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Northern Ireland News for April 2019 : Page 3
Northern Ireland News, Apr 23, 2019
Other News In Brief
Stolen ATM Recovered In Omagh Police have recovered a stolen cash machine in Omagh, County Tyrone. It was found on the Barony Road on Monday evening, 22 April, by a member of the public. Ten...
Other News In Brief
Stolen ATM Recovered In Omagh Police have recovered a stolen cash machine in Omagh, County Tyrone. It was found on the Barony Road on Monday evening, 22 April, by a member of the public. Ten...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 18, 2019
Road Safety Warning Issued Ahead Of Easter Holidays
As the Easter holidays approach, police have issued a reminder to all road users and pedestrians to practice road safety measures while out and about. Sadly 18 people have already lost their lives on...
Road Safety Warning Issued Ahead Of Easter Holidays
As the Easter holidays approach, police have issued a reminder to all road users and pedestrians to practice road safety measures while out and about. Sadly 18 people have already lost their lives on...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 18, 2019
Belfast On Track To Double £1bn Investment Target
Belfast is on track to double its £1 billion investment target, according to Belfast City Council. A cash injection of around £2 billion for regeneration and commercial property development is either...
Belfast On Track To Double £1bn Investment Target
Belfast is on track to double its £1 billion investment target, according to Belfast City Council. A cash injection of around £2 billion for regeneration and commercial property development is either...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 18, 2019
Small Grants Scheme Open For Volunteer Projects
Local communities in Northern Ireland are encouraged to apply for the 'Live Here Love Here' small grants scheme for volunteer projects. Grants from £500 to £5000 are available for various initiatives...
Small Grants Scheme Open For Volunteer Projects
Local communities in Northern Ireland are encouraged to apply for the 'Live Here Love Here' small grants scheme for volunteer projects. Grants from £500 to £5000 are available for various initiatives...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 18, 2019
Pair Reported To PPS Over Damage To Election Posters
Two men arrested in County Down yesterday over criminal damage to election posters have been released pending a report to the PPS. The 22 and 17-year-old were arrested on the Lurgan Road, Dromore on ...
Pair Reported To PPS Over Damage To Election Posters
Two men arrested in County Down yesterday over criminal damage to election posters have been released pending a report to the PPS. The 22 and 17-year-old were arrested on the Lurgan Road, Dromore on ...
Business News, Apr 18, 2019
DotSys Launch Major Recruitment Drive
DotSys Ltd, a software solutions provider to the financial services industry, has launched a recruitment campaign to secure ten IT specialists for its Belfast and Coleraine offices. The company, whi...
DotSys Launch Major Recruitment Drive
DotSys Ltd, a software solutions provider to the financial services industry, has launched a recruitment campaign to secure ten IT specialists for its Belfast and Coleraine offices. The company, whi...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 18, 2019
Lurgan Security Alert Declared An 'Elaborate Hoax'
A security alert that caused families to be evacuated from their homes in Lurgan yesterday, 17 April, has been declared an elaborate hoax. A police operation took place on the Cornakinnegar Road afte...
Lurgan Security Alert Declared An 'Elaborate Hoax'
A security alert that caused families to be evacuated from their homes in Lurgan yesterday, 17 April, has been declared an elaborate hoax. A police operation took place on the Cornakinnegar Road afte...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 18, 2019
SDLP Leader Colum Eastwood To Contest European Elections
Colum Eastwood, the leader of Northern Ireland's Social Democratic and Labour Party, has confirmed his intentions to contest the upcoming European Parliament election. Voters will take to the polls o...
SDLP Leader Colum Eastwood To Contest European Elections
Colum Eastwood, the leader of Northern Ireland's Social Democratic and Labour Party, has confirmed his intentions to contest the upcoming European Parliament election. Voters will take to the polls o...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 18, 2019
SF: A United Ireland Is Now A Realistic Prospect
Sinn Fein's Deputy Leader Michelle O'Neill has said the prospect of Irish unity is now a very real one. The Stormont party leader indicated that Brexit was among other "political and societal changes...
SF: A United Ireland Is Now A Realistic Prospect
Sinn Fein's Deputy Leader Michelle O'Neill has said the prospect of Irish unity is now a very real one. The Stormont party leader indicated that Brexit was among other "political and societal changes...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 18, 2019
Other News In Brief
Widespread Moderate Air Pollution Forecast For Easter Weekend Moderate air pollution has been forecast for many areas of Northern Ireland this weekend, with a potential for high pollution in s...
