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Northern Ireland News for October 2011 : Page 4
UK National News, Oct 25, 2011
Concern Over Unguarded Munition Dumps In Libya
Vast amounts of unsecured explosive weapons, including surface-to-air missiles, remain unguarded in the area around Sirte, Libya, a humanitarian group has said on Tuesday. Human Rights Watch said th...
Concern Over Unguarded Munition Dumps In Libya
Vast amounts of unsecured explosive weapons, including surface-to-air missiles, remain unguarded in the area around Sirte, Libya, a humanitarian group has said on Tuesday. Human Rights Watch said th...
UK National News, Oct 25, 2011
Yorkshire Policeman Dies After HGV Accident
A policeman in Yorkshire has died after being hit by a heavy goods vehicle on a motorway while attempting to assist a woman on the hard shoulder. West Yorkshire Police have expressed their condolence...
Yorkshire Policeman Dies After HGV Accident
A policeman in Yorkshire has died after being hit by a heavy goods vehicle on a motorway while attempting to assist a woman on the hard shoulder. West Yorkshire Police have expressed their condolence...
UK National News, Oct 25, 2011
Two Dead In Irish Flooding
Search teams working to locate missing Irish police officer, Garda Ciaran Jones have found a body close to where he was swept away last night. The body has not yet been officially identified. Mr Jone...
Two Dead In Irish Flooding
Search teams working to locate missing Irish police officer, Garda Ciaran Jones have found a body close to where he was swept away last night. The body has not yet been officially identified. Mr Jone...
Recruitment News, Oct 25, 2011
Fresh Jobs Land At Belfast Park Centre
Over 20 new full and part-time jobs are set to be created in west Belfast after a local shopping centre, the Park Centre signed a trio of new tenants. The Park Centre, located on the Donegall Road ju...
Fresh Jobs Land At Belfast Park Centre
Over 20 new full and part-time jobs are set to be created in west Belfast after a local shopping centre, the Park Centre signed a trio of new tenants. The Park Centre, located on the Donegall Road ju...
UK National News, Oct 25, 2011
Payday Loans Fuel UK Debt Problems Says Charity
Payday loans providing people with last minute cash before their pay check arrives is fuelling consumer debt problems, according to research by a debt charity. The survey by the Debt Advice Foundatio...
Payday Loans Fuel UK Debt Problems Says Charity
Payday loans providing people with last minute cash before their pay check arrives is fuelling consumer debt problems, according to research by a debt charity. The survey by the Debt Advice Foundatio...
UK National News, Oct 25, 2011
Other News In Brief
Emergency Call Handler Dismissed An police officer has been dismissed on Tuesday at a Misconduct Board following an investigation managed by the Police Complaints Commission. The 58-year-old P...
Other News In Brief
Emergency Call Handler Dismissed An police officer has been dismissed on Tuesday at a Misconduct Board following an investigation managed by the Police Complaints Commission. The 58-year-old P...
Business News, Oct 25, 2011
Co-ownership Funding To Boost Builders
The banking sector and the Stormont Executive are to join forces and work together to inject further funding into Northern Ireland's co-ownership housing scheme. The NI Finance Minister Sammy Wilson ...
Co-ownership Funding To Boost Builders
The banking sector and the Stormont Executive are to join forces and work together to inject further funding into Northern Ireland's co-ownership housing scheme. The NI Finance Minister Sammy Wilson ...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 25, 2011
Residents Celebrate City Airport Court Ruling
A previous decision to allow a virtual free-for-all on passenger numbers at George Best Belfast City Airport has been quashed at the High Court. The court has ordered that the cap that previously lim...
Residents Celebrate City Airport Court Ruling
A previous decision to allow a virtual free-for-all on passenger numbers at George Best Belfast City Airport has been quashed at the High Court. The court has ordered that the cap that previously lim...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 25, 2011
Co-ownership Funding To Boost Builders
The banking sector and the Stormont Executive are to join forces and work together to inject further funding into Northern Ireland's co-ownership housing scheme. The NI Finance Minister Sammy Wilson ...
Co-ownership Funding To Boost Builders
The banking sector and the Stormont Executive are to join forces and work together to inject further funding into Northern Ireland's co-ownership housing scheme. The NI Finance Minister Sammy Wilson ...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 25, 2011
DUP's Challenge To Cameron On EU Fails
The Prime Minister, David Cameron yesterday faced down a further challenge over the UK's EU membership. As the backbench revolt loomed at Westminster, the DUP Deputy Leader Nigel Dodds hit out at the...
