Northern Ireland News for April 2016 : Page 7

Northern Ireland News, Apr 7, 2016
Renewed Appeal For Witnesses Following Disturbance At Ormeau Road Parade
An appeal for witnesses following a disturbance during a Junior Orange Lodge parade in south Belfast on Tuesday, 29 March, has been renewed by the Police Ombudsman. A police officer discharged CS spr...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 7, 2016
Other News In Brief
Woman Convicted Of Benefit Fraud A woman has been convicted for claiming benefits she was not entitled to at Antrim Crown Court. Kelly Ann Wilson claimed Jobseekers Allowance, Income Support...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 6, 2016
Man Arrested In Connection With Explosion At Palace Barracks
A 60-year-old man has been arrested in connection with an explosion at Palace Barracks in Holywood, Co Down, last year. The incident happened in a postal vehicle inside the military complex on 14 Aug...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 6, 2016
Two Women Dragged From Car In Co Antrim
Two women have sustained minor injuries after being dragged from a car in Lisburn, Co Antrim. The incident happened in the Bensons Road area just before 10pm on Tuesday. A black Peugeot 208 car whic...
Business News, Apr 6, 2016
Two West Belfast Shopkeepers Fined For Illegally Displaying Cigarettes
Two shopkeepers in west Belfast have been fined after they were caught displaying and selling cigarettes to a person under 18 years of age. Steven Harrison, trading as Battenburg Off Sales, on the Sh...
Recruitment News, Apr 6, 2016
Merger Of Pfizer And Allergan Collapses
The merger between Pfizer and Allergan in Ireland has collapsed. Sinn Féin spokesperson on Jobs and Enterprise Peadar Tóibín TD said, "this has exposed the Irish Government's risky strategy of attrac...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 6, 2016
Car Set On Fire And Pushed In Front Of House In Co Armagh
Police have launched an investigation after a car was set on fire and pushed up against a house in County Armagh. The incident happened in Elm Park, Richill, at around 5.40am on Tuesday. Two men and...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 6, 2016
Laura Marshall Murder: Police Granted Extra Time To Question Suspect
Police investigating the murder of a woman in Co Armagh have been granted additional time to question a 36-year-old man. Laura Marshall's body was found at a flat in the Victoria Street area in Lurga...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 6, 2016
Appeal After Co Down Home Targeted In Deliberate Attack
Police in Bangor are appealing for information after a property was deliberately attacked in Co Down. The front door of a house was set on fire in the Kearney Gardens area sometime between 9pm on Thu...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 6, 2016
Number Of People Receive Death Threats In East Antrim
A number of people living in the Glens area of east Antrim have received death threats. The threats are believed to have been from a gang masquerading as republicans. Sinn Féin Oliver McMullan conde...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 6, 2016
Researchers May Have Discovered New Way To Separate Cancer Patients Into Risk Groups
A potentially new way to separate patients with the very earliest forms of breast cancer into risk groups, has been discovered by researchers at Queen's University. Dr Niamh Buckley and her team set ...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 6, 2016
Other News In Brief
Dunmurry Firm Fined For Pollution Offence A Dunmurry firm has been fined for or making a polluting discharge and for making a discharge in contravention of the Department's consent conditions...
Business News, Apr 5, 2016
BCC Calls For City To Remain Within EU
Belfast City Council (BCC) has called for the city to remain within the European Union. The Alliance Party has supported the call and said the motion recognised the "positive economic, social and cul...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 5, 2016
Woman's Body Found In Co Armagh Named
Police have launched a murder investigation after a woman's body was found at a flat in Lurgan, Co Armagh. The body of Laura Marshall, 31, was found in the Victoria Street area on Sunday. A 36-year-...
Recruitment News, Apr 5, 2016
Drop In Unemployment Rate In Ireland - CSO
The unemployment rate in Ireland has dropped from 8.8% in February to 8.6% in March, according to figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO). Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richa...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 5, 2016
School Group Rescued From Mourne Mountains
A school group have been rescued from the Mourne mountains after deteriorating conditions put them into difficulty. The group of 11 had been on an expedition and one of the group lost consciousness a...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 5, 2016
Two Cars Set On Fire In Craigavon Petrol Bomb Attack
Two cars have been set on fire following a petrol bomb attack in Craigavon, Co Armagh. The incident happened in the College Grange area at around 11.20pm on Monday. Sergeant Gibson said: "I would as...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 5, 2016
Fire At Flat In East Belfast Being Treated As Arson
Police are treating a fire at a flat in east Belfast as arson. The incident happened at a property in the Albertbridge Road area between 2pm and 2.45pm on Monday. The residents were not in the flat ...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 5, 2016
Man Dies In Co Antrim Road Crash
A man in his 60s has died following a tw-car crash in Lisburn, Co Antrim. The accident happened at the junction of Belfast Road and Wallace Avenue at around 3pm on Monday. The man who died was a dri...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 5, 2016
Gaelectric To Officially Open Wind Farm In Co L'Derry
Energy firm Gaelectric is to officially open its £16.8 million wind farm at Monnaboy on Loughermore Mountain in L'Derry today, 05 April. The company is progressing through a programme to construct an...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 5, 2016
Teebane Memorial In Co Tyrone Attacked
A memorial to remember the victims who were murdered by the Provisional IRA at Teebane in Co Tyrone has been attacked. Paint was thrown over the front of the memorial - the second attack in recent we...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 5, 2016
Other News In Brief
Farmer Convicted For Causing Unnecessary Suffering To Bovine Animal A Magherafelt farmer has been convicted of causing unnecessary suffering to a bovine animal at Magherafelt Magistrates' Cour...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 4, 2016
Man Arrested After Woman's Body Found In Co Armagh
A 36-year-old man has been arrested after a woman's body was discovered at a flat in Lurgan, Co Armagh. Police found the body at a property in the Victoria Street area on Sunday. A post-mortem is to...
Business News, Apr 4, 2016
Water And Sewerage Charges Frozen
Water and sewerage charges are to be held at the 2015/16 levels from the beginning of April, NI Water has announced. The decision to freeze measured and non-domestic unmeasured tariffs will mean near...
Recruitment News, Apr 4, 2016
More Than 300 New Jobs Promised By HubSpot
HubSpot has revealed plans to create 320 new jobs over the next three years in Dublin. The announcement was made as the company officially opened its new office space at One Dockland Central. Welcom...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 4, 2016
15% Drop In Number Of Burglaries In NI
The number of burglaries across Northern Ireland has reduced by 15%, according to police. Operation Cordella was was launched in Northern Ireland between 15 February and 13 March. Figures revealed a...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 4, 2016
Police Appeal Following Two Armed Robberies In North And South Belfast
Police are appealing for information in connection with two armed robberies in north and south Belfast. A man, armed with a knife, threatened staff at a shop on the Ravenhill Road at around 8.20pm on...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 4, 2016
Arson Attack On GAA Club In Co Tyrone
Police are appealing for information following an arson attack at a GAA club in Moy, Co Tyrone. The incident happened on the Benburb Road at around 11pm on sunday. Police received a report that a gy...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 4, 2016
Elderly Couple Targeted In Distraction Burglary In Lisburn
An elderly couple have had their house ransacked during a distraction burglary in Lisburn, Co Down. The incident happened in the Ballymacash Road area at around 2.30pm on Sunday. An unknown man call...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 4, 2016
Suspected Firearm And Ammunition Seized In North Belfast
Police have arrested a 57-year-old man after a suspected firearm and ammunition were found in north Belfast. The items were seized following the search of a property in the Crumlin Road area on Thurs...