleads Guilty To Sex Charges Former BBC and ITV presenter Peter Rowell has pleaded guilty to 12 charges of indecent assault on girls under the age of 16. Rowell, 53, also ple...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 13, 2012
Other News In Brief
Crossbow Fired At Belfast Nightclub Staff Police are treating a crossbow attack on door staff at a Belfast nightclub as attempted murder. It is understood that a car pulled up outside Rain n...
Other News In Brief
Crossbow Fired At Belfast Nightclub Staff Police are treating a crossbow attack on door staff at a Belfast nightclub as attempted murder. It is understood that a car pulled up outside Rain n...
Recruitment News, Jan 13, 2012
Liverpool Treatment Plant Gets Green Light
United Utilities has been given the go ahead to build a £200 million extension to its waste treatment plant on the banks of the River Mersey in a scheme that could create up to 350 jobs. The existing...
Liverpool Treatment Plant Gets Green Light
United Utilities has been given the go ahead to build a £200 million extension to its waste treatment plant on the banks of the River Mersey in a scheme that could create up to 350 jobs. The existing...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 12, 2012
Residents Evacuated From Highrise Following Fire
Residents have been rescued from a high-rise block of flats after a fire broke out in the housing complex in Newtownabbey. It is understood that fourteen floors had to be evacuated in the early hour...
Residents Evacuated From Highrise Following Fire
Residents have been rescued from a high-rise block of flats after a fire broke out in the housing complex in Newtownabbey. It is understood that fourteen floors had to be evacuated in the early hour...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 12, 2012
Murdered Man Found In Car
A murder investigation has been launched after the body of a man was found in a car in County Down. The man has been named locally as Philip Strickland,36. He was found in a car on Quarry Road, off ...
Murdered Man Found In Car
A murder investigation has been launched after the body of a man was found in a car in County Down. The man has been named locally as Philip Strickland,36. He was found in a car on Quarry Road, off ...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 12, 2012
More Details Revealed In Constable Carroll Case
More details have been released about the murder weapon used to kill Constable Stephen Carroll three years ago. Forensic scientists who examined the remains of the bullets found in Constable Carroll’...
More Details Revealed In Constable Carroll Case
More details have been released about the murder weapon used to kill Constable Stephen Carroll three years ago. Forensic scientists who examined the remains of the bullets found in Constable Carroll’...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 12, 2012
David Ford Threatens Resignation Over Row
The Justice Minister has threatened his resignation in response to Sinn Fein and DUP plans to scrap the Department of Education and Learning (DEL). David Ford, who is also the Alliance Leader, has sa...
David Ford Threatens Resignation Over Row
The Justice Minister has threatened his resignation in response to Sinn Fein and DUP plans to scrap the Department of Education and Learning (DEL). David Ford, who is also the Alliance Leader, has sa...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 12, 2012
Ulster Bank To Lay Off 350 NI Employees
Ulster Bank is to slash its workforce by 950, with 600 redundancies in the Republic of Ireland and 350 in Northern Ireland. The bank's parent company, Royal Bank of Scotland also announced it will be...
Ulster Bank To Lay Off 350 NI Employees
Ulster Bank is to slash its workforce by 950, with 600 redundancies in the Republic of Ireland and 350 in Northern Ireland. The bank's parent company, Royal Bank of Scotland also announced it will be...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 12, 2012
Lonely Planet Call Belfast 'Party Town'
According to one of the world's best selling travel guides Belfast has become a "hip and hedonistic party town". Lonely Planet author has told UTV that people are now coming to expect more from the c...
Lonely Planet Call Belfast 'Party Town'
According to one of the world's best selling travel guides Belfast has become a "hip and hedonistic party town". Lonely Planet author has told UTV that people are now coming to expect more from the c...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 12, 2012
New Road Safety Campaign Launched
A new driver safety campaign, which features real life accounts of road tragedy, is set to be launched today. Environment Minister Alex Attwood will launch four new advertisements each of which has...
New Road Safety Campaign Launched
A new driver safety campaign, which features real life accounts of road tragedy, is set to be launched today. Environment Minister Alex Attwood will launch four new advertisements each of which has...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 12, 2012
NI Tourist Board Searching For Agency To Boost Tourism
The Northern Ireland Tourist Board is searching for an agency to help it develop consumer and corporate campaigns to promote it as a destination to the whole of Ireland. The £650,000 brief will see t...
NI Tourist Board Searching For Agency To Boost Tourism
The Northern Ireland Tourist Board is searching for an agency to help it develop consumer and corporate campaigns to promote it as a destination to the whole of Ireland. The £650,000 brief will see t...
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Northern Ireland WeatherThis Evening and Tonight:A dry night, save for a few light showers around the coasts, with prolonged clear spells and light winds bringing a frosty dawn for many in central and southern parts. Minimum temperature -3 °C.
