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04/11/2010
Other NI News In Brief
Foster Goes Green
Enterprise Minister and DUP MLA, Arlene Foster, pictured with Iain Osborne, Chair of the Northern Ireland Green New Deal Group, is shown at the launch of the Green New Deal Housing Fund, in Parliament Buildings this week. The Green New Deal Housing Fund has the potential to create over 2,300 jobs, benefit 50,000 households currently in fuel poverty and result in over 20% reduction in average carbon emissions for homes. See: 'Green New Deal' Housing Fund Launched
West Belfast Shooting
The police have appealed for witnesses to contact them after a shooting in Belfast in the early hours of Thursday. It happened in the Beechmount Link area in the west of the city at about 12.30am. A number of shots were fired, but there are no reports of any injuries. A car was damaged, however, and a man was seen running from the area. He is described as being 5ft 9ins to 5ft 11, slim and was wearing a green coat.
Bloody Sunday Debated
A delegation of five relatives of those shot dead or injured in 1972 on Bloody Sunday in Londonderry have been to Westminster to attend a debate on the findings of the Saville Inquiry. Lord Saville's report into the killings which was delivered in June took 12 years to complete and was the longest running inquiry in British legal history and cost about £200m.
IFA Rethink Applauded
The NI Sports Minister Nelson McCausland has welcomed developments on the review of the Irish Football Association (IFA). The Minister's comments followed a meeting at which the Chief Executive of the IFA briefed the Minister on the Association's plans to conduct an independent review of their structure and governance, a review the Minister had called for some time ago. "I welcome confirmation that the IFA is proceeding with an independent review of its governance and I look forward to completion of the review in the very near future. The implementation of the review's findings will be key to restoring the confidence of government and the wider football community in the IFA," he said. See: Kennedy Hangs Up His IFA Boots
CEM Wins Saudi Contract
Belfast-based CEM Systems is installing a sophisticated security management system in King Khalid University Hospital, Riyahd, Saudi Arabia. The contract follows the company's participation in a recent Invest Northern Ireland trade mission to the kingdom. The CEM system will control access to the prestigious dedicated university hospital, which opened in 1982 and provides 800 patient beds, over 20 operating rooms and fully equipped/ staffed laboratories. The university hospital contains a special outpatient building and provides primary and secondary care services for Saudi patients. The CEM system allows security personnel at the hospital to produce permanent and temporary identity badges for medical staff, intern students, residents and other individuals who may access the building regularly. The hospital can then personalise these badges by including their own logo, background image and badge text fields. Dr Vicky Kell, Invest NI Trade Director, said: "CEM has followed up leads and succeeded in converting them into good business for its highly advanced technology and is the most recent in an ever-growing portfolio of NI companies to secure excellent business in Saudi Arabia, a marketplace that offers substantial opportunities."
Adsa Derry 'Approved'
Derry City Council has passed plans by the supermarket giant Asda to build a new store in the Waterside area of the city. Even though Asda said up to 350 new full and part-time jobs would be created at the 40,000 sq ft supermarket, the Panning Service will also have to give approval before the store at Crescent Link retail park can be built, a decision that is expected early next year.
Ulster Hospital Expands
Strangford MLA Jonathan Bell has praised the Ulster Hospital for its 'forward thinking' with renovations underway which will improve the patient experience. He said: "Our Ulster Hospital is treating some 70,000 patients every year. Every year that number increases, so what we require now is facilities that have the capacity to match the new requirements of patient care," he said. "All of these matters are now being addressed in the £880,000 renovation just starting and running for the next 36 weeks," the DUP MLA continued. "I have received reassurances from the Ulster Hospital that they are confident in their handling of emergencies during these renovations. However the normal procedures apply in that what can be successfully handled in the community should be handled there."
(BMcC/KMcA)
Enterprise Minister and DUP MLA, Arlene Foster, pictured with Iain Osborne, Chair of the Northern Ireland Green New Deal Group, is shown at the launch of the Green New Deal Housing Fund, in Parliament Buildings this week. The Green New Deal Housing Fund has the potential to create over 2,300 jobs, benefit 50,000 households currently in fuel poverty and result in over 20% reduction in average carbon emissions for homes. See: 'Green New Deal' Housing Fund Launched
West Belfast Shooting
The police have appealed for witnesses to contact them after a shooting in Belfast in the early hours of Thursday. It happened in the Beechmount Link area in the west of the city at about 12.30am. A number of shots were fired, but there are no reports of any injuries. A car was damaged, however, and a man was seen running from the area. He is described as being 5ft 9ins to 5ft 11, slim and was wearing a green coat.
Bloody Sunday Debated
A delegation of five relatives of those shot dead or injured in 1972 on Bloody Sunday in Londonderry have been to Westminster to attend a debate on the findings of the Saville Inquiry. Lord Saville's report into the killings which was delivered in June took 12 years to complete and was the longest running inquiry in British legal history and cost about £200m.
IFA Rethink Applauded
The NI Sports Minister Nelson McCausland has welcomed developments on the review of the Irish Football Association (IFA). The Minister's comments followed a meeting at which the Chief Executive of the IFA briefed the Minister on the Association's plans to conduct an independent review of their structure and governance, a review the Minister had called for some time ago. "I welcome confirmation that the IFA is proceeding with an independent review of its governance and I look forward to completion of the review in the very near future. The implementation of the review's findings will be key to restoring the confidence of government and the wider football community in the IFA," he said. See: Kennedy Hangs Up His IFA Boots
CEM Wins Saudi Contract
Belfast-based CEM Systems is installing a sophisticated security management system in King Khalid University Hospital, Riyahd, Saudi Arabia. The contract follows the company's participation in a recent Invest Northern Ireland trade mission to the kingdom. The CEM system will control access to the prestigious dedicated university hospital, which opened in 1982 and provides 800 patient beds, over 20 operating rooms and fully equipped/ staffed laboratories. The university hospital contains a special outpatient building and provides primary and secondary care services for Saudi patients. The CEM system allows security personnel at the hospital to produce permanent and temporary identity badges for medical staff, intern students, residents and other individuals who may access the building regularly. The hospital can then personalise these badges by including their own logo, background image and badge text fields. Dr Vicky Kell, Invest NI Trade Director, said: "CEM has followed up leads and succeeded in converting them into good business for its highly advanced technology and is the most recent in an ever-growing portfolio of NI companies to secure excellent business in Saudi Arabia, a marketplace that offers substantial opportunities."
Adsa Derry 'Approved'
Derry City Council has passed plans by the supermarket giant Asda to build a new store in the Waterside area of the city. Even though Asda said up to 350 new full and part-time jobs would be created at the 40,000 sq ft supermarket, the Panning Service will also have to give approval before the store at Crescent Link retail park can be built, a decision that is expected early next year.
Ulster Hospital Expands
Strangford MLA Jonathan Bell has praised the Ulster Hospital for its 'forward thinking' with renovations underway which will improve the patient experience. He said: "Our Ulster Hospital is treating some 70,000 patients every year. Every year that number increases, so what we require now is facilities that have the capacity to match the new requirements of patient care," he said. "All of these matters are now being addressed in the £880,000 renovation just starting and running for the next 36 weeks," the DUP MLA continued. "I have received reassurances from the Ulster Hospital that they are confident in their handling of emergencies during these renovations. However the normal procedures apply in that what can be successfully handled in the community should be handled there."
(BMcC/KMcA)
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