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Northern Ireland News for August 2007 : Page 5
Northern Ireland News, Aug 23, 2007
Healy’s Double Boosts NI Euro Chances
Northern Ireland last night earned a well-deserved second place in Group F with a 3-1 win over Liechtenstein in their Euro 2008 qualifier. Striker David Healy scored his first of two goals in the ope...
Healy’s Double Boosts NI Euro Chances
Northern Ireland last night earned a well-deserved second place in Group F with a 3-1 win over Liechtenstein in their Euro 2008 qualifier. Striker David Healy scored his first of two goals in the ope...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 22, 2007
Man Charged With East Belfast Murder
A 42-year-old man has been charged with murder following the discovery of a dismembered body in the Mount area of east Belfast. The body of William David McClatchey, 34, from Taughmonagh in south Bel...
Man Charged With East Belfast Murder
A 42-year-old man has been charged with murder following the discovery of a dismembered body in the Mount area of east Belfast. The body of William David McClatchey, 34, from Taughmonagh in south Bel...
UK National News, Aug 22, 2007
Jailed Killers Charged With Stabbing Inmate
Two men imprisoned for murdering PC Sharon Beshenivsky during an armed robbery have been charged with stabbing a fellow inmate. Yusuf Abdillh Jamma, 20 and Muzzaker Imtiaz Shah, 25 were convicted of ...
Jailed Killers Charged With Stabbing Inmate
Two men imprisoned for murdering PC Sharon Beshenivsky during an armed robbery have been charged with stabbing a fellow inmate. Yusuf Abdillh Jamma, 20 and Muzzaker Imtiaz Shah, 25 were convicted of ...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 22, 2007
McGinn Condemns Closure Of Addiction Clinic
Sinn Fein Councillor Pat McGinn has spoken out against the closure of the Cuan Mhuire addiction clinic in Newry. Staff at the clinic were informed last week that the unit would no longer admit new re...
McGinn Condemns Closure Of Addiction Clinic
Sinn Fein Councillor Pat McGinn has spoken out against the closure of the Cuan Mhuire addiction clinic in Newry. Staff at the clinic were informed last week that the unit would no longer admit new re...
UK National News, Aug 22, 2007
US Helicopter Crash Kills 14 In Iraq
Fourteen US soldiers have been killed in a helicopter crash in northern Iraq. The UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter came down overnight, killing all on board, in the worst incident of its kind in two years...
US Helicopter Crash Kills 14 In Iraq
Fourteen US soldiers have been killed in a helicopter crash in northern Iraq. The UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter came down overnight, killing all on board, in the worst incident of its kind in two years...
UK National News, Aug 22, 2007
Three Arrested In Biker Murder Case
Police have arrested three men in connection with the murder of Hell's Angel biker Gerry Tobin who was shot dead on the M40 in Warwickshire. They were detained during early morning raids on two prope...
Three Arrested In Biker Murder Case
Police have arrested three men in connection with the murder of Hell's Angel biker Gerry Tobin who was shot dead on the M40 in Warwickshire. They were detained during early morning raids on two prope...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 22, 2007
Belfast Woman Found Dead In Tunisia
A 57-year old Belfast woman has been found dead in Tunisia. Meta Forsythe from Twinbrook, West Belfast, was on a family holiday when her body was found in a swimming pool on Sunday. It has been repo...
Belfast Woman Found Dead In Tunisia
A 57-year old Belfast woman has been found dead in Tunisia. Meta Forsythe from Twinbrook, West Belfast, was on a family holiday when her body was found in a swimming pool on Sunday. It has been repo...
UK National News, Aug 22, 2007
Police Appeal For Eyewitnesses To Newquay Hotel Fire
Police have appealed for any eyewitnesses to the fire in the Penhallow Hotel in Newquay to come forward, as they might have vital evidence that could aid their investigation into the blaze. An inques...
Police Appeal For Eyewitnesses To Newquay Hotel Fire
Police have appealed for any eyewitnesses to the fire in the Penhallow Hotel in Newquay to come forward, as they might have vital evidence that could aid their investigation into the blaze. An inques...
UK National News, Aug 22, 2007
Barry George Refused Bail In Dando Appeal Case
Barry George, the man convicted of murdering TV presenter Jill Dando, has been refused bail ahead of his second appeal hearing. The appeal will be made in November at the Court of Appeal, following a...
Barry George Refused Bail In Dando Appeal Case
Barry George, the man convicted of murdering TV presenter Jill Dando, has been refused bail ahead of his second appeal hearing. The appeal will be made in November at the Court of Appeal, following a...
UK National News, Aug 22, 2007
Arthritis Sufferers Win Right To Free Treatment
Many patients who suffer from severe arthritis have been given new hope after winning the right to free treatment with a "smart drug". The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)...
