Northern Ireland News for June 2017 : Page 7

Business News, Jun 7, 2017
Free Business Brexit Seminar Announced
Mid & East Antrim Borough Council have announced a free breakfast seminar on "How might BREXIT affect my business and how should I prepare". The seminar will consider the wider implications of BREXIT...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 7, 2017
Man Charged Over Fatal Stabbing In Belfast
An 18-year-old man has been charged with the murder of Hazem Ahmed Ghreir. Mr Ghreir, aged in his 30s, was fatally stabbed in the Downshire Place area in Belfast on Sunday, 04 June. The suspect is t...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 7, 2017
Police Motorcyclist Trapped Under Car In Belfast
A police motorcyclist has been injured after becoming trapped under a car following a collision in Belfast. The crash happened in Great Patrick Street on Tuesday, 06 June. He was taken to hospital t...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 7, 2017
Four Released On Bail After Pair Hit By Car In West Belfast
Four men arrested after a car hit two people in west Belfast have been released. A man and a woman were struck by a black coloured BMW on the Andersonstown Road on Tuesday, 06 June. They were taken ...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 7, 2017
Man Arrested Over James Gibson Murder Released
A man arrested in connection with the IRA murder of James Gibson has been released. Mr Gibson, aged 50, was shot by masked men after he stopped to let children off the bus he was driving in Coalisla...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 7, 2017
Queen's Researcher Leads Team To Discovery That Could End Cracked Smart Devices
A researcher at Queen's University in Belfast has led an international team of scientists to the discovery of a new material, which could bring an end to cracked smartphone and tablet screens. Dr Elt...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 7, 2017
Other News In Brief
Man Convicted Of Benefit Fraud A man has been convicted for claiming benefits he was not entitled to at Belfast Magistrates' Court. David Brown claimed Jobseeker's Allowance and Housing Benef...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 6, 2017
Four Arrested On Suspicion Of Attempted Murder
Police have arrested four men on suspicion of attempted murder after a car struck two people in west Belfast. The incident happened on the Andersonstown Road in the early hours of Tuesday, 06 June. ...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 6, 2017
PSNI Granted Extra Time To Question Man Over Fatal Stabbing
Police have been granted extra time to question a man arrested in connection with a fatal stabbing in Belfast. Hazem Ahmed Ghreir, aged in his 30s, died following the incident in the Downshire Place ...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 6, 2017
Telecom Firm Strikes Two New Deals
Connect Telecom in Belfast has acquired two UK telecoms firms. The company has bought over Vodafone partner, Coltel, and Nortech in Carlisle. Aberdeen-based Coltel's Vodafone base will now be manage...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 6, 2017
Police Appeal to Help Find Stolen Star Trek Cards
Police have issued an appeal to help trace 3,800 Star Trek trading cards of "quite high value". The cards were stolen from a property in L'Derry on Monday, 05 June. On a Facebook post a PSNI spokesp...
