Northern Ireland News for March 2009 : Page 4

Northern Ireland News, Mar 26, 2009
Fertility Treatment Gets Major Cash Boost
Extra funding for specialised fertility treatment is expected to lead to waiting times for NI patients to be cut dramatically. Those due to begin IVF treatment will soon see a reduction from 18 month...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 26, 2009
Tyrone Firm Wins Cork Fire Contract
A lucratrive €750,000 contract has been signed in the Republic of Ireland by a specialist Co Tyrone firm. With support from Invest Northern Ireland, Castlederg-based Corlin Developments is undertakin...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 26, 2009
Foster Launches St Paddy's Trail
Centuries of Co Down's rich history can now be traced along an informative 62 mile driving route, spanning from Newry to Bangor. NI Tourism Minister Arlene Foster was on hand today to officially lau...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 26, 2009
EPC Alert On 'For Sale' Properties
Anyone selling their house in NI without the required energy performance document may soon be facing a stiff fine. It has just been revealed that householders marketing their home without an Energy P...
UK National News, Mar 26, 2009
Other News In Brief
Murder Case Jury Retires The jury in the trial of a 19-year-old charged with killing schoolboy Jimmy Mizen has retired to consider its verdict. Jake Fahri, 16, from Lee, south-east London, has denied...
UK National News, Mar 25, 2009
Police Fear Missing Claudia May Have 'Come To Harm'
Police investigating the disappearance of university chef Claudia Lawrence have raised concerns she may have "come to harm". Miss Lawrence, 35, failed to arrive to work at the University of York (pict...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 25, 2009
Five 'Freed' After Court Quashes 'Detention'
A solicitor acting for prominent republican Colin Duffy, says he believes his client has been re-arrested in connection with the murder of two soldiers in Co Antrim. Earlier today police released all...
UK National News, Mar 25, 2009
Three Arrested Over Briton Yacht Murder
Police investigating the murder of a British holidaymaker who was attacked and thrown into the sea off Thailand's southern coast, have arrested three men. The body of Malcolm Robertson, 64, who was k...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 25, 2009
Day Of Cancellations Follows Royal Hospital Fire
A building site fire in one of Belfast's largest hospital complexes has seen all outpatient appointments and some surgery being cancelled. Around 130 patients had to be moved on Tuesday after a gas c...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 25, 2009
Super Bug Infection Targeted By Queen's Experts
Scientists from Queen's University Belfast are in the final stages of a development that may be a breakthrough in fighting deadly hospital superbugs. MRSA and similar infections that are resistant to...
UK National News, Mar 25, 2009
Sainsbury's Sales Up
Sainsbury's boss Justin King has said 'basic' ranges helped boost the supermarket's sales during the first quarter of this year. The firm reported sales in the fourth quarter of the financial year a...
Recruitment News, Mar 25, 2009
Fears For Jobs At Athlone Computer Firm
Seventy jobs are feared to be under threat at a firm in Athlone, which manufactures high-performance computer desktop, notebook, media center and professional systems. Staff at Alienware, based in Bl...
UK National News, Mar 25, 2009
Parents Of Dead Teen Sent 'Truancy Warning Letter'
The grieving parents of a 15-year-old schoolgirl who died two months ago, have received a letter from her school demanding she improves her attendance. Megan Gillan was found dead in her bedroom in M...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 25, 2009
Goggins Says 'Hunt Goes On'
Policing and Justice Minister Paul Goggins has said that the PSNI remain resolute and determined to bring those who carried out the terrorist murders in Antrim and Craigavon to justice. He said that ...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 25, 2009
Channel 4 To Film Mowlam Drama
Acclaimed actress Julie Walters will play former Northern Ireland Secretary of State Mo Mowlam (pictured) in a one-off Channel 4 drama, to be filmed this summer. The film will focus on the late poli...
Business News, Mar 25, 2009
Roofing Manufacturer Increases Sales By 90%
A Co Down metal roofing firm has bolstered sales nine-fold after receiving help from Invest NI. Befab Ltd has also boosted exports sales of its roofing products in the agricultural and construction ...
UK National News, Mar 25, 2009
Ex-RBS Boss Sir Fred Goodwin's Home Attacked
Vandals have attacked the Edinburgh home of the former chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) in an overnight attack. Windows of Sir Fred Goodwin's villa were smashed and a Mercedes s600 ca...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 25, 2009
NIR On Track To Roll-Out 20 New Trains
It has been confirmed today that a multi-million pound contract for a further 20 new trains has been signed by Northern Ireland Railways. The rail manufacturer Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarri...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 25, 2009
Former SF Councillor Faces Murder Charge
As the investigation into three murders by dissident republicans continue, a former Sinn Féin councillor has denied shooting Constable Stephen Carroll earlier this month. Brendan McConville, 37, appe...
UK National News, Mar 25, 2009
Fern Britton To Leave This Morning
TV's Fern Britton has announced she is to step down from presenting ITV's This Morning after 10 years on the show. Britton will leave the programme when the current series comes to an end in July. "...
UK National News, Mar 25, 2009
Investigation Underway After Pensioner Stabbed To Death
A murder investigation is underway in South Wales after a pensioner was stabbed to death. The 66-year-old woman, of Llanbradach, Caerphilly, was attacked as she walked along the street just after 8pm...
UK National News, Mar 25, 2009
Energy Direct Debits 'Interest-Free Loans', Says Which?
New research from Which? Money reveals that energy suppliers are effectively using their customers' money as 'interest-free loans', by taking unnecessarily high direct debit payments each month. Four...
UK National News, Mar 25, 2009
Boosting Public Confidence In Legal Regulation
Confidence for consumers of legal services is the aim behind the Legal Services Board (LSB)'s consultation on regulatory independence, published today. The separation of regulation from representatio...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 25, 2009
Child Indecency Trial Underway In Dublin
The trial of a former Marist brother and teacher at a Sligo School on indecency charges has begun in Dublin. Christopher Cosgrove, 66, has pleaded not guilty at the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court yest...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 25, 2009
Irish Strike 'Deferred' - For Now
NI people travelling across the border and to Dublin will find things a lot easier than had been anticipated on Monday as a planned wave of cross-sector strikes has been called off. The Executive Cou...
UK National News, Mar 25, 2009
Other News In Brief
Man Guilty Of Raping Two Boys A 49-year-old man has been convicted of raping two young boys. William McDonald, 49, abused the boys over a seven-year period at addresses in East Kilbride, South Lanark...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 25, 2009
Other NI News In Brief
Cut Councillors' Allowances: MP/MLA A Stormont Minister, who is also a Westminster MP, has called for fellow MLAs who are also councillors to take reduced levels of payments for their 'double jobbing...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 24, 2009
NI 'Slavery' Victims' Rescue Package Launched
Comprehensive care and support services for victims of human trafficking 'rescued' in Northern Ireland will be available from the beginning of next month. "Human trafficking is modern day slavery. Al...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 24, 2009
Thomas Devlin Murder Suspect Charged
The long-running probe into the fatal stabbing of schoolboy Thomas Devlin in north Belfast almost four years ago has seen a man being charged with murder. Gary Ryan Taylor, 22, from Mountcollyer Aven...
Recruitment News, Mar 24, 2009
Pharma Jobs Boost For Carlow
Around 60 new jobs are to be created in Carlow by the pharmaceutical facility, Merck Sharp & Dohme. The recession-beating jobs are the result of the construction of a new €20m vaccines and biologics ...