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Northern Ireland News for August 2009 : Page 3
UK National News, Aug 26, 2009
Number Of 'Workless' Families Soars
The number of working-age people in households where no one works was up half a million on a year earlier. Official statistics for April-June 2009 gave the figure as 4.8 million people. According to...
Number Of 'Workless' Families Soars
The number of working-age people in households where no one works was up half a million on a year earlier. Official statistics for April-June 2009 gave the figure as 4.8 million people. According to...
UK National News, Aug 26, 2009
Big Brother 'You Have Been Evicted'
Channel 4 is to ditch reality TV show Big Brother after one more series next year. The broadcaster is ending a decade in which the show has dominated summer viewing. Ratings have plummeted in recen...
Big Brother 'You Have Been Evicted'
Channel 4 is to ditch reality TV show Big Brother after one more series next year. The broadcaster is ending a decade in which the show has dominated summer viewing. Ratings have plummeted in recen...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 26, 2009
MLA Highlights Planning 'Loophole'
A Stormont MLA has raised concerns over a potential loophole in the PPS21 planning policy. Alliance Leader, and the party's Environment Spokesperson, David Ford said the decision to grant a pl...
MLA Highlights Planning 'Loophole'
A Stormont MLA has raised concerns over a potential loophole in the PPS21 planning policy. Alliance Leader, and the party's Environment Spokesperson, David Ford said the decision to grant a pl...
UK National News, Aug 26, 2009
High-Speed Line On Track At Network Rail
A new 200mph high-speed line to the Midlands, the North West and Scotland, has been revealed by Network Rail today. The results of a detailed investigation concluded that a new halving travel time t...
High-Speed Line On Track At Network Rail
A new 200mph high-speed line to the Midlands, the North West and Scotland, has been revealed by Network Rail today. The results of a detailed investigation concluded that a new halving travel time t...
UK National News, Aug 26, 2009
Other News In Brief
Animals Fire Threat Firefighters have been tackling wild fires that threatened to engulf woodland surrounding an animal park. Over the past five days fire crews have been called out to several blazes...
Other News In Brief
Animals Fire Threat Firefighters have been tackling wild fires that threatened to engulf woodland surrounding an animal park. Over the past five days fire crews have been called out to several blazes...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 26, 2009
Unsuitable Applicants 'Flood' SMEs
It has been claimed this week that Northern Ireland's smaller businesses are being swamped with unsuitable - but desperate - candidates for jobs. Claming this is putting extra strain on alread...
Unsuitable Applicants 'Flood' SMEs
It has been claimed this week that Northern Ireland's smaller businesses are being swamped with unsuitable - but desperate - candidates for jobs. Claming this is putting extra strain on alread...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 26, 2009
Fleadh To Fly North
One of Ireland's largest traditional music events may be coming north of the border. Comholtas Ceoltoiri Eireann (CCE) is considering holding the all-Ireland Fleadh Cheoil at a Northern Irelan...
Fleadh To Fly North
One of Ireland's largest traditional music events may be coming north of the border. Comholtas Ceoltoiri Eireann (CCE) is considering holding the all-Ireland Fleadh Cheoil at a Northern Irelan...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 26, 2009
Other NI News In Brief
Pumps Plugged Over one thousand seven hundred gallons of illegal 'laundered' fuel being sold at knock-down prices have been seized at two make-shift filling stations in west Belfast. The 8,000...
Other NI News In Brief
Pumps Plugged Over one thousand seven hundred gallons of illegal 'laundered' fuel being sold at knock-down prices have been seized at two make-shift filling stations in west Belfast. The 8,000...
Recruitment News, Aug 25, 2009
Strike Notice Served On 4Home Stores
A trade union has served notice of industrial action on 4Home Superstores after talks with employers collapsed. Mandate said the 24 workers involved in the dispute will now picket the company's store...
Strike Notice Served On 4Home Stores
A trade union has served notice of industrial action on 4Home Superstores after talks with employers collapsed. Mandate said the 24 workers involved in the dispute will now picket the company's store...
Recruitment News, Aug 25, 2009
News 'Mixed' As Construction Falters
There are conflicting reports on the 'health' of Northern Ireland's economy today. While one of Ireland's biggest construction-based companies has suffered a steep fall in profits, an NI bank has sug...
News 'Mixed' As Construction Falters
There are conflicting reports on the 'health' of Northern Ireland's economy today. While one of Ireland's biggest construction-based companies has suffered a steep fall in profits, an NI bank has sug...
UK National News, Aug 25, 2009
PM 'Breaks Lockerbie Silence'
Gordon Brown has said he was "repulsed" by the warm welcome given to the Lockerbie bomber on his return to Libya. Up to now, the Prime Minister (pictured) has declined to break his silence on the rel...
