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Northern Ireland News for January 2013 : Page 3
Northern Ireland News, Jan 29, 2013
Translink Brings Back Love Metro Saturdays
Translink has announced the return of its popular Love Metro Saturdays day ticket offering unlimited travel onboard Metro services throughout Belfast for just £2 every Saturday in February. In additi...
Translink Brings Back Love Metro Saturdays
Translink has announced the return of its popular Love Metro Saturdays day ticket offering unlimited travel onboard Metro services throughout Belfast for just £2 every Saturday in February. In additi...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 29, 2013
Other News In Brief
UUP Slams SF For Refusing To Agree To The NCA The Ulster Unionist Party’s Justice Spokesman Tom Elliott has condemned Sinn Fein's refusal to agree to the National Crime Agency being allowed to...
Other News In Brief
UUP Slams SF For Refusing To Agree To The NCA The Ulster Unionist Party’s Justice Spokesman Tom Elliott has condemned Sinn Fein's refusal to agree to the National Crime Agency being allowed to...
Recruitment News, Jan 28, 2013
Minister Launches 'Step Ahead 50+'
Employment and Learning Minister, Dr Stephen Farry today launched a new £6 million employment initiative entitled 'Step Ahead 50+' to support 1,100 unemployed people age 50 or over into work over the ...
Minister Launches 'Step Ahead 50+'
Employment and Learning Minister, Dr Stephen Farry today launched a new £6 million employment initiative entitled 'Step Ahead 50+' to support 1,100 unemployed people age 50 or over into work over the ...
Business News, Jan 28, 2013
Architects Scoop Design Contract In India
Award winning Belfast-based architects Hall Black Douglas (HBD) has won a significant design contract in India for a 180 bed Community Healthcare Complex with assistance from Invest Northern Ireland. ...
Architects Scoop Design Contract In India
Award winning Belfast-based architects Hall Black Douglas (HBD) has won a significant design contract in India for a 180 bed Community Healthcare Complex with assistance from Invest Northern Ireland. ...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 28, 2013
Spence Family Deaths Inquest Begins
The inquest into the deaths of Nevin, Graham and Noel Spence, who died in a slurry tank accident, will begin today. Ulster rugby player Nevin Spence, 22; his brother Graham, 30, and father Noel, 58, ...
Spence Family Deaths Inquest Begins
The inquest into the deaths of Nevin, Graham and Noel Spence, who died in a slurry tank accident, will begin today. Ulster rugby player Nevin Spence, 22; his brother Graham, 30, and father Noel, 58, ...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 28, 2013
Dolours Price Funeral Takes Place
The funeral of former IRA prisoner Dolours Price has taken place. The service was at St Agnes' Catholic Church in Andersonstown, west Belfast, this morning. She was found dead at her home in Malahid...
Dolours Price Funeral Takes Place
The funeral of former IRA prisoner Dolours Price has taken place. The service was at St Agnes' Catholic Church in Andersonstown, west Belfast, this morning. She was found dead at her home in Malahid...
UK National News, Jan 28, 2013
Tandem Cyclists Killed In Hit And Run Accident
A husband and wife have been killed in a hit-and-run accident at Hanham, Bristol. 32-year-old Ross and 30-year-old Clare Simons died when a car hit their tandem bicycle on Sunday afternoon. A 38-yea...
Tandem Cyclists Killed In Hit And Run Accident
A husband and wife have been killed in a hit-and-run accident at Hanham, Bristol. 32-year-old Ross and 30-year-old Clare Simons died when a car hit their tandem bicycle on Sunday afternoon. A 38-yea...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 28, 2013
Man Acquitted Of 25 Year Old Murder
A man has been acquitted of killing a pensioner more than 25 years ago after the Crown offered no evidence against him. 53-year-old David Mayberry Wallace, from NI but with an address Shaw Street, Bu...
Man Acquitted Of 25 Year Old Murder
A man has been acquitted of killing a pensioner more than 25 years ago after the Crown offered no evidence against him. 53-year-old David Mayberry Wallace, from NI but with an address Shaw Street, Bu...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 28, 2013
Church In County Fermanagh Vandalised
A Protestant church has been sprayed with graffiti in County Fermanagh. St Patrick's Church Of Ireland was vandalised between 12pm on Sunday 20th January and 3pm on 24th January. Graffiti was spraye...
Church In County Fermanagh Vandalised
A Protestant church has been sprayed with graffiti in County Fermanagh. St Patrick's Church Of Ireland was vandalised between 12pm on Sunday 20th January and 3pm on 24th January. Graffiti was spraye...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 28, 2013
Three People Convicted Of Benefit Fraud
Three people have been convicted at L'Derry Magistrates Court for claiming benefits they were not entitled to. Michael Benson (24) of Bonds Hill, L'Derry claimed Income Support and Housing Benefit to...
