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Northern Ireland News for September 2012 : Page 8
Northern Ireland News, Sep 17, 2012
New Bereavement Service Launches
A new 'one call' service, which helps bereaved relatives check if they're eligible for help with funeral costs, has been launched by the Social Security Agency. The new Bereavement Service, offers re...
New Bereavement Service Launches
A new 'one call' service, which helps bereaved relatives check if they're eligible for help with funeral costs, has been launched by the Social Security Agency. The new Bereavement Service, offers re...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 17, 2012
Todds Leap Scoop Gold For NI At Business Awards Ceremony
Ballygawley-based Todds Leap has fought off stiff competition and scooped gold for NI at Britain's Best Business Awards. Britain's Best Business Awards are presented to companies that can demonstrate...
Todds Leap Scoop Gold For NI At Business Awards Ceremony
Ballygawley-based Todds Leap has fought off stiff competition and scooped gold for NI at Britain's Best Business Awards. Britain's Best Business Awards are presented to companies that can demonstrate...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 17, 2012
Barnish Directors Estimate Bank Will Get Just £1.5m Back
A County Antrim property firm, placed into administration last month, has estimated that the former Anglo Irish Bank will get back just £1.5m of the £9.5m it is owed. Barnish Homes owned a large site...
Barnish Directors Estimate Bank Will Get Just £1.5m Back
A County Antrim property firm, placed into administration last month, has estimated that the former Anglo Irish Bank will get back just £1.5m of the £9.5m it is owed. Barnish Homes owned a large site...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 17, 2012
Other News In Brief
100 Call Centre Jobs For Derry Nearly one hundred jobs are to be created at a call centre in Londonderry. Firstsource is recruiting 96 people to handle calls for Sky. The company already emp...
Other News In Brief
100 Call Centre Jobs For Derry Nearly one hundred jobs are to be created at a call centre in Londonderry. Firstsource is recruiting 96 people to handle calls for Sky. The company already emp...
UK National News, Sep 17, 2012
Other News In Brief
Lone 72-Year-Old Sailor Survives Wave Ordeal A 72-year-old lone sailor was swept off his yacht by a wave in force eight gales before another wave pushed the craft back under him saving his lif...
Other News In Brief
Lone 72-Year-Old Sailor Survives Wave Ordeal A 72-year-old lone sailor was swept off his yacht by a wave in force eight gales before another wave pushed the craft back under him saving his lif...
Business News, Sep 17, 2012
Report Launched Which Identifies Up To €12bn Of Potential Business
The Minister for Trade and Development Joe Costello TD today launched a report which identifies up to €12 billion worth of potential business in Africa for Irish companies. The Department of Foreign ...
Report Launched Which Identifies Up To €12bn Of Potential Business
The Minister for Trade and Development Joe Costello TD today launched a report which identifies up to €12 billion worth of potential business in Africa for Irish companies. The Department of Foreign ...
Recruitment News, Sep 17, 2012
Union Calls On Govt To Fund Major Expansion Of LCDP
SIPTU has called on the Government to fund a major expansion of the Local and Community Development Programme (LCDP) as the most effective means of tackling unemployment and assisting disadvantaged co...
Union Calls On Govt To Fund Major Expansion Of LCDP
SIPTU has called on the Government to fund a major expansion of the Local and Community Development Programme (LCDP) as the most effective means of tackling unemployment and assisting disadvantaged co...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 14, 2012
Wilson Caught Phoning While Driving
Finance minister Sammy Wilson has been fined £200 for driving while using a hand-held telephone. On April 30 this year, a court heard, Mr Wilson was spotted by a policeman holding a mobile phone up t...
Wilson Caught Phoning While Driving
Finance minister Sammy Wilson has been fined £200 for driving while using a hand-held telephone. On April 30 this year, a court heard, Mr Wilson was spotted by a policeman holding a mobile phone up t...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 14, 2012
Woman Stabbed In Head After Asking Stranger To Leave Her Housewarming Party
A man who stabbed a young woman in the head in Omagh when she asked him to leave her party has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison. Stephen McCrea, 32, of Riverview Park in the town adm...
Woman Stabbed In Head After Asking Stranger To Leave Her Housewarming Party
A man who stabbed a young woman in the head in Omagh when she asked him to leave her party has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison. Stephen McCrea, 32, of Riverview Park in the town adm...
Recruitment News, Sep 14, 2012
Lagan Brick Workers Accept Proposals
SIPTU members at the Lagan Brick manufacturing plant in Kingscourt, Co. Cavan, voted to accept proposals agreed between management and worker representatives which provide for an equitable conclusion ...
Lagan Brick Workers Accept Proposals
SIPTU members at the Lagan Brick manufacturing plant in Kingscourt, Co. Cavan, voted to accept proposals agreed between management and worker representatives which provide for an equitable conclusion ...
