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Northern Ireland News for July 2010 : Page 4
UK National News, Jul 26, 2010
Fast-Track Deportation Declared Unlawful
The Home Office policy of fast-track deportation for foreign nationals refused permission to remain in the UK has been declared unlawful by the High Court. Mr Justice Silber ruled that the policy mea...
Fast-Track Deportation Declared Unlawful
The Home Office policy of fast-track deportation for foreign nationals refused permission to remain in the UK has been declared unlawful by the High Court. Mr Justice Silber ruled that the policy mea...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 26, 2010
Wright Inquiry Publication Set For Autumn
A date has been announced for the long-awaited publication of the report of the Billy Wright Inquiry. Chaired by Lord MacLean, it will be published on 14 September and is to take place now that the r...
Wright Inquiry Publication Set For Autumn
A date has been announced for the long-awaited publication of the report of the Billy Wright Inquiry. Chaired by Lord MacLean, it will be published on 14 September and is to take place now that the r...
UK National News, Jul 26, 2010
Teens Jailed Over 'Happy Slapping' Death
Two teenagers have been jailed for the manslaughter of an elderly man attacked in 'happy slapping' incident in south London. Ekram Haque, 67, a retired care worker, was attacked after he left a mosqu...
Teens Jailed Over 'Happy Slapping' Death
Two teenagers have been jailed for the manslaughter of an elderly man attacked in 'happy slapping' incident in south London. Ekram Haque, 67, a retired care worker, was attacked after he left a mosqu...
UK National News, Jul 26, 2010
Radical Police Reforms To Be Announced
Radical police reforms for forces in England and Wales are set to be announced by Home Secretary Theresa May later today. The proposals are expected to included the announcement of a new National Cri...
Radical Police Reforms To Be Announced
Radical police reforms for forces in England and Wales are set to be announced by Home Secretary Theresa May later today. The proposals are expected to included the announcement of a new National Cri...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 26, 2010
United Praise As Higgins Pots Last Shot
As a book of condolence opened for snooker star Alex Higgins at Belfast City Hall today, there has been united praise for the Donegal Road 'hero', who died on Saturday. Rightly labelled as a "flawed ...
United Praise As Higgins Pots Last Shot
As a book of condolence opened for snooker star Alex Higgins at Belfast City Hall today, there has been united praise for the Donegal Road 'hero', who died on Saturday. Rightly labelled as a "flawed ...
Business News, Jul 26, 2010
€39bn Capital Programme Launched
Taoiseach Brian Cowen has launched the Government's six-year capital programme today, outlining a spend of €39 billion. The programme, called Infrastructure Investment Priorities 2010-2016, was revea...
€39bn Capital Programme Launched
Taoiseach Brian Cowen has launched the Government's six-year capital programme today, outlining a spend of €39 billion. The programme, called Infrastructure Investment Priorities 2010-2016, was revea...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 26, 2010
Funding Cutbacks Will Cost Jobs: Attwood
Proposed cuts in public spending will hit both traders and jobs with some of Northern Ireland's town centres being put at risk of virtual closure because of a shortage of funds. That's according to t...
Funding Cutbacks Will Cost Jobs: Attwood
Proposed cuts in public spending will hit both traders and jobs with some of Northern Ireland's town centres being put at risk of virtual closure because of a shortage of funds. That's according to t...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 26, 2010
Titanic To Rise Again In H&W
The iconic Titanic is to come home for its centenary with news that an £18m television drama about the ill-fated luxury liner has been commissioned to mark the anniversary of its sinking. A replica s...
Titanic To Rise Again In H&W
The iconic Titanic is to come home for its centenary with news that an £18m television drama about the ill-fated luxury liner has been commissioned to mark the anniversary of its sinking. A replica s...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 26, 2010
RUC Probed Over 80s Derry Flat Blast
An IRA bomb attack in which three innocent neighbours died is to be the subject of a probe by the NI Police Ombudsman. However, those who planted the bomb in the Derry outrage from over two decades a...
RUC Probed Over 80s Derry Flat Blast
An IRA bomb attack in which three innocent neighbours died is to be the subject of a probe by the NI Police Ombudsman. However, those who planted the bomb in the Derry outrage from over two decades a...
Business News, Jul 26, 2010
Grafitti Removal Expert Faces Ban
A company director has been banned from holding such office in a company for seven years. The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment has accepted a disqualification undertaking for seven year...
Grafitti Removal Expert Faces Ban
A company director has been banned from holding such office in a company for seven years. The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment has accepted a disqualification undertaking for seven year...
UK National News, Jul 26, 2010
Axe Falls On UK Film Council
The UK Film Council is to be abolished as part of cost-cutting measures announced by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt announced the decision as part o...
