Northern Ireland News for September 2010 : Page 5

Northern Ireland News, Sep 23, 2010
Communities Are 'Shared Neighbourhoods'
Fourteen housing areas from across Northern Ireland have been announced as the latest participants in a major £1m initiative designed to support and encourage 'shared neighbourhoods' across Northern I...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 23, 2010
Historic Gaol Plan To Boost Armagh
A visionary £5.7m public realm scheme in Armagh City has been on view this week, with the future redevelopment of the historic Armagh Gaol now also set to be transformed. The Stormont Social Developm...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 23, 2010
Murphy Backs An Phoblacht Autumn School
There has been a warm welcome for news of the establishment of the inaugural An Phoblacht Autumn School. The Stormont Regional Development, Conor Murphy (pictured) will travel south to officially ope...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 23, 2010
Cross Border Business Initiative Celebrated
Millions of pounds are to be generated by an initiative that facilitates cross-border partnerships and projects between companies, graduates and third level institutions. Figures released today by In...
Recruitment News, Sep 23, 2010
EC Aids Redundant Aircraft Workers
The European Commission has approved Ireland's application seeking EU co-financing support under the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) for former workers made redundant at the S R Technics ...
Business News, Sep 23, 2010
Taoiseach And Tánaiste Launch Development Of Grangegorman
The Taoiseach and Tánaiste has announced the approval of the master plan for the redevelopment of the Grangegorman site. The plans for Grangegorman will provide a modern consolidated campus for the D...
UK National News, Sep 23, 2010
Other UK News In Brief
Beckham To Take Legal Action David Beckham has branded recent published allegations about his private life as “lies” He is taking legal action against US magazine In Touch relating to an alleged lia...
Business News, Sep 23, 2010
Ulster Puts Journalism Training On Top
The man responsible for making a local academic course for journalists the top performer in the UK has been rewarded. Now, the newly appointed Head of the University of Ulster's School of Media, Film...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 23, 2010
Other NI News In Brief
Moira 'Guns' Alert A number of suspected firearms have been recovered by PSNI detectives during a search of a property in Moira, Co Down. A man and a woman, who are both in their 30s, were arrested, ...
Business News, Sep 23, 2010
Stout Support For Iconic Brands
Guinness is really 'good for you' - or at least it is for marketing purposes. The Chartered Institute of Marketing's (CIM) Brand New 2010 Conference and Awards has confirmed that 'investing in a bran...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 22, 2010
Heroin Request 'Alleged To Have Killed'
The sudden death of a man in Belfast city centre at the weekend has resulted in a 39-year-old man being charged with his manslaughter. The victim, David McBratney, 46, was found lying at Bains Place...
UK National News, Sep 22, 2010
Other UK News In Brief
Drug Smugglers Jailed For 32 years Two men have been jailed for a total of 32 years for importing a street value of £3 million worth of cocaine. On 17 March, Officers from the Metropolitan Police Ser...
UK National News, Sep 22, 2010
Lib Dem Conference Calm Concerns
On the final day of the Liberal Democrat party conference, in an attempt to calm concerns over the coalition, the business secretary has launched an attack on self-interest and City greed. Vince Cabl...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 22, 2010
Defeated Unionists To Select Leader
The Ulster Unionist Party membership is meeting on Wednesday to select a new leader. It follows the resignation of Sir Reg Empey after the party's disastrous showing in the last general election in M...
UK National News, Sep 22, 2010
BBC Finances To Be Examined
For the first time, the National Audit Office (NAO) will be conducting an examination on the BBC's finances. A spokesman for the Department of Culture, Media and Sport has said the NAO will now be al...
UK National News, Sep 22, 2010
UK & Ireland Ranked Worst Places To Live
According to a new study, the UK and Ireland are the worst places to live in Europe. They hit the bottom of the uSwitch.com list due to lower than average government spending on health and education,...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 22, 2010
GP Referrals To Go High-Tech
Inter-agency communications in the health service are to be boosted with a system that allows GPs to make electronic requests for hospital appointments being rolled out across Northern Ireland. It is...
UK National News, Sep 22, 2010
Prisoner Charged Over Jail Stabbing
An inmate has been charged over the stabbing of three prison officers at a County Durham jail. Durham Police report that Kevan Thakrar, 23, has been charged with two counts of attempted murder and on...
UK National News, Sep 22, 2010
Vital Antenatal Care Not Getting Through
Experts have reported that many of the most vulnerable pregnant women across England and Wales, are missing out on vital antenatal services. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence ...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 22, 2010
School Challenges Campus Funding Ruling
A County Tyrone grammar school is going to the High Court to challenge a decision by the Stormont Education Minister not to pay for a new school. In 2004 Loreto Grammar, Omagh, was promised a £14.6m ...
UK National News, Sep 22, 2010
'Early Alert' Sounded Over Cancer
A new campaign that will alert people to the early signs of cancer and encourage them to get checked out will be launched in January next year. Care Services Minister Paul Burstow announced yesterday...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 22, 2010
'Ban Young Night Drivers' Call Applauded
New UK research that has claimed a ban on newly qualified young drivers motoring at night would save lives has received local support. The researcher's call received political backing locally with Ea...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 22, 2010
Bangor Sainsbury's Project Boosts Jobs
Development work will begin on a major superstore project in Bangor at the beginning of October, creating and securing dozens of construction jobs. The property expert who secured the deal to bring th...
UK National News, Sep 22, 2010
National Electricity Grid Faces Ofgem Review
The energy regulator Ofgem has announced a comprehensive and open review of the charging regime and associated connection arrangements for using Britain's high voltage electricity network and high pre...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 22, 2010
Stout Support For Iconic Brands
Guinness is really 'good for you' - or at least it is for marketing purposes. Ahead of Chartered Institute of Marketing's (CIM) Brand New 2010 Conference and Awards it has been confirmed that investi...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 22, 2010
Ulster Puts Journalism Training On Top
The man responsible for making a local academic course for journalists the top performer in the UK has been rewarded. Now, the newly appointed Head of the University of Ulster's School of Media, Film...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 22, 2010
NI Vets To Get Software Boost
An NI-based entrepreneur, Magherafelt's George Brownlee, is hoping to fast track his software for vets into commercial success with the help of Invest Northern Ireland's Propel programme. An experien...
Business News, Sep 22, 2010
Galway Harbour Project 'Sunk'
A huge construction planned for Galway Harbour has now been scaled down. Plans for the redevelopment of the city port have now 'shrunk' after a prospective buyer backed-out of a pre-contract agreemen...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 22, 2010
Other NI News In Brief
Derry Shooting Shock It has been revealed that shots were fired outside a house in Londonderry overnight in an attack around 10.30pm. It happened when two armed and masked men went to a house in Corn...
Business News, Sep 22, 2010
Foster Publishes Findings Examining Renewable Heat In NI
Energy Minister Arlene Foster has published the main findings from a significant study examining the potential for renewable heat in Northern Ireland. The study has concluded that Northern Ireland ha...