Northern Ireland News for December 2008 : Page 10
Northern Ireland News, Dec 3, 2008
Other NI News In Brief
London Councillor Quits Over IRA Link A Conservative councillor - based in Croydon - has quit her post after admitting she had written a book about her relationship with the IRA in the early 1970s. M...
Other NI News In Brief
London Councillor Quits Over IRA Link A Conservative councillor - based in Croydon - has quit her post after admitting she had written a book about her relationship with the IRA in the early 1970s. M...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 3, 2008
Minister Lauds Completed Road Safety Measures
Stormont Transport Minister Conor Murphy has welcomed the completion of road safety measures in the Antrim area, which have been delivered through a £3.1m investment package from his department. Mee...
Minister Lauds Completed Road Safety Measures
Stormont Transport Minister Conor Murphy has welcomed the completion of road safety measures in the Antrim area, which have been delivered through a £3.1m investment package from his department. Mee...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 3, 2008
NIO Bails Out PSNI Over Funding Crisis?
A major funding crisis revealed last month for the Police Service of Northern Ireland's work in the rest of this financial year has been resolved - if only temporarily. However, the deal only came af...
NIO Bails Out PSNI Over Funding Crisis?
A major funding crisis revealed last month for the Police Service of Northern Ireland's work in the rest of this financial year has been resolved - if only temporarily. However, the deal only came af...
Recruitment News, Dec 3, 2008
Renishaw To Create 60 Swords Jobs
Enterprise Minister Mary Coughlan has announced that Renishaw is to expand its Swords facility, by establishing a new research and development function, creating 60 jobs over the next three years. Re...
Renishaw To Create 60 Swords Jobs
Enterprise Minister Mary Coughlan has announced that Renishaw is to expand its Swords facility, by establishing a new research and development function, creating 60 jobs over the next three years. Re...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 3, 2008
Multimedia Event Draws International Audience
NI innovation continued apace this week with the launch of a 'Mediascape' event in Belfast drawing international attention. Northern Ireland Finance Minister, Nigel Dodds, welcomed visitors from arou...
Multimedia Event Draws International Audience
NI innovation continued apace this week with the launch of a 'Mediascape' event in Belfast drawing international attention. Northern Ireland Finance Minister, Nigel Dodds, welcomed visitors from arou...
UK National News, Dec 2, 2008
Coroner Rules Out 'Unlawful Killing' In De Menezes Inquest
The jury at the inquest into the death of Jean Charles de Menezes have been told they will not be able to consider a verdict of 'unlawful killing'. Sir Michael Wright, the coroner at the inquest into...
Coroner Rules Out 'Unlawful Killing' In De Menezes Inquest
The jury at the inquest into the death of Jean Charles de Menezes have been told they will not be able to consider a verdict of 'unlawful killing'. Sir Michael Wright, the coroner at the inquest into...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 2, 2008
Lough Neagh Body Recovered
The tragic victim of last night's boating accident on Lough Neagh has this afternoon been named. He was Martin Wylie, a father-of-two from Co Tyrone who is believed to have lived and worked on the lo...
Lough Neagh Body Recovered
The tragic victim of last night's boating accident on Lough Neagh has this afternoon been named. He was Martin Wylie, a father-of-two from Co Tyrone who is believed to have lived and worked on the lo...
UK National News, Dec 2, 2008
Ofsted Calls For Urgent Review Of Children's Care
Children's services in England are to be more closely monitored in the wake of Haringey council's failings over the Baby P scandal. The body responsible for monitoring children's services, Ofsted, ha...
Ofsted Calls For Urgent Review Of Children's Care
Children's services in England are to be more closely monitored in the wake of Haringey council's failings over the Baby P scandal. The body responsible for monitoring children's services, Ofsted, ha...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 2, 2008
Conor Murphy Told Of Weekend Assassination Plot
Sinn Féin politician Conor Murphy has been warned of a plot to kill him. It is believed the threat came from a loyalist paramilitary faction calling itself the Orange Volunteers, a sometimes cover na...
Conor Murphy Told Of Weekend Assassination Plot
Sinn Féin politician Conor Murphy has been warned of a plot to kill him. It is believed the threat came from a loyalist paramilitary faction calling itself the Orange Volunteers, a sometimes cover na...
UK National News, Dec 2, 2008
Operation To Separate Conjoined Twins Begins
Surgeons at Great Ormond Street Hospital are attempting to separate conjoined twins who were born last week. The twin girls - Faith and Hope - were born last Wednesday, 26 November, and are joined fr...
