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Northern Ireland News for August 2019 : Page 5
Northern Ireland News, Aug 13, 2019
Body Found In Search For Nora Quoirin
A body has been found this morning in the search for missing teenager Nora Quoirin. Malaysian police said the body was found near the Dusan resort where the vulnerable 15-year-old disappeared from ni...
Body Found In Search For Nora Quoirin
A body has been found this morning in the search for missing teenager Nora Quoirin. Malaysian police said the body was found near the Dusan resort where the vulnerable 15-year-old disappeared from ni...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 13, 2019
Giants Causeway Ranked Third Most Incredible Sight In The UK
The Giant's Causeway has been named the UK's third most incredible sight by Lonely Planet. The travel publisher compiled a list of the 500 most unmissable experiences and hidden gems across the UK, w...
Giants Causeway Ranked Third Most Incredible Sight In The UK
The Giant's Causeway has been named the UK's third most incredible sight by Lonely Planet. The travel publisher compiled a list of the 500 most unmissable experiences and hidden gems across the UK, w...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 13, 2019
Petrol Bombs Thrown At Police
A large number of petrol bombs have been thrown at police during a third night of disorder in L'Derry. A total of 24 petrol bombs and six paint bombs were thrown in the streets in the vicinity of the...
Petrol Bombs Thrown At Police
A large number of petrol bombs have been thrown at police during a third night of disorder in L'Derry. A total of 24 petrol bombs and six paint bombs were thrown in the streets in the vicinity of the...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 13, 2019
Appeal As Car Collides With Roundabout
Police are investigating the circumstances of a collision which saw a car end up on top of a roundabout near the Belfast International Airport. The single vehicle crash happened at the Tully Road/ Ai...
Appeal As Car Collides With Roundabout
Police are investigating the circumstances of a collision which saw a car end up on top of a roundabout near the Belfast International Airport. The single vehicle crash happened at the Tully Road/ Ai...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 13, 2019
NIAS Operating With Reduced Crews
The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service operated with major staff shortages for a fourth consecutive night on Monday 12 August. Ambulance crews were revealed to have been down 20 crews over the weeken...
NIAS Operating With Reduced Crews
The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service operated with major staff shortages for a fourth consecutive night on Monday 12 August. Ambulance crews were revealed to have been down 20 crews over the weeken...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 13, 2019
Armagh House Attacked In Racist Hate Crime
The home of a Syrian family living in Armagh has been attacked for the second time in as many days in what police are treating as a racially motivated hate crime. Windows were smashed at the property...
Armagh House Attacked In Racist Hate Crime
The home of a Syrian family living in Armagh has been attacked for the second time in as many days in what police are treating as a racially motivated hate crime. Windows were smashed at the property...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 13, 2019
Other News In Brief
SDLP Call For End To Ongoing Disorder In L'Derry The SDLP has called for the ongoing disorder in L'Derry "must come to an end". The trouble entered its third night with petrol bombs, paint ...
Other News In Brief
SDLP Call For End To Ongoing Disorder In L'Derry The SDLP has called for the ongoing disorder in L'Derry "must come to an end". The trouble entered its third night with petrol bombs, paint ...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 12, 2019
Nora Quoirin: Family Offer £10k Reward For Information
The devastated family of missing teenager Nora Quoirin have offered a reward of around £10,000 for information that leads to her return. A Malaysian police operation has been ongoing since Sunday 04 ...
Nora Quoirin: Family Offer £10k Reward For Information
The devastated family of missing teenager Nora Quoirin have offered a reward of around £10,000 for information that leads to her return. A Malaysian police operation has been ongoing since Sunday 04 ...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 12, 2019
PSNI Defends Handling Of L'Derry Parade
The PSNI has defended its actions in relation to a loyalist flute band which wore Parachute Regiment insignia while marching during an Apprentice Boys parade through the city of L'Derry. Members of C...
PSNI Defends Handling Of L'Derry Parade
The PSNI has defended its actions in relation to a loyalist flute band which wore Parachute Regiment insignia while marching during an Apprentice Boys parade through the city of L'Derry. Members of C...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 12, 2019
Almost 11,000 Cattle Reported Lost Or Stolen
Almost 11,000 cattle have been reported lost or stolen in Northern Ireland in the last three years. Revealing the figures, Ulster Unionist leader Robin Swann MLA said organised crime gangs are becomi...