Other News In Brief
Widespread Moderate Air Pollution Forecast For Easter Weekend Moderate air pollution has been forecast for many areas of Northern Ireland this weekend, with a potential for high pollution in s...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 17, 2019
Youths Admit To Causing Fire At Belfast Play Park
Two young people aged 11 and 13 have admitted to damaging equipment at Avoniel Play Park in east Belfast. The children were spoken to in the presence of their parents and admitted to being behind the...
Youths Admit To Causing Fire At Belfast Play Park
Two young people aged 11 and 13 have admitted to damaging equipment at Avoniel Play Park in east Belfast. The children were spoken to in the presence of their parents and admitted to being behind the...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 17, 2019
Thieves Target Two Co Antrim Building Sites
Police are appealing for information amid reports of thefts from two building sites in the Greenisland area of County Antrim. In the first incident, which happened in Chantry Gardens between 7pm on M...
Thieves Target Two Co Antrim Building Sites
Police are appealing for information amid reports of thefts from two building sites in the Greenisland area of County Antrim. In the first incident, which happened in Chantry Gardens between 7pm on M...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 17, 2019
Police Appeal For Help To Trace Woman Missing From Craigavon
Police have issued an appeal for help to trace a woman missing from the Craigavon area. Chelsea Caherty left the Craigavon Area Hospital on the morning of Monday 15 April and her whereabouts since t...
Police Appeal For Help To Trace Woman Missing From Craigavon
Police have issued an appeal for help to trace a woman missing from the Craigavon area. Chelsea Caherty left the Craigavon Area Hospital on the morning of Monday 15 April and her whereabouts since t...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 17, 2019
SDLP: Poverty Figures Indicate Political Failure
An SDLP MLA has said that the amount of people living in poverty in Northern Ireland is a "damning indictment" of political failure in the region. Nichola Mallon's comments come after the Department ...
SDLP: Poverty Figures Indicate Political Failure
An SDLP MLA has said that the amount of people living in poverty in Northern Ireland is a "damning indictment" of political failure in the region. Nichola Mallon's comments come after the Department ...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 17, 2019
Antrim Man Jailed For Child Sex Offences
A 40-year-old man has been jailed for committing child sex offences at Laganside Crown Court. Alan McBride was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment, half to be spent in custody and half on licence, on...
Antrim Man Jailed For Child Sex Offences
A 40-year-old man has been jailed for committing child sex offences at Laganside Crown Court. Alan McBride was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment, half to be spent in custody and half on licence, on...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 17, 2019
Pipe Bombs Explode Outside Armagh House
Police have reported that two viable pipe bombs have exploded outside a house in Armagh. The front door of a property in the Windmill Avenue area was damaged in the explosion at around 11.30pm on Tue...
Pipe Bombs Explode Outside Armagh House
Police have reported that two viable pipe bombs have exploded outside a house in Armagh. The front door of a property in the Windmill Avenue area was damaged in the explosion at around 11.30pm on Tue...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 17, 2019
ATM Stolen From Bushmills Recovered
An ATM ripped from the wall of a building in the County Antrim village of Bushmills has been recovered on a nearby rural road. It had been stolen in the early hours of Tuesday morning, 16 April, and ...
ATM Stolen From Bushmills Recovered
An ATM ripped from the wall of a building in the County Antrim village of Bushmills has been recovered on a nearby rural road. It had been stolen in the early hours of Tuesday morning, 16 April, and ...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 17, 2019
Rasharkin Security Alert Ends
A security alert in the village of Rasharkin, County Antrim has ended after two viable pipe bomb devices were found. Both were recovered from Moneyleck Park last night, Tuesday 16 April. One was left...
Rasharkin Security Alert Ends
A security alert in the village of Rasharkin, County Antrim has ended after two viable pipe bomb devices were found. Both were recovered from Moneyleck Park last night, Tuesday 16 April. One was left...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 17, 2019
Trading Standards Probe Baggage Sizers At NI Airports
The Department for Economy's Trading Standards Service (TSS) has been inspecting the size of baggage sizers used by airlines at each of the three airports in Northern Ireland. It follows complaints ...
Trading Standards Probe Baggage Sizers At NI Airports
The Department for Economy's Trading Standards Service (TSS) has been inspecting the size of baggage sizers used by airlines at each of the three airports in Northern Ireland. It follows complaints ...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 17, 2019
Other News In Brief
Man Arrested By Police Probing INLA Activities Detectives investigating the activities of the dissident republican INLA group have arrested a 49-year-old man. He is being detained under the T...
Other News In Brief
Man Arrested By Police Probing INLA Activities Detectives investigating the activities of the dissident republican INLA group have arrested a 49-year-old man. He is being detained under the T...