Operation To Separate Conjoined Twins Begins
Surgeons at Great Ormond Street Hospital are attempting to separate conjoined twins who were born last week. The twin girls - Faith and Hope - were born last Wednesday, 26 November, and are joined fr...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 2, 2008
Crossbow Used In Belfast Robbery
News has just emerged of a bizarre armed robbery in south Belfast. A gang armed with a loaded crossbow targeted a house in the lower Lisburn Road area yesterday. Police said that three men, one of w...
Crossbow Used In Belfast Robbery
News has just emerged of a bizarre armed robbery in south Belfast. A gang armed with a loaded crossbow targeted a house in the lower Lisburn Road area yesterday. Police said that three men, one of w...
UK National News, Dec 2, 2008
Preacher Jailed After 'Bail Breach'
A radical preacher, dubbed as Osama bin Laden's "right-hand-man in Europe", has today been ordered back to prison for breaching the terms of his bail. Abu Qatada, 47, was arrested at his London home ...
Preacher Jailed After 'Bail Breach'
A radical preacher, dubbed as Osama bin Laden's "right-hand-man in Europe", has today been ordered back to prison for breaching the terms of his bail. Abu Qatada, 47, was arrested at his London home ...
UK National News, Dec 2, 2008
Former Deputy Mayor Jailed For Grooming Teen
A former deputy mayor has been sentenced to eight months in prison for attempting to 'groom' a 13-year-old girl for sex. Morris Lightfoot, 55, of Dryden Close, Bilton, Harrogate, was arrested in Nove...
Former Deputy Mayor Jailed For Grooming Teen
A former deputy mayor has been sentenced to eight months in prison for attempting to 'groom' a 13-year-old girl for sex. Morris Lightfoot, 55, of Dryden Close, Bilton, Harrogate, was arrested in Nove...
UK National News, Dec 2, 2008
Tributes For Cathedral Shooting Victim
A man who was shot dead by police outside Guilford Cathedral in Surrey has been described as "loving and caring" by his family. David Sycamore, 39, of Southway, Guilford, Surrey, who suffered from ma...
Tributes For Cathedral Shooting Victim
A man who was shot dead by police outside Guilford Cathedral in Surrey has been described as "loving and caring" by his family. David Sycamore, 39, of Southway, Guilford, Surrey, who suffered from ma...
UK National News, Dec 2, 2008
Brown Closes Gap On Tory Lead, Says Poll
Gordon Brown has managed to close the lead enjoyed by the Conservatives in the opinion polls, according to a survey published today. The two parties are now almost neck and neck, with the Tories onl...
Brown Closes Gap On Tory Lead, Says Poll
Gordon Brown has managed to close the lead enjoyed by the Conservatives in the opinion polls, according to a survey published today. The two parties are now almost neck and neck, with the Tories onl...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 2, 2008
Repeat Westlink Flood Warning Issued
A scale model is to be built of the contentious Broadway underpass as part of a plan to prevent a recurrence of severe flooding last summer which left the newly built multi-million pound underpass - p...
Repeat Westlink Flood Warning Issued
A scale model is to be built of the contentious Broadway underpass as part of a plan to prevent a recurrence of severe flooding last summer which left the newly built multi-million pound underpass - p...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 2, 2008
NI Homeless Numbers Rising
While there's good news today with a shelter for homeless people being opened in Londonderry, reports on overall homelessness in Northern Ireland is less positive. As the festive season approaches, v...
NI Homeless Numbers Rising
While there's good news today with a shelter for homeless people being opened in Londonderry, reports on overall homelessness in Northern Ireland is less positive. As the festive season approaches, v...
UK National News, Dec 2, 2008
Man Arrested Over Drive-By Death
Police in Croydon have arrested an 18-year-old youth in connection with a fatal drive-by shooting in south London, it has emerged. Twenty-year-old Ricardo Cox, from Croydon, died on Mitcham Road in t...
Man Arrested Over Drive-By Death
Police in Croydon have arrested an 18-year-old youth in connection with a fatal drive-by shooting in south London, it has emerged. Twenty-year-old Ricardo Cox, from Croydon, died on Mitcham Road in t...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 2, 2008
Beached Ballycastle Dolphin Lost
Although concerned people fought hard to save the life of a dolphin washed up on the beach in Ballycastle yesterday, it ultimately proved impossible to help the disorientated mammal. It was discovere...
Beached Ballycastle Dolphin Lost
Although concerned people fought hard to save the life of a dolphin washed up on the beach in Ballycastle yesterday, it ultimately proved impossible to help the disorientated mammal. It was discovere...
Recruitment News, Dec 2, 2008
150 Building Jobs At €20m Maynooth Library Project
One hundred and fifty construction jobs are to be created with the building of a new university library at Maynooth, the Education Minister Batt O'Keeffe has announced. The state-of-the-art facility,...
