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Northern Ireland News for March 2012 : Page 2
Northern Ireland News, Mar 29, 2012
Body Of Missing Man Discovered In Lake
The body of missing Crossmaglen man Padraig Campbell has been found. The 37-year-old’s body was recovered from a lake in Co Monaghon last night. Campbell, of Drumbroy Road, Castleblaney, has been mi...
Body Of Missing Man Discovered In Lake
The body of missing Crossmaglen man Padraig Campbell has been found. The 37-year-old’s body was recovered from a lake in Co Monaghon last night. Campbell, of Drumbroy Road, Castleblaney, has been mi...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 29, 2012
Fire Service's Work On Gorse Fires Praised
SDLP Newry and Armagh MLA Dominic Bradley has praised the efforts of the Fire and Rescue Service in bringing the gorse fires at Camlough Mountain under control. Mr Bradley said: "Fire and Rescue Serv...
Fire Service's Work On Gorse Fires Praised
SDLP Newry and Armagh MLA Dominic Bradley has praised the efforts of the Fire and Rescue Service in bringing the gorse fires at Camlough Mountain under control. Mr Bradley said: "Fire and Rescue Serv...
Business News, Mar 29, 2012
Minister Launches Social Enterprise Business Centre
Social Development Minister Nelson McCausland has launched the newly refurbished BEAM centre, Londonderry. The Business in the Community BEAM project at the INVISTA site, Maydown, has received £300,0...
Minister Launches Social Enterprise Business Centre
Social Development Minister Nelson McCausland has launched the newly refurbished BEAM centre, Londonderry. The Business in the Community BEAM project at the INVISTA site, Maydown, has received £300,0...
UK National News, Mar 29, 2012
EU To Cap Mobile Roaming Charges Before Summer
The price of mobile phone roaming charges is to be capped by the summer. The European commission has made the decision in its latest move towards reducing the gap between domestic and foreign call r...
EU To Cap Mobile Roaming Charges Before Summer
The price of mobile phone roaming charges is to be capped by the summer. The European commission has made the decision in its latest move towards reducing the gap between domestic and foreign call r...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 29, 2012
Progress Slow In Treatment Of Prisoners Mental Health
Progress in the treatment of prisoners with mental health problems has been slow. While some improvements have been made a report published today by Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland shows...
Progress Slow In Treatment Of Prisoners Mental Health
Progress in the treatment of prisoners with mental health problems has been slow. While some improvements have been made a report published today by Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland shows...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 29, 2012
First Minister To Deliver Lecture On Irish Unionism
The Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Mr Eamon Gilmore T.D., has announced that he will host a commemorative lecture by First Minister Mr. Peter Robinson MLA, today Thursday 29 Marc...
First Minister To Deliver Lecture On Irish Unionism
The Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Mr Eamon Gilmore T.D., has announced that he will host a commemorative lecture by First Minister Mr. Peter Robinson MLA, today Thursday 29 Marc...
UK National News, Mar 29, 2012
Government Criticised Over Jerrycan Advice
Shadow transport minister Mike Penning has said the government made a mistake in advising people to store petrol in jerrycans at home to prepare for a possible strike by fuel tanker drivers. The gove...
Government Criticised Over Jerrycan Advice
Shadow transport minister Mike Penning has said the government made a mistake in advising people to store petrol in jerrycans at home to prepare for a possible strike by fuel tanker drivers. The gove...
UK National News, Mar 29, 2012
1 In 3 Women Snack in Secret
One in three women admit snacking in secret, a study has revealed. Embarrassment about the type of food they eat, as well as the amount of snacks they consume means 33 per cent enjoy a quiet pick-me-...
1 In 3 Women Snack in Secret
One in three women admit snacking in secret, a study has revealed. Embarrassment about the type of food they eat, as well as the amount of snacks they consume means 33 per cent enjoy a quiet pick-me-...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 29, 2012
Man Killed In Car Collision Is Named
The man who was killed in a car crash on Wednesday was John Patrick Mulligan. The 40-year-old was from Killybrack Heights in the Co Tyrone town. Mr Mulligan was driving a car that was involved in a ...
Man Killed In Car Collision Is Named
The man who was killed in a car crash on Wednesday was John Patrick Mulligan. The 40-year-old was from Killybrack Heights in the Co Tyrone town. Mr Mulligan was driving a car that was involved in a ...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 29, 2012
Lottery Funding To Change Lives Of Isolated Older People
A project using storytelling and reminiscence to improve the lives of isolated older people in the Northern Health Trust area has been awarded a major grant from the Big Lottery Fund. Reminiscence N...