Business News, Apr 17, 2019
Almost Half Of NI Firms Postpone Investment Decisions Until After Brexit
Almost half of a group of business representatives polled at a Brexit event in Belfast on Tuesday, 16 April, have postponed major investment decisions as a result of the ongoing negotiations for the U...
Almost Half Of NI Firms Postpone Investment Decisions Until After Brexit
Almost half of a group of business representatives polled at a Brexit event in Belfast on Tuesday, 16 April, have postponed major investment decisions as a result of the ongoing negotiations for the U...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 16, 2019
Latest ATM Theft Condemned
A retail chief has spoken out to condemn the latest ATM theft in Northern Ireland which saw thieves rip a machine from a wall in Bushmills, County Antrim. The incident in the early hours of this morn...
Latest ATM Theft Condemned
A retail chief has spoken out to condemn the latest ATM theft in Northern Ireland which saw thieves rip a machine from a wall in Bushmills, County Antrim. The incident in the early hours of this morn...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 16, 2019
NI Unemployment Rate Hits Record Low
Northern Ireland's unemployment rate has fallen in recent months to match the lowest on record. According to the Labour Force Survey published today, Tuesday 16 April, the number of people over the a...
NI Unemployment Rate Hits Record Low
Northern Ireland's unemployment rate has fallen in recent months to match the lowest on record. According to the Labour Force Survey published today, Tuesday 16 April, the number of people over the a...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 16, 2019
Questions Raised Over Plans For Breast Assessment & Stroke Services
Plans to reconfigure breast and stroke assessment services in Northern Ireland have been criticised, with calls for an extended and more transparent consultation process to allow for clear scrutiny of...
Questions Raised Over Plans For Breast Assessment & Stroke Services
Plans to reconfigure breast and stroke assessment services in Northern Ireland have been criticised, with calls for an extended and more transparent consultation process to allow for clear scrutiny of...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 16, 2019
Police Stand Up For Democracy After Election Posters Damaged In L'Derry
Police have issued a warning to those behind a spate of attacks on election posters in L'Derry. "Respect freedom of speech and support the right to a free democratic vote," an officer said, after pos...
Police Stand Up For Democracy After Election Posters Damaged In L'Derry
Police have issued a warning to those behind a spate of attacks on election posters in L'Derry. "Respect freedom of speech and support the right to a free democratic vote," an officer said, after pos...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 16, 2019
Employee Threatened With Hammer In Belfast Armed Robbery
Police are appealing for information after a man armed with a hammer robbed a shop in south Belfast. A business premises on University Road in the south of the city was targeted between 7pm and 7.30 ...
Employee Threatened With Hammer In Belfast Armed Robbery
Police are appealing for information after a man armed with a hammer robbed a shop in south Belfast. A business premises on University Road in the south of the city was targeted between 7pm and 7.30 ...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 16, 2019
Thieves Rip ATM From Wall In County Antrim Village
A group of thieves have ripped an ATM from the wall of a shop in Bushmills, County Antrim. A business in Market Square was targeted in the early hours of this morning, Tuesday 16 April, marking the t...
Thieves Rip ATM From Wall In County Antrim Village
A group of thieves have ripped an ATM from the wall of a shop in Bushmills, County Antrim. A business in Market Square was targeted in the early hours of this morning, Tuesday 16 April, marking the t...
Business News, Apr 16, 2019
Local Firms Invited To Free Website Masterclass
Businesses local to the Antrim and Newtownabbey area are being encouraged to make use of a free 'Improve your Website' event next month. Held on Wednesday 01 May in Mossley Mill, attendees will be ta...
Local Firms Invited To Free Website Masterclass
Businesses local to the Antrim and Newtownabbey area are being encouraged to make use of a free 'Improve your Website' event next month. Held on Wednesday 01 May in Mossley Mill, attendees will be ta...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 16, 2019
Hospital Deaths While Awaiting Discharge 'Extremely Worrying'
MLAs have hit out after new figures revealed that over 200 people have died in hospital while waiting to be discharged. The report by Marie Curie shows that delayed discharges meant patients were dyi...
Hospital Deaths While Awaiting Discharge 'Extremely Worrying'
MLAs have hit out after new figures revealed that over 200 people have died in hospital while waiting to be discharged. The report by Marie Curie shows that delayed discharges meant patients were dyi...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 16, 2019
UUP's Jim Nicholson To Stand Down From European Parliament
The Ulster Unionist Party's Jim Nicholson has announced that he will not be putting his name forward as the party's candidate in the upcoming European elections. It comes after a development in the B...
UUP's Jim Nicholson To Stand Down From European Parliament
The Ulster Unionist Party's Jim Nicholson has announced that he will not be putting his name forward as the party's candidate in the upcoming European elections. It comes after a development in the B...
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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.