150 Building Jobs At €20m Maynooth Library Project
One hundred and fifty construction jobs are to be created with the building of a new university library at Maynooth, the Education Minister Batt O'Keeffe has announced. The state-of-the-art facility,...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 2, 2008
Further Spending Plans Announced By Health Minister
Stormont Health Minister Michael McGimpsey (pictured) has announced a £117m capital investment package for services in the South Eastern Trust area, designed to improve delivery over the next three ye...
Further Spending Plans Announced By Health Minister
Stormont Health Minister Michael McGimpsey (pictured) has announced a £117m capital investment package for services in the South Eastern Trust area, designed to improve delivery over the next three ye...
UK National News, Dec 2, 2008
Other News In Brief
'Severe' Weather Warning For Scotland A severe weather warning has been issued for Scotland. The Met Office, issued the warning for every region of the country, with icy roads and heavy snow causing ...
Other News In Brief
'Severe' Weather Warning For Scotland A severe weather warning has been issued for Scotland. The Met Office, issued the warning for every region of the country, with icy roads and heavy snow causing ...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 2, 2008
Construction Professionals Put Pressure On Executive
Construction industry professionals have delivered a stinging letter to the Northern Ireland Executive, calling for action to save engineering, architecture and surveying jobs, which they say will be ...
Construction Professionals Put Pressure On Executive
Construction industry professionals have delivered a stinging letter to the Northern Ireland Executive, calling for action to save engineering, architecture and surveying jobs, which they say will be ...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 2, 2008
Other NI News In Brief
Calendar Girls Lift Winter Gloom The Ulster Cancer Foundation set pulses racing at Stormont yesterday with the official launch of their Man Alive! Calendar 2009. Pictured are Ian Paisley Jnr, who spo...
Other NI News In Brief
Calendar Girls Lift Winter Gloom The Ulster Cancer Foundation set pulses racing at Stormont yesterday with the official launch of their Man Alive! Calendar 2009. Pictured are Ian Paisley Jnr, who spo...
UK National News, Dec 2, 2008
Asthma Risk Rises After Caesarean Birth
Babies born by caesarean section are more prone to asthma than babies delivered normally, suggests research just published. The news has been revealed today - ahead of print in the specialist journal...
Asthma Risk Rises After Caesarean Birth
Babies born by caesarean section are more prone to asthma than babies delivered normally, suggests research just published. The news has been revealed today - ahead of print in the specialist journal...
UK National News, Dec 1, 2008
Children's Services Head Sacked Over Baby P Case
Sharon Shoesmith, the head of children's services at Haringey Council, has been sacked, following the publication of an independent inspectors' report into the Baby P case, Children's Secretary Ed Bal...
Children's Services Head Sacked Over Baby P Case
Sharon Shoesmith, the head of children's services at Haringey Council, has been sacked, following the publication of an independent inspectors' report into the Baby P case, Children's Secretary Ed Bal...
Recruitment News, Dec 1, 2008
Production To Stop At Wicklow Tile Firm
The employment situation in Arklow, County Wicklow, has received another major setback with the news that local tile manufacturer VitrA Tiles is to cease production for a time in the new year. With t...
Production To Stop At Wicklow Tile Firm
The employment situation in Arklow, County Wicklow, has received another major setback with the news that local tile manufacturer VitrA Tiles is to cease production for a time in the new year. With t...
UK National News, Dec 1, 2008
Mortgage Lending Still Falling
The number of mortgages being approved is still continuing to fall, the Bank of England has confirmed. Their latest figures show that mortgage approvals fell to 32,000 in October, 1,000 less than in ...
Mortgage Lending Still Falling
The number of mortgages being approved is still continuing to fall, the Bank of England has confirmed. Their latest figures show that mortgage approvals fell to 32,000 in October, 1,000 less than in ...
UK National News, Dec 1, 2008
'No Police State', Insists Straw Over MP's Arrest
Justice Secretary Jack Straw has admitted he was surprised by the arrest of a Tory MP, last week, over the alleged leak of sensitive Home Office information. However, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has...
'No Police State', Insists Straw Over MP's Arrest
Justice Secretary Jack Straw has admitted he was surprised by the arrest of a Tory MP, last week, over the alleged leak of sensitive Home Office information. However, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has...
Recruitment News, Dec 1, 2008
200 Galway Jobs Created By Online Retailer
Two hundred jobs are to be created in Galway by online retailer CSN Stories, it has been revealed. The world wide firm said the plans would be implemented over the next three years. CSN is expected...
200 Galway Jobs Created By Online Retailer
Two hundred jobs are to be created in Galway by online retailer CSN Stories, it has been revealed. The world wide firm said the plans would be implemented over the next three years. CSN is expected...
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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.