Northern Ireland News for July 2011 : Page 5

Northern Ireland News, Jul 22, 2011
Fresh Alert Ends As Mortar Find Condemned
Local people have returned to their homes having been evacuated due to a fresh security alert in east Belfast earlier today. The Army Bomb Squad have now taken away a viable incendiary device that wa...
UK National News, Jul 22, 2011
Other UK News In Brief
Man Murdered In Southwark Police have launched a murder investigation after a man was killed in Southwark. The alarm was raised at 7.50pm on Tuesday to reports of a male assaulted in a premises in O...
Business News, Jul 22, 2011
Consultation Underway On Renewable Energy
Fresh proposals are being launched to develop the local renewable heat market. Renewable heat is heat produced from renewable sources such as solar radiation, biomass materials, heat pumps, geotherma...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 22, 2011
PSNI Target 'Sham' NI Marriages
As the police in Londonderry were forced to apologise following an earlier arrest blunder during a supposed 'sham wedding', a separate bride and groom detained as they prepared to take their wedding v...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 22, 2011
Derry Bids For Top Architectural Prize
A building in Londonderry that literally rose form the ashes has become the first in Northern Ireland to be shortlisted for the prestigious Stirling Prize. Culturlann Ui Chanain cost £4m and has alre...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 22, 2011
Healthy Boost For Ballymena Builders
Builders are set for a boost with news this week of a £25m construction project to provide a new health and care centre in Ballymena. The NI Health Minister Edwin Poots announced the plans to build t...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 22, 2011
Northern Branch Closures 'Banking On Loyalty'
The Northern Bank is making widespread cuts in its branch network in Co Antrim and Co Down - but is hoping to retain all their customers from the affected facilities. The branches to close in Belfast...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 22, 2011
'Unfit' Plant Hire Bosses Disqualified
A husband and wife team of plant hire bosses have been disqualified from being company directors for seven years. The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (DETI) has accepted both Gerard Mc...
Recruitment News, Jul 22, 2011
Unemployed Welfare Rights Book Launched
The Irish Republic's Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton, will launch a free comprehensive publication to benefit the Unemployed this Monday. The book, ‘Working for Work’ is the only comprehe...
Recruitment News, Jul 22, 2011
Consultation Underway On Renewable Energy
Fresh proposals are being launched to develop the local renewable heat market - with potential for a boost to local employment skills as a result. There may be opportunities for training in the skill...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 22, 2011
Climate Change Gets NI Focus
While NI may not be in the middle of a summer heat wave - with temperatures staying below the seasonal average - climate change is still firmly on the agenda in the Province. Environmental Health pra...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 22, 2011
Local Latvians Urged To Vote In Referendum
Irish Latvians are going to the polls this weekend to cast their vote in a national plebiscite. The Honorary Northern Ireland Consulate of Latvia - based in Newry - has been asked by the Embassy of L...
Business News, Jul 22, 2011
Climate Change Gets NI Focus
While NI may not be in the middle of a summer heat wave - with temperatures staying below the seasonal average - climate change is still firmly on the agenda in the Province. Environmental Health pra...
Business News, Jul 22, 2011
Derry Bids For Top Architectural Prize
A building in Londonderry that literally rose form the ashes has become the first in Northern Ireland to be shortlisted for the prestigious Stirling Prize. Culturlann Ui Chanain cost £4m and has alre...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 22, 2011
Other NI News In Brief
Jungle Book Swings A spectacular jungle complete with vines, a river and trees has covered the Northern Bank Stage of the Lyric Theatre as the venue opens for its first family show, a new musi...
Business News, Jul 22, 2011
Waste Recycling On The Rise
Waste management and handling is in focus this week with the latest edition of the Northern Ireland Municipal Waste Management Statistics being published - recording a rise in recycling. The key poin...
Business News, Jul 22, 2011
Plans In The Pipeline For €8 Million Maritime Research And Testing Centre
Plans have been lodged with Cork County Council by University College Cork for the construction of a Maritime Research and Testing Centre at the National Maritime College of Ireland (NMCI) in Ringaski...
Recruitment News, Jul 22, 2011
£25m Apprenticeships Fund Will Build Skills For Growth
Visiting Jaguar Land Rover in the Midlands, Prime Minister David Cameron today announced details of a £25 million fund that will support up to 10,000 Advanced and Higher Apprenticeships, giving firms ...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 21, 2011
Searches Follow Met Cop Shooting Arrests
The PSNI has arrested two men following the shooting of a police officer in south Croydon earlier this month. On Wednesday evening the men, aged 20 and 26, were arrested at a house in south Belfast a...
UK National News, Jul 21, 2011
Over 200 Officers In Operation Target Crackdown
As part of the Met's Operation Target, a major crackdown to disrupt criminal and anti-social group activity including youth violence, took place yesterday. The operation, which is one of the most sig...
UK National News, Jul 21, 2011
Man Found Guilty Of Knifepoint Rapes
A man has been found guilty of knifepoint rapes and robberies on female escorts in west London. Christopher Shepherd, 31, unemployed and of no fixed address, was today found guilty at Isleworth Crown...
UK National News, Jul 21, 2011
PSNI Arrest Two Over Croydon Cops Shooting
Northern Ireland's Police Service (PSNI) have arrested two men following the shooting of a police officer in south Croydon earlier this month. On Wednesday evening the men, aged 20 and 26, were arres...
UK National News, Jul 21, 2011
Police Need To Transform Their Efficiency, Says Report
A report by HM Inspectorate of Constabulary, ‘Adapting to Austerity’, found that authorities and forces have made a good start in developing plans for the next four years, but they need to transform t...
UK National News, Jul 21, 2011
Manufacturers Asked To Take Up Red Tape Challenge
Manufacturing businesses up and down the country are being asked to play their part in cutting bureaucracy and red tape in the latest phase of a campaign to reduce the burdens on British businesses. ...
UK National News, Jul 21, 2011
Plumber 'Jailed' Over Explosion
A Wolverhampton plumber has been given a ten-month suspended jail sentence for causing a gas explosion and fire in which a pensioner sustained 21 per cent burns rescuing his nine-year-old granddaughte...
UK National News, Jul 21, 2011
Scottish Gold Mining 'Worth £80m To Economy'
Scotland's first commercial gold mine is expected to produce 20,000 ounces of gold and 80,000 ounces of silver per year, of which 5,000 ounces of gold will be extracted as unrefined gold bars and iden...
UK National News, Jul 21, 2011
Other UK News In Brief
Teen Girl Diet ''Ticking Time Bomb' Teenage eating habits are poor, with teenage girls worse, risking long-term effects on their health according to new Department of Health data published today. The...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 21, 2011
NI Construction Sector Continues To Shrink
Construction output in Northern Ireland has continued to dip, according to the latest figures from the NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA). The quarterly construction bulletin revealed output w...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 21, 2011
Concerns Raised Over A&E Closure Proposals
A proposal to close Accident & Emergency (A&E) facilities around Belfast needs to be looked at carefully. The SDLP Health Spokesperson Mark H Durkan has warned that the reduction of emergency service...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 21, 2011
Taoiseach Rages Over Vatican's 'Child Abuse'
The Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny has launched an attack in parliament on the Catholic Church. Yesterday, Mr Kenny said the recent Cloyne Report into allegations of priest sex abuse showed change w...