Northern Ireland News for August 2010 : Page 12
Northern Ireland News, Aug 9, 2010
Other NI News In Brief
Tina Recovers From Fall Belfast Zoo's keepers have had a busy few days keeping a close eye on 45-year-old Asian elephant Tina, after she suffered a second serious fall within six months. Tina sustain...
Other NI News In Brief
Tina Recovers From Fall Belfast Zoo's keepers have had a busy few days keeping a close eye on 45-year-old Asian elephant Tina, after she suffered a second serious fall within six months. Tina sustain...
Recruitment News, Aug 9, 2010
Hospital Stoppage To Go Ahead
Members of the TEEU union are downing tools at St James's Hospital in Dublin today in protest at management's decision to bring in outside contractors. The Technical Engineering and Electrical Union...
Hospital Stoppage To Go Ahead
Members of the TEEU union are downing tools at St James's Hospital in Dublin today in protest at management's decision to bring in outside contractors. The Technical Engineering and Electrical Union...
Business News, Aug 9, 2010
Tesco In-Town Expansion Boost
After losing the latest round in a long battle for planning permission for a new store on the outskirts of Banbridge, top UK food retailer, Tesco has bowed to pressure and is expanding on its existing...
Tesco In-Town Expansion Boost
After losing the latest round in a long battle for planning permission for a new store on the outskirts of Banbridge, top UK food retailer, Tesco has bowed to pressure and is expanding on its existing...
UK National News, Aug 6, 2010
Afghanistan Dominates Summit
Premier David Cameron has been busy with international relations this week - some more fractured than others. The Prime Minister and President Zardari of Pakistan are today trying to patch up their c...
Afghanistan Dominates Summit
Premier David Cameron has been busy with international relations this week - some more fractured than others. The Prime Minister and President Zardari of Pakistan are today trying to patch up their c...
UK National News, Aug 6, 2010
RBS First Half Profits Leap By £9m
Part-nationalised Royal Bank of Scotland has seen net profits jump by £9 million for the first half of 2010. The group, which is 83% taxpayer owned, was helped by improving bad debt losses as it move...
RBS First Half Profits Leap By £9m
Part-nationalised Royal Bank of Scotland has seen net profits jump by £9 million for the first half of 2010. The group, which is 83% taxpayer owned, was helped by improving bad debt losses as it move...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 6, 2010
'Eradicate Threat' Call After Police Bombing
Republican terrorism from their dissident faction has to be tackled with a campaign aimed at "eradicating the threat". That's according to the Ulster Unionist spokesperson on policing matters, the ML...
'Eradicate Threat' Call After Police Bombing
Republican terrorism from their dissident faction has to be tackled with a campaign aimed at "eradicating the threat". That's according to the Ulster Unionist spokesperson on policing matters, the ML...
Recruitment News, Aug 6, 2010
O'Keeffe Says Redundancy Drop Signals Growth
The Minister for Enterprise, has defended the Government's criticised job policies by saying the slowing rate of redundancies shows that economic recovery is under way. Minister Batt O’Keeffe was spe...
O'Keeffe Says Redundancy Drop Signals Growth
The Minister for Enterprise, has defended the Government's criticised job policies by saying the slowing rate of redundancies shows that economic recovery is under way. Minister Batt O’Keeffe was spe...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 6, 2010
Bad Debt Fears Stymie Ulster Bank
The Ulster Bank has reported a massive jump in operating losses for the first half of this year. Although its operating profit increased to £185m, that was wiped out by money set aside to cover bad l...
Bad Debt Fears Stymie Ulster Bank
The Ulster Bank has reported a massive jump in operating losses for the first half of this year. Although its operating profit increased to £185m, that was wiped out by money set aside to cover bad l...
UK National News, Aug 6, 2010
Child Contact Database Scrapped
Details of millions of children have been deleted today as a controversial £224 million Labour government database holding the records of all 11 million children in England was scrapped. The data, kn...
Child Contact Database Scrapped
Details of millions of children have been deleted today as a controversial £224 million Labour government database holding the records of all 11 million children in England was scrapped. The data, kn...
UK National News, Aug 6, 2010
Pensioner In Bizarre Seat-Belt Arrest
The police have claimed that a 70-year-old man they had stopped for not wearing a seatbelt and who was later dragged violently from his car and manhandled after they had smashed his car window had "be...
Pensioner In Bizarre Seat-Belt Arrest
The police have claimed that a 70-year-old man they had stopped for not wearing a seatbelt and who was later dragged violently from his car and manhandled after they had smashed his car window had "be...
Recruitment News, Aug 6, 2010
Sharp Rise In Live Register Figures
Government figures have revealed the number of people on the Live Register rose sharply in July. The Central Statistics Office said the numbers signing on, considering seasonal factors, climbed by a...