Business News, Jun 6, 2017
Invest NI Announce Free Strategic Design Workshop
Invest NI has announced a new free, half-day workshop on Strategic Design on Wednesday 21 June. In this workshop, Professor Peter Kelly, an internationally recognised expert in business high growth a...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 6, 2017
Officers Injured After Stolen Car Rams Vehicle In West Belfast
A number of police officers have been injured after a stolen car rammed into their vehicle in west Belfast. The PSNI received a report that a black Audi A1 was being driven erratically in the Albert ...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 6, 2017
Maolíosa McHugh Named New Mayor Of Derry City And Strabane Council
Sinn Fein councillor Maolíosa McHugh has been elected as the new Mayor of Derry City and Strabane Council. He succeeds the DUP's Hilary McClintock. Cllr McHugh pledged to provide "civic leadership a...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 6, 2017
Remains Of Seamus Ruddy To Be Brought Back To Dublin
The remains of Seamus Ruddy, one of the Disappeared victims, are to be repatriated in Dublin on Tuesday, 06 June. Mr Ruddy was abducted, murdered and secretly buried in France by the INLA in 1985. F...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 6, 2017
LCC Issues Warning To Unionists and Loyalists Against Voting For Alliance
The Loyalist Communities Council (LCC) has issued a warning to all "unionists and loyalists against voting for Alliance Party candidates". In a statement the LCC, which involves loyalist paramilitar...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 6, 2017
Man Arrested Over James Gibson Murder
A man has been arrested in connection with the IRA murder of James Gibson. Mr Gibson, aged 50, was shot by masked men when he stopped the bus he was driving to let children off in Coalisland, Co Tyro...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 6, 2017
Other News In Brief
Work Starts On Carriageway Resurfacing Scheme Work has started on a £120,000 carriageway resurfacing scheme in Belfast. Carriageway resurfacing from Colinwell Road to Bell Steel Road will be...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 5, 2017
Man Fatally Stabbed In Belfast Named
Police have named a man who was fatally stabbed in Belfast. Hazem Ahmed Ghreir was attacked in the Downshire Place area in Belfast on Sunday, 04 June. An 18-year-old man has been arrested and is bei...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 5, 2017
Book Of Condolence Opens At City Hall For Victims Of London Attack
The Lord Mayor has opened a book of condolence at the City Hall in Belfast for the victims of the London attack. Seven people were killed and dozens more injured after a van was driven at pedestrians...
Recruitment News, Jun 5, 2017
Closure Of Poultry Processing Plant 'Sad' - Unite
The closure of the poultry processing plant in Smethwick in the West Midlands on 23 June is "very sad", Unite the union has said. The 2 Sisters Food Group said that the factory at Bevan Way, Alpha Bu...
Business News, Jun 5, 2017
Businesses And Public Urged To Attend Irish Open Information Event
Businesses and the public are being urged to attend Irish Open information event which is taking place in Portstewart Golf Club on Tuesday 13 June. The engagement event, which follows on from those h...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 5, 2017
Queen's University Vice Chancellor Dies Suddenly
Queen's University Vice Chancellor Professor Patrick Johnston died suddenly on Sunday, 04 June. In a statement the university said: "It is, with a deep sense of shock and loss, that I have to announc...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 5, 2017
Police Revisit Scene Of Colin Horner's Murder
Police have revisited the scene of Colin Horner's murder. Mr Horner, 35, was shot in front of his three-year-old son in a supermarket car park in the Balloo Link area of Bangor on Sunday, 28 May. O...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 5, 2017
Presbyterian Church To Install New Moderator
The Presbyterian Church has confirmed it is to install Dr Noble McNeely as its new moderator. Around 800 Presbyterians from across Ireland, civic dignitaries and guests from churches at home and over...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 5, 2017
Appeal After Man Attacked In Coleraine
Police are appealing for information after a man was attacked in Coleraine on Sunday, 04 June. A gang of around eight men, believed to be armed with metal bars and bats, assaulted the 28-year-old vic...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 5, 2017
Bag With Sum Of Cash Stolen In North Belfast Robbery
Police have launched an investigation after a green leather carrier bag containing a sum of cash was stolen after a man was robbed in north Belfast. The incident happened in the Carrs Glen Park area ...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 5, 2017
Other News In Brief
Confiscation Order Against Belfast Woman The Department for Communities Financial Investigation Unit obtained a Confiscation Order to the value of £14,678 against Margaret Mongan at Belfast C...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 2, 2017
Man Charged With Colin Horner Murder
A man has been charged with the murder of Colin Horner. Mr Horner, 35, was shot in front of his three-year-old son at a supermarket car park in the Balloo Link area of Bangor on Sunday, 28 May. The ...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 2, 2017
Man Dies In Co Antrim Collision
A 25-year-old man has died in a motorcycle collision in Co Antrim. The two-vehicle crash happened on Main Street in Ballycarry shortly before 10pm on Thursday, 1 June. Police are appealing for a sec...