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Northern Ireland News for April 2021 : Page 2
Business News, Apr 23, 2021
AquaQ Analytics To Invest Almost £1m In Skills Development
Data management specialists, AquaQ Analytics, is to invest almost £1million in developing the skills of its growing team. The investment will support its 180-strong workforce to upskill in data analy...
AquaQ Analytics To Invest Almost £1m In Skills Development
Data management specialists, AquaQ Analytics, is to invest almost £1million in developing the skills of its growing team. The investment will support its 180-strong workforce to upskill in data analy...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 23, 2021
Close Contact Services Open As Lockdown Restrictions Ease
Close-contact services such as hairdressers will be able to open their doors from today, 23 April, as further lockdown restrictions are eased. Driving lessons and tests can resume and outdoor visitor...
Close Contact Services Open As Lockdown Restrictions Ease
Close-contact services such as hairdressers will be able to open their doors from today, 23 April, as further lockdown restrictions are eased. Driving lessons and tests can resume and outdoor visitor...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 23, 2021
SkinHQ Expands Into NI
SkinHQ is expanding into Northern Ireland with a 13-person multi-function team. The new team will be based in Newry. The international franchise-based business, is planning a national expansion throu...
SkinHQ Expands Into NI
SkinHQ is expanding into Northern Ireland with a 13-person multi-function team. The new team will be based in Newry. The international franchise-based business, is planning a national expansion throu...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 23, 2021
Whiteabbey Nightingale Rehabilitation Facility Stood Down
The Nightingale rehabilitation facility at Whiteabbey hospital is being stood down for Coronavirus patients, the Northern Trust has announced. The 100-bed facility opened last November as a "step dow...
Whiteabbey Nightingale Rehabilitation Facility Stood Down
The Nightingale rehabilitation facility at Whiteabbey hospital is being stood down for Coronavirus patients, the Northern Trust has announced. The 100-bed facility opened last November as a "step dow...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 23, 2021
Teenage Girl Found Safe And Well
A 14-year-old girl has been found safe and well after police issued a child security alert. An 18-year-old male has been arrested and is currently being detained in custody. The teenage girl was fou...
Teenage Girl Found Safe And Well
A 14-year-old girl has been found safe and well after police issued a child security alert. An 18-year-old male has been arrested and is currently being detained in custody. The teenage girl was fou...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 23, 2021
Two Men Arrested Over Attempted Murder Of Police Officer
Two men have been arrested following the attempted murder of a police officer who has a fireball bomb planted in her car in L'Derry. The suspects, aged 36 and 26, are being detained under the Terrori...
Two Men Arrested Over Attempted Murder Of Police Officer
Two men have been arrested following the attempted murder of a police officer who has a fireball bomb planted in her car in L'Derry. The suspects, aged 36 and 26, are being detained under the Terrori...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 23, 2021
Pipe Bombs, Gunpowder And Cocaine Seized In Drogheda
Pipe bombs, gunpowder, cocaine, a large quantity of ammunition and suspected Alprazolam tablets have been seized in Co Louth. Garda discovered the haul during the search of a property in Drogheda at ...
Pipe Bombs, Gunpowder And Cocaine Seized In Drogheda
Pipe bombs, gunpowder, cocaine, a large quantity of ammunition and suspected Alprazolam tablets have been seized in Co Louth. Garda discovered the haul during the search of a property in Drogheda at ...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 22, 2021
Driving Tests To Resume In NI
Driving tests are to resume in Northern Ireland after they were suspended four months ago due to lockdown restrictions. Additional measures have been put in place in an attempt to clear the backlog a...
Driving Tests To Resume In NI
Driving tests are to resume in Northern Ireland after they were suspended four months ago due to lockdown restrictions. Additional measures have been put in place in an attempt to clear the backlog a...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 22, 2021
NIPS Confirms In-Person Visits To Re-Commence In May
The Northern Ireland Prison Service (NIPS) has confirmed that in-person visits will re-commence from 04 May. Justice Minister Naomi Long welcomed the announcement. She said: "The decision to re-intr...
NIPS Confirms In-Person Visits To Re-Commence In May
The Northern Ireland Prison Service (NIPS) has confirmed that in-person visits will re-commence from 04 May. Justice Minister Naomi Long welcomed the announcement. She said: "The decision to re-intr...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 22, 2021
Applications Open To Over 1,100 Businesses For Grant Scheme
Applications are now open to over 1,100 businesses across a wide range of sectors for a one-off £50,000 grant to help them with the impact of Covid-19. The Large NAV Business Grant scheme being deliv...
