Northern Ireland News for August 2010 : Page 14
Recruitment News, Aug 4, 2010
Consortiums Bid For DART Underground
As many as 7,000 jobs are expected to follow news that four major international consortia have entered the pre-qualification phase in the Public Private Partnership (PPP) procurement process for Irish...
Consortiums Bid For DART Underground
As many as 7,000 jobs are expected to follow news that four major international consortia have entered the pre-qualification phase in the Public Private Partnership (PPP) procurement process for Irish...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 4, 2010
'Café Society' Supported By Attwood
A refurbishment project has just been successfully completed with the Social development Minister Alex Attwood officially opening the new-look Orchard Café, a social enterprise and community business,...
'Café Society' Supported By Attwood
A refurbishment project has just been successfully completed with the Social development Minister Alex Attwood officially opening the new-look Orchard Café, a social enterprise and community business,...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 4, 2010
DART Tunnelling 'To Employ Thousands'
As many as 7,000 jobs are expected to follow news that four major international consortia have entered the pre-qualification phase in the Public Private Partnership (PPP) procurement process for Irish...
DART Tunnelling 'To Employ Thousands'
As many as 7,000 jobs are expected to follow news that four major international consortia have entered the pre-qualification phase in the Public Private Partnership (PPP) procurement process for Irish...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 4, 2010
Other NI News In Brief
Lion Cubs For 'Belfast' Mum Belfast's 'migrant' lion, Lily, has had her first pair of cubs in her new home in the Czech Republic. Lily is a Barbary lion and was hand reared at Belfast Zoo in 2007 and...
Other NI News In Brief
Lion Cubs For 'Belfast' Mum Belfast's 'migrant' lion, Lily, has had her first pair of cubs in her new home in the Czech Republic. Lily is a Barbary lion and was hand reared at Belfast Zoo in 2007 and...
Recruitment News, Aug 4, 2010
USI 'Mutiny' Over Unemployment
A student representative body has held a shipboard demonstration to highlight Ireland's high levels of unemployment among graduates due to the current recession. A spokesman for the Union of Students...
USI 'Mutiny' Over Unemployment
A student representative body has held a shipboard demonstration to highlight Ireland's high levels of unemployment among graduates due to the current recession. A spokesman for the Union of Students...
UK National News, Aug 4, 2010
Freedom Pass For Tenants 'Wrong'
The National Housing Federation has expressed great concern following the Government's announcement to end life time tenures for social homes. Housing Minister Grant Shapps introduced a new 'freedom...
Freedom Pass For Tenants 'Wrong'
The National Housing Federation has expressed great concern following the Government's announcement to end life time tenures for social homes. Housing Minister Grant Shapps introduced a new 'freedom...
Business News, Aug 4, 2010
Supermarket Praised Over Booze
The Sinn Fein MP for Fermanagh South Tyrone Michelle Gildernew has welcomed UK supermarket Asda's decision not to continue offering below cost price alcohol and has encouraged all other supermarkets t...
Supermarket Praised Over Booze
The Sinn Fein MP for Fermanagh South Tyrone Michelle Gildernew has welcomed UK supermarket Asda's decision not to continue offering below cost price alcohol and has encouraged all other supermarkets t...
UK National News, Aug 4, 2010
Other UK News In Brief
Three Die In Gas Blast Three people have been killed in a gas explosion in Edinburgh, the Scottish Ambulance Service has said. The emergency crews were called to Slateford Road at about 3pm. The ambu...
Other UK News In Brief
Three Die In Gas Blast Three people have been killed in a gas explosion in Edinburgh, the Scottish Ambulance Service has said. The emergency crews were called to Slateford Road at about 3pm. The ambu...
UK National News, Aug 3, 2010
Disabled Woman And Mum Found Dead
Forensic tests to establish the cause of two mystery deaths at a house in Hertfordshire are today ongoing. Police are continuing to investigate the deaths of the two women, believed to be a mother an...
Disabled Woman And Mum Found Dead
Forensic tests to establish the cause of two mystery deaths at a house in Hertfordshire are today ongoing. Police are continuing to investigate the deaths of the two women, believed to be a mother an...
UK National News, Aug 3, 2010
Northern Rock Steadfast In Recovery
The boss of a once beleaguered UK bank is "encouraged" by news that nationalised Northern Rock's - a so-called 'bad bank' - has returned to profit following heavy losses last year in the wake of a bai...