Arthritis Sufferers Win Right To Free Treatment
Many patients who suffer from severe arthritis have been given new hope after winning the right to free treatment with a "smart drug". The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 22, 2007
Police Reissue Appeal For Missing Girl
Police in north Belfast have reissued an appeal for the safe return of a 16 year-old girl. Sharlene Smyth from Fortwilliam Park has been missing from her home since Saturday 9 June. Miss Smyth is de...
Police Reissue Appeal For Missing Girl
Police in north Belfast have reissued an appeal for the safe return of a 16 year-old girl. Sharlene Smyth from Fortwilliam Park has been missing from her home since Saturday 9 June. Miss Smyth is de...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 22, 2007
Road Reopens After Collision In Newtownabbey
Police have reopened the Doagh Road, near Nortel, in Newtownabbey following a road traffic collision at approximately 7.50 am this morning. A PSNI spokesperson has confirmed that one person was taken...
Road Reopens After Collision In Newtownabbey
Police have reopened the Doagh Road, near Nortel, in Newtownabbey following a road traffic collision at approximately 7.50 am this morning. A PSNI spokesperson has confirmed that one person was taken...
UK National News, Aug 22, 2007
Ryanair Advert Taken To Task By ASA
Ryanair has been banned from claiming they service 'Brussels Faster And Cheaper' than Eurostar in a press advert. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ruled that the term "faster" was "likely to...
Ryanair Advert Taken To Task By ASA
Ryanair has been banned from claiming they service 'Brussels Faster And Cheaper' than Eurostar in a press advert. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ruled that the term "faster" was "likely to...
UK National News, Aug 22, 2007
Support For 'Pay-To-Throw' Scheme In Bid To Reduce Waste
A pay-to-throw scheme has been backed by two thirds of people according to a survey. A poll of 1.208 people found 64% in favour of lower council tax and charges according to how much rubbish they put...
Support For 'Pay-To-Throw' Scheme In Bid To Reduce Waste
A pay-to-throw scheme has been backed by two thirds of people according to a survey. A poll of 1.208 people found 64% in favour of lower council tax and charges according to how much rubbish they put...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 22, 2007
Fighting Dogs Seized In Armagh
Dozens of pit bull type dogs have been seized by the Ulster Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in a major operation in County Armagh. The USPCA revealed the dogs were being specifically bre...
Fighting Dogs Seized In Armagh
Dozens of pit bull type dogs have been seized by the Ulster Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in a major operation in County Armagh. The USPCA revealed the dogs were being specifically bre...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 22, 2007
New Car With No Tax Disc Towed Away
A senior National Car Parks (NCP) employee has defended the clamping of a brand new Aston Martin in Belfast city centre; just hours after the owner had picked it up from a dealer. Simon Hamill’s car ...
New Car With No Tax Disc Towed Away
A senior National Car Parks (NCP) employee has defended the clamping of a brand new Aston Martin in Belfast city centre; just hours after the owner had picked it up from a dealer. Simon Hamill’s car ...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 22, 2007
Fuel Company Fined For Polluting Belfast Harbour
A fuel company has been fined £500 plus costs at Belfast Magistrates Court, following a pollution incident in Belfast Harbour. The incident was discovered at Hayes Fuels, off Pomeroy Road, Dungannon,...
Fuel Company Fined For Polluting Belfast Harbour
A fuel company has been fined £500 plus costs at Belfast Magistrates Court, following a pollution incident in Belfast Harbour. The incident was discovered at Hayes Fuels, off Pomeroy Road, Dungannon,...
UK National News, Aug 21, 2007
Human Remains Found At Hotel Fire Site
Police and fire investigation teams searching the debris of a Cornish hotel destroyed by fire have found human remains. The blaze tore through the Penhallow Hotel in Newquay just after midnight on Sa...
Human Remains Found At Hotel Fire Site
Police and fire investigation teams searching the debris of a Cornish hotel destroyed by fire have found human remains. The blaze tore through the Penhallow Hotel in Newquay just after midnight on Sa...
UK National News, Aug 21, 2007
Lawrence Widow 'Devastated' By Deportation Decision On Killer
The widow of murdered headteacher Philip Lawrence has said she is "devastated" by a court's decision not to deport his killer. On Monday, the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal ruled that Learco Chindam...
Lawrence Widow 'Devastated' By Deportation Decision On Killer
The widow of murdered headteacher Philip Lawrence has said she is "devastated" by a court's decision not to deport his killer. On Monday, the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal ruled that Learco Chindam...
UK National News, Aug 21, 2007
Baby Killed By Car Mounting Pavement
A two-month-old baby boy has died after his pushchair was struck by a car, which mounted the pavement in northwest London on Monday evening. The incident happened in Willesden Green, northwest London...
Baby Killed By Car Mounting Pavement
A two-month-old baby boy has died after his pushchair was struck by a car, which mounted the pavement in northwest London on Monday evening. The incident happened in Willesden Green, northwest London...
Recruitment News, Aug 21, 2007
Belfast Hotel To Create Over 100 Jobs
A luxury £20 million hotel is hoping to create more than 100 jobs in Belfast's city centre. The new Fitzwilliam Hotel will be built on Great Victoria Street, next to the Grand Opera House. The hotel...