UK National News, Sep 14, 2012
Report Reveals 15% Increase In Custody Deaths
The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman has revealed that almost 230 people died in prison or other forms of custody in England and Wales during 2011-12. Nigel Newcomen said in his annual report that it ...
Report Reveals 15% Increase In Custody Deaths
The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman has revealed that almost 230 people died in prison or other forms of custody in England and Wales during 2011-12. Nigel Newcomen said in his annual report that it ...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 14, 2012
Scottish Universities' Irish Passport Loophole To Be Closed
The Scottish government has decided to close a loophole that allowed Northern Irish students to study for free as long as they had an Irish passport. Under new rules coming in next year, it will not ...
Scottish Universities' Irish Passport Loophole To Be Closed
The Scottish government has decided to close a loophole that allowed Northern Irish students to study for free as long as they had an Irish passport. Under new rules coming in next year, it will not ...
UK National News, Sep 14, 2012
Police Chief Considering IPCC Move Following Hillsborough Report
The Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police, David Crompton, has indicted that officers involved in the Hillsborough disaster may be refer to the police watchdog over possible charges. Crompton sai...
Police Chief Considering IPCC Move Following Hillsborough Report
The Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police, David Crompton, has indicted that officers involved in the Hillsborough disaster may be refer to the police watchdog over possible charges. Crompton sai...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 14, 2012
Taoiseach Meeting Was 'Disappointing', Say Kingsmills Victims
Victims of the 1976 Kingsmills massacre were disappointed by their meeting with the Taoiseach yesterday, the News Letter has reported. Enda Kenny invited 40 relatives of those shot in the South Armag...
Taoiseach Meeting Was 'Disappointing', Say Kingsmills Victims
Victims of the 1976 Kingsmills massacre were disappointed by their meeting with the Taoiseach yesterday, the News Letter has reported. Enda Kenny invited 40 relatives of those shot in the South Armag...
UK National News, Sep 14, 2012
Two And A Half Years For Attack On Taxi Driver
A man has been jailed for two-and-a-half years for an attack on a taxi driver, who was headbutten and bitten. 43-year-old James Pilgrim, of Newgate Road in Hastings, admitted causing actual bodily ha...
Two And A Half Years For Attack On Taxi Driver
A man has been jailed for two-and-a-half years for an attack on a taxi driver, who was headbutten and bitten. 43-year-old James Pilgrim, of Newgate Road in Hastings, admitted causing actual bodily ha...
UK National News, Sep 14, 2012
Speaker John Bercow Hangs On To Million Pound Pension
Commons Speaker John Bercow has said that he will keep his £1m pension when he retires at 65. He becomes one of the three "great offices of state" to keep a gold-plated pension. The Speaker's office ...
Speaker John Bercow Hangs On To Million Pound Pension
Commons Speaker John Bercow has said that he will keep his £1m pension when he retires at 65. He becomes one of the three "great offices of state" to keep a gold-plated pension. The Speaker's office ...
UK National News, Sep 14, 2012
Police Hunt Woman Suspected Of Giving Baby A 'Bottle Of Bleach'
A woman in her 50s is suspected of giving an 11-month-old boy a bottle containing bleach as he sat with his mother and grandmother in a McDonald's restaurant in Eltham, south-east London. Scotland Ya...
Police Hunt Woman Suspected Of Giving Baby A 'Bottle Of Bleach'
A woman in her 50s is suspected of giving an 11-month-old boy a bottle containing bleach as he sat with his mother and grandmother in a McDonald's restaurant in Eltham, south-east London. Scotland Ya...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 14, 2012
Price 'Does Not Mention Jean McConville' In Boston College Tapes
Dolours Price does not mention 'disappeared' mother-of-ten Jean McConville in the tapes of a Boston College interview wanted by the PSNI, one of the journalists behind the project has claimed. Ed Mol...
Price 'Does Not Mention Jean McConville' In Boston College Tapes
Dolours Price does not mention 'disappeared' mother-of-ten Jean McConville in the tapes of a Boston College interview wanted by the PSNI, one of the journalists behind the project has claimed. Ed Mol...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 14, 2012
FG Wilson Job Losses 'Not Surprising' - Invest NI Head
The loss of 760 jobs at Larne company FG Wilson is disappointing but not surprising, the chief executive of Invest NI has said. Alastair Hamilton said that if he was in charge of the company, he woul...
FG Wilson Job Losses 'Not Surprising' - Invest NI Head
The loss of 760 jobs at Larne company FG Wilson is disappointing but not surprising, the chief executive of Invest NI has said. Alastair Hamilton said that if he was in charge of the company, he woul...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 14, 2012
Darren Clarke Donates £80k To QUB Cancer Research
Northern Ireland golfer Darren Clarke visited Queen's University today to donate £80,000 to cancer research - a cause close to his heart. The 2011 Open Champion lost his first wide, Heather, to breas...