Sharp Rise In Live Register Figures
Government figures have revealed the number of people on the Live Register rose sharply in July. The Central Statistics Office said the numbers signing on, considering seasonal factors, climbed by a...
UK National News, Aug 6, 2010
Top Women Executives To Be Boosted
Women are top get a boost at senior level with news of a business strategy to increase the number of women on the boards of listed companies in the UK. Business Minister Edward Davey and Lynne Feathe...
Top Women Executives To Be Boosted
Women are top get a boost at senior level with news of a business strategy to increase the number of women on the boards of listed companies in the UK. Business Minister Edward Davey and Lynne Feathe...
UK National News, Aug 6, 2010
Ilford Hit-And-Run Van Driver Sought
Police investigating a hit-and-run accident where a driver failed to stop after a serious road traffic collision in Ilford, in which a seven-year-old boy was critically injured, have released an E-Fit...
Ilford Hit-And-Run Van Driver Sought
Police investigating a hit-and-run accident where a driver failed to stop after a serious road traffic collision in Ilford, in which a seven-year-old boy was critically injured, have released an E-Fit...
UK National News, Aug 6, 2010
Company Directors 'Wrapped' Over Insolvency
The directors of a failed wedding gift company, Wrapit Plc, based in Wandsworth, London, have been disqualified from acting as company directors for a combined total of 15 years following an investiga...
Company Directors 'Wrapped' Over Insolvency
The directors of a failed wedding gift company, Wrapit Plc, based in Wandsworth, London, have been disqualified from acting as company directors for a combined total of 15 years following an investiga...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 6, 2010
Gaeltacht Students Attacked By Gang
Students at a Donegal Gaeltacht are receiving medical treatment after being assaulted by a gang wielding hurley sticks. Gardaí are today appealing for information from the public in connection with ...
Gaeltacht Students Attacked By Gang
Students at a Donegal Gaeltacht are receiving medical treatment after being assaulted by a gang wielding hurley sticks. Gardaí are today appealing for information from the public in connection with ...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 6, 2010
Sir Reg Set To Quit Party Leadership
The man at the helm of the Ulster Unionist party may be stepping down from the party leadership sooner than expected. Sir Reg Empey is a long-serving politician with the ear of the people at grass ro...
Sir Reg Set To Quit Party Leadership
The man at the helm of the Ulster Unionist party may be stepping down from the party leadership sooner than expected. Sir Reg Empey is a long-serving politician with the ear of the people at grass ro...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 6, 2010
Tesco In-Town Expansion Boost
After losing the latest round in a long battle for planning permission for a new store on the outskirts of Banbridge, top UK food retailer, Tesco has bowed to pressure and is expanding on its existing...
Tesco In-Town Expansion Boost
After losing the latest round in a long battle for planning permission for a new store on the outskirts of Banbridge, top UK food retailer, Tesco has bowed to pressure and is expanding on its existing...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 6, 2010
Call To Review Property Management Laws
A fast-growing NI estate agent has hit out at the Stormont administration for its failure to fully protect the public from unlicensed Estate Agents/Property Managers. Sonia Millar, of CSM Estate Agen...
Call To Review Property Management Laws
A fast-growing NI estate agent has hit out at the Stormont administration for its failure to fully protect the public from unlicensed Estate Agents/Property Managers. Sonia Millar, of CSM Estate Agen...
UK National News, Aug 6, 2010
Other UK News In Brief
Soldier Buried The funeral of bomb disposal expert Staff Sgt Brett Linley, 29, of Birmingham, who died while trying to clear improvised explosive devices in Nahr-e-Saraj, Afghanistan, on 17 July is t...
Other UK News In Brief
Soldier Buried The funeral of bomb disposal expert Staff Sgt Brett Linley, 29, of Birmingham, who died while trying to clear improvised explosive devices in Nahr-e-Saraj, Afghanistan, on 17 July is t...
Business News, Aug 6, 2010
Plea To Review Property Management Laws
A fast-growing NI estate agent has hit out at the Stormont administration for its failure to fully protect the public from unlicensed Estate Agents/Property Managers. Sonia Millar, of CSM Estate Agen...
Plea To Review Property Management Laws
A fast-growing NI estate agent has hit out at the Stormont administration for its failure to fully protect the public from unlicensed Estate Agents/Property Managers. Sonia Millar, of CSM Estate Agen...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 6, 2010
Greenhouse Group Talks 'Emissions'
It's a gas in the Department of Agriculture with news that the initial meeting of the newly formed Agriculture Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Group has been held. The GHG Stakeholder Group has met to discuss h...
