Northern Ireland News for October 2005 : Page 10
Northern Ireland News, Oct 11, 2005
Enniskillen town centre to get facelift
Enniskillen is to get a major facelift after the Department for Social Development (DSD) unveiled plans to give the town centre's Eden Street a new lease of life. As part of the redevelopment plans, ...
Enniskillen town centre to get facelift
Enniskillen is to get a major facelift after the Department for Social Development (DSD) unveiled plans to give the town centre's Eden Street a new lease of life. As part of the redevelopment plans, ...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 11, 2005
Harry Potter magic cast as example to NI business
The magic of Harry Potter could help Northern Ireland companies sell more of their products, a University of Ulster marketing expert has said. Speaking after winning a prestigious award at a showcase...
Harry Potter magic cast as example to NI business
The magic of Harry Potter could help Northern Ireland companies sell more of their products, a University of Ulster marketing expert has said. Speaking after winning a prestigious award at a showcase...
UK National News, Oct 11, 2005
National Express announces Spanish deal
UK-based bus and rail operator National Express has announced details of the purchase of Spanish transport firm Alsa in a deal worth £262 million. National Express said that the deal would bring toge...
National Express announces Spanish deal
UK-based bus and rail operator National Express has announced details of the purchase of Spanish transport firm Alsa in a deal worth £262 million. National Express said that the deal would bring toge...
UK National News, Oct 11, 2005
Banville wins the 2005 Booker Prize
Irish-born author John Banville has won the Man Booker Prize 2005 for his novel, ‘The Sea’. Banville’s novel, about a man confronting a distant trauma in a town he once spent a childhood holiday in, ...
Banville wins the 2005 Booker Prize
Irish-born author John Banville has won the Man Booker Prize 2005 for his novel, ‘The Sea’. Banville’s novel, about a man confronting a distant trauma in a town he once spent a childhood holiday in, ...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 10, 2005
Gunman targets pensioner in Downpatrick
A pensioner has been left badly shaken after a gun attack on his home in Co Down on Sunday. The 70-year-old man was answering the door of his house in Quoile Brae, Downpatrick, at around 9pm when a g...
Gunman targets pensioner in Downpatrick
A pensioner has been left badly shaken after a gun attack on his home in Co Down on Sunday. The 70-year-old man was answering the door of his house in Quoile Brae, Downpatrick, at around 9pm when a g...
UK National News, Oct 10, 2005
Rescue operation continues following South Asia quake
British rescue teams joined with others from around the world as an international effort to search for survivors following the devastating South Asia earthquake at the weekend. Nearly 20,000 people, ...
Rescue operation continues following South Asia quake
British rescue teams joined with others from around the world as an international effort to search for survivors following the devastating South Asia earthquake at the weekend. Nearly 20,000 people, ...
UK National News, Oct 10, 2005
Blunkett announces welfare reform principles
Work and Pensions Secretary David Blunkett has urged thousands of people on incapacity benefit to return to work, as he launched his ‘principles of welfare reform’ on Monday. Mr Blunkett said that fo...
Blunkett announces welfare reform principles
Work and Pensions Secretary David Blunkett has urged thousands of people on incapacity benefit to return to work, as he launched his ‘principles of welfare reform’ on Monday. Mr Blunkett said that fo...
UK National News, Oct 10, 2005
Suspicious blaze destroys pier buildings
A fire which destroyed a section of the Southend Pier is being treated as suspected arson. The fire appears to have started in a pub, the Jolly Fisherman, and spread quickly to other parts of the pie...
Suspicious blaze destroys pier buildings
A fire which destroyed a section of the Southend Pier is being treated as suspected arson. The fire appears to have started in a pub, the Jolly Fisherman, and spread quickly to other parts of the pie...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 10, 2005
Six released in Gray murder probe
Six people arrested in connection with the murder of former UDA chief Jim Gray have been released by police. Three men were released without charge early on Saturday, while the fourth man was freed l...
Six released in Gray murder probe
Six people arrested in connection with the murder of former UDA chief Jim Gray have been released by police. Three men were released without charge early on Saturday, while the fourth man was freed l...
UK National News, Oct 10, 2005
Breast cancer survival rates rise
Almost two-thirds of all women newly diagnosed with breast cancer are now likely to survive for at least 20 years, a leading cancer charity has claimed. A study by Cancer Research UK found that, in E...
