Northern Ireland News for September 2012

Northern Ireland News, Sep 28, 2012
Adams Rejects Further IRA Claims
Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has rejected further allegations regarding his past involvement in the IRA. Former IRA bomber Dolours Price made the allegations in an interview with the Sunday Telegraph...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 28, 2012
New Prison Scanner Introduced
A new search scanner is being used in a trial period at Magilligan Prison. The new 'millimetre wave scanner' is reportedly one of the most technologically sophisticated pieces of machinery on the mar...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 28, 2012
New Flu Vaccination For Children
All children in Northern Ireland will benefit from a new nasal flu vaccination which is due to be made available for young people by 2014. Children and young people aged 2-17 years who are at risk of...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 28, 2012
Company Fined After Employee Loses Arm
A County Armagh plastics company has been fined after a 20-year-old employee lost his arm while working at on the factory floor. Clarehill Plastics Ltd. received the £8,000 fine following an investig...
UK National News, Sep 28, 2012
Brother Of Eastenders Actor Admits To Killing Her
The brother of former EastEnders actor Gemma McCluskie has admitted killing her. Gemma McCluskie's headless and limbless body was discovered floating in Regent's Canal in March. She had been missing ...
UK National News, Sep 28, 2012
Newquay Bans 'Revolting' Mankinis
In an effort to shake off its image as a haven for drunken revellers and stag parties, newquay has taken the decision to ban mankinis and other "inappropriate clothing". Police in the Cornish resort...
UK National News, Sep 28, 2012
Pregnant Women To Be Offered Whooping Cough Vaccine
A new whooping cough vaccine is to be offered to pregnant women across the UK, in an effort to protect babies from an escalating outbreak of the disease. It is known that very young babies are at the...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 28, 2012
SDLP Cancels "Irresponsible" Pub Crawl
The SDLP has been forced to apologise following news that its youth-wing organised a cheap pub crawl for students. The £1-a-drink pub crawl was advertised through promotions on the party’s Twitter si...
UK National News, Sep 28, 2012
DWP Fraud Checks 'Weak' Says Committee
A committee of MPs has found the government failed to be rigorous enough in detecting fraud among its welfare-to-work providers. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) had missed "vital evidence"...
Business News, Sep 28, 2012
Ulster Bank Sign Up To Funding For Lending Scheme
SDLP Finance Spokesperson Dominic Bradley has welcomed Ulster Bank's announcement that they will be signing up to the Bank of England’s Funding for Lending scheme for businesses, but says that the wor...
Recruitment News, Sep 28, 2012
Govt Could Create Up To 25,000 Jobs According To Proposals
The Government could create up to 25,000 new jobs next year and a further 50,000 by the end of 2014 if it adopted a set of workable proposals put forward by the National Executive Council (NEC) of SIP...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 28, 2012
McIlroy Leads European Ryder Cup Hopes
Northern Irish golf will receive yet another international boost when Ulster golfers Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell tee-off Europe's defence of the Ryder Cup today. The 39th Ryder Cup begins at Med...
UK National News, Sep 28, 2012
21-Year-Old Man First To Be Jailed For Squatting
A 21-year-old man has become the first person to be jailed for squatting. Police arrested Alex Haigh at a flat in Pimlico on 2 September, he had arrived in London from Plymouth two months ago. Haigh...
UK National News, Sep 28, 2012
South Yorkshire Police Refuse To Apologise To Kelvin MacKenzie
Sun editor Kelvin MacKenzie will receive no apology from South Yorkshire police over fallout from the Hillsborough disaster. Lawyers for McKenzie have sought an apology for the "vilification" he had ...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 28, 2012
Carrick Hill Residents Contest Ruling
Tensions between nationalists and unionists continue to rise over Saturday’s Ulster Covenant centenary parade in Belfast, as Carrick Hill residents contest a Parades Commission ruling. The High Court...
UK National News, Sep 28, 2012
G4S Bosses Resign After Olympic Security Review
Following a MPs committee review of the Olympic Games security contract, two G4S have resigned. David Taylor-Smith, chief operating officer, and Ian Horseman Sewell, a managing director, have now le...
UK National News, Sep 28, 2012
OFT To Investigate Insurance Market
The Competition Commission has been asked to investigate the car insurance market, on the basis that it is not working well for motorists. The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) made the referral because i...
UK National News, Sep 28, 2012
'Let Him Die' Says Mother Of Man Left In Coma After Attack
Doctors have been asked to let a man die if his condition worsens. The family of 49-year-old Andrew Toseland has been left in a come after he was attacked outside his home in Gosport last month after...
UK National News, Sep 28, 2012
Other News In Brief
15 Months For Hit And Run On 'Supercop' A man has been jailed for 15 months for a hit and run which left a "supercop" with serious injuries. PC Diederik Coetzee, 55, was cycling to the gym in...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 28, 2012
Ulster Covenant 'Blood Signature' In Doubt
Tests carried out on behalf of the BBC show that an Ulster Covenant signature believed to have been signed in blood may not actually be genuine. It is widely believed throughout Northern Ireland that...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 28, 2012
New Cancer Therapy For Local Communities
An exciting new project funded by Friends of the Cancer Centre is providing an excellent opportunity to develop a complementary therapy service within local communities. This will give people affecte...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 28, 2012
Other News In Brief
Price Too Ill To Stand Trial Republican activist Marian Price will be unable to stand trial, Londonderry Magistrates Court has been told. UN, prison and defence doctors undertook examinations...
UK National News, Sep 27, 2012
Phone-Hacking Claimants Dropped Exemplary Damages Claim
More than 170 alleged victims of phone-hacking, including Cherie Blair and Wayne Rooney, have dropped their claim for exemplary damages as News International accused them of seeking "windfall" payouts...
UK National News, Sep 27, 2012
European Arrest Warrant Issued For Teacher
A European arrest warrant has been issued for Jeremy Forrest, the maths teacher who travelled to France with missing schoolgirl Megan Stammers. 30-year-old Forrest and 15-year-old Megan have not been...
UK National News, Sep 27, 2012
11-Year-Old Schoolboy Struck By Lightning
An 11-year-old boy is in a stable condition in hospital after being hit by lightning as he stood in the car park of the Dorcan academy in Swindon, Wiltshire, on Wednesday afternoon. Joe Compton suff...
Business News, Sep 27, 2012
Microfinance Scheme Is Open For Business
The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation TD today [Thursday] announced that the €90million Microfinance Scheme will be open for business from Monday next, 1st October. From next Monday, appli...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 27, 2012
Orange Order Changes Discussion Policy
The Orange Order has changed its institutional policy on discourse with residents’ groups regarding contentious parades. A senior figure in the Order has announced its members are no longer forbidden...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 27, 2012
PSNI Officers Invited To Apply For Top Gardaí Jobs
For the first time PSNI officers will be invited by Garda management to apply for permanent senior posts in the Republic. The move, which comes about as a consequence of the Good Friday Agreement, fo...
UK National News, Sep 27, 2012
ITV Cut 45 Regional News Jobs
ITV have announced they are cutting 45 jobs from its regional news operation, mainly technical and support roles, with a second round of cuts expected to hit editorial roles. The first round of cuts ...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 27, 2012
RUC Did Not Do Enough: HET
A report into the shooting of two men by the UVF 20 years ago has concluded the RUC did not do enough to prevent their murders, according to the BBC. Kevin McKearney and his uncle Jack McKearney were...