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Northern Ireland News for May 2007 : Page 2
UK National News, May 30, 2007
Man hospitalised by hamster bite
A man has been taken to hospital after suffering a severe allergic reaction from a hamster bite. The 50-year-old was bitten by the animal as he tried to retrieve it from under the floorboards of his ...
Man hospitalised by hamster bite
A man has been taken to hospital after suffering a severe allergic reaction from a hamster bite. The 50-year-old was bitten by the animal as he tried to retrieve it from under the floorboards of his ...
Northern Ireland News, May 30, 2007
Ruane cuts first sod at Glengormley building project
Education Minister, Caitriona Ruane, today cut the first sod at a £1m building project at Edmund Rice College, Glengormley. The sod cutting marks the start of building work to create a new Technology...
Ruane cuts first sod at Glengormley building project
Education Minister, Caitriona Ruane, today cut the first sod at a £1m building project at Edmund Rice College, Glengormley. The sod cutting marks the start of building work to create a new Technology...
Northern Ireland News, May 29, 2007
Part of Odyssey complex to be sold
The long-term lease to the Odyssey Pavilion is being bought over by property consortium Alburn Holdings. The owner of the Sheridan Group, Peter Curistan, said they were finalising a deal for negotiat...
Part of Odyssey complex to be sold
The long-term lease to the Odyssey Pavilion is being bought over by property consortium Alburn Holdings. The owner of the Sheridan Group, Peter Curistan, said they were finalising a deal for negotiat...
Northern Ireland News, May 29, 2007
City of Derry airport reopens
The City of Derry Airport, which was closed due to a “systematic failure of safety management”, has been re-opened. The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) ordered its closure last Thursday following an a...
City of Derry airport reopens
The City of Derry Airport, which was closed due to a “systematic failure of safety management”, has been re-opened. The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) ordered its closure last Thursday following an a...
UK National News, May 29, 2007
Longbridge car plant reopens
The former MG Rover car plant at Longbridge in Birmingham has officially reopened. The new owners of MG Rover, Nanjing Automobile Corporation (NAC), plan to build the MG TF sports car at the Longbrid...
Longbridge car plant reopens
The former MG Rover car plant at Longbridge in Birmingham has officially reopened. The new owners of MG Rover, Nanjing Automobile Corporation (NAC), plan to build the MG TF sports car at the Longbrid...
UK National News, May 29, 2007
Army investigating 'sex assault' claims
The Royal Military Police are investigating claims that a rape attempt was made on a young soldier at the Catterick army base in North Yorkshire. According to a report in 'The Sun', the alleged rape ...
Army investigating 'sex assault' claims
The Royal Military Police are investigating claims that a rape attempt was made on a young soldier at the Catterick army base in North Yorkshire. According to a report in 'The Sun', the alleged rape ...
Northern Ireland News, May 29, 2007
Dead animals left at Armagh forest
Animal carcasses are being dumped at a beauty spot in Armagh, leading local councillors to issue concerns that the practice will pose a health hazard. The bodies of the cows and sheep were dumped ill...
Dead animals left at Armagh forest
Animal carcasses are being dumped at a beauty spot in Armagh, leading local councillors to issue concerns that the practice will pose a health hazard. The bodies of the cows and sheep were dumped ill...
UK National News, May 29, 2007
Britons seized in Baghdad
Five Britons are reported to have been abducted by gunmen in a finance ministry building in central Baghdad. It is believed that four bodyguards and their client, a finance expert, were taken after a...
Britons seized in Baghdad
Five Britons are reported to have been abducted by gunmen in a finance ministry building in central Baghdad. It is believed that four bodyguards and their client, a finance expert, were taken after a...
Northern Ireland News, May 29, 2007
Psychiatrist remanded over daughter's murder
A woman charged with murdering her teenage daughter at their family home in Kilkenny on 26 November 2006 has appeared before Dun Laoghaire District Court. Lynn Gibbs, 46, a psychiatrist from Killure,...
Psychiatrist remanded over daughter's murder
A woman charged with murdering her teenage daughter at their family home in Kilkenny on 26 November 2006 has appeared before Dun Laoghaire District Court. Lynn Gibbs, 46, a psychiatrist from Killure,...
Northern Ireland News, May 29, 2007
Health Minister calls for free health care for elderly
Health Minister Michael McGimpsey said he wants to prevent people from being forced to sell their homes to pay for their care when they are older. Speaking during an Assembly debate on Free Personal ...
Health Minister calls for free health care for elderly
Health Minister Michael McGimpsey said he wants to prevent people from being forced to sell their homes to pay for their care when they are older. Speaking during an Assembly debate on Free Personal ...
