Northern Ireland News for January 2011 : Page 4

UK National News, Jan 26, 2011
Other UK News In Brief
Police Launch Appeal Following Fatal Collision A 17-year-old student who died after he was in collision with a bus in Walthamstow may have been involved in an altercation with a group of teenagers i...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 26, 2011
Other NI News In Brief
40 Signals Excel Two worthy causes have benefited after NI Territorial Army soldiers on a six-month tour of duty on Operation Tosca in Cyprus returned to NI having raising £5,000 for the Children's H...
Recruitment News, Jan 26, 2011
Aer Lingus Roster Staff Face Sacking
Aer Lingus staff - who have been stripped from the payroll after refusing to comply with controversial roster arrangements - are now facing the sack. The dispute at the part state owned flyer has bee...
Business News, Jan 26, 2011
US 'Still Backing Irish Businesses'
Further business opportunities are set to flow from the USA with news that the Stormont First Minister Peter Robinson and the Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness have been able to review progress ...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 25, 2011
Child Care 'Failures' At Royal Hospital
Health care for children in one of Belfast's best known and well respected hospitals may not have been fit for use in recent times. Even though Belfast Health Trust has now said that it was confident...
UK National News, Jan 25, 2011
Four Children Killed In House Fire
Four children have died in a house fire in Derbyshire. Emergency services were called out to the village of Hulland Ward last night, but were unable to save them. The children's mother, Rachel Henso...
UK National News, Jan 25, 2011
Female Suicide Bomber Suspected In Russian Blast
A female suicide bomber is believed to be responsible for the airport bombing in Russia which killed at least 35 people including one Briton. The blast, which took place at Domodedovo airport, left o...
UK National News, Jan 25, 2011
Met Police Seize Scam Mail Aimed At UK Victims
In the first operation of its kind, officers from the Metropolitan Police Service's Economic and Specialist Crime Unit (Operation Sterling) took possession of a bulk delivery of scam mail intended for...
UK National News, Jan 25, 2011
Kent Power Station To Supply 1.5 Million Homes
Energy Minister Charles Hendry today gave the go-ahead for Scottish Power to construct a new 1,000 megawatt gas-fired power station near Hoo St Werburgh in Kent, adjacent to the existing Damhead Creek...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 25, 2011
Beleaguered Builders Await Planning Solutions
Building activity and those behind commercial developments are being stymied right across NI because of delays in the planning approval stages. One public inquiry into two major retail developments p...
UK National News, Jan 25, 2011
Bus Driver Jailed For Rape
A 42-year-old bus driver from Hayes has been jailed at Isleworth Crown Court for eight years. Kalash Vijay, from Evergreen Way, was found guilty of two counts of rape. The victim, a 24-year-old wo...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 25, 2011
McGimpsey Criticised Over Swine Flu
In the wake of the recent death of a child from swine flu there has been a call for assurances on vaccine stocks. With the Stormont Health Minister, Michael McGimpsey (pictured) offering his condolen...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 25, 2011
Republic's Election Set For February 25
The date for the Irish Republic's election has been agreed for February 25 after the Opposition and the Government agreed to fast track the crucial Finance Bill through the Dáil by Friday. Taoiseach...
UK National News, Jan 25, 2011
Manufacturing Summit Held To Grow UK Industry
The UK’s leading advanced manufacturers and Government met today to discuss how to work together to promote manufacturing excellence, challenge perceptions of the industry and dispel the myth that Bri...
UK National News, Jan 25, 2011
Dáil Election On February 25
The date for the Irish Republic's election has been agreed for February 25 after the Opposition and the Government agreed to fast track the crucial Finance Bill through the Dáil by Friday. Taoiseach...
UK National News, Jan 25, 2011
Growth Industries Get Training Boost
Two of the UK’s most important growth industries received a boost today as Skills Minister John Hayes announced a new National Skills Academy (NSA) for Composites and Biotechnology. The Academy, whi...
UK National News, Jan 25, 2011
Other UK News In Brief
Have Your Say On Student Visa Reforms As the public consultation on reform of the student route to the UK draws to a close, the Government has called on people to take this opportunity to make their...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 25, 2011
US 'Still Backing Irish Businesses'
Further business opportunities are set to flow from the USA with news that the Stormont First Minister Peter Robinson and the Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness have been able to review progress ...
Business News, Jan 25, 2011
Eire's Attraction For Investment 'Undiminished'
Despite the ongoing political turmoil, former Fianna Fail leader Brian Cowen has claimed Ireland's ability to attract Foreign Direct Investment is "undiminished". Taoiseach Brian Cowen made the comme...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 25, 2011
Clarity Sought Over Derry Radiotherapy Unit
About 100 people attended a public meeting in Londonderry on Monday night to discuss a planned radiotherapy unit at Altnagelvin Hospital - which saw the Stormont Health Minister Michael McGimpsey crit...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 25, 2011
Aer Lingus Roster Staff Face Sacking
Aer Lingus staff - who have been stripped from the payroll after refusing to comply with controversial roster arrangements - are now facing the sack. The dispute at the part state owned flyer has bee...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 25, 2011
Comfortable Cows In Lap Of Luxury
Dairy cows in NI are 'lapping it up' and getting a good deal from a Garvagh-based firm that has been assisted by Invest Northern Ireland to design, manufacture and market internationally a unique cow ...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 25, 2011
NI Dancers Premiere At Opera House
Around 50 of Northern Ireland's leading champion festival dancers have come together to form a new dance company under the artistic instruction of renowned teacher, choreographer and producer of NI da...
Business News, Jan 25, 2011
Green Light For Contentious City Apartments
Although he previously stepped aside temporarily from his post as the NI Policing Board Chairman - as police investigated allegations of wrongful practice - Big Picture Developments Ltd director Barry...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 25, 2011
Lager Launches NI Soccer Web Link-up
Soccer players have this week united with the launch of a new sporting and social web site dedicated to amateur and 'small-sided' soccer in Northern Ireland. The site, at <A HREF= 'http://www.4ni.co...
Business News, Jan 25, 2011
Aer Lingus Dispute 'Costing €400k Daily'
The Aer Lingus roster dispute in the Irish Republic is costing the part state-owned airline some €400,000 per day for the hiring alternate aircraft and crews. The airline is currently locked in a dis...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 25, 2011
Other NI News In Brief
Paedophile Porn Cop Jailed A former policeman has been jailed after admitting possessing over 600 indecent images of children. Yesterday, Brian Wilfred Richard Connor, 46, from Knockloughrim near Mag...
Business News, Jan 25, 2011
Section 23 Tax Relief 'Retained'
Those who have invested in property have been handed good news with an apparent reprieve in the forthcoming Finance Bill. It said that the restriction of section 23-type tax relief is being postponed...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 24, 2011
Mackenzie Deal Revealed
The former boss of troubled NI Water (NIW) received a total severance package of £97,000, the Stormont Regional Development Minister, Conor Murphy has revealed. He gave details of Laurence Mackenzie...
UK National News, Jan 24, 2011
Man Charged With Joanna Yeates Murder
Police have charged a 32-year-old Dutch man with the murder of Joanna Yeates. The 25-year-old landscape architect was found on Christmas day in Longwood Lane, Failand, eight days after she was repor...