Northern Ireland News for November 2010

UK National News, Nov 30, 2010
BBC Defends 'Fifa's Dirty Secrets' Investigation
The BBC has defended a Panorama documentary which alleges that three Fifa officials accepted bribes during the 1990s. The documentary alleges that Nicolas Leoz, Issa Hayatou and Ricardo Teixeira took...
UK National News, Nov 30, 2010
Arrests Made During Lewisham Protests
Police have made a number of arrests following protests over student fees and council cuts outside Lewisham Town Hall, in south east London. The protest took place in Catford Road, during which time ...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 30, 2010
Freezing Conditions Trigger Cold Weather Cash
The Social Security Agency will now pay special cold weather allowances to qualifying customers in NI after the severe cold weather triggered the first of this winter's Cold Weather Payments. This ca...
UK National News, Nov 30, 2010
No Inquest Over Baby P
A north London Coroner has ruled that an inquest into the death of Baby Peter will not go ahead. Shortly after Baby Peter Connelly was found dead, at his Tottenham home in 2007, an inquest was opene...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 30, 2010
'Super Councils' To Make Planning Decisions
News that Northern Ireland's councils will soon be taking full responsibility for drawing up their own development plans and also making the vast majority of planning decisions has been revealed. The...
UK National News, Nov 30, 2010
Appeal For Witnesses Over Leyton Murder
Officers from the Homicide & Serious Crime Command are appealing for witnesses and information following a murder in Leyton. Police were called at 3:20pm on Monday, 29 November, to reports of a man ...
UK National News, Nov 30, 2010
EU Launch Google Probe
An investigation has been launched into Google after competing search engines reported that the company had abused its dominant position. The European Commission has said it would look into whether ...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 30, 2010
Killer Dentist's Double Murders Outlined
The shocking details of a cold, calculating double murderer's tactics have emerged in a fresh hearing to decide a minimum jail term. Belfast Crown Court has heard how Castlerock dentist, Colin Howell...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 30, 2010
Businesses 'Tax' Politicians Over Budget
As NI business leaders united to call for corporation tax to be reduced to make NI more competitive, there was little sign of such a united front on resolving NI's pressing need for an agreed overall ...
UK National News, Nov 30, 2010
Corporation Tax Reform To Create 'Competition'
The Government has published details of its Corporate Tax Reform programme consisting of a series of essential reforms designed to improve the UK's tax competitiveness. Measures include the introducti...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 30, 2010
Ahern 'Leaves' Louth As Adams Arrives
As the Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams looks ahead to next year's elections in the Irish Republic - when he will go to the polls in Co Louth as a Dáil candidate - last night he launched a major initia...
UK National News, Nov 30, 2010
Government Launches Growth Review
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne and Business Secretary, Vince Cable have announced a fundamental review of what Government departments are doing to create the best conditions for priva...
Recruitment News, Nov 30, 2010
Consultancy Firm To Create 100 Dublin Jobs
Consultancy Firm Accenture has announced today it will create 100 new highly-skilled jobs over the next four years adding to the firm's 1,300 staff in Ireland. The Centre is backed by the Investment...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 30, 2010
McGuinness Backs SF In South Antrim
A senior republican has been praising party colleagues as they launched the South Antrim Sinn Fein Assembly and council election campaigns. Martin McGuinness - the Deputy First Minister at Stormont ...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 30, 2010
Cowen To Face Tough Dáil Debate
The Irish Republic's leader, Brian Cowen will be taking questions in the Dáil today on the monetary bailout, in what is expected to be a tough day for the Government. A number of issues have been ra...
Business News, Nov 30, 2010
Banks Shares Up, Euro Down
Shares in Irish Banks have soared in the aftermath of €85 billion bailout agreement, despite the Euro floundering at a two month low. At one point today, Irish Life and Permanent made a 61% jump, bu...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 30, 2010
Dermot Ahern Steps Down From Dáil
The Minister for Justice and Law Reform, Dermot Ahern, has revealed he will not be seeking re-election to the Dáil in the next election. Citing a "painful" medical condition as reason for his decisio...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 30, 2010
Aerospace Firm Flies Past First Base
An aerospace firm is flying high this week with news from the Invest Northern Ireland Chief Executive Alastair Hamilton that Base Group, the Belfast company, has won significant business in Germany fo...
UK National News, Nov 30, 2010
BP 'Comes Clean' As World TV Films Oil Spill
One of the more unusual subjects to make it to a feature length movie has been outlined. Oil giant, BP is commissioning a film about the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, but the British-owned company has...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 30, 2010
Tyrone Firm Aids Dublin Water Supplies
A major water supply scheme in south Dublin has benefited from the expertise of Northern Ireland concrete products manufacturer. Acheson & Glover, the Co Tyrone-based company was able to come up with...
Recruitment News, Nov 30, 2010
Work Placement Rollout For Republic's Schools
Irish Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills, Mary Coughlan has announced an FÁS Work Placement Programme for the State's schools. The programme will allow schools to apply to take on one or...
UK National News, Nov 30, 2010
Other UK News In Brief
Further WikiLeaks Released New documents have been released by whistle-blowing website Wikileaks. The leaked cables are threatening to fuel instability on the Korean Peninsula. The headline-grabbing ...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 30, 2010
Other NI News In Brief
Eastern Promise NI Tourism Minister Arlene Foster has encouraged Chinese travel companies to promote NI as a tourist and business destination. The Minister was speaking in Shanghai, where she...
Business News, Nov 30, 2010
£1.38m Investment For St. Angelo Airport
Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster has announced a 37,000ft workspace development at St. Angelo airport in Enniskillen. The stand alone unit will accommodate a fixed-wing aircraft maintenance firm com...
UK National News, Nov 29, 2010
Wikileaks Highlight 'Criticism Of UK'
According to the Guardian, UK operations in Afghanistan have come under fire by US State Department files released by a whistle-blowing website. The latest data, published by the Wikileaks website, c...
UK National News, Nov 29, 2010
Man Murdered In Brentford
A murder inquiry is underway following a stabbing in Brentford. Police were called to the scene around 1am on Sunday 28 November by the ambulance service to reports of two men stabbed at the junctio...
UK National News, Nov 29, 2010
UK To Lose Less Public Sector Jobs
The independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has announced that fewer public sector jobs will be lost than first expected. Over the next four years, the OBR now expects around 330,000 publi...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 29, 2010
IRA Murder Victim's Body Identified
Remains found in the Republic of Ireland have been identified as those of one of the 'Disappeared', Gerry Evans. The murder victim, who was 24 and from Crossmaglen, went missing in March 1979. His b...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 29, 2010
'Exceptional Cold' Set To Continue
The NI Roads Service has been forced to deploy snow ploughs in many areas to clear roads, with conditions particularly treacherous in the Clough, Newcastle, Rostrevor and south Armagh areas. They say...
Business News, Nov 29, 2010
Irish Bailout Branded Appalling 'Sell Out'
The main opposition parties have termed the €85 billion bailout from the EU a "national sell out" and an "appalling deal". The Government have been leveled with a swathe of criticism after releasing...