Breast cancer survival rates rise
Almost two-thirds of all women newly diagnosed with breast cancer are now likely to survive for at least 20 years, a leading cancer charity has claimed. A study by Cancer Research UK found that, in E...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 10, 2005
Woman sexually assaulted in Belfast
Detectives in South Belfast are appealing for help after a 28-year-old woman suffered a serious sexual assault over the weekend. It is under stood the woman was attacked and sexually assaulted after ...
Woman sexually assaulted in Belfast
Detectives in South Belfast are appealing for help after a 28-year-old woman suffered a serious sexual assault over the weekend. It is under stood the woman was attacked and sexually assaulted after ...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 10, 2005
Teenager injured during robbery
A teenager has been injured during a robbery in south Belfast at the weekend. The young man, who is in his late teens, was making his way home after a night out a Belfast nightclub on Sunday morning ...
Teenager injured during robbery
A teenager has been injured during a robbery in south Belfast at the weekend. The young man, who is in his late teens, was making his way home after a night out a Belfast nightclub on Sunday morning ...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 10, 2005
Shop employee 'badly shaken' following armed robbery
A shop employee has been left badly shaken following a robbery in Belfast city centre on Saturday. The female member of staff had been in a rear storage area of the Iceland store in Castle Street whe...
Shop employee 'badly shaken' following armed robbery
A shop employee has been left badly shaken following a robbery in Belfast city centre on Saturday. The female member of staff had been in a rear storage area of the Iceland store in Castle Street whe...
UK National News, Oct 10, 2005
Poorer pupils ‘underrepresented’ at top state schools
Pupils from poorer families are “significantly underrepresented” at the UK’s top 200 state secondary schools, an education charity has reported. The report, by the Sutton Trust, found that only 3% of...
Poorer pupils ‘underrepresented’ at top state schools
Pupils from poorer families are “significantly underrepresented” at the UK’s top 200 state secondary schools, an education charity has reported. The report, by the Sutton Trust, found that only 3% of...
UK National News, Oct 10, 2005
Greenpeace loses dolphins case
Greenpeace has failed in its attempt to overturn a government ban aimed at reducing dolphin deaths. The environmental campaign group had launched legal action after Defra introduced a ban on the use ...
Greenpeace loses dolphins case
Greenpeace has failed in its attempt to overturn a government ban aimed at reducing dolphin deaths. The environmental campaign group had launched legal action after Defra introduced a ban on the use ...
UK National News, Oct 10, 2005
Elderly mental health care criticised in new report
Older people suffering from mental health problems are facing a lack of adequate services and age discrimination, a charity report has revealed. Research conducted by mental health charity Mind found...
Elderly mental health care criticised in new report
Older people suffering from mental health problems are facing a lack of adequate services and age discrimination, a charity report has revealed. Research conducted by mental health charity Mind found...
UK National News, Oct 10, 2005
Chip and PIN reducing card fraud
Chip and PIN cash cards are helping to reduce credit and debit card fraud in the UK, a banking body has reported. The Association of Payment Clearing Services (Apacs) reported that the cost of counte...
Chip and PIN reducing card fraud
Chip and PIN cash cards are helping to reduce credit and debit card fraud in the UK, a banking body has reported. The Association of Payment Clearing Services (Apacs) reported that the cost of counte...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 10, 2005
PSNI and An Garda Síochána trade officers
Two police officers from the PSNI and An Garda Síochána have switched forces in the first ever temporary placement between the two services. The exchange scheme, aimed at enhancing the close working ...
PSNI and An Garda Síochána trade officers
Two police officers from the PSNI and An Garda Síochána have switched forces in the first ever temporary placement between the two services. The exchange scheme, aimed at enhancing the close working ...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 10, 2005
Local towns awarded £1m to attract investment
Close to £1 million has been awarded to 17 towns across Northern Ireland to help them attract shoppers and investors. The Department for Social Development (DSD) supported project, which totals £862,...
Local towns awarded £1m to attract investment
Close to £1 million has been awarded to 17 towns across Northern Ireland to help them attract shoppers and investors. The Department for Social Development (DSD) supported project, which totals £862,...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 10, 2005
Third place within grasp for Sanchez' boys
Northern Ireland go into Wednesday's final World Cup qualifier knowing a win will secure an astonishing third place in Group Six. Having finished the Euro 2004 qualifying series under Sammy McIlroy w...
Third place within grasp for Sanchez' boys
Northern Ireland go into Wednesday's final World Cup qualifier knowing a win will secure an astonishing third place in Group Six. Having finished the Euro 2004 qualifying series under Sammy McIlroy w...