Three People Convicted Of Benefit Fraud
Three people have been convicted at L'Derry Magistrates Court for claiming benefits they were not entitled to. Michael Benson (24) of Bonds Hill, L'Derry claimed Income Support and Housing Benefit to...
UK National News, Jan 28, 2013
Teenager Stabbed To Death In Pimlico
A teenager has died following a suspected gang attack in Pimlico, central London, shortly before 7pm on Sunday night. It is thought that a gang carrying knives and what may have been swords attacked ...
Teenager Stabbed To Death In Pimlico
A teenager has died following a suspected gang attack in Pimlico, central London, shortly before 7pm on Sunday night. It is thought that a gang carrying knives and what may have been swords attacked ...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 28, 2013
Work Begins On Phase Two Of City's New Bus Lanes
Motorists have been warned to expect delays if travelling through Belfast city centre from Monday as a new phase of road works begins. Part of the Belfast On The Move scheme this latest phase is expe...
Work Begins On Phase Two Of City's New Bus Lanes
Motorists have been warned to expect delays if travelling through Belfast city centre from Monday as a new phase of road works begins. Part of the Belfast On The Move scheme this latest phase is expe...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 28, 2013
Market Traders Ask For Rent Free Period
Belfast City Council have formally been asked by traders at St George’s Market for four weeks of rent free trading. Traders say the move is due to the impact of the union flag protest marches, which ...
Market Traders Ask For Rent Free Period
Belfast City Council have formally been asked by traders at St George’s Market for four weeks of rent free trading. Traders say the move is due to the impact of the union flag protest marches, which ...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 28, 2013
Teen Dies In Road Crash
A 19-year-old man has died in a car crash near Castlewellan, County Down. The accident happened on the Castlewellan Road on Sunday afternoon, at approximately 3.30pm. The road has now reopened, howe...
Teen Dies In Road Crash
A 19-year-old man has died in a car crash near Castlewellan, County Down. The accident happened on the Castlewellan Road on Sunday afternoon, at approximately 3.30pm. The road has now reopened, howe...
Recruitment News, Jan 28, 2013
Support Grows For Old Darney Lodge Workers
Around 400 people braved pouring rain at lunchtime on Saturday, 26th January, to show their support for the Old Darnley Lodge workers in the second week of their sit-in at the Hotel in Athboy, Co. Mea...
Support Grows For Old Darney Lodge Workers
Around 400 people braved pouring rain at lunchtime on Saturday, 26th January, to show their support for the Old Darnley Lodge workers in the second week of their sit-in at the Hotel in Athboy, Co. Mea...
UK National News, Jan 28, 2013
Prison Officer Arrested In Operation Elveden
Officers from the Operation Elveden investigation have arrested a serving prison officer. The 40-year-old man was arrested at 8.30am on Monday in Sittingbourne, Kent, on suspicion of conspiracy to ca...
Prison Officer Arrested In Operation Elveden
Officers from the Operation Elveden investigation have arrested a serving prison officer. The 40-year-old man was arrested at 8.30am on Monday in Sittingbourne, Kent, on suspicion of conspiracy to ca...
UK National News, Jan 28, 2013
Pickles Accused Councils Of 'Stealth Tax'
Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has accused some English councils of “dodging democracy” by not holding referendums on council tax rises. Writing in the Daily Telegraph he said that those not free...
Pickles Accused Councils Of 'Stealth Tax'
Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has accused some English councils of “dodging democracy” by not holding referendums on council tax rises. Writing in the Daily Telegraph he said that those not free...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 28, 2013
Murder Of Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe Condemned
Ulster Unionist Policing Board Member, Ross Hussey MLA has expressed his sympathies to the family of Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe, who was murdered near Dundalk, Co. Louth on Friday night. Mr Husse...
Murder Of Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe Condemned
Ulster Unionist Policing Board Member, Ross Hussey MLA has expressed his sympathies to the family of Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe, who was murdered near Dundalk, Co. Louth on Friday night. Mr Husse...
UK National News, Jan 28, 2013
New Revised Citizenship Test Unveiled
A new revised version of the UK citizenship test has been revealed by the Home Office, who have said it, "focuses on values and principles at the heart of being British". The new Life in the UK test ...
New Revised Citizenship Test Unveiled
A new revised version of the UK citizenship test has been revealed by the Home Office, who have said it, "focuses on values and principles at the heart of being British". The new Life in the UK test ...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 28, 2013
Other News In Brief
Police Warn Of Ad Scam Police in Londonderry have warned of a scam, which claims to sell advertisements for a PSNI or emergency services' magazine. It follows a recent report that a man clai...
Other News In Brief
Police Warn Of Ad Scam Police in Londonderry have warned of a scam, which claims to sell advertisements for a PSNI or emergency services' magazine. It follows a recent report that a man clai...
UK National News, Jan 28, 2013
Phase-Two Of High Speed Railway Revealed
The government has unveiled details of the next phase of the £32bn HS2 high-speed rail network. Phase two shows the preferred route running north from Birmingham, it includes five stops: Manchester; ...
