Northern Ireland News for March 2004 : Page 12
UK National News, Mar 8, 2004
Straw welcomes signing of Iraqi interim constitution
The Foreign Secretary has welcomed the official signing of the interim constitutional document by the Iraqi governing council. The signing ceremony took place in the capital Baghdad today and is the...
Straw welcomes signing of Iraqi interim constitution
The Foreign Secretary has welcomed the official signing of the interim constitutional document by the Iraqi governing council. The signing ceremony took place in the capital Baghdad today and is the...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 8, 2004
American firm to invest £9.6m in west Belfast
An American electronics company is to invest £9.6 million in a new west Belfast operation with the creation of 52 new jobs. IceMOS Technology Corporation, which is based in Delaware USA, will develop...
American firm to invest £9.6m in west Belfast
An American electronics company is to invest £9.6 million in a new west Belfast operation with the creation of 52 new jobs. IceMOS Technology Corporation, which is based in Delaware USA, will develop...
UK National News, Mar 8, 2004
McDowell launches further broadside at Sinn Fein
Ireland's Justice Minister has launched yet another broadside at Sinn Fein ahead of the forthcoming local government and European parliament elections in the Republic of Ireland. In the interview gi...
McDowell launches further broadside at Sinn Fein
Ireland's Justice Minister has launched yet another broadside at Sinn Fein ahead of the forthcoming local government and European parliament elections in the Republic of Ireland. In the interview gi...
UK National News, Mar 8, 2004
Britain's prison population rises to over 75,000
Britain's overstretched prisons are have space for just 184 more prisoners after the prison population surged to more than 75,000, it has been reported today. According to the BBC, there are 75,007 ...
Britain's prison population rises to over 75,000
Britain's overstretched prisons are have space for just 184 more prisoners after the prison population surged to more than 75,000, it has been reported today. According to the BBC, there are 75,007 ...
UK National News, Mar 8, 2004
Complaints make doctors wary of assisting in child protection
The level of complaints against paediatricians who undertake child protection duties is deterring many from working in the area, according to the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH)....
Complaints make doctors wary of assisting in child protection
The level of complaints against paediatricians who undertake child protection duties is deterring many from working in the area, according to the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH)....
UK National News, Mar 8, 2004
UN atomic watchdog voices 'concern' over Iran's disclosure gaps
The UN's atomic watchdog agency has today voiced "serious concern" over gaps in Tehran’s declaration of nuclear activities and called on it to take the “vital” initiative to provide all relevant infor...
UN atomic watchdog voices 'concern' over Iran's disclosure gaps
The UN's atomic watchdog agency has today voiced "serious concern" over gaps in Tehran’s declaration of nuclear activities and called on it to take the “vital” initiative to provide all relevant infor...
UK National News, Mar 8, 2004
Ireland eye Triple Crown after win at Fortress Twickenham
Ireland are looking for their first Triple Crown since 1985 following their dramatic win over World and Six Nations champions, England, on Saturday. In a highly charged and robust encounter, Ireland ...
Ireland eye Triple Crown after win at Fortress Twickenham
Ireland are looking for their first Triple Crown since 1985 following their dramatic win over World and Six Nations champions, England, on Saturday. In a highly charged and robust encounter, Ireland ...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 8, 2004
Policing Board unveil seven point plan
The Northern Ireland Policing Board has unveiled a seven point plan aimed at delivering effective and efficient policing across the province over the next three years. Launching the 2004-2007 Policin...
Policing Board unveil seven point plan
The Northern Ireland Policing Board has unveiled a seven point plan aimed at delivering effective and efficient policing across the province over the next three years. Launching the 2004-2007 Policin...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 8, 2004
Leicester trio to spend another night in jail
Northern Ireland and Leicester football star, Keith Gillespie is to spend another night behind bars after a Spanish judge adjourned proceedings today to consider bail applications from the player and ...
Leicester trio to spend another night in jail
Northern Ireland and Leicester football star, Keith Gillespie is to spend another night behind bars after a Spanish judge adjourned proceedings today to consider bail applications from the player and ...
UK National News, Mar 8, 2004
BBC begins search for Director-General
The BBC has advertised for a successor to Greg Dyke, following his resignation as Director General in the wake of the Hutton Report. This follows the start last week of a search for a new BBC Chairma...
BBC begins search for Director-General
The BBC has advertised for a successor to Greg Dyke, following his resignation as Director General in the wake of the Hutton Report. This follows the start last week of a search for a new BBC Chairma...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 8, 2004
Man appears in court over Magee attack
A 52-year-old man has appeared in court today charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm on world champion boxer Eamonn Magee. Joseph Clarke, from Lagmore Dale in west Belfast, also faced charges o...