Northern Rock Steadfast In Recovery
The boss of a once beleaguered UK bank is "encouraged" by news that nationalised Northern Rock's - a so-called 'bad bank' - has returned to profit following heavy losses last year in the wake of a bai...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 3, 2010
Armagh-born Gurkha Officer Buried
Lieutenant Neal Turkington - a Co Armagh soldier killed in Afghanistan - has been buried in his local Kernan Cemetery following a Portadown church service. Six Gurkhas carried his coffin and eight fo...
Armagh-born Gurkha Officer Buried
Lieutenant Neal Turkington - a Co Armagh soldier killed in Afghanistan - has been buried in his local Kernan Cemetery following a Portadown church service. Six Gurkhas carried his coffin and eight fo...
UK National News, Aug 3, 2010
ITV Announces Move Into Pay TV
ITV has agreed a pay-television deal with Sky to launch high definition versions of its successful digital channels as a subscription service on the Sky platform. ITV2 HD, ITV3 HD and ITV4 HD will la...
ITV Announces Move Into Pay TV
ITV has agreed a pay-television deal with Sky to launch high definition versions of its successful digital channels as a subscription service on the Sky platform. ITV2 HD, ITV3 HD and ITV4 HD will la...
Recruitment News, Aug 3, 2010
Good News On Jobs For Dublin
The Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation, has announced a global firm has announced it is to provide 70 high-tech in the Dublin area. ServiceSource is an international technology-based comp...
Good News On Jobs For Dublin
The Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation, has announced a global firm has announced it is to provide 70 high-tech in the Dublin area. ServiceSource is an international technology-based comp...
UK National News, Aug 3, 2010
Murdered NI Gurkha Officer Buried
Lieutenant Neal Turkington - a Co Armagh soldier killed in Afghanistan - has been buried in his local Kernan Cemetery following a Portadown church service. The town came to a standstill this afternoo...
Murdered NI Gurkha Officer Buried
Lieutenant Neal Turkington - a Co Armagh soldier killed in Afghanistan - has been buried in his local Kernan Cemetery following a Portadown church service. The town came to a standstill this afternoo...
UK National News, Aug 3, 2010
Trident Cops Hunt Gunman
Officers from a specialised London police unit are appealing for witnesses and information after a shooting in Dagenham last weekend. Operation Trident detectives said today that the police were call...
Trident Cops Hunt Gunman
Officers from a specialised London police unit are appealing for witnesses and information after a shooting in Dagenham last weekend. Operation Trident detectives said today that the police were call...
UK National News, Aug 3, 2010
'Show Country Of Origin', Says Food Minister
Food businesses, including supermarkets and processors, should do more voluntarily to improve country of origin labelling on food products such as meat and dairy, Food Minister Jim Paice said today. ...
'Show Country Of Origin', Says Food Minister
Food businesses, including supermarkets and processors, should do more voluntarily to improve country of origin labelling on food products such as meat and dairy, Food Minister Jim Paice said today. ...
UK National News, Aug 3, 2010
Baggage Handler Drugs' Plotters Jailed
Corruption at the world's busiest airport has this week led to seven men being jailed for a total of 91 years. The criminals were sentenced on Monday for their roles in a £4.5 million drugs haul invo...
Baggage Handler Drugs' Plotters Jailed
Corruption at the world's busiest airport has this week led to seven men being jailed for a total of 91 years. The criminals were sentenced on Monday for their roles in a £4.5 million drugs haul invo...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 3, 2010
Derry Barracks Blasted Overnight
A bomb blast has devastated the area round a Londonderry police station. The PSNI said two men, one armed with a gun, hijacked a taxi driver shortly before 3am this morning and that the bomb was load...
Derry Barracks Blasted Overnight
A bomb blast has devastated the area round a Londonderry police station. The PSNI said two men, one armed with a gun, hijacked a taxi driver shortly before 3am this morning and that the bomb was load...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 3, 2010
NI Emergency Services College 'Put Off'
A start date for an already long-delayed training college for the emergency services in NI is now in doubt. Builders are being further frustrated and the Ulster Unionist Mid-Ulster MLA Billy Armstron...
NI Emergency Services College 'Put Off'
A start date for an already long-delayed training college for the emergency services in NI is now in doubt. Builders are being further frustrated and the Ulster Unionist Mid-Ulster MLA Billy Armstron...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 3, 2010
Daíl Pays Price For Illegal Dumping
The Irish Republic is to pay around €20 million to repatriate waste which was illegally dumped across the border in Northern Ireland over the past decade. Daíl Environment Minister John Gormley annou...