Phase-Two Of High Speed Railway Revealed
The government has unveiled details of the next phase of the £32bn HS2 high-speed rail network. Phase two shows the preferred route running north from Birmingham, it includes five stops: Manchester; ...
UK National News, Jan 28, 2013
MP Speeding Trial Date Set
The trial of former cabinet minister Chris Huhne and his ex-wife will begin next Monday. It is alleged that in 2003 Vicky Pryce took speeding points for Mr Huhne so he could avoid prosecution. The 5...
MP Speeding Trial Date Set
The trial of former cabinet minister Chris Huhne and his ex-wife will begin next Monday. It is alleged that in 2003 Vicky Pryce took speeding points for Mr Huhne so he could avoid prosecution. The 5...
UK National News, Jan 28, 2013
Other News In Brief
Copper Cable Theft Sees ‘Dramatic’ Drop Telecommunications company BT have announced a 50% drop in copper cable theft in the UK, which in turn as lead to a 24% reduction in faults. The drama...
Other News In Brief
Copper Cable Theft Sees ‘Dramatic’ Drop Telecommunications company BT have announced a 50% drop in copper cable theft in the UK, which in turn as lead to a 24% reduction in faults. The drama...
UK National News, Jan 25, 2013
ONS Revealed Economy Fell 0.3% At End Of 2012
New figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have revealed that the UK economy shrank by 0.3% in the last three months of 2012. The news has fueled further speculation that the economy ...
ONS Revealed Economy Fell 0.3% At End Of 2012
New figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have revealed that the UK economy shrank by 0.3% in the last three months of 2012. The news has fueled further speculation that the economy ...
UK National News, Jan 25, 2013
Man Jailed For Nativity Play Finger Bite
A father who bit off part of another man's finger at a nativity play has been jailed for 11 months. 40-year-old Lee Wilkinson, pleaded guilty at Newcastle Crown Court in December to unlawful wounding...
Man Jailed For Nativity Play Finger Bite
A father who bit off part of another man's finger at a nativity play has been jailed for 11 months. 40-year-old Lee Wilkinson, pleaded guilty at Newcastle Crown Court in December to unlawful wounding...
UK National News, Jan 25, 2013
Buxton River Crash Victim Named
A man who died when his car went off a road crashing into a Derbyshire river has been named as David Cox. Mr Cox, who worked at the BBC in Salford, skidded off a bridlepath north of the A6 in Buxton ...
Buxton River Crash Victim Named
A man who died when his car went off a road crashing into a Derbyshire river has been named as David Cox. Mr Cox, who worked at the BBC in Salford, skidded off a bridlepath north of the A6 in Buxton ...
UK National News, Jan 25, 2013
Government Publishes Legislation On Gay Marriage
New legislation that will enable same-sex marriages to take place in England and Wales has been published. The legislation will be debated in the Commons on Tuesday 5 February, Conservatives MPs will...
Government Publishes Legislation On Gay Marriage
New legislation that will enable same-sex marriages to take place in England and Wales has been published. The legislation will be debated in the Commons on Tuesday 5 February, Conservatives MPs will...
UK National News, Jan 25, 2013
Baby Had Dummy Taped To Face At Stafford Hospital
Stafford Hospital has suspended a member of staff after a baby was discovered with a dummy taped to its face. Police have also launched their own investigation into the incident. Director of nursing...
Baby Had Dummy Taped To Face At Stafford Hospital
Stafford Hospital has suspended a member of staff after a baby was discovered with a dummy taped to its face. Police have also launched their own investigation into the incident. Director of nursing...
UK National News, Jan 25, 2013
Lib Dems Condemn Own MP For Holocaust Remarks
A Liberal Democrat MP has been criticised by his own party over language used in a statement about Israel's treatment of Palestinians, issued ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day. On his website Mr Ward, ...
Lib Dems Condemn Own MP For Holocaust Remarks
A Liberal Democrat MP has been criticised by his own party over language used in a statement about Israel's treatment of Palestinians, issued ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day. On his website Mr Ward, ...
UK National News, Jan 25, 2013
Soldiers Jailed For Gun Smuggling
Five men, four of who are British soldiers, have been jailed for trying to smuggle guns and drugs into the UK. Two of the men were caught in January 2012 in a car arriving at Folkestone from Calais c...
Soldiers Jailed For Gun Smuggling
Five men, four of who are British soldiers, have been jailed for trying to smuggle guns and drugs into the UK. Two of the men were caught in January 2012 in a car arriving at Folkestone from Calais c...
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Northern Ireland WeatherThis Evening and Tonight:Rain clearing away east by early evening with some clear spells but a few showers likely to affect the North coast and other areas towards dawn, remaining breezy and mild overnight. Minimum temperature 9 °C.