Darren Clarke Donates £80k To QUB Cancer Research
Northern Ireland golfer Darren Clarke visited Queen's University today to donate £80,000 to cancer research - a cause close to his heart. The 2011 Open Champion lost his first wide, Heather, to breas...
Recruitment News, Sep 14, 2012
Ó Clochartaigh Appointed Junior Spokesperson
Senator Trevor Ó Clochartaigh has said that he is looking forward to the challenge of taking on an additional brief as Junior Spokesperson on Justice, Equality and Defence. The Galway West Senator ha...
Ó Clochartaigh Appointed Junior Spokesperson
Senator Trevor Ó Clochartaigh has said that he is looking forward to the challenge of taking on an additional brief as Junior Spokesperson on Justice, Equality and Defence. The Galway West Senator ha...
Business News, Sep 14, 2012
Large Scale Job Losses Is 'Major Blow'
Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster said today that the potential large-scale job losses announced by FG Wilson is a major blow to the Northern Ireland economy. The Minister said: "This is devastating ...
Large Scale Job Losses Is 'Major Blow'
Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster said today that the potential large-scale job losses announced by FG Wilson is a major blow to the Northern Ireland economy. The Minister said: "This is devastating ...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 14, 2012
Cancer Patients Missing Out On NI Treatment Targets
Cancer patients across Northern Ireland are starting treatment late as health trusts fail on basic performance standards, it has emerged. Last April, the health minister said 95% of people who were u...
Cancer Patients Missing Out On NI Treatment Targets
Cancer patients across Northern Ireland are starting treatment late as health trusts fail on basic performance standards, it has emerged. Last April, the health minister said 95% of people who were u...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 14, 2012
Teenager Arrested In Connection With Lisburn Attack
A teenager has been arrested in connection with an assault on 17-year-old Lisburn man Scott Vineer. The anonymous teenager, also 17, was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder yesterday, a week af...
Teenager Arrested In Connection With Lisburn Attack
A teenager has been arrested in connection with an assault on 17-year-old Lisburn man Scott Vineer. The anonymous teenager, also 17, was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder yesterday, a week af...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 14, 2012
Other NI News In Brief
NI Athletes Honoured At Stormont Reception Coleraine rower Alan Campbell has already broken his Olympic bronze medal and had to stick it back together with Superglue. He made the embarrassing...
Other NI News In Brief
NI Athletes Honoured At Stormont Reception Coleraine rower Alan Campbell has already broken his Olympic bronze medal and had to stick it back together with Superglue. He made the embarrassing...
UK National News, Sep 14, 2012
Police Describe Burning Car Murder As 'Brutal And Tragic'
Somerset police have described the murder of a 23-year-old woman found in a burning car as "brutal and tragic". Catherine Wells-Burr was found in her red Ford Focus in a field in Ashill, near Ilminst...
Police Describe Burning Car Murder As 'Brutal And Tragic'
Somerset police have described the murder of a 23-year-old woman found in a burning car as "brutal and tragic". Catherine Wells-Burr was found in her red Ford Focus in a field in Ashill, near Ilminst...
Recruitment News, Sep 14, 2012
SumUp Development Centre Jobs Boost
Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD has announced that SumUp, a company dedicated to helping small businesses overcome issues with accepting credit and debit card payments,...
SumUp Development Centre Jobs Boost
Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD has announced that SumUp, a company dedicated to helping small businesses overcome issues with accepting credit and debit card payments,...
UK National News, Sep 14, 2012
Tia Sharp To Be Buried In Private Funeral
Tia Sharp, the schoolgirl whose body was found at her grandmother’s home in south London, will be buried later today in a private funeral. After being reported as missing and following an extensive s...
Tia Sharp To Be Buried In Private Funeral
Tia Sharp, the schoolgirl whose body was found at her grandmother’s home in south London, will be buried later today in a private funeral. After being reported as missing and following an extensive s...
UK National News, Sep 14, 2012
Former City Trader Stands Trial For £1.4bn Loss
A former City trader, accused of causing the largest unauthorised trading loss in British history, will stand trail later today. 32-year-old Kweku Adoboli of Whitechapel, east London, was arrested la...
Former City Trader Stands Trial For £1.4bn Loss
A former City trader, accused of causing the largest unauthorised trading loss in British history, will stand trail later today. 32-year-old Kweku Adoboli of Whitechapel, east London, was arrested la...
Business News, Sep 14, 2012
Xtralis Sets Up Global Headquarters In Dublin
Xtralis, one of the world's leading providers of early detection and visual verification safety and security solutions has established its Global Headquarters in Dublin. The company, which has been a...
Xtralis Sets Up Global Headquarters In Dublin
Xtralis, one of the world's leading providers of early detection and visual verification safety and security solutions has established its Global Headquarters in Dublin. The company, which has been a...
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