Lottery Funding To Change Lives Of Isolated Older People
A project using storytelling and reminiscence to improve the lives of isolated older people in the Northern Health Trust area has been awarded a major grant from the Big Lottery Fund. Reminiscence N...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 29, 2012
Alternative Financing Can Help Stem Widening Infrastructure Deficit, Says RICS
Northern Ireland can’t ignore alternative financing methods as a way of helping fill its widening infrastructure investment gap, the RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) says today. Speak...
Alternative Financing Can Help Stem Widening Infrastructure Deficit, Says RICS
Northern Ireland can’t ignore alternative financing methods as a way of helping fill its widening infrastructure investment gap, the RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) says today. Speak...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 29, 2012
Price Control Of Phoenix Gas Referred To CC
Following the rejection of the Utility Regulator’s price control determination and proposed licence modifications by Phoenix Natural Gas Ltd (PNGL) on 6 February, the Utility Regulator have referred t...
Price Control Of Phoenix Gas Referred To CC
Following the rejection of the Utility Regulator’s price control determination and proposed licence modifications by Phoenix Natural Gas Ltd (PNGL) on 6 February, the Utility Regulator have referred t...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 29, 2012
Other News In Brief
Bi-Lingual Traffic Signs Will Not Be Introduced In NI Regional Development Minister Danny Kennedy has announced that bi-lingual traffic signs will not be introduced across the road net...
Other News In Brief
Bi-Lingual Traffic Signs Will Not Be Introduced In NI Regional Development Minister Danny Kennedy has announced that bi-lingual traffic signs will not be introduced across the road net...
UK National News, Mar 29, 2012
£113,000 Stolen From Police Station
Warwickshire police have admitted that £113,000 has been stolen from a “secure storage area” in its station. The money was seized under the Proceeds of Crime Act in 2009 and was linked to an operatio...
£113,000 Stolen From Police Station
Warwickshire police have admitted that £113,000 has been stolen from a “secure storage area” in its station. The money was seized under the Proceeds of Crime Act in 2009 and was linked to an operatio...
UK National News, Mar 29, 2012
Other News In Brief
Number Of Apprenticeships Continues To Rise New statistics published today show an increase in the number of people starting an apprenticeship. Provisional data shows that in the first half of...
Other News In Brief
Number Of Apprenticeships Continues To Rise New statistics published today show an increase in the number of people starting an apprenticeship. Provisional data shows that in the first half of...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 28, 2012
Appeal Launched For Ronan Kerr Murder
An appeal has been launched about a garage detectives believe is linked to Ronan Kerr's murder. The appeal is being made in the run-up to the first anniversary of the under-car bomb explosion which k...
Appeal Launched For Ronan Kerr Murder
An appeal has been launched about a garage detectives believe is linked to Ronan Kerr's murder. The appeal is being made in the run-up to the first anniversary of the under-car bomb explosion which k...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 28, 2012
Gunshots Fired At House In Larne
Gunshots were fired at a house in Larne in the early hours of Wednesday morning. A man, who was inside the property at the time of the attack, has escaped injury. The house was in the Johns Place ar...
Gunshots Fired At House In Larne
Gunshots were fired at a house in Larne in the early hours of Wednesday morning. A man, who was inside the property at the time of the attack, has escaped injury. The house was in the Johns Place ar...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 28, 2012
164 New Jobs Announced In Cookstown
Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster has announced that Vion Food UK Ltd is investing £11.5 million to enhance its processing facilities in Cookstown, with the creation of 164 new jobs. Vion's operation...
164 New Jobs Announced In Cookstown
Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster has announced that Vion Food UK Ltd is investing £11.5 million to enhance its processing facilities in Cookstown, with the creation of 164 new jobs. Vion's operation...
UK National News, Mar 28, 2012
GPs With Shares In Private Health Firms Could Profit From Conflict
Concerns have been raised over GPs holding shares in private healthcare firms which, as they are about to take control of £60bn of NHS funding, could see them profiting from direct conflicts of intere...
GPs With Shares In Private Health Firms Could Profit From Conflict
Concerns have been raised over GPs holding shares in private healthcare firms which, as they are about to take control of £60bn of NHS funding, could see them profiting from direct conflicts of intere...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 28, 2012
Body Discovered In Donegal
Walkers in Ballyrattan, near Redcastle, have discovered a body in an advance stage of decomposition. Two women out walking made the on the shores of Lough Foyle at about 4pm. The area has been seale...
Body Discovered In Donegal
Walkers in Ballyrattan, near Redcastle, have discovered a body in an advance stage of decomposition. Two women out walking made the on the shores of Lough Foyle at about 4pm. The area has been seale...
Business News, Mar 28, 2012
Foster Announces Investment By US Financial Services Company
Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster today announced that Cowen International Ltd is to set up a technology research and development centre in Belfast, potentially creating up to 50 high value jobs. Cow...