Axe Falls On UK Film Council
The UK Film Council is to be abolished as part of cost-cutting measures announced by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt announced the decision as part o...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 26, 2010
Grafitti Removal Expert Faces Ban
A company director has been banned from holding such office in a company for seven years. The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment has accepted a disqualification undertaking for seven year...
Grafitti Removal Expert Faces Ban
A company director has been banned from holding such office in a company for seven years. The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment has accepted a disqualification undertaking for seven year...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 26, 2010
NI's Green Make BBC One Show's Shorts
London independent televsion firm, CTVC and Belfast-based Green Inc have scored their first joint commission: nine short films for BBC1's The One Show. The films are the first fruit of the indies' fo...
NI's Green Make BBC One Show's Shorts
London independent televsion firm, CTVC and Belfast-based Green Inc have scored their first joint commission: nine short films for BBC1's The One Show. The films are the first fruit of the indies' fo...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 26, 2010
Acheson & Glover Puts Safety First
Local concrete manufacturing plants have received top accolades in their company's own awards initiative, aimed at maintaining the highest industry standards. Acheson & Glover's Fivemiletown and Magh...
Acheson & Glover Puts Safety First
Local concrete manufacturing plants have received top accolades in their company's own awards initiative, aimed at maintaining the highest industry standards. Acheson & Glover's Fivemiletown and Magh...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 26, 2010
Other NI News IN Brief
Road Tragedy Mars Weekend There was a tragic accident on Sunday. It happened on the upper part of north Belfast's Crumlin Road and saw a 41-year-old motorcyclist killed in the crash. It involved a mo...
Other NI News IN Brief
Road Tragedy Mars Weekend There was a tragic accident on Sunday. It happened on the upper part of north Belfast's Crumlin Road and saw a 41-year-old motorcyclist killed in the crash. It involved a mo...
UK National News, Jul 26, 2010
Other News In Brief
Newlywed Killed In US Stabbing A British women who recently married an American man has been stabbed to death, allegedly by her stepson. Tracy Brannan nee Wyatt, 33, who is originally from Glasgow, s...
Other News In Brief
Newlywed Killed In US Stabbing A British women who recently married an American man has been stabbed to death, allegedly by her stepson. Tracy Brannan nee Wyatt, 33, who is originally from Glasgow, s...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 23, 2010
Holywood Bids For £12M School Scheme
A major school rebuilding plan in North Down has reached a crucial stage today with plans officially submitted for the multi-million pound building project. However, Holywood's long awaited £12.5 mil...
Holywood Bids For £12M School Scheme
A major school rebuilding plan in North Down has reached a crucial stage today with plans officially submitted for the multi-million pound building project. However, Holywood's long awaited £12.5 mil...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 23, 2010
'Other Abusers' Sought As Brothers Volunteer For Psychiatric Treatment
The police are to carry out further investigations of child sex abuse in the border village of Donagh. It has transpired that a victim of Fermanagh brothers James and Owen Roe McDermott, has alleged ...
'Other Abusers' Sought As Brothers Volunteer For Psychiatric Treatment
The police are to carry out further investigations of child sex abuse in the border village of Donagh. It has transpired that a victim of Fermanagh brothers James and Owen Roe McDermott, has alleged ...
UK National News, Jul 23, 2010
Bulger Killer Jailed Over Child Porn Charges
One of the killers of toddler James Bulger has been jailed for two years after pleading guilty to downloading and distributing child pornography. Jon Venables, 27, appeared at the Old Bailey via vide...
Bulger Killer Jailed Over Child Porn Charges
One of the killers of toddler James Bulger has been jailed for two years after pleading guilty to downloading and distributing child pornography. Jon Venables, 27, appeared at the Old Bailey via vide...
UK National News, Jul 23, 2010
Soldiers Killed In Afghanistan Named
Two British soldiers who were killed in Afghanistan trying to rescue a wounded colleague have been named by the Ministry of Defence. Corporal Matthew James Stenton, 23, from the Royal Dragoon Guards ...
Soldiers Killed In Afghanistan Named
Two British soldiers who were killed in Afghanistan trying to rescue a wounded colleague have been named by the Ministry of Defence. Corporal Matthew James Stenton, 23, from the Royal Dragoon Guards ...
UK National News, Jul 23, 2010
Man Jailed Over Car Theft Death
A man who knocked down and killed a woman as he attempted to steal her car had been jailed indefinitely. Shaun Higgins, 24, of Church Street in Leigh, Greater Manchester, pleaded guilty to the mansla...