UK National News, May 29, 2007
Video footage released of missing Madeleine
The parents of missing British girl Madeleine McCann have released video footage of their daughter, taken before the four-year-old was abducted. In the video footage, which was take on a mobile phone...
Video footage released of missing Madeleine
The parents of missing British girl Madeleine McCann have released video footage of their daughter, taken before the four-year-old was abducted. In the video footage, which was take on a mobile phone...
Northern Ireland News, May 29, 2007
Richie praises voluntary and community sector
Social Development Minister Margaret Ritchie MLA today praised the contribution of the voluntary and community sector to making Northern Ireland a better place to live. Opening the latest meeting of...
Richie praises voluntary and community sector
Social Development Minister Margaret Ritchie MLA today praised the contribution of the voluntary and community sector to making Northern Ireland a better place to live. Opening the latest meeting of...
UK National News, May 29, 2007
Man bailed in rail shooting case
A man arrested in connection with the shooting of a commuter who intervened in an armed robbery at a railway station in Essex has been released on police bail. Adam Mapleson, 24, was shot in the ches...
Man bailed in rail shooting case
A man arrested in connection with the shooting of a commuter who intervened in an armed robbery at a railway station in Essex has been released on police bail. Adam Mapleson, 24, was shot in the ches...
Northern Ireland News, May 29, 2007
Drugs seized in south Dublin
A number of people have been arrested in a series of raids in south Dublin. Over 30 houses were raided and 15 people arrested in the Tallaght area and heroin, cocaine, drug paraphernalia and an air r...
Drugs seized in south Dublin
A number of people have been arrested in a series of raids in south Dublin. Over 30 houses were raided and 15 people arrested in the Tallaght area and heroin, cocaine, drug paraphernalia and an air r...
UK National News, May 29, 2007
British soldier killed in Afghanistan
A British solider has been killed in the Helmand province in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed. The MoD said that the soldier, who is from the 1st Battalion The Royal Anglic...
British soldier killed in Afghanistan
A British solider has been killed in the Helmand province in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed. The MoD said that the soldier, who is from the 1st Battalion The Royal Anglic...
UK National News, May 29, 2007
Man fined over Brit teenager's jet-ski death
A Cypriot man who illegally hired out a jet ski to a British schoolboy, who then crashed it, killing his girlfriend, has been fined £523. Hannah Sutton, 16, of Alderley Edge in Cheshire, suffered mas...
Man fined over Brit teenager's jet-ski death
A Cypriot man who illegally hired out a jet ski to a British schoolboy, who then crashed it, killing his girlfriend, has been fined £523. Hannah Sutton, 16, of Alderley Edge in Cheshire, suffered mas...
Northern Ireland News, May 29, 2007
Global cancer expert to lead development of medical school
One of the world's top cancer research specialists is to lead the development of a new international medical school at Queen’s University Belfast. Professor of Oncology Paddy Johnston, who is directo...
Global cancer expert to lead development of medical school
One of the world's top cancer research specialists is to lead the development of a new international medical school at Queen’s University Belfast. Professor of Oncology Paddy Johnston, who is directo...
UK National News, May 29, 2007
Man's body found in resort
The body of a man has been found in a resort in Cornwall. Police in Newquay were called to an address in Fore Street around 6:15pm on Monday evening, following reports that a man had fallen unconscio...
Man's body found in resort
The body of a man has been found in a resort in Cornwall. Police in Newquay were called to an address in Fore Street around 6:15pm on Monday evening, following reports that a man had fallen unconscio...
Northern Ireland News, May 25, 2007
Priest found guilty of facilitating child sex offence
A County Fermanagh priest has been found guilty of facilitating a child sex offence against a 12-year-old girl. The jury at Liverpool Crown Court heard Father Jeremiah McGrath, 63, from Rosslea gave ...
Priest found guilty of facilitating child sex offence
A County Fermanagh priest has been found guilty of facilitating a child sex offence against a 12-year-old girl. The jury at Liverpool Crown Court heard Father Jeremiah McGrath, 63, from Rosslea gave ...
Northern Ireland News, May 25, 2007
Cigarettes stolen in Belfast armed robbery
Detectives are appealing for information following an armed robbery at the North Circular Road in Belfast early this morning. A man entered a shop in the area at around 7:30am on Friday morning and t...
Cigarettes stolen in Belfast armed robbery
Detectives are appealing for information following an armed robbery at the North Circular Road in Belfast early this morning. A man entered a shop in the area at around 7:30am on Friday morning and t...
Northern Ireland News, May 25, 2007
Derry airport closes due to safety failures
The closure of Derry City Airport was due to a “systematic failure of safety management” according to the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). The licence of City of Derry was suspended last night after a...