Man appears in court over Magee attack
A 52-year-old man has appeared in court today charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm on world champion boxer Eamonn Magee. Joseph Clarke, from Lagmore Dale in west Belfast, also faced charges o...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 8, 2004
Two men remanded in custody charged with hostel murder
Two men were remanded in custody today charged with the murder of a man at a Belfast hostel last week. The body of Eric Atkinson, 41, was found at the Lee Hestia hostel in Brunswick Street in the ear...
Two men remanded in custody charged with hostel murder
Two men were remanded in custody today charged with the murder of a man at a Belfast hostel last week. The body of Eric Atkinson, 41, was found at the Lee Hestia hostel in Brunswick Street in the ear...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 8, 2004
Belfast DPP announce new chairman
The Belfast District Policing Partnership has appointed its new Chairman and Deputy Chairman for the year ahead. DUP councillor, Ruth Patterson will take up the reins as chairman, while UUP councillo...
Belfast DPP announce new chairman
The Belfast District Policing Partnership has appointed its new Chairman and Deputy Chairman for the year ahead. DUP councillor, Ruth Patterson will take up the reins as chairman, while UUP councillo...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 8, 2004
Engine fire causes Lynx to make emergency landing
Two army personnel have escaped injury after their Lynx helicopter made an emergency landing on a Co Antrim beach at the weekend. The Army blamed an engine fire for the emergency landing of the Lynx ...
Engine fire causes Lynx to make emergency landing
Two army personnel have escaped injury after their Lynx helicopter made an emergency landing on a Co Antrim beach at the weekend. The Army blamed an engine fire for the emergency landing of the Lynx ...
UK National News, Mar 8, 2004
Lloyds TSB profits hit £4.3bn
Hopes of a share buy back by Lloyds TSB were sunk today despite the banking giant reporting profits of almost £4.35 billion in 2003. Share investors had been hopeful that a buy back of shares would h...
Lloyds TSB profits hit £4.3bn
Hopes of a share buy back by Lloyds TSB were sunk today despite the banking giant reporting profits of almost £4.35 billion in 2003. Share investors had been hopeful that a buy back of shares would h...
UK National News, Mar 8, 2004
'Payback' time for fine dodgers, warns government
The government has insisted that its 'Payback' time as it launched a clampdown on people who fail to pay criminal fines set by the courts. A campaign warning of the planned blitz on unpaid fines - ca...
'Payback' time for fine dodgers, warns government
The government has insisted that its 'Payback' time as it launched a clampdown on people who fail to pay criminal fines set by the courts. A campaign warning of the planned blitz on unpaid fines - ca...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 8, 2004
McGimpsey condemns hammer assault on woman
UUP MLA for south Belfast, Michael McGimpsey has described a hammer assault on a woman at the weekend as a "Wild West" style attack. Mr McGimpsey was responding to an incident in which a 53-year-old ...
McGimpsey condemns hammer assault on woman
UUP MLA for south Belfast, Michael McGimpsey has described a hammer assault on a woman at the weekend as a "Wild West" style attack. Mr McGimpsey was responding to an incident in which a 53-year-old ...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 8, 2004
Minister launches cultural atlas of Northern Ireland
Culture, Arts and Leisure Minister, Angela Smith today welcomed the establishment of a new website to showcase Northern Ireland’s cultural assets in the international arena. The Minister was speaking...
Minister launches cultural atlas of Northern Ireland
Culture, Arts and Leisure Minister, Angela Smith today welcomed the establishment of a new website to showcase Northern Ireland’s cultural assets in the international arena. The Minister was speaking...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 8, 2004
CCEA seek exam help
Northern Ireland’s exams body, the Council for the Curriculum Examinations and Assessment (CCEA) is this week embarking on a recruitment drive to encourage more people in the educational community to ...
CCEA seek exam help
Northern Ireland’s exams body, the Council for the Curriculum Examinations and Assessment (CCEA) is this week embarking on a recruitment drive to encourage more people in the educational community to ...
UK National News, Mar 5, 2004
Three Leicester players charged over sex assault
Three players with the Premiership club Leicester City have been charged with sexual aggression and breaking and entering following an alleged incident at a hotel in Spain. Scotland international Pau...
Three Leicester players charged over sex assault
Three players with the Premiership club Leicester City have been charged with sexual aggression and breaking and entering following an alleged incident at a hotel in Spain. Scotland international Pau...
UK National News, Mar 5, 2004
Brown may be in running for top job at IMF
The chancellor Gordon Brown could be in line to take over as head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), according reports in the Guardian newspaper today. According to the Guardian, sources in Wa...