Almost 11,000 Cattle Reported Lost Or Stolen
Almost 11,000 cattle have been reported lost or stolen in Northern Ireland in the last three years. Revealing the figures, Ulster Unionist leader Robin Swann MLA said organised crime gangs are becomi...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 12, 2019
Probe As Man Stabbed In Co Antrim
Police have launched an investigation after a man was stabbed in Ballymena on Sunday evening, 11 August. The serious assault happened in the County Antrim town's Moat Bar at around 7pm. No further d...
Probe As Man Stabbed In Co Antrim
Police have launched an investigation after a man was stabbed in Ballymena on Sunday evening, 11 August. The serious assault happened in the County Antrim town's Moat Bar at around 7pm. No further d...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 12, 2019
Dog Attack Leaves Young Boy In Hospital
A young boy is receiving treatment in hospital after he was attacked by a dog in County Tyrone. Police said the incident happened in the village of Sion Mills on Sunday 11 August. The youngster was ...
Dog Attack Leaves Young Boy In Hospital
A young boy is receiving treatment in hospital after he was attacked by a dog in County Tyrone. Police said the incident happened in the village of Sion Mills on Sunday 11 August. The youngster was ...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 12, 2019
Appeal As Co Down Business Burgled
Police have appealed for public assistance following a commercial burglary and vehicle theft in County Down. A petrol station in Carryduff was targeted in the early hours of this morning, Monday 12 A...
Appeal As Co Down Business Burgled
Police have appealed for public assistance following a commercial burglary and vehicle theft in County Down. A petrol station in Carryduff was targeted in the early hours of this morning, Monday 12 A...
Business News, Aug 12, 2019
Funding Launched For Digitised Autism Careers Advice Projects
£117,000 of research funding has been made available for local firms creating solutions to digitise careers advice for young people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The Small Business Research In...
Funding Launched For Digitised Autism Careers Advice Projects
£117,000 of research funding has been made available for local firms creating solutions to digitise careers advice for young people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The Small Business Research In...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 12, 2019
Police Targeted With Petrol Bombs In L'Derry
Police in L'Derry were attacked with over 15 petrol bombs following the city's annual Apprentice Boys parade on Saturday, 10 August. The incident saw the Memorial Hall targeted with two petrol bombs ...
Police Targeted With Petrol Bombs In L'Derry
Police in L'Derry were attacked with over 15 petrol bombs following the city's annual Apprentice Boys parade on Saturday, 10 August. The incident saw the Memorial Hall targeted with two petrol bombs ...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 12, 2019
Council Task Force On Climate Change Launched
In a first for Belfast City Council, a newly established task force dedicated to climate change is set to meet today, Monday 12 August. The cross-party effort has been launched in the hope of putting...
Council Task Force On Climate Change Launched
In a first for Belfast City Council, a newly established task force dedicated to climate change is set to meet today, Monday 12 August. The cross-party effort has been launched in the hope of putting...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 12, 2019
Pair Arrested Over Omagh Assault
Two men have been arrested following an assault in Omagh over the weekend. A fight broke out at a house in the Hunters Crescent area shortly after 11pm on Friday night, 09 August. A verbal altercati...
Pair Arrested Over Omagh Assault
Two men have been arrested following an assault in Omagh over the weekend. A fight broke out at a house in the Hunters Crescent area shortly after 11pm on Friday night, 09 August. A verbal altercati...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 12, 2019
Other News In Brief
Warning As Counterfeit Cash Circulates Counties Tyrone & Down Members of the public, retailers and other businesses are being warned as counterfeit £50 notes circulate in counties Tyrone & Dow...
Other News In Brief
Warning As Counterfeit Cash Circulates Counties Tyrone & Down Members of the public, retailers and other businesses are being warned as counterfeit £50 notes circulate in counties Tyrone & Dow...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 9, 2019
Extra Week To Explore Bids For H&W
The administrators in control of the iconic Harland and Wolff shipyard have allowed another week to find a buyer. Several potential bidders are believed to have expressed interest in the under-threat...
Extra Week To Explore Bids For H&W
The administrators in control of the iconic Harland and Wolff shipyard have allowed another week to find a buyer. Several potential bidders are believed to have expressed interest in the under-threat...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 9, 2019
Urgent Search To Locate Missing Teen
Police have launched an urgent appeal for information as they attempt to locate a missing 15-year-old girl. Abbie Lowden was last seen at the Falls Park Festival at around 11.15pm on Thursday evening...
Urgent Search To Locate Missing Teen
Police have launched an urgent appeal for information as they attempt to locate a missing 15-year-old girl. Abbie Lowden was last seen at the Falls Park Festival at around 11.15pm on Thursday evening...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 9, 2019
Man Charged With 1994 Murder
A man has been charged with the murder of a postal worker in 1994. The 60-year-old faces a series of charges relating to the death of Francis Damien Kerr, who was shot dead when masked raiders storme...
