Northern Ireland News for August 2024 : Page 2

Northern Ireland News, Aug 27, 2024
How to Find Safe Non Gamstop Casinos
In online gambling, finding a safe and reliable casino is crucial. Many players seek alternatives beyond the Gamstop scheme, but it's essential to know where to look. This guide will help you navigate...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 27, 2024
A Guide to UK Casino Bonuses
Casino bonuses are promotional offers provided by online casinos to attract and retain players. These bonuses (have a read at thes...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 27, 2024
Other News In Brief
Appeal Following South Belfast Burglary The PSNI have issued an appeal for information following a report of a burglary at residential premises in the Greystown Close area of south Belfast o...
Business News, Aug 23, 2024
Entrepreneurs Unleashed To Empower Business Leaders
Entrepreneurs from across Northern Ireland and beyond are set to gather in Belfast this November for the inaugural Entrepreneurs Unleashed Conference. The event, designed to ignite entrepreneurial sp...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 23, 2024
BCC Consultation On Draft Irish Language Policy
Belfast City Council has announced a new public consultation on their new draft Irish language policy. The draft policy sets out how the council plans to promote Irish and use Irish across its servic...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 23, 2024
NI's First Independent Autism Reviewer Appointed
The appointment of Northern Ireland's first Independent Autism Reviewer has been announced by Health Minister, Mike Nesbitt. Ema Cubitt was selected for the role following a Public Appointment Compet...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 23, 2024
New Legislation Criminalises Pet Abduction
New legislation criminalising the abduction of cats and dogs has been introduced by DAERA Minister, Andrew Muir. The Pet Abduction Act 2024 will come into force in Northern Ireland on 24 August 2024....
Northern Ireland News, Aug 23, 2024
Hurst Engineering Secures Four New Contracts Worth £2.5m
Co. Fermanagh's Hurst Engineering has successfully secured four contracts in Britain, totalling £2.5million, Economy Minister Conor Murphy has announced. The contracts will see it design, manufacture...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 23, 2024
55-Year-Old Man Jailed For Indecent Assault Of A Child
At Downpatrick Crown Court a 55-year-old man has been jailed for three years for fourteen counts of indecent assault and one count of gross indecency towards a child. Alan Burgess, from the Killinchy...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 23, 2024
DAERA Minister Commits To New 'Farming with Nature Package'
DAERA Minister Andrew Muir has committed to the development of a new 'Farming with Nature Package', during a visit to see first hand what Nature Friendly Farming looks like in practice in Northern Ire...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 23, 2024
Other News In Brief
UUP Calls On Justice Minister To Support Chief Constable Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) Finance Spokesperson, Dr. Steve Aiken OBE MLA, has called on the Justice Minister to support the PSNI Chi...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 22, 2024
Students Across NI Receive GCSE Results
Education Minister Paul Givan has welcomed the success of Northern Ireland's students receiving their GCSE results today. Today's results, awarded to over 32,000 GCSE students across Northern Ireland...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 22, 2024
Almost 10,000 Children Register For Childcare Subsidy Scheme
Almost 10,000 children have been registered for the new Northern Ireland Childcare Subsidy Scheme within just two weeks of it opening. The Scheme has been introduced to ease the financial pressures o...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 22, 2024
£2.5m Announced To Transform Glengormley Town Centre
Funding of £2.5 million has been announced for a transformational Public Realm Scheme in Glengormley Town Centre, by Communities Minister Gordon Lyons MLA. The scheme, which is being funded in partne...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 22, 2024
Man Sentenced For 'Permitting Production Of A Class A Drug'
At Belfast Crown Court a 39-year-old man has been sentenced to 12 months in custody, suspended for two years, for being the occupier of a premises permitting production of a Class A controlled drug. ...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 22, 2024
Terrorism Investigation Unit Searches In Derry City & Strabane
The PSNI's Terrorism Investigation Unit have carried out searches at two addresses in the Derry City & Strabane area early this morning, Thursday 22 August. The searches, in Strabane and the Lettersh...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 22, 2024
Appeal Following Unprovoked Assault On Glider In West Belfast
The PSNI have issued an appeal for information and witnesses following a report of an assault on board a Glider bus in the Falls Road of west Belfast on Tuesday 20th August. At around 9:15pm, it was ...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 22, 2024
Other News In Brief
Lord Mayor Welcomes Belfast Olympians To City Hall Belfast-based Olympic medallists Jack McMillan and Rebecca Shorten have been welcomed to City hall by Lord Mayor of Belfast, Councillor Mic...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 21, 2024
Controlled Explosion Of WWII German Bomb In Newtownards
Ammunition Technical Officers (ATO) have carried out the controlled explosion of an air-dropped SC-500 German bomb from World War Two, which had been discovered in the Rivenwood area of Newtownards la...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 21, 2024
Man Charged With Murder Of Magherafelt Woman Sophie Watson
A 43-year-old man has been charged with the murder Spohie Watson in Magherafelt on Sunday, 18 August. The 57-year-old woman was found unresponsive at her home in the Ashgrove Park area of the town ha...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 21, 2024
NI Man Unlawfully-At-Large Extradited From Republic Of Ireland
A man wanted by the PSNI for being unlawfully-at-large from an NI prison has been extradited from the Republic of Ireland. 36-year-old Shane Frane was jailed for a minimum term of six years in 2014 f...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 21, 2024
Man Arrested In Connection With INLA Shooting In North Belfast
Detectives from the Paramilitary Crime Task Force have arrested a man in north Belfast in connection with an investigation into criminality linked to the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA). The ar...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 21, 2024
'Significant Progress' On Tourism And Regeneration Projects
Belfast City Council has welcomed the "significant progress" being made on transformative tourism and regeneration projects that will attract new tourists to the region who stay longer and spend more....
Northern Ireland News, Aug 21, 2024
South Belfast Arson Treated As 'Racially-Motivated Hate Crime'
An arson attack in south Belfast on Monday, 19 August, is being treated as a racially-motivated hate crime. Just after 11pm, police received a report that a vehicle was on fire in the Frenchpark Stre...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 21, 2024
Lisburn Woman Fined For Possession Of Unlicensed Prescription Medicines
A Lisburn woman has been fined for the possession of, and the unlawful advertising of, unlicensed prescription medicines. At Lisburn Magistrates' Court, Nadine Poole, of Whitehill Lodge, received fin...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 21, 2024
Entrepreneurs Unleashed To Empower Business Leaders
Entrepreneurs from across Northern Ireland and beyond are set to gather in Belfast this November for the inaugural Entrepreneurs Unleashed Conference. The event, designed to ignite entrepreneurial sp...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 21, 2024
The Business Model Of The Gambling Industry
Gambling is a very big business and managing a gambling business is as big a task as it is profitable. It is a very vast industry that includes both the physical and the online casinos and the revenue...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 21, 2024
Other News In Brief
Belfast Man Convicted For Animal Cruelty Offences A Belfast man has been convicted of causing unnecessary suffering to a dog and operating a dog breeding establishment without a licence. At...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 20, 2024
Extend Child Benefit For Your Teen By 31 August
Parents have less than two weeks to tell HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) their 16-19 year-old is continuing education or training, or their Child Benefit payments will stop. Hundreds of thousands of te...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 20, 2024
NICS Launches Administrative Officers Recruitment Campaign
A new recruitment campaign has been launched by the Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS), with some 500 Administrative Officers roles available across all government departments. With a starting sal...