Northern Ireland News for April 2010 : Page 5

Northern Ireland News, Apr 26, 2010
Other NI News In Brief
Ballyclare Murder Probe Renewed The man being questioned following the murder of a Ballyclare woman in her home last week has been freed. The 55-year-old was released unconditionally, while the PSNI ...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 23, 2010
Fire Service Clear Border Bomb Area
Firemen have saved many people from injuries by evacuating people from the scene of a terrorist bomb at a PSNI station. However, the explosion still left two people hurt by the blast, in Newtownhamil...
UK National News, Apr 23, 2010
Tyres Tired Out!
More than a third of drivers in the UK are needlessly increasing their fuel bills and taking extra safety risks by failing to keep their tyres properly inflated. The advice has been issued by TyreSa...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 23, 2010
Quinn Staff Criticise Regulator Restrictions
Workers at the beleaguered Quinn Insurance in Co Fermanagh and Co Cavan have said some 1,000 jobs are now at risk after the financial regulator's decision to deny the company the ability to fully re-e...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 23, 2010
McAleese Offers Hope, Despite Bomb
The Irish leader has been giving her vision of the future of Ireland. Despite an overnight dissident bomb attack on a border police station, President Mary McAleese delivered the fourth annual Chance...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 23, 2010
Accident & Emergency Target Most Serious
NI people with less serious conditions are being told to stay away from hospital casualty units. The Stormont Health Minister Michael McGimpsey has said that the increasing demand for health and soci...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 23, 2010
Justice Minister To Quit Council Role
Prisons rather than matters of regional rates and community services will now fill the agenda for a long-serving Antrim councillor. The newly installed NI Justice Minister, Alliance leader David Ford...
UK National News, Apr 23, 2010
Election Fever Continues
Over a quarter of voters have yet to make their minds up on the General Election. This emerged after Labour, the Tories and the Lib Dems all sought to boost their election campaigns following last ni...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 23, 2010
Irish Sea Rowers Support Troops
The Irish Sea is proving to be a challenging crossing for two ex-soldiers to raise funds for comrades serving on the 'front line'. The two charity fundraisers are former Royal Dragoon Guards and hav...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 23, 2010
Farrans-Built Hospital Project Opened
The building contractor responsible for a major new hospital facility in Co Armagh has been celebrating. Farrans Healthcare and the architect for the huge project, Milligan Reside Larkin, in Newry - ...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 23, 2010
Prosperity 'Must Be Shared', Says SDLP
SDLP South Belfast candidate Alasdair McDonnell said jobs and the economy should be the focus, not just of the upcoming general election, but also of Northern Ireland's entire devolved political syste...
Business News, Apr 23, 2010
Report Sees Ireland Slide Below Greece
Ireland's financial standing in Europe has taken a dramatic shift this morning after a European ruling that it's bailing out of Anglo was not an investment but "spending". The ruling by Eurostat, the...
Business News, Apr 23, 2010
Quinn Staff Criticise Regulator Restrictions
Workers at the beleaguered Quinn Insurance in Co Fermanagh and Co Cavan have said some 1,000 jobs are now at risk after the financial regulator's decision to deny the company the ability to fully re-e...
UK National News, Apr 23, 2010
Tube Station Shuts Following Accidental Blast
A busy London tube station was forced to close last night, following an electrical explosion nearby. Bond Street Station was closed for around 50 minutes at approximately 8pm on Thursday after a blas...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 23, 2010
Belfast Marathon Set To Break Records
It's a record-breaker even before the starting line-up. The Deep RiverRock Belfast City Marathon has broken its entry record for the tenth successive year. More than 18,000 people have signed up for...
Business News, Apr 23, 2010
McAleese Offers Hope, Despite Bomb
The Irish leader has been giving her vision of the future of Ireland. Despite last night's unconnected dissident bomb attack on a border police station, President Mary McAleese last night delivered t...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 23, 2010
Mayor 'Proud' Of Newry Firemen's Actions
Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service has been praised for a swift response to an arson attack at a block of flats in Newry's Cornmarket. It happened last Tuesday morning, when residents affected ...
Recruitment News, Apr 23, 2010
College Heads' Pay Rockets By 56%
The average pay of college heads has risen by more than 56% in the last eight years to nearly £120,000, according to figures released today by University College Union (UCU). The union said the figu...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 23, 2010
Armed Robbers Break Victim's Nose
A large amount of money has been taken after armed and masked men broke into the home of a businessman in Ballycastle. The shock incident was on Sunday night last and saw the two men wearing balaclav...
UK National News, Apr 23, 2010
Old Bailey Jails Doctor's Killers
Two men have been jailed at the Old Bailey after being found guilty of the murder of a doctor during a robbery in London's Green Park. Thomas Connor, 20, of Curtismill Way, Orpington, Kent, and Willi...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 23, 2010
Other NI News In Brief
Sarah Backs UCF Health Project Pupils from Rockport Pre-school Reception, Holywood enjoy a reading by BBC presenter Sarah Travers and Genevieve the goat, of an exciting new educational resource calle...
UK National News, Apr 23, 2010
Man Jailed For Sex With Autistic Girl
A man who had sex with an autistic girl has been jailed for more than three years. Kevin Watson, 50, of Old Harrow Road, St Leonards on Sea, met the girl's mother on an internet chat room. He trave...
UK National News, Apr 23, 2010
College Heads' Rockets By 56%
The average pay of college heads has risen by more than 56% in the last eight years to nearly £120,000, according to figures released today by University College Union (UCU). The union said the figu...
UK National News, Apr 23, 2010
BBC Seek 'Good Life' Participants
BBC Television is looking for couples who want to make a life-changing decision and take up a career in farming and there's just days left to apply to take part in the programme. Anyone attracted to ...
UK National News, Apr 23, 2010
Poor 'Less Likely' To Get Prostate Cancer Care
It has been reported in a study that men living in deprived areas are less likely to receive treatment for prostate cancer than their richer counterparts. The British Medical Journal, researched 35,0...
UK National News, Apr 23, 2010
TSL 'Sounds Out' Sunday Times Top 100
A leading broadcast sector business that produces a range of audio monitoring, power management and tally signalling products, TSL, has been named in the latest Sunday Times PricewaterhouseCoopers Pro...
UK National News, Apr 23, 2010
Other UK News In Brief
Stabbed Teen Dies A teenage boy has died after being stabbed in the chest in Greater Manchester. Police found the 17-year-old collapsed in Tonge Moor Road, Bolton, at 11.30pm with fatal injuries. It ...
Recruitment News, Apr 23, 2010
Dublin Bus Announces Changes
Dublin Bus is to reduce staff as part of wide-ranging plans to make its service more efficient, RTE has reported. The company said 150 jobs would be shed through voluntary redundancy and natural turn...
UK National News, Apr 22, 2010
Other UK News In Brief
Factory Boss Fined Over Fall A director of a manufacturing company has been fined for health and safety breaches after an employee fell through a roof at a site in Cradley Heath. The Health and Safet...
UK National News, Apr 22, 2010
Latest On UK Flights
UK airspaces are slowly returning to normal but ministers are under intense scrutiny over the cost of the shut down and why it took so long to lift the ban. Airlines want compensation for the volcani...