Man Charged With 1994 Murder
A man has been charged with the murder of a postal worker in 1994. The 60-year-old faces a series of charges relating to the death of Francis Damien Kerr, who was shot dead when masked raiders storme...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 9, 2019
New Lodge Violence Is 'Dragging Us All Back'- Greens
In the wake of a series of public disorder incidents surrounding a bonfire in the New Lodge, a Green Party councillor has claimed the violence is dragging the people of Northern Ireland back to the pa...
New Lodge Violence Is 'Dragging Us All Back'- Greens
In the wake of a series of public disorder incidents surrounding a bonfire in the New Lodge, a Green Party councillor has claimed the violence is dragging the people of Northern Ireland back to the pa...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 9, 2019
IT Product To Care For OAP's Living Alone
A local IT firm has developed a product that allows older people to live independently for longer by monitoring their home environment. Kinsetsu's 'HomeHug' reports on domestic surroundings through a...
IT Product To Care For OAP's Living Alone
A local IT firm has developed a product that allows older people to live independently for longer by monitoring their home environment. Kinsetsu's 'HomeHug' reports on domestic surroundings through a...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 9, 2019
Teen Critical Following New Lodge Stabbings
An 18-year-old male is in critical condition in hospital following a number of reported stabbing incidents in the New Lodge area of north Belfast. Police said the teenager was stabbed in the back nea...
Teen Critical Following New Lodge Stabbings
An 18-year-old male is in critical condition in hospital following a number of reported stabbing incidents in the New Lodge area of north Belfast. Police said the teenager was stabbed in the back nea...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 9, 2019
Widespread Disgust At Newry Bonfire
An anti-internment bonfire in Newry has been met with widespread condemnation as signs mocking security force personnel who were killed by paramilitaries were displayed on the pyre. Murdered prison o...
Widespread Disgust At Newry Bonfire
An anti-internment bonfire in Newry has been met with widespread condemnation as signs mocking security force personnel who were killed by paramilitaries were displayed on the pyre. Murdered prison o...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 9, 2019
Torrential Rain Set To Continue This Weekend
Northern Ireland appears set for a weekend of torrential rain as forecasters warn of thunderstorms and potential flooding. The Met Office has issued yellow weather alerts covering most of the provinc...
Torrential Rain Set To Continue This Weekend
Northern Ireland appears set for a weekend of torrential rain as forecasters warn of thunderstorms and potential flooding. The Met Office has issued yellow weather alerts covering most of the provinc...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 9, 2019
Co Antrim Security Alert Declared A Hoax
A security alert in the County Antrim village of Ballycarry has been declared a hoax. The Island Road was closed in both directions for some time on Thursday 08 August following the discovery of a su...
Co Antrim Security Alert Declared A Hoax
A security alert in the County Antrim village of Ballycarry has been declared a hoax. The Island Road was closed in both directions for some time on Thursday 08 August following the discovery of a su...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 9, 2019
Other News In Brief
Coleraine Woman Convicted Of £11k Benefit Fraud A Coleraine woman has been convicted of benefit fraud after she claimed over £11,000 she was not entitled to. Yvonne Holmes, aged 50, of The Cr...
Other News In Brief
Coleraine Woman Convicted Of £11k Benefit Fraud A Coleraine woman has been convicted of benefit fraud after she claimed over £11,000 she was not entitled to. Yvonne Holmes, aged 50, of The Cr...
Business News, Aug 9, 2019
£1m Natural Gas Scheme To Tackle Fuel Poverty
Antrim-based gas supplier firmus energy has launched a scheme encouraging residents to switch to natural gas and improve the energy efficiency of their home. The Home Comfort 50/50 scheme offers elig...
£1m Natural Gas Scheme To Tackle Fuel Poverty
Antrim-based gas supplier firmus energy has launched a scheme encouraging residents to switch to natural gas and improve the energy efficiency of their home. The Home Comfort 50/50 scheme offers elig...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 8, 2019
Trouble Erupts As Police Patrol Bonfire
Violent scenes have erupted as police patrol an anti-internment bonfire in the New Lodge area of north Belfast. Officers came under attack as youths attempted to break police lines around the bonfire...
Trouble Erupts As Police Patrol Bonfire
Violent scenes have erupted as police patrol an anti-internment bonfire in the New Lodge area of north Belfast. Officers came under attack as youths attempted to break police lines around the bonfire...
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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.