UK National News, Oct 10, 2005
Internet grows at fastest ever pace
Internet services company Netcraft has recently reported a surge in the number of sites online that has seen the internet grow at the fastest pace since the dot.com boom in the late 1990s. The <A HRE...
Internet grows at fastest ever pace
Internet services company Netcraft has recently reported a surge in the number of sites online that has seen the internet grow at the fastest pace since the dot.com boom in the late 1990s. The <A HRE...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 7, 2005
Man remanded in custody charged with musician murder
A 27-year-old man has appeared in court on Friday charged with the murder of a local musician in Londonderry last week. Alan Luukas, of Riverview Court Apartments, John Street, in the city, is accuse...
Man remanded in custody charged with musician murder
A 27-year-old man has appeared in court on Friday charged with the murder of a local musician in Londonderry last week. Alan Luukas, of Riverview Court Apartments, John Street, in the city, is accuse...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 7, 2005
Government committed to devolution of policing and justice - Hain
Secretary of State Peter Hain has said that the Government is committed to devolving policing and justice to a Northern Ireland Assembly. He was speaking after meeting Sinn Fein and the DUP with the ...
Government committed to devolution of policing and justice - Hain
Secretary of State Peter Hain has said that the Government is committed to devolving policing and justice to a Northern Ireland Assembly. He was speaking after meeting Sinn Fein and the DUP with the ...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 7, 2005
Fairer domestic rating a step nearer, says Minister
Plans to make the rating system fairer by basing rate bills on the capital value of homes from April 2007 are well underway, Finance Minister Jeff Rooker confirmed today. The Minister was commenting ...
Fairer domestic rating a step nearer, says Minister
Plans to make the rating system fairer by basing rate bills on the capital value of homes from April 2007 are well underway, Finance Minister Jeff Rooker confirmed today. The Minister was commenting ...
UK National News, Oct 7, 2005
Firms fined over Hatfield rail crash
Two firms have been fined a combined total of £13.5 million over the Hatfield rail disaster, in which four people died. The rail firm, Network Rail – formerly Railtrack – was fined £3.5 million, whil...
Firms fined over Hatfield rail crash
Two firms have been fined a combined total of £13.5 million over the Hatfield rail disaster, in which four people died. The rail firm, Network Rail – formerly Railtrack – was fined £3.5 million, whil...
UK National News, Oct 7, 2005
British troops detain 12 in Basra raid
British troops have detained 12 people, suspected of involvement of recent attacks against allied troops, in the southern Iraq city of Basra. The raid, which took place on Thursday night, is believed...
British troops detain 12 in Basra raid
British troops have detained 12 people, suspected of involvement of recent attacks against allied troops, in the southern Iraq city of Basra. The raid, which took place on Thursday night, is believed...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 7, 2005
Students told to seize community relations initiative
The University of Ulster is calling on its students to seize opportunities to become active citizens in the communities in which they live. The community relations initiative, which sees the Universi...
Students told to seize community relations initiative
The University of Ulster is calling on its students to seize opportunities to become active citizens in the communities in which they live. The community relations initiative, which sees the Universi...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 7, 2005
CBI Director-General to address Queen's Club
Sir Digby Jones, the Director-General of the CBI, is to address the Chief Executives' Club at Queen's University next week. Sir Digby will be the guest speaker at the joint event entitled "The Busine...
CBI Director-General to address Queen's Club
Sir Digby Jones, the Director-General of the CBI, is to address the Chief Executives' Club at Queen's University next week. Sir Digby will be the guest speaker at the joint event entitled "The Busine...
UK National News, Oct 7, 2005
Teenage bully jailed for murder of victim’s father
A 16-year-old youth has been sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering the father of a boy he had been bullying. Marcus Gabadan stabbed the 35-year-old man, who cannot be named in order to protect...
Teenage bully jailed for murder of victim’s father
A 16-year-old youth has been sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering the father of a boy he had been bullying. Marcus Gabadan stabbed the 35-year-old man, who cannot be named in order to protect...
UK National News, Oct 7, 2005
Tax breaks ‘will not solve’ pensions crisis
Increasing tax incentives for individuals and companies will not help solve the UK’s pension crisis, the Trade Union Congress has warned. The TUC said that increasing tax incentives would increase in...
Tax breaks ‘will not solve’ pensions crisis
Increasing tax incentives for individuals and companies will not help solve the UK’s pension crisis, the Trade Union Congress has warned. The TUC said that increasing tax incentives would increase in...
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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.