Northern Ireland News for September 2009 : Page 5

Recruitment News, Sep 23, 2009
Waste Plant Could Create 50 Building Jobs
Proposals have been brought forward to build a new national hazardous waste facility in north Dublin. If the planning application is approve the plant will will treat ash from incinerators and then ...
UK National News, Sep 23, 2009
PM To Cut UK's Nuclear Deterrent
The Prime Minister Gordon Brown is preparing to reduce the UK's fleet of nuclear-armed submarines. He will tell the United Nations General Assembly in New York that he is prepared to consider orderin...
Business News, Sep 23, 2009
Pace Of Economic Recovery 'Slow'
Post-recession economic recovery is going to be painfully slow. The UK economy is expected to emerge from recession through modest growth in the third and fourth quarters of this year, but constraint...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 23, 2009
Shock As Wilson Reveals £370m Cuts
The NI Finance Minister, Sammy Wilson, has said that executive spending cuts of £370m are needed next year, writes Carla Liebana. The Minister denied the existence of a "black hole" at the cen...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 23, 2009
Stormont Delegation In NYC
Key Northern Ireland political figures will reconvene in New York today for a second day of economic talks. The Clinton Global Initiative conference opened yesterday, and was attended by Sinn Féin p...
UK National News, Sep 23, 2009
Aide Quits Over Scotland
A Labour MP has resigned from his post as a ministerial aide in protest at the Attorney General remaining in office. Stephen Hesford said he could not support the decision allowing Baroness Scotland...
Business News, Sep 23, 2009
Jobs Boost At Carrick Sainsbury's
A supermarket expansion in Co Antrim is set to result in employment opportunities for many more staff than are presently employed. The major jobs boost begins this week as Sainsbury's begins recruiti...
Business News, Sep 23, 2009
IT Contract For Health Care Awarded
A multi-million pound contract has been signed with NI's Department of Health for the provision of information communication technology (ICT) to the health and social care sector in Northern Ireland. ...
UK National News, Sep 23, 2009
New Junior Doctors 'Raise Mortality Rate'
Hospital death rates may have risen thanks to new junior doctors taking up their posts. People admitted to English hospitals in an emergency situation on the first Wednesday in August had, on average...
UK National News, Sep 23, 2009
Lib Dem 'Not A Wasted Vote' Says Clegg
Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has urged discontented Labour voters to switch to 'yellow' rather than 'blue'. Mr Clegg, speaking from his party's conference in Bournemouth, said a vote for the Li...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 23, 2009
Libya Quizzed Over 'IRA' Compensation
The DUP's campaign for compensation from Libya continued this week. Senior DUP figures yesterday met with Libyan diplomatic representatives in London as part of their campaign on behalf of victims of...
UK National News, Sep 23, 2009
Boy Loses Sight In Mugging
A teenage boy has lost the sight in one eye after being assaulted during a robbery in Halesowen. The 15-year-old was walking along New John Street after 10pm on Tuesday September 1 when two men walke...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 23, 2009
New Wardens To Patrol Belfast
Twenty-five new city wardens will engage in deterring anti-social behaviour, the Security Minister had said. The wardens will be on patrol across Belfast, in a bid to offer a visible presence on the...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 23, 2009
Jobs Boost At Carrick Sainsbury's
A supermarket expansion in Co Antrim is set to result in employment opportunities for many more staff than are presently employed. The major jobs boost begins this week as Sainsbury's begins recruiti...
UK National News, Sep 23, 2009
Hygiene 'Essential To Pandemic Plans'
Top doctors are highlighting simple handwashing as a big factor in reducing infections. Hygiene and physical measures, such as handwashing, wearing masks and isolating potentially infected patients, ...
UK National News, Sep 23, 2009
Other News In Brief
Motorbikers Killed Three British motorcyclists have been killed and another is fighting for her life after they crashed on a touring holiday in northern Italy. The accident happened around 300 metres...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 23, 2009
Warm Welcome At Open House
Belfast is to come alive tonight and into the weekend as the Coors Light Open House Festival takes place. Running until Sunday, 27th September, it is all happening around the city's arts & cultural f...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 23, 2009
Murphy Allays A5 Corridor Concerns
Northern Ireland's Transport Minister Conor Murphy has addressed concerns raised by landowners affected by the A5 Western Transport Corridor scheme. Speaking during a meeting with local representati...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 23, 2009
IT Contract For Health Care Awarded
A multi-million pound contract has been signed with NI's Department of Health for the provision of information communication technology (ICT) to the health and social care sector in Northern Ireland. ...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 23, 2009
Internet Guide To Minimum Wage Offered
With the national minimum wage set to increase next month, Invest Northern Ireland's innovative website has been updated to provide details of the change and advice on how it should be implemented. ...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 23, 2009
Indian Tourism Targeted
Indian travel companies should promote Northern Ireland as a tourist and business destination. That's according to NI Tourism Minister Arlene Foster who has encouraged travel representatives to consi...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 23, 2009
Other NI News In Brief
Breast Cancer 'Confusion' Joyce Savage from the Ulster Cancer Foundation (UCF) with Aidan McKeagney (left) and Michael Guerin (right) from MediCare Pharmacy Group launch UCF's 2009 Think Pink! breast...
UK National News, Sep 22, 2009
Helicopter Crash Kills Two
Two people have been killed in a Lancashire helicopter crash. It is believed the aircraft crashed into the banks of an estuary. Its pilot sent a mayday signal shortly after noon, as it approached P...
UK National News, Sep 22, 2009
Baroness Scotland's Job Saved
The Government's chief legal adviser is to keep her top job, even though she was found to have broken employment laws. The Attorney General Baroness Scotland was found to have been employing a housek...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 22, 2009
Baggott Takes PSNI Reins
Northern Ireland's new police chief Matt Baggott today said he does not "diminish" the threat posed by dissident republicans, writes Paul Reilly. Mr Baggott, speaking to assembled press at NI Policin...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 22, 2009
Border Bandits Hunted
Local people have been praised for their quick response yesterday after armed men escaped with cash after robbing a bank in Co Fermanagh. The police have both appealed for more information about the...
Business News, Sep 22, 2009
Businesses Key To Tackling Money Laundering
Organised crime is being tackled with a major conference taking place on combating money laundering activities. On the same day as the PSNI's incoming Chief Constable, Matt Baggott, officially took u...
UK National News, Sep 22, 2009
Baggott Takes PSNI Reins
Northern Ireland's new police chief Matt Baggott today said he does not "diminish" the threat posed by dissident republicans, writes Paul Reilly. Mr Baggott, speaking to assembled press at NI Policin...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 22, 2009
Devolution Talks To Resume In NYC
Northern Ireland's top ministers will continue discussions over devolved policing and justice powers in New York tomorrow. However, First Minister Peter Robinson (pictured) has rejected the Deputy F...
Recruitment News, Sep 22, 2009
Asda Jobs Promised
North Belfast could be set for a jobs boost after national retailer Asda announced plans for a new improved store. The new store, on the Shore Road, would create up to 150 new jobs for local people....