PM 'Breaks Lockerbie Silence'
Gordon Brown has said he was "repulsed" by the warm welcome given to the Lockerbie bomber on his return to Libya. Up to now, the Prime Minister (pictured) has declined to break his silence on the rel...
Business News, Aug 25, 2009
Mixed Economic News As Construction Declines
here are conflicting reports on the 'health' of Northern Ireland's economy today. While one of Ireland's biggest construction-based companies has suffered a steep fall in profits, an NI bank has sugg...
Mixed Economic News As Construction Declines
here are conflicting reports on the 'health' of Northern Ireland's economy today. While one of Ireland's biggest construction-based companies has suffered a steep fall in profits, an NI bank has sugg...
UK National News, Aug 25, 2009
Irish Paper Apologies To David Beckham
An Irish newspaper has issued a public apology to soccer star David Beckham after printing an article claiming he had tried to woo another woman. The Evening Herald newspaper today posted the retract...
Irish Paper Apologies To David Beckham
An Irish newspaper has issued a public apology to soccer star David Beckham after printing an article claiming he had tried to woo another woman. The Evening Herald newspaper today posted the retract...
UK National News, Aug 25, 2009
'Legal Highs' Reclassified
Authorities are to clamp down on two so-called 'party drugs', giving them an illegal substance classification. The Home Office is set to legislate against the use of BZP and GBL, which are touted to ...
'Legal Highs' Reclassified
Authorities are to clamp down on two so-called 'party drugs', giving them an illegal substance classification. The Home Office is set to legislate against the use of BZP and GBL, which are touted to ...
UK National News, Aug 25, 2009
Stabbed Footballer's Career Worries
Doubts have been cast over West Ham player Calum Davenport's professional career, after he sustained serious stabs wounds to his legs at the weekend. A man has been remanded in custody charged with ...
Stabbed Footballer's Career Worries
Doubts have been cast over West Ham player Calum Davenport's professional career, after he sustained serious stabs wounds to his legs at the weekend. A man has been remanded in custody charged with ...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 25, 2009
'Compensate IRA Victims': Donaldson
Libya's government should pay for backing the IRA during the Troubles. A local politician has called on the Libyan leader to "show the same compassion as the Scottish government" towards the f...
'Compensate IRA Victims': Donaldson
Libya's government should pay for backing the IRA during the Troubles. A local politician has called on the Libyan leader to "show the same compassion as the Scottish government" towards the f...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 25, 2009
Witness For Hamill Inquiry Welcomed
The Robert Hamill Inquiry has welcomed news that a key witness has agreed to give evidence. An attack by a loyalist mob in Portadown town centre in 1997 remains at the heart of the continuing...
Witness For Hamill Inquiry Welcomed
The Robert Hamill Inquiry has welcomed news that a key witness has agreed to give evidence. An attack by a loyalist mob in Portadown town centre in 1997 remains at the heart of the continuing...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 25, 2009
News 'Mixed' As Construction Falters
There are conflicting reports on the 'health' of Northern Ireland's economy today. While one of Ireland's biggest construction-based companies has suffered a steep fall in profits, an NI bank ...
News 'Mixed' As Construction Falters
There are conflicting reports on the 'health' of Northern Ireland's economy today. While one of Ireland's biggest construction-based companies has suffered a steep fall in profits, an NI bank ...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 25, 2009
Orde Defends Blockade Withdrawal
Police action in driving away from an armed republican 'checkpoint' was the right thing to do. The road block, staged by dissident republicans in south Armagh at the weekend was merely a "stun...
Orde Defends Blockade Withdrawal
Police action in driving away from an armed republican 'checkpoint' was the right thing to do. The road block, staged by dissident republicans in south Armagh at the weekend was merely a "stun...
UK National News, Aug 25, 2009
Libya Should 'Compensate IRA Victims'
Families of victims of IRA terrorism have today renewed their calls for compensation from Libya following the release of the Lockerbie bomber. Relatives want Libya, which supplied guns and explosives...
Libya Should 'Compensate IRA Victims'
Families of victims of IRA terrorism have today renewed their calls for compensation from Libya following the release of the Lockerbie bomber. Relatives want Libya, which supplied guns and explosives...
UK National News, Aug 25, 2009
Lighthouse Trust Goes Into Administration
Administrators have been appointed to the Lighthouse Trust. At the request of the charity's directors, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in Scotland has appointed two of its personnel to run the troubled bu...