DUP's Challenge To Cameron On EU Fails
The Prime Minister, David Cameron yesterday faced down a further challenge over the UK's EU membership. As the backbench revolt loomed at Westminster, the DUP Deputy Leader Nigel Dodds hit out at the...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 25, 2011
Long Slams EU Withdrawal Debate
This week's debate at Westminster on the UK's continued membership of the European Union (EU) is sending out the 'wrong signals'. The East Belfast Alliance MP Naomi Long has said that the motion deba...
Long Slams EU Withdrawal Debate
This week's debate at Westminster on the UK's continued membership of the European Union (EU) is sending out the 'wrong signals'. The East Belfast Alliance MP Naomi Long has said that the motion deba...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 25, 2011
Aras Candidate Gallagher In Cash Row Attack
Irish Presidential hopeful and the poll 'favourite' Sean Gallagher has admitted that he 'may have delivered a cheque from a fuel smuggler' to Fianna Fail headquarters three years ago. In a last push ...
Aras Candidate Gallagher In Cash Row Attack
Irish Presidential hopeful and the poll 'favourite' Sean Gallagher has admitted that he 'may have delivered a cheque from a fuel smuggler' to Fianna Fail headquarters three years ago. In a last push ...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 25, 2011
Kilkeel Crash Witnesses Sought By PSNI
The police have issued an appeal for information after two men were injured in a serious road accident in Kilkeel, Co Down. The collision - involving a white Peugot 306 and a silver Volkswagen Golf -...
Kilkeel Crash Witnesses Sought By PSNI
The police have issued an appeal for information after two men were injured in a serious road accident in Kilkeel, Co Down. The collision - involving a white Peugot 306 and a silver Volkswagen Golf -...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 25, 2011
Aid Law & Order In Libya, Says Alliance
A NI politician, the Alliance East Belfast MP Naomi Long has urged the PM to support the re-establishment of the rule of law and democracy in Libya following the killing of the former leader of Libya,...
Aid Law & Order In Libya, Says Alliance
A NI politician, the Alliance East Belfast MP Naomi Long has urged the PM to support the re-establishment of the rule of law and democracy in Libya following the killing of the former leader of Libya,...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 25, 2011
Other NI News In Brief
DUP Attacks NHS Strikers The East Antrim MLA Alastair Ross has said that trade union Unison's one day strike action on 5 October has resulted in 2,224 outpatient appointments and 177 inpatient...
Other NI News In Brief
DUP Attacks NHS Strikers The East Antrim MLA Alastair Ross has said that trade union Unison's one day strike action on 5 October has resulted in 2,224 outpatient appointments and 177 inpatient...
Recruitment News, Oct 25, 2011
Medical Manufacturer To Create 79 Jobs
A medical devices company in Ireland has announced a significant investment and in turn will create 79 jobs for Leitrim. The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Mr Richard Bruton announced t...
Medical Manufacturer To Create 79 Jobs
A medical devices company in Ireland has announced a significant investment and in turn will create 79 jobs for Leitrim. The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Mr Richard Bruton announced t...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 25, 2011
Ian Rankin In Belfast For Words and Music
No Alibis Bookstore and alternative music specialists Strange Victory are presenting an impressive evening of spoken word and music with The Willard Grant Conspiracy and author Ian Rankin this Novembe...
Ian Rankin In Belfast For Words and Music
No Alibis Bookstore and alternative music specialists Strange Victory are presenting an impressive evening of spoken word and music with The Willard Grant Conspiracy and author Ian Rankin this Novembe...
UK National News, Oct 24, 2011
Other News In Brief
Gadaffi Supporters Executed A charity has said it has found the bodies of 53 apparent Gadaffi supporters in a hotel in Sirte, who it believes were executed. The Human Rights Watch charity said...
Other News In Brief
Gadaffi Supporters Executed A charity has said it has found the bodies of 53 apparent Gadaffi supporters in a hotel in Sirte, who it believes were executed. The Human Rights Watch charity said...
UK National News, Oct 24, 2011
Tories To Defy Cameron's Euro Vote Whip
Some 70 conservative backbenchers are expected to defy David Cameron's strict instructions to vote against the holding of a referendum on Europe. The Prime Minister has issued the strongest warning ...
Tories To Defy Cameron's Euro Vote Whip
Some 70 conservative backbenchers are expected to defy David Cameron's strict instructions to vote against the holding of a referendum on Europe. The Prime Minister has issued the strongest warning ...
UK National News, Oct 24, 2011
Sarkozy Tells Cameron To 'Shut Up' At Euro Summit
David Cameron has been told to "shut up" by the French President during a furious row at the EU summit in Brussels on Sunday. According to the Guardian, an enraged Mr Sarkozy told the British Prime ...
Sarkozy Tells Cameron To 'Shut Up' At Euro Summit
David Cameron has been told to "shut up" by the French President during a furious row at the EU summit in Brussels on Sunday. According to the Guardian, an enraged Mr Sarkozy told the British Prime ...