Foster Announces Investment By US Financial Services Company
Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster today announced that Cowen International Ltd is to set up a technology research and development centre in Belfast, potentially creating up to 50 high value jobs. Cow...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 28, 2012
Titanic Gears Up To Welcome The World
With just a few days until it opens at noon on Saturday March 31st, Titanic Belfast has revealed that almost 100,000 tickets have been pre-sold for its first year of operation. While a limited numbe...
Titanic Gears Up To Welcome The World
With just a few days until it opens at noon on Saturday March 31st, Titanic Belfast has revealed that almost 100,000 tickets have been pre-sold for its first year of operation. While a limited numbe...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 28, 2012
Luxury Planter Firm In Baltic Business Deals
Carrickfergus-based Luxury Planter Collection has lined up business in Lithuania which will give it a springboard for further growth in Baltic markets. The company, which is part of the biggest-ever ...
Luxury Planter Firm In Baltic Business Deals
Carrickfergus-based Luxury Planter Collection has lined up business in Lithuania which will give it a springboard for further growth in Baltic markets. The company, which is part of the biggest-ever ...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 28, 2012
Woman Arrested Over Chinese Businessman's Murder
A woman has been arrested by in connection with the murder of Chinese businessman Simon Tang in Carrickfergus over 15 years ago. Mr Tang, 28, was beaten and robbed after he left his takeaway, the Goo...
Woman Arrested Over Chinese Businessman's Murder
A woman has been arrested by in connection with the murder of Chinese businessman Simon Tang in Carrickfergus over 15 years ago. Mr Tang, 28, was beaten and robbed after he left his takeaway, the Goo...
UK National News, Mar 28, 2012
Cleft Research Facility To be Set Up In UK
The world’s largest database of research into cleft lip and palate is to be set up in the UK, hoping to determine what causes these common conditions. The cause of these congenital abnormalities, whi...
Cleft Research Facility To be Set Up In UK
The world’s largest database of research into cleft lip and palate is to be set up in the UK, hoping to determine what causes these common conditions. The cause of these congenital abnormalities, whi...
UK National News, Mar 28, 2012
Flare On Elgin Platform Is Still Burning
A flare is still burning on the North Sea Elgin oil Platform, which has been leaking gas for the last four days. Total, the French oil company that operates the platform, first disclosed that the fla...
Flare On Elgin Platform Is Still Burning
A flare is still burning on the North Sea Elgin oil Platform, which has been leaking gas for the last four days. Total, the French oil company that operates the platform, first disclosed that the fla...
UK National News, Mar 28, 2012
Mexican Tourists Jailed For String Of Robberies
Five men and one woman have been convicted of a series of burglaries in Northern England and Scotland. The six are a group of Mexican tourists who, the court heard, began raiding home’s from Lancaste...
Mexican Tourists Jailed For String Of Robberies
Five men and one woman have been convicted of a series of burglaries in Northern England and Scotland. The six are a group of Mexican tourists who, the court heard, began raiding home’s from Lancaste...
UK National News, Mar 28, 2012
Legal High 'Mexxy' Banned Under New Government Powers
A so called legal high, known as ‘Mexxy’, will be the first drug to be banned under new government powers, the Home Office has said. Methoxetamine, used as an alternative to ketamine, will be made il...
Legal High 'Mexxy' Banned Under New Government Powers
A so called legal high, known as ‘Mexxy’, will be the first drug to be banned under new government powers, the Home Office has said. Methoxetamine, used as an alternative to ketamine, will be made il...
UK National News, Mar 28, 2012
MPs Condemn Stance On PIP Implants
MPs have said the stance taken in England on replacing PIP breast implants "flies in the face of common sense". The PIP implants are at the centre of a health scare and currently patients who had imp...
MPs Condemn Stance On PIP Implants
MPs have said the stance taken in England on replacing PIP breast implants "flies in the face of common sense". The PIP implants are at the centre of a health scare and currently patients who had imp...
Recruitment News, Mar 28, 2012
Call For Game Employees To Get Better Treatment From Employers
The Sinn Féin spokesperson on workers’ rights Senator David Cullinane has criticised the video-game retailer Game for their failure to give their Irish workers an adequate notice period. 123 workers ...
Call For Game Employees To Get Better Treatment From Employers
The Sinn Féin spokesperson on workers’ rights Senator David Cullinane has criticised the video-game retailer Game for their failure to give their Irish workers an adequate notice period. 123 workers ...
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Northern Ireland WeatherToday:A showery start with outbreaks most frequent north of Lough Neagh and through the morning, before dwindling during the afternoon as the northwest breezes ease and brighter spells of weak sunshine prosper. Maximum temperature 8 °C.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.