Lighthouse Trust Goes Into Administration
Administrators have been appointed to the Lighthouse Trust. At the request of the charity's directors, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in Scotland has appointed two of its personnel to run the troubled bu...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 25, 2009
Razed Whitehouse School Reborn
Pupils at a Co Antrim primary school destroyed in an arson attack will next week be back at their desks. Whitehouse Primary School is ready for the new term despite the school being destroyed ...
Razed Whitehouse School Reborn
Pupils at a Co Antrim primary school destroyed in an arson attack will next week be back at their desks. Whitehouse Primary School is ready for the new term despite the school being destroyed ...
UK National News, Aug 25, 2009
Action Looms On Unlawful File-Sharing
New ideas to allow for swifter and more flexible measures to tackle unlawful peer-to-peer (P2P) computer file-sharing have been published today by the Government. They are seeking views on the idea o...
Action Looms On Unlawful File-Sharing
New ideas to allow for swifter and more flexible measures to tackle unlawful peer-to-peer (P2P) computer file-sharing have been published today by the Government. They are seeking views on the idea o...
UK National News, Aug 25, 2009
Legal Challenge To BNP 'Apartheid'
British National Party (BNP) leader Nick Griffin is facing a legal challenge against his party's "indigenous Caucasian" only membership criteria. The Equality and Human Rights Commission has launche...
Legal Challenge To BNP 'Apartheid'
British National Party (BNP) leader Nick Griffin is facing a legal challenge against his party's "indigenous Caucasian" only membership criteria. The Equality and Human Rights Commission has launche...
Business News, Aug 25, 2009
Turbine Servicing Firm's Irish Strategy
Belfast-based Barton Industrial Services has expanded its activities within the multi-billion pound wind energy industry, with help from Invest NI. The firm designs and supplies a range of safety dev...
Turbine Servicing Firm's Irish Strategy
Belfast-based Barton Industrial Services has expanded its activities within the multi-billion pound wind energy industry, with help from Invest NI. The firm designs and supplies a range of safety dev...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 25, 2009
Road Deaths Rise - Again
The weekend road toll has risen further. A woman injured in a road accident in Co Fermanagh on Sunday has now died in hospital. Two men were also hurt in the crash on the Glengesh Road in Tem...
Road Deaths Rise - Again
The weekend road toll has risen further. A woman injured in a road accident in Co Fermanagh on Sunday has now died in hospital. Two men were also hurt in the crash on the Glengesh Road in Tem...
UK National News, Aug 25, 2009
Other News In Brief
Retail Mess On Underage DVDs Those who sell violent video games and 18-rated DVDs to children cannot be prosecuted because of a legal blunder 25 years ago. Dozens of prosecutions under a 1984 Act hav...
Other News In Brief
Retail Mess On Underage DVDs Those who sell violent video games and 18-rated DVDs to children cannot be prosecuted because of a legal blunder 25 years ago. Dozens of prosecutions under a 1984 Act hav...
Recruitment News, Aug 25, 2009
Bosses And Staff To Get Redundancy Support
A formal agreement to provide support to employers and those employees facing redundancy has been agreed. The Department for Employment and Learning and HM Revenue and Customs have signed-up to the d...
Bosses And Staff To Get Redundancy Support
A formal agreement to provide support to employers and those employees facing redundancy has been agreed. The Department for Employment and Learning and HM Revenue and Customs have signed-up to the d...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 25, 2009
2010 Before Collapsed Rail Bridge Fixed
Repairs to the Belfast to Dublin rail line could take up to six months, NI Rail (NIR) has said. Engineers will be tasked to fix the Malahide viaduct after a section of the bridge collapsed int...
2010 Before Collapsed Rail Bridge Fixed
Repairs to the Belfast to Dublin rail line could take up to six months, NI Rail (NIR) has said. Engineers will be tasked to fix the Malahide viaduct after a section of the bridge collapsed int...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 25, 2009
Sunscreen And Sunbeds Targeted
Possible harm done by both sunbeds and sunscreens are in focus this week. In the same week that a Dáil Minister indicated she would ban sunbeds altogether if regulations permit, academics nort...
Sunscreen And Sunbeds Targeted
Possible harm done by both sunbeds and sunscreens are in focus this week. In the same week that a Dáil Minister indicated she would ban sunbeds altogether if regulations permit, academics nort...
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Northern Ireland WeatherToday:A mostly cloudy start with scattered showers, the showers becoming more isolated and largely confined to the south this morning. Becoming brighter this afternoon, the best of any sunnier spells across northern counties. Northerly winds easing. Maximum temperature 12 °C.Tonight:A dry evening with late sunny spells and some long clear spells overnight. Becoming cloudier across the north towards dawn with a few showers possible. Touch of frost in south. Minimum temperature 0 °C.