UK National News, Oct 24, 2011
Spanish Flood Tragedy 'Avoidable'
Last night it was claimed that a Spanish flood tragedy could have been avoided if the town council's had not allowed the flood-hit market place, which is situated on a ravine bed, to be covered with a...
Spanish Flood Tragedy 'Avoidable'
Last night it was claimed that a Spanish flood tragedy could have been avoided if the town council's had not allowed the flood-hit market place, which is situated on a ravine bed, to be covered with a...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 24, 2011
One Arrested After Taxi Row Victim Dies
A man has been charged in connection with the death of a man fatally injured in an attack at a Belfast taxi depot on Sunday. The 60-year-old victim who was assaulted in the city centre at the weekend...
One Arrested After Taxi Row Victim Dies
A man has been charged in connection with the death of a man fatally injured in an attack at a Belfast taxi depot on Sunday. The 60-year-old victim who was assaulted in the city centre at the weekend...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 24, 2011
Six Months Prison Reform 'Critical', Says Ford
Prison reform in Northern Ireland is now at a turning point. According to the NI Justice Minister David Ford, a new report by the Prison Review Team is a watershed for the Northern Ireland Prison Serv...
Six Months Prison Reform 'Critical', Says Ford
Prison reform in Northern Ireland is now at a turning point. According to the NI Justice Minister David Ford, a new report by the Prison Review Team is a watershed for the Northern Ireland Prison Serv...
UK National News, Oct 24, 2011
Wikileaks Suspended Over Bank 'Blockade'
Whistle blowing site Wikileaks, that exposed a number of US war atrocities and embarrassing interdepartmental cables from foreign ambassadors, has been forced to close down due to a "blockade" by fina...
Wikileaks Suspended Over Bank 'Blockade'
Whistle blowing site Wikileaks, that exposed a number of US war atrocities and embarrassing interdepartmental cables from foreign ambassadors, has been forced to close down due to a "blockade" by fina...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 24, 2011
Torrential Rain Hits Eastern NI
Heavy rain has caused flooding in various parts of Northern Ireland overnight with the areas worst hit being in parts of north and west Belfast, Ballyclare and also in Cushendall and Carnlough on the ...
Torrential Rain Hits Eastern NI
Heavy rain has caused flooding in various parts of Northern Ireland overnight with the areas worst hit being in parts of north and west Belfast, Ballyclare and also in Cushendall and Carnlough on the ...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 24, 2011
Maskey Welcomes West Belfast Drug Hauls
Ecstasy worth an estimated £100k has been seized during what has been described as a planned PSNI operation in Belfast. A police spokesperson said that two men were arrested after a car was stopped o...
Maskey Welcomes West Belfast Drug Hauls
Ecstasy worth an estimated £100k has been seized during what has been described as a planned PSNI operation in Belfast. A police spokesperson said that two men were arrested after a car was stopped o...
UK National News, Oct 24, 2011
University Applications Down 9%
The increased cap on fees has had a huge affect on the amount of university applicants, with a fall of 9% in this year's submissions for university courses. According to a statistical report from ap...
University Applications Down 9%
The increased cap on fees has had a huge affect on the amount of university applicants, with a fall of 9% in this year's submissions for university courses. According to a statistical report from ap...
UK National News, Oct 24, 2011
St Paul's Seeks Occupation Protesters Removal
St Paul's Cathedral in London is receiving legal advice on removing a camp of protesters that set up last week outside its entrance. The Cathdral said it was forced to shut on Friday because of the ...
St Paul's Seeks Occupation Protesters Removal
St Paul's Cathedral in London is receiving legal advice on removing a camp of protesters that set up last week outside its entrance. The Cathdral said it was forced to shut on Friday because of the ...
Recruitment News, Oct 24, 2011
Software Firm Reveals Dublin Jobs
There is some good news on the jobs front this morning. Thirty-five new positions are to be created in Dublin by US software company, Engine Yard. The high-end programming positions will be based in...
Software Firm Reveals Dublin Jobs
There is some good news on the jobs front this morning. Thirty-five new positions are to be created in Dublin by US software company, Engine Yard. The high-end programming positions will be based in...
UK National News, Oct 24, 2011
August Riots 'Unprecedented' – Police
A report by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) has said the "unprecedented" nature of the August riots had "created significant challenges" for the police. The MPS published the early findings fr...
August Riots 'Unprecedented' – Police
A report by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) has said the "unprecedented" nature of the August riots had "created significant challenges" for the police. The MPS published the early findings fr...
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Northern Ireland WeatherThis Evening and Tonight:Mostly cloudy with showery outbreaks of rain reaching parts of Antrim and Down later this evening, The showers will extend westwards overnight, clearing from most places by morning. Minimum temperature 7 °C.