Applications Open To Over 1,100 Businesses For Grant Scheme
Applications are now open to over 1,100 businesses across a wide range of sectors for a one-off £50,000 grant to help them with the impact of Covid-19. The Large NAV Business Grant scheme being deliv...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 22, 2021
Child Rescue Alert Issued After Teen Goes Missing From Louth
Police have issued a child rescue alert for a 14-year-old girl who went missing three days ago from County Louth. Garda issued the alert following concerns there is an "immediate and serious risk to ...
Child Rescue Alert Issued After Teen Goes Missing From Louth
Police have issued a child rescue alert for a 14-year-old girl who went missing three days ago from County Louth. Garda issued the alert following concerns there is an "immediate and serious risk to ...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 22, 2021
Covid: Public Urged Not To Jeopardise Important Progress Made
Health Minister Robin Swann is urging the public to "not jeopardise the important progress made" as Northern Ireland prepares to gradually ease out of lockdown restrictions. The Minister said everyon...
Covid: Public Urged Not To Jeopardise Important Progress Made
Health Minister Robin Swann is urging the public to "not jeopardise the important progress made" as Northern Ireland prepares to gradually ease out of lockdown restrictions. The Minister said everyon...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 22, 2021
Man Shot By Police Officer Arrested
A man shot in the chest by a police officer following an incident in L'Derry has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.The 42-yet-old suspect was arrested on Monday, 19 April, following the s...
Man Shot By Police Officer Arrested
A man shot in the chest by a police officer following an incident in L'Derry has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.The 42-yet-old suspect was arrested on Monday, 19 April, following the s...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 21, 2021
Work Starts On New Facilities At Limavady Shared Education Campus
Building work has started to develop new facilities at the Limavady Shared Education Campus. The project represents an investment of over £11million by the Department of Education across the St. Mary...
Work Starts On New Facilities At Limavady Shared Education Campus
Building work has started to develop new facilities at the Limavady Shared Education Campus. The project represents an investment of over £11million by the Department of Education across the St. Mary...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 21, 2021
Alchemy Technology Services Announces 20 Training Places
Alchemy Technology Services has announced 20 training places in the north west. Successful applicants to the Academy will receive five weeks of industry-relevant pre-employment training from North We...
Alchemy Technology Services Announces 20 Training Places
Alchemy Technology Services has announced 20 training places in the north west. Successful applicants to the Academy will receive five weeks of industry-relevant pre-employment training from North We...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 21, 2021
Johnny Mercer Resigns As Veterans Minister
Johnny Mercer has resigned as veterans minister, a spokesperson from Downing Street has confirmed. He is believed to have been unhappy over the treatment of veterans who served in Northern Ireland. ...
Johnny Mercer Resigns As Veterans Minister
Johnny Mercer has resigned as veterans minister, a spokesperson from Downing Street has confirmed. He is believed to have been unhappy over the treatment of veterans who served in Northern Ireland. ...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 21, 2021
CJI 'Disappointed' At Progress To Improve Handling Of Domestic Violence
The Chief Inspector of Criminal Justice in Northern Ireland (CJI) has expressed "disappointment" over the progress in relation to key recommendations to implement an advocacy service to support victim...
CJI 'Disappointed' At Progress To Improve Handling Of Domestic Violence
The Chief Inspector of Criminal Justice in Northern Ireland (CJI) has expressed "disappointment" over the progress in relation to key recommendations to implement an advocacy service to support victim...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 21, 2021
New IRA Blamed For Bomb On Police Officer And Daughter
The PSNI have blamed the New IRA for putting a viable explosive device at a police officer's car beside where her three-year-old daughter sits in L'Derry. An investigation has launched after a bomb w...
New IRA Blamed For Bomb On Police Officer And Daughter
The PSNI have blamed the New IRA for putting a viable explosive device at a police officer's car beside where her three-year-old daughter sits in L'Derry. An investigation has launched after a bomb w...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 21, 2021
Man Extradited To NI Over Murder Bid On PSNI Officer
A man wanted in Northern Ireland on suspicion of the attempted murder of an off-duty police officer has been arrested by Gardai. The 33-year-old suspect was arrested on foot of a European Arrest Warr...
Man Extradited To NI Over Murder Bid On PSNI Officer
A man wanted in Northern Ireland on suspicion of the attempted murder of an off-duty police officer has been arrested by Gardai. The 33-year-old suspect was arrested on foot of a European Arrest Warr...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 20, 2021
Woodland Trust Acquires New Land In The Belfast Hills
The Woodland Trust In NI has acquired new land in the Belfast Hills. Biffa Award allocated the funding as part of the Landfill Communities Fund, and NIEA, the UK's largest woodland conservation chari...