Brown may be in running for top job at IMF
The chancellor Gordon Brown could be in line to take over as head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), according reports in the Guardian newspaper today. According to the Guardian, sources in Wa...
UK National News, Mar 5, 2004
Blair defends war decision and warns of ongoing terror threat
The international terror threat is a challenge different from anything the world has faced before, the Prime Minister has said today. Mr Blair said in a speech in his Sedgefield constituency that the...
Blair defends war decision and warns of ongoing terror threat
The international terror threat is a challenge different from anything the world has faced before, the Prime Minister has said today. Mr Blair said in a speech in his Sedgefield constituency that the...
UK National News, Mar 5, 2004
British nationals expected to return from Guantanamo Bay
Five of the nine British nationals held by the US in Guantanamo Bay are expected to return to the UK next week. Last month, The Times newspaper reported that preparations were being made for the rele...
British nationals expected to return from Guantanamo Bay
Five of the nine British nationals held by the US in Guantanamo Bay are expected to return to the UK next week. Last month, The Times newspaper reported that preparations were being made for the rele...
UK National News, Mar 5, 2004
Violence against women is a 'cancer' and must end: Amnesty
Violence against women is a "cancer" eating away at the core of every society across the globe, Amnesty International has said at the launch of a new campaign. The human rights agency's Secretary Gen...
Violence against women is a 'cancer' and must end: Amnesty
Violence against women is a "cancer" eating away at the core of every society across the globe, Amnesty International has said at the launch of a new campaign. The human rights agency's Secretary Gen...
UK National News, Mar 5, 2004
More work needed to end workplace discrimination for women: UN
Women are entering the global labour force in record numbers but they still face higher unemployment rates and lower wages, the United Nations labour agency has reported today. A new report by the In...
More work needed to end workplace discrimination for women: UN
Women are entering the global labour force in record numbers but they still face higher unemployment rates and lower wages, the United Nations labour agency has reported today. A new report by the In...
UK National News, Mar 5, 2004
New car sales look set for record March
Car dealers are looking forward to a record spring period as figures for February revealed that new car registrations climbed 3.8% to peak at 91,460 vehicles. This has brought the number of new cars ...
New car sales look set for record March
Car dealers are looking forward to a record spring period as figures for February revealed that new car registrations climbed 3.8% to peak at 91,460 vehicles. This has brought the number of new cars ...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 5, 2004
Gillespie remanded in custody following assault allegations
Leicester City and Northern Ireland football star Keith Gillespie has been remanded in custody today after appearing in a Spanish court following an alleged sexual assault on three German women. Mr G...
Gillespie remanded in custody following assault allegations
Leicester City and Northern Ireland football star Keith Gillespie has been remanded in custody today after appearing in a Spanish court following an alleged sexual assault on three German women. Mr G...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 5, 2004
Funeral held for Tyrone GAA star
Thousands of mourners have attended the funeral of Tyrone GAA star Cormac McAnallen in his home town of Eglish, near Dungannon today. At the funeral mass Archbishop Sean Bradey said that the young ma...
Funeral held for Tyrone GAA star
Thousands of mourners have attended the funeral of Tyrone GAA star Cormac McAnallen in his home town of Eglish, near Dungannon today. At the funeral mass Archbishop Sean Bradey said that the young ma...
UK National News, Mar 5, 2004
Government hails newly created sentencing council
The government has hailed the creation of the new Sentencing Guidelines Council as a step towards "clearer and more consistent sentences" for criminals. The Council, which will hold its first meeting...
Government hails newly created sentencing council
The government has hailed the creation of the new Sentencing Guidelines Council as a step towards "clearer and more consistent sentences" for criminals. The Council, which will hold its first meeting...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 5, 2004
Police launch investigation into jail death
Police have launched an investigation into the death of a female remand prisoner at Maghaberry Prison. Roseanne Irvine, 34, was found dead in her cell on Wednesday night. Detectives do not believe a...
Police launch investigation into jail death
Police have launched an investigation into the death of a female remand prisoner at Maghaberry Prison. Roseanne Irvine, 34, was found dead in her cell on Wednesday night. Detectives do not believe a...
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Northern Ireland WeatherToday:A sunny but frosty start for many. However cloud increases by midday with a few showers reaching the north coast, these mostly light but spreading inland this afternoon. Chilly. Maximum temperature 8 °C.Tonight:A rather cloudy evening with scattered showers. Becoming drier through the night with some good clear spells developing and a patchy frost away from coasts. Minimum temperature 0 °C.