Belfast Hotel To Create Over 100 Jobs
A luxury £20 million hotel is hoping to create more than 100 jobs in Belfast's city centre. The new Fitzwilliam Hotel will be built on Great Victoria Street, next to the Grand Opera House. The hotel...
UK National News, Aug 21, 2007
Talks Begin In Aer Lingus Dispute
Talks between Aer Lingus and pilots' union, the Irish Airline Pilots' Association (Ialpa) have resumed at the Labour Relations Commission. The talks begin last night after a planned 48-hour strike ov...
Talks Begin In Aer Lingus Dispute
Talks between Aer Lingus and pilots' union, the Irish Airline Pilots' Association (Ialpa) have resumed at the Labour Relations Commission. The talks begin last night after a planned 48-hour strike ov...
UK National News, Aug 21, 2007
Editor Speaks Of 'Guilt' Over Diana's Death
The former editor of the 'News of the World' has said he felt "huge responsibility" for the car crash in Paris in which Princess Diana was killed. Speaking in the ITV documentary 'Diana's Last Summer...
Editor Speaks Of 'Guilt' Over Diana's Death
The former editor of the 'News of the World' has said he felt "huge responsibility" for the car crash in Paris in which Princess Diana was killed. Speaking in the ITV documentary 'Diana's Last Summer...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 21, 2007
Dismembered Body Found In East Belfast
Detectives are questioning a 42-year-old man about the discovery of a dismembered body in the Mount area of east Belfast. The body, which is believed to be male, was found in a bin in the courtyard a...
Dismembered Body Found In East Belfast
Detectives are questioning a 42-year-old man about the discovery of a dismembered body in the Mount area of east Belfast. The body, which is believed to be male, was found in a bin in the courtyard a...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 21, 2007
Youth Held In Double Murder Inquiry
A teenager has been arrested in connection with inquiries into the deaths of two men in Belfast last March. A PSNI spokesperson said the 16 year-old was arrested in west Belfast. Edward Burns, 36, w...
Youth Held In Double Murder Inquiry
A teenager has been arrested in connection with inquiries into the deaths of two men in Belfast last March. A PSNI spokesperson said the 16 year-old was arrested in west Belfast. Edward Burns, 36, w...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 21, 2007
Teenager In Court Over Paramedic Attack
An 18-year-old male is due in court in relation to an attack on a paramedic in north Belfast, police have revealed. Ambulance crews were tending to an unconscious man when he woke up and punched one ...
Teenager In Court Over Paramedic Attack
An 18-year-old male is due in court in relation to an attack on a paramedic in north Belfast, police have revealed. Ambulance crews were tending to an unconscious man when he woke up and punched one ...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 21, 2007
NI Men Arrested Over Drugs Seizure
Two men from Northern Ireland have been arrested in connection with the seizure of cannabis worth an estimated 500,000 euros in Co. Donegal. Two men, aged 27 and 47, both from Armagh, were arrested i...
NI Men Arrested Over Drugs Seizure
Two men from Northern Ireland have been arrested in connection with the seizure of cannabis worth an estimated 500,000 euros in Co. Donegal. Two men, aged 27 and 47, both from Armagh, were arrested i...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 21, 2007
NI Students Expected To Outperform Again
Northern Ireland GCSE results will be delivered today, to up to 35,000 students across the province. The Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA), will deliver the results two d...
NI Students Expected To Outperform Again
Northern Ireland GCSE results will be delivered today, to up to 35,000 students across the province. The Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA), will deliver the results two d...
UK National News, Aug 21, 2007
Second Man Arrested Over Darwen Murder
Police investigating the murder of a man in Darwen in Lancashire have arrested a second man. Steven Taylor, 29, was stabbed at his home in Primrose Terrace in Darwen on Saturday He was taken to the R...
Second Man Arrested Over Darwen Murder
Police investigating the murder of a man in Darwen in Lancashire have arrested a second man. Steven Taylor, 29, was stabbed at his home in Primrose Terrace in Darwen on Saturday He was taken to the R...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 21, 2007
£20 Million Hotel To Create Over 100 Jobs
A luxury £20 million hotel is hoping to create more than 100 jobs in Belfast's city centre. The new Fitzwilliam Hotel will be built on Great Victoria Street, next to the Grand Opera House. The hotel...
£20 Million Hotel To Create Over 100 Jobs
A luxury £20 million hotel is hoping to create more than 100 jobs in Belfast's city centre. The new Fitzwilliam Hotel will be built on Great Victoria Street, next to the Grand Opera House. The hotel...
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Northern Ireland WeatherToday:Mainly dry with sunny spells on Friday, cloudier at times in the south. The chance of the odd afternoon shower developing in the south and east. Maximum temperature 20 °C.Tonight:Any afternoon showers soon dying out to leave a dry evening with clear spells at first, but coastal low cloud, mist or fog then spreads in from the northwest. Minimum temperature 8 °C.