Woodland Trust Acquires New Land In The Belfast Hills
The Woodland Trust In NI has acquired new land in the Belfast Hills. Biffa Award allocated the funding as part of the Landfill Communities Fund, and NIEA, the UK's largest woodland conservation chari...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 20, 2021
Rise In NI Unemployment
There has been 5,780 redundancies recorded in the past 12 months with 250 confirmed in March alone, according to the latest labour market statistics. The figures from he Northern Ireland Statistics a...
Rise In NI Unemployment
There has been 5,780 redundancies recorded in the past 12 months with 250 confirmed in March alone, according to the latest labour market statistics. The figures from he Northern Ireland Statistics a...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 20, 2021
Furniture Set Alight In West Belfast
Furniture was set alight in the middile of a road in west Belfast on Monday evening, 19 April. The incident occurred in the Shankhill Road area near to where a bus was set on fire earlier this month....
Furniture Set Alight In West Belfast
Furniture was set alight in the middile of a road in west Belfast on Monday evening, 19 April. The incident occurred in the Shankhill Road area near to where a bus was set on fire earlier this month....
Northern Ireland News, Apr 20, 2021
Viable Device Found Near Police Officer's Home
A viable device has been discovered near to the home of a police officer in Dungiven, L'Derry. The woman targeted is a member of staff and also serves as a part-time PSNI officer. First Minister Arl...
Viable Device Found Near Police Officer's Home
A viable device has been discovered near to the home of a police officer in Dungiven, L'Derry. The woman targeted is a member of staff and also serves as a part-time PSNI officer. First Minister Arl...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 20, 2021
Further Details Of Scheme To Support Unpaid Carers Released
Further details of a £4.4million scheme to support unpaid carers has been released. The grant scheme, entitled the Support for Carers Fund, will be administered and managed by Community Foundation NI...
Further Details Of Scheme To Support Unpaid Carers Released
Further details of a £4.4million scheme to support unpaid carers has been released. The grant scheme, entitled the Support for Carers Fund, will be administered and managed by Community Foundation NI...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 20, 2021
Investigation Launches After Video Shows Child Finding Gun
An investigation has launched after a video revealed a child finding a gun in east Belfast. The footage, which was posted on Twitter, shows a young boy with what is believed to be an air rife which w...
Investigation Launches After Video Shows Child Finding Gun
An investigation has launched after a video revealed a child finding a gun in east Belfast. The footage, which was posted on Twitter, shows a young boy with what is believed to be an air rife which w...
Business News, Apr 19, 2021
Alliance Welcomes Youth Employment Scheme
Alliance Communities spokesperson Kellie Armstrong MLA has said while a new scheme for youth employment is welcome, it should have been established months ago. The JobStart scheme, which was original...
Alliance Welcomes Youth Employment Scheme
Alliance Communities spokesperson Kellie Armstrong MLA has said while a new scheme for youth employment is welcome, it should have been established months ago. The JobStart scheme, which was original...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 19, 2021
New Grant Schemes For Cancer And Mental Health Charities Established
New grant schemes for cancer and mental health charities and a Carers Support Fund have been established. The Cancer Charities Support Fund and Mental Health Support Fund will each receive £10million...
New Grant Schemes For Cancer And Mental Health Charities Established
New grant schemes for cancer and mental health charities and a Carers Support Fund have been established. The Cancer Charities Support Fund and Mental Health Support Fund will each receive £10million...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 19, 2021
Limited Availability For 35-39 Year Olds To Book Covid Vaccine
The vaccine programme in Northern Ireland has some limited availability for people aged 35 to 39 to book a Coronavirus vaccine. Appointments are mainly available at the vaccine centre at the SSE Aren...
Limited Availability For 35-39 Year Olds To Book Covid Vaccine
The vaccine programme in Northern Ireland has some limited availability for people aged 35 to 39 to book a Coronavirus vaccine. Appointments are mainly available at the vaccine centre at the SSE Aren...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 19, 2021
Property Badly Smoke Damaged In Rasharkin
A property has been badly smoke damaged in Rasharkin after a firework exploded at the door of the house. The incident happened in the Carnfintan Park area in the early hours of Sunday, 18 April. No-...
Property Badly Smoke Damaged In Rasharkin
A property has been badly smoke damaged in Rasharkin after a firework exploded at the door of the house. The incident happened in the Carnfintan Park area in the early hours of Sunday, 18 April. No-...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 19, 2021
Man Arrested In Connection With Murder Of Adrian Donohoe
A man has been arrested by Gardai investigating the murder of Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe in January 2013. The suspect was detained in the Dundalk area shortly before 8.30am on Monday, 19 April. ...
Man Arrested In Connection With Murder Of Adrian Donohoe
A man has been arrested by Gardai investigating the murder of Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe in January 2013. The suspect was detained in the Dundalk area shortly before 8.30am on Monday, 19 April. ...
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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.