Derry airport closes due to safety failures
The closure of Derry City Airport was due to a “systematic failure of safety management” according to the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). The licence of City of Derry was suspended last night after a...
UK National News, May 25, 2007
Race hate preacher deported
Race hate cleric Abdullah al-Faisal has been deported from Britain, Home Secretary John Reid has confirmed. The 39-year-old, who is of Jamaican origin, is understood to have left Gatwick airport, bou...
Race hate preacher deported
Race hate cleric Abdullah al-Faisal has been deported from Britain, Home Secretary John Reid has confirmed. The 39-year-old, who is of Jamaican origin, is understood to have left Gatwick airport, bou...
Northern Ireland News, May 25, 2007
Girl dragged into toilets in Omagh
A man has been released on bail following an incident in County Tyrone. An eight-year-old girl was approached by a male at the Lisanelly Heights area of Omagh at about 6:15pm on Thursday. It is unde...
Girl dragged into toilets in Omagh
A man has been released on bail following an incident in County Tyrone. An eight-year-old girl was approached by a male at the Lisanelly Heights area of Omagh at about 6:15pm on Thursday. It is unde...
UK National News, May 25, 2007
GP out-of-hours care criticised over woman's death
GP out-of-hours services have been criticised over the death of a woman who died of septicaemia, despite contacting eight different doctors in four days. Penny Campbell, 41, from Islington in north L...
GP out-of-hours care criticised over woman's death
GP out-of-hours services have been criticised over the death of a woman who died of septicaemia, despite contacting eight different doctors in four days. Penny Campbell, 41, from Islington in north L...
UK National News, May 25, 2007
Man held over taxi driver's death
A 20-year-old man is being held by police on suspicion of the murder of an elderly taxi driver in Kent. Gian Chand Bajar, 71, died on Wednesday night, after he was assaulted and then run over - possi...
Man held over taxi driver's death
A 20-year-old man is being held by police on suspicion of the murder of an elderly taxi driver in Kent. Gian Chand Bajar, 71, died on Wednesday night, after he was assaulted and then run over - possi...
UK National News, May 25, 2007
Images of absconded terror suspects released
Police investigating the disappearance of three terror suspects who absconded while under control orders have released new images of the suspects. The new images include CCTV footage of 24-year-old C...
Images of absconded terror suspects released
Police investigating the disappearance of three terror suspects who absconded while under control orders have released new images of the suspects. The new images include CCTV footage of 24-year-old C...
UK National News, May 25, 2007
Pregnant women advised to avoid alcohol
Women who are pregnant or trying to conceive are being advised to avoid alcohol completely, under new guidance released by the Department of Health. The revised guidance now recommends that alcohol s...
Pregnant women advised to avoid alcohol
Women who are pregnant or trying to conceive are being advised to avoid alcohol completely, under new guidance released by the Department of Health. The revised guidance now recommends that alcohol s...
Recruitment News, May 25, 2007
Software Company Creates Jobs On £6.6m Investment
A £6.6 million investment in a Belfast-based software development company could create 175 jobs. The Invest Northern Ireland backed expansion of American owned Liberty Information Technology (LIT), w...
Software Company Creates Jobs On £6.6m Investment
A £6.6 million investment in a Belfast-based software development company could create 175 jobs. The Invest Northern Ireland backed expansion of American owned Liberty Information Technology (LIT), w...
UK National News, May 25, 2007
Road charge plan for Manchester
Motorists in Manchester face the prospect of being charged for the distance they travel on busy roads in the city, under new plans announced to reduce congestion. Under the new plans, motorists will ...
Road charge plan for Manchester
Motorists in Manchester face the prospect of being charged for the distance they travel on busy roads in the city, under new plans announced to reduce congestion. Under the new plans, motorists will ...
Northern Ireland News, May 25, 2007
Ahern’s party leading Irish elections
Irish Taoiseach Bertie Ahern’s Fianna Fail party was the first party to win a seat in the Irish General Election. John Curran was elected in the Dublin Mid West constituency as the party looks set to...
Ahern’s party leading Irish elections
Irish Taoiseach Bertie Ahern’s Fianna Fail party was the first party to win a seat in the Irish General Election. John Curran was elected in the Dublin Mid West constituency as the party looks set to...
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Northern Ireland WeatherToday:A few fog patches at first, soon clearing to leave a dry day with some patchy cloud and good sunny spells. Light and variable winds. Feeling mild in sunny spells. Maximum temperature 14 °C.Tonight:Dry and quite chilly overnight under prolonged clear spells and light winds. This will allow a few fog patches to develop in places. Minimum temperature 2 °C.