Daíl Pays Price For Illegal Dumping
The Irish Republic is to pay around €20 million to repatriate waste which was illegally dumped across the border in Northern Ireland over the past decade. Daíl Environment Minister John Gormley annou...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 3, 2010
Historic City Building Back In Jeopardy
An ongoing battle between conservationists and property developers has entered a new stage with news that the developers have renewed their bid to demolish an historic Victorian building in downtown B...
Historic City Building Back In Jeopardy
An ongoing battle between conservationists and property developers has entered a new stage with news that the developers have renewed their bid to demolish an historic Victorian building in downtown B...
UK National News, Aug 3, 2010
Other UK News In Brief
Heroes Named The two UK servicemen killed on the same day in separate incidents in southern Afghanistan have been named by the Ministry of Defence. Royal Marine Adam Brown, of Alpha Company, 40 Comma...
Other UK News In Brief
Heroes Named The two UK servicemen killed on the same day in separate incidents in southern Afghanistan have been named by the Ministry of Defence. Royal Marine Adam Brown, of Alpha Company, 40 Comma...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 3, 2010
Green Light For Omagh Development
A £350m development is set to transform rural Omagh and create many new jobs in the process. The 'Opportunity Omagh' scheme - which includes a hotel, retail space, a road link, offices, plus health a...
Green Light For Omagh Development
A £350m development is set to transform rural Omagh and create many new jobs in the process. The 'Opportunity Omagh' scheme - which includes a hotel, retail space, a road link, offices, plus health a...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 3, 2010
Border Bid For Truck Stop Motel
The newly completed cross-border dual carriageway at Newry is already paying dividends in the Irish Republic. Commercial drivers in particular will benefit when a motor park to cater for the large nu...
Border Bid For Truck Stop Motel
The newly completed cross-border dual carriageway at Newry is already paying dividends in the Irish Republic. Commercial drivers in particular will benefit when a motor park to cater for the large nu...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 3, 2010
'Rugby WAGS' Walk For Marie Curie
Local 'rugby wives' Veronica Cunningham and Jenny Humphries (pictured) have donned their walking shoes to urge people across NI to give 'Marie Curie Walk Ten' a try. Both wives of NI rugby stars Bryn...
'Rugby WAGS' Walk For Marie Curie
Local 'rugby wives' Veronica Cunningham and Jenny Humphries (pictured) have donned their walking shoes to urge people across NI to give 'Marie Curie Walk Ten' a try. Both wives of NI rugby stars Bryn...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 3, 2010
Conveying Success In Lisburn
A Co Antrim construction sector firm, Conveyortex, of Ballinderry, Lisburn, has been celebrated their first year in business by announcing plans to invest in a new conveyor design testing facility. P...
Conveying Success In Lisburn
A Co Antrim construction sector firm, Conveyortex, of Ballinderry, Lisburn, has been celebrated their first year in business by announcing plans to invest in a new conveyor design testing facility. P...
Business News, Aug 3, 2010
Dundalk Bid For Truck Stop Motel
The newly completed cross-border dual carriageway at Newry is already paying dividends in the Irish Republic. A motor park to cater for the large number of commercial vehicles travelling along the M1...
Dundalk Bid For Truck Stop Motel
The newly completed cross-border dual carriageway at Newry is already paying dividends in the Irish Republic. A motor park to cater for the large number of commercial vehicles travelling along the M1...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 3, 2010
Other NI News In Brief
PSNI Opens New 'Eye In Sky' A new, twin-engine, £7m helicopter is to be used to "strengthen the fight against crime in Northern Ireland and to make communities safer". The Eurocopter EC 145 can carry...
Other NI News In Brief
PSNI Opens New 'Eye In Sky' A new, twin-engine, £7m helicopter is to be used to "strengthen the fight against crime in Northern Ireland and to make communities safer". The Eurocopter EC 145 can carry...
UK National News, Aug 2, 2010
More Soldiers Die In Afghanistan Conflict
Two more British troops have paid the ultimate price this past weekend after Taliban forces shot dead one British soldier and killed another in a bomb attack in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province...
More Soldiers Die In Afghanistan Conflict
Two more British troops have paid the ultimate price this past weekend after Taliban forces shot dead one British soldier and killed another in a bomb attack in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province...
UK National News, Aug 2, 2010
Osborne Demands Banks 'Up Lending'
The Chancellor George Osborne has added to calls for banks to lend more to businesses in order to sustain the economic recovery. The weekend move by the senior Cabinet member came just hours before a...
Osborne Demands Banks 'Up Lending'
The Chancellor George Osborne has added to calls for banks to lend more to businesses in order to sustain the economic recovery. The weekend move by the senior Cabinet member came just hours before a...
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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.