Northern Ireland News for September 2010 : Page 2

UK National News, Sep 29, 2010
Clinton Arrives For Irish Economic Boost
The former US President Bill Clinton is to visit Londonderry in Northern Ireland later today and is expected to make a speech on how to build economic prosperity in the city. The trip is just weeks a...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 29, 2010
Exchequer Will Cut NI 'Carefully'
NI's budget share from the UK Exchequer will be reduced by £2bn over four years. That's the bad news emanating from yesterday's meeting between the First and Deputy First Ministers (pictured) and th...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 29, 2010
DUP Continues McGimpsey Attack
There has been continuing acrimony in the Stormont Assembly after a DUP Minister this week accused an Ulster Unionist fellow Minister of setting an "extremely dangerous precedent" suggesting that he w...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 29, 2010
Academics Highlight Policing
Encouraging communities and the police to work together will be the focus of a seminar - jointly organised by the University of Ulster's INCORE initiative and Intercomm being held in Co Londonderry th...
Business News, Sep 29, 2010
Exchequer Cuts To Be 'Careful'
NI's budget share from the UK Exchequer will be reduced by £2bn over four years. That's the bad news emanating from yesterday's meeting between the First and Deputy First Ministers and the Chancellor,...
UK National News, Sep 29, 2010
Other UK News In Brief
Four Jailed Attempting To Defraud Vulnerable Four men have been jailed at Maidstone Crown Court after attempting to defraud vulnerable elderly people of thousands of pounds. The scam was identified ...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 29, 2010
Roads Abandoned In Tough Economic Times
Bids worth up to £56m for roads and social housing in Northern Ireland have been rejected due to insufficient funds, it has been revealed. Speaking at the Northern Ireland Chartered Institute of Publ...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 29, 2010
Cement Truck Rams Leinster House
A man has been arrested after a bizarre incident that saw a cement truck ram the gates of Leinster House. The incident occurred in the early hours of this morning, when the truck emblazoned with the...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 29, 2010
Hearing Loss 'Assumptions' Slammed
Assumptions on how compensation for disabled police men and women will be funded are not good enough for a unionist politician who has this week challenged the Minister for Justice and said he must "g...
Business News, Sep 29, 2010
Gildernew Slammed On Mapping 'Fiasco'
The Stormont Agriculture Minister has been challenged over her role in what has been labelled a "fiasco". The newly elected Ulster Unionist Party Leader Tom Elliott has said that Executive Minister, ...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 29, 2010
Other NI News In Brief
Lidl Backs UCF Marking Breast Cancer Awareness month, Lizzie Lumsden from Lidl Northern Ireland GmbH joins Joyce Savage, Head of Appeals and Marketing, Ulster Cancer Foundation (UCF) to announce a sp...
Business News, Sep 29, 2010
Maintenance Company Jobs In Crisis
Jobs are under threat at a maintenance company in Londonderry. Up to 45 employees at McGurk and Moore could lose their jobs after the firm missed out on a contract with North and West Housing Associa...
UK National News, Sep 28, 2010
Ed Miliband Says Labour "Needs To Change"
In his first big speech as party leader, Ed Miliband has said Labour "needs to change." He said they had to face "painful truths" - including the failure to recognise immigration concerns. Mr Miliba...
UK National News, Sep 28, 2010
Other UK News In Brief
'Snowmen' Cigarette Smugglers Jailed Two Manchester men who pretended to import Christmas snowmen in a plot to smuggle nine million cigarettes into the UK through Felixstowe docks, were jailed today....
Business News, Sep 28, 2010
Wilson Sounds Stormont Budget Warning
Ahead of new month's UK Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) - that could mean a cut of up to £2bn in the NI budget - it has emerged that an alleged failure by some Stormont ministers to cooperate with...
UK National News, Sep 28, 2010
Sex Attack Accused Killed By Girl
The Old Bailey has heard how a girl, 14, killed a man in his home after learning he would not be charged for an alleged sex attack on her. Robert Daley, 45, was informed that his case had been dropp...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 28, 2010
Woodward Warning Heralds Border Alert
As the Labour party's NI spokesman warned of an increased threat from republican dissidents, part of the A1 bypass at Newry was closed today because of a security alert. The discovery of a suspicious...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 28, 2010
Gildernew Slammed On Mapping 'Fiasco'
The Stormont Agriculture Minister has been challenged over her role in what has been labelled a "fiasco". The newly elected Ulster Unionist Party Leader Tom Elliott has said that Executive Minister, ...
UK National News, Sep 28, 2010
Licence 'Revoked' For Moat Taser Company
The Taser firm which supplied the weapon used during the Raoul Moat stand-off has had its licence revoked. An inquest into Raoul Moat's death has heard that the weapon employed was not licensed for ...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 28, 2010
City Hall Hosts Royal Visitor
There has been a royal visit to Belfast today - but this time it was Saudi Royal family members who were welcomed to the City Hall. HRH Prince Turki bin Faisal Al Saud and HRH Prince Faisal are at th...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 28, 2010
Orangemen Again Reject Parading Bill
The Orange Order and the leader of the DUP are at odds this week after it emerged that the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland is continuing to reject a new draft parades bill. The Stormont First Minister ...
UK National News, Sep 28, 2010
Defence Strategy To Be Debated
The future of Britain's armed forces are soon to be considered by Defence chiefs and government at the National Security Council meeting. The meeting will lay out options for the upcoming strategic d...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 28, 2010
Three-way Crime Focus At Justice Meeting
There was a both a cross-border and a cross-channel focus on crime as David Ford, the Stormont Justice Minister, attended the first trilateral meeting with the Irish Republic's Dermot Ahern and Kenny ...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 28, 2010
Wilson Sounds Stormont Budget Warning
Ahead of new month's UK Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) - that could mean a cut of up to £2bn in the NI budget - it has emerged that an alleged failure by some Stormont ministers to cooperate with...
UK National News, Sep 28, 2010
Probe Launched Into Sky File-Sharing Leak
Following a security breach of legal firm ACS:Law, a list of more than 8,000 Sky broadband subscribers and a second of 400 PlusNet users has surfaced online. The personal details of those suspected t...
UK National News, Sep 28, 2010
New UK Spacecraft Set For Blast-off
Three new British spacecraft, to image the surface of the Earth, are to be launched in a new £100m project. Due to be orbited in 2013, the satellites will record details down to one metre at their be...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 28, 2010
Walking Stick 'Gun' Accused Remanded
PSNI officers on the hunt for illegal drugs near the Irish border have found firearms - including a modified walking stick - that can be turned into a gun. This week a court has heard details as Bria...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 28, 2010
Alert Raised Over New Tree Infections
There have been further cases of the infectious Japanese Larch tree disease confirmed in NI. Three new cases of Phytophthora ramorum (P. ramorum) in Japanese Larch trees have been identified in count...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 28, 2010
IRA Membership Charges Heard In Dublin
Two men have appeared in Dublin's Special Criminal Court, charged with membership of the IRA. Declan Geraghty, 27, with an address in Crumlin, and 30-year-old Stephen O'Shaughnessy from Tallaght wer...
UK National News, Sep 28, 2010
York Minster Restoration 'Wins Lottery'
Under the latest round of The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) grants, York Minster is to receive £9.7 million in funding, to conserve stonework in the cathedral's east end and restore the 15th century gla...