Man Jailed Over Car Theft Death
A man who knocked down and killed a woman as he attempted to steal her car had been jailed indefinitely. Shaun Higgins, 24, of Church Street in Leigh, Greater Manchester, pleaded guilty to the mansla...
Business News, Jul 23, 2010
Taoiseach To Open Limerick Tunnel
The €660m Limerick Tunnel has reached completion. Taoiseach Brian Cowen will officially open the 670-metre long tunnel to traffic on Tuesday. The facility will see 100 new jobs created and signal t...
Taoiseach To Open Limerick Tunnel
The €660m Limerick Tunnel has reached completion. Taoiseach Brian Cowen will officially open the 670-metre long tunnel to traffic on Tuesday. The facility will see 100 new jobs created and signal t...
UK National News, Jul 23, 2010
UK Economy Grows By 1.1%
The UK economy grew by 1.1% in the second quarter of the year, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics. The preliminary figure is almost double the 0.6% growth rate fo...
UK Economy Grows By 1.1%
The UK economy grew by 1.1% in the second quarter of the year, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics. The preliminary figure is almost double the 0.6% growth rate fo...
UK National News, Jul 23, 2010
Fifth Of Teens Pregnant At 18
One in five teenage girls has been pregnant at least once by the age of 18, according to the latest Government figures. The figures, from a Department of Education study of 8,500 teenagers, found tha...
Fifth Of Teens Pregnant At 18
One in five teenage girls has been pregnant at least once by the age of 18, according to the latest Government figures. The figures, from a Department of Education study of 8,500 teenagers, found tha...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 23, 2010
Dissident Bomb Attack On PSNI Condemned
There has been condemnation of a pipe bomb in the grounds of a west Belfast police station. Sinn Féin Councillor Gerard O'Neill commented on the bomb attack in the grounds of Woodbourne PSNI station ...
Dissident Bomb Attack On PSNI Condemned
There has been condemnation of a pipe bomb in the grounds of a west Belfast police station. Sinn Féin Councillor Gerard O'Neill commented on the bomb attack in the grounds of Woodbourne PSNI station ...
UK National News, Jul 23, 2010
Health Inequality Gap 'Wider Than In 1930s Depression'
The level of inequalities in premature mortality between different areas of Britain has almost surpassed those seen during the economic crash of 1929 and the Great Depression of the 1930s, according t...
Health Inequality Gap 'Wider Than In 1930s Depression'
The level of inequalities in premature mortality between different areas of Britain has almost surpassed those seen during the economic crash of 1929 and the Great Depression of the 1930s, according t...
UK National News, Jul 23, 2010
Ex-Paramilitary Jailed For Soldier Murder
A former Irish republican paramilitary has been jailed for life for the murder of an Army recruitment officer nearly 20 years ago. Declan Duffy, 36, pleaded guilty to the murder of Sergeant Michael N...
Ex-Paramilitary Jailed For Soldier Murder
A former Irish republican paramilitary has been jailed for life for the murder of an Army recruitment officer nearly 20 years ago. Declan Duffy, 36, pleaded guilty to the murder of Sergeant Michael N...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 23, 2010
Alleged Stab Death Man Remanded
There was no application for bail as the man accused of the fatal stabbing of another man while at a house party this week in Co Fermanagh appeared in court. Gary Philip Moane, 34, from Lisolvan Park...
Alleged Stab Death Man Remanded
There was no application for bail as the man accused of the fatal stabbing of another man while at a house party this week in Co Fermanagh appeared in court. Gary Philip Moane, 34, from Lisolvan Park...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 23, 2010
'Illegals' Detention Centre Bid For Larne
Aliens may be about to land in a Co Antrim seaside town. Builders are to get a minor boost soon with news that a specialised centre is to be built in Larne for the short-term detention of suspected i...
'Illegals' Detention Centre Bid For Larne
Aliens may be about to land in a Co Antrim seaside town. Builders are to get a minor boost soon with news that a specialised centre is to be built in Larne for the short-term detention of suspected i...
Business News, Jul 23, 2010
Attwood Backs Downpatrick Masterplan
Downpatrick is to enjoy a major rejuvenation after the launch this week of a masterplan for the the historic town's centre. The masterplan aims to make Downpatrick an even more attractive destination...
Attwood Backs Downpatrick Masterplan
Downpatrick is to enjoy a major rejuvenation after the launch this week of a masterplan for the the historic town's centre. The masterplan aims to make Downpatrick an even more attractive destination...
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Northern Ireland WeatherThis Evening and Tonight:A mainly dry evening and night with isolated showers dying out and some longer clear spells. Then it will cloud over towards morning with some heavy showers. Minimum temperature 7 °C.