Greenhouse Group Talks 'Emissions'
It's a gas in the Department of Agriculture with news that the initial meeting of the newly formed Agriculture Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Group has been held. The GHG Stakeholder Group has met to discuss h...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 6, 2010
Creative Industries Get Fillip
The development of arts and crafts are among the priorities for the Stormont Executive. That's according to NI Culture Minister Nelson McCausland who said that the development of the creative industr...
Creative Industries Get Fillip
The development of arts and crafts are among the priorities for the Stormont Executive. That's according to NI Culture Minister Nelson McCausland who said that the development of the creative industr...
Recruitment News, Aug 6, 2010
Sinn Féin Stage Protest Over Jobs
Sinn Féin activists are holding a countrywide day of protest over the increase in unemployment. Protests and pickets will take place at TD's and Ministers' offices, town centres, airports and ports....
Sinn Féin Stage Protest Over Jobs
Sinn Féin activists are holding a countrywide day of protest over the increase in unemployment. Protests and pickets will take place at TD's and Ministers' offices, town centres, airports and ports....
Northern Ireland News, Aug 6, 2010
Other NI News In Brief
AA Accolade Celebrated Stormont Tourism Minister Arlene Foster has presented Ballyness Caravan Park, Bushmills, with the prestigious 2010 AA Campsite of the Year award for Scotland and Northern Irela...
Other NI News In Brief
AA Accolade Celebrated Stormont Tourism Minister Arlene Foster has presented Ballyness Caravan Park, Bushmills, with the prestigious 2010 AA Campsite of the Year award for Scotland and Northern Irela...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 5, 2010
Castlerock Gas Tragedy Probe Renewed
Health and Safety inspectors returned to the seaside village of Castlerock this morning to resume their investigation into the deaths of two young men from Newtownabbey who were found dead in a holida...
Castlerock Gas Tragedy Probe Renewed
Health and Safety inspectors returned to the seaside village of Castlerock this morning to resume their investigation into the deaths of two young men from Newtownabbey who were found dead in a holida...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 5, 2010
'Support' Call Follows Hydebank Death
The death of a 19-year-old man in custody at Hydebank Wood Young Offenders Centre has highlighted calls for change. Allyn Baxter, who was being held on remand, had tried to take his own life on Satur...
'Support' Call Follows Hydebank Death
The death of a 19-year-old man in custody at Hydebank Wood Young Offenders Centre has highlighted calls for change. Allyn Baxter, who was being held on remand, had tried to take his own life on Satur...
UK National News, Aug 5, 2010
Childrens' Deaths In Gas Explosion 'Suspicious'
The deaths of three young children in an apparent gas explosion in a flat in Edinburgh are being treated as suspicious. The children, who have been named in reports as Gianluca and Austin Riggi, eigh...
Childrens' Deaths In Gas Explosion 'Suspicious'
The deaths of three young children in an apparent gas explosion in a flat in Edinburgh are being treated as suspicious. The children, who have been named in reports as Gianluca and Austin Riggi, eigh...
UK National News, Aug 5, 2010
Bank Of England Retains Low Base Rate
Base interest rates in the UK are again being kept on hold at just 0.5% - the same level it has been at for the past 18 months The Bank of England has voted to keep interest rates at this all-time lo...
Bank Of England Retains Low Base Rate
Base interest rates in the UK are again being kept on hold at just 0.5% - the same level it has been at for the past 18 months The Bank of England has voted to keep interest rates at this all-time lo...
UK National News, Aug 5, 2010
Call For Public To Nominate 'Red Tape' Cuts
People across the UK are being encouraged to nominate laws or regulations they want to see scrapped in a bid to cut bureaucracy. Today's announcement by the Business Secretary, Vince Cable, is part o...
Call For Public To Nominate 'Red Tape' Cuts
People across the UK are being encouraged to nominate laws or regulations they want to see scrapped in a bid to cut bureaucracy. Today's announcement by the Business Secretary, Vince Cable, is part o...
UK National News, Aug 5, 2010
Kent International Gateway Bid Refused
A proposal to build a huge road-rail freight interchange in Kent have been refused by the Government. The decision, made by Communities Secretary Eric Pickles, has delighted many campaigners who have...
Kent International Gateway Bid Refused
A proposal to build a huge road-rail freight interchange in Kent have been refused by the Government. The decision, made by Communities Secretary Eric Pickles, has delighted many campaigners who have...
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Northern Ireland WeatherToday:A sunny but frosty start for many. However cloud increases by midday with a few showers reaching the north coast, these mostly light but spreading inland this afternoon. Chilly. Maximum temperature 8 °C.Tonight:A rather cloudy evening with scattered showers. Becoming drier through the night with some good clear spells developing and a patchy frost away from coasts. Minimum temperature 0 °C.