Northern Ireland News for January 2013 : Page 14
Northern Ireland News, Jan 8, 2013
O'Neill Reinforces Need For Rural Broadband
Agriculture Minister Michelle O’Neill says she has reinforced the need for rural access to broadband during a meeting with BT. The Minister met with BT Chief Executive Colm O’Neill to discuss issues ...
O'Neill Reinforces Need For Rural Broadband
Agriculture Minister Michelle O’Neill says she has reinforced the need for rural access to broadband during a meeting with BT. The Minister met with BT Chief Executive Colm O’Neill to discuss issues ...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 8, 2013
NI Higher Education Numbers Increase
There has been an increase in the number of Northern Ireland students accepted onto courses at Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). The total number of applicants accepted into NI institutions has i...
NI Higher Education Numbers Increase
There has been an increase in the number of Northern Ireland students accepted onto courses at Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). The total number of applicants accepted into NI institutions has i...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 8, 2013
Czech Man Accused Of Sex Trafficking
A man accused of sex trafficking in Northern Ireland has been told by a Belfast judge he will not be able to return home to the Czech Republic. Bronislav Rybensky has been denied permission to travel...
Czech Man Accused Of Sex Trafficking
A man accused of sex trafficking in Northern Ireland has been told by a Belfast judge he will not be able to return home to the Czech Republic. Bronislav Rybensky has been denied permission to travel...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 8, 2013
Other News In Brief
Retired RUC Sgt Cleared Of Wife's Murder A retired RUC sergeant has been cleared of the murder of his wife at a retrial. Mr Haveron, 58, from Farm Lodge Grove in Greenisland, was accused of m...
Other News In Brief
Retired RUC Sgt Cleared Of Wife's Murder A retired RUC sergeant has been cleared of the murder of his wife at a retrial. Mr Haveron, 58, from Farm Lodge Grove in Greenisland, was accused of m...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 7, 2013
UVF Leaders Orchestrated Flag Violence
PSNI chief constable Matt Baggot has confirmed the role of senior loyalist paramilitary leaders in orchestrating the violence that has enveloped parts of Northern Ireland since the beginning of the un...
UVF Leaders Orchestrated Flag Violence
PSNI chief constable Matt Baggot has confirmed the role of senior loyalist paramilitary leaders in orchestrating the violence that has enveloped parts of Northern Ireland since the beginning of the un...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 7, 2013
SDLP MLA Receives Bullet Death Threat
The SDLP’s Patsy McGlone has become the latest Northern Irish politician to receive a death threat as part of the ongoing dispute over the flying of the union flag at Belfast City Hall. The Mid Ulste...
SDLP MLA Receives Bullet Death Threat
The SDLP’s Patsy McGlone has become the latest Northern Irish politician to receive a death threat as part of the ongoing dispute over the flying of the union flag at Belfast City Hall. The Mid Ulste...
Recruitment News, Jan 7, 2013
SIPTU President Calls For Govt To Follow Thorough On Jobs Stimulus Programme
Commenting on the better than expected exchequer returns for 2012, SIPTU General President, Jack O'Connor, has called on the Government to seize the initiative and follow through with a major jobs sti...
SIPTU President Calls For Govt To Follow Thorough On Jobs Stimulus Programme
Commenting on the better than expected exchequer returns for 2012, SIPTU General President, Jack O'Connor, has called on the Government to seize the initiative and follow through with a major jobs sti...
Business News, Jan 7, 2013
Invest NI Host 'Working For Me' Seminar
Invest Northern Ireland in partnership with Disability Action has hosted a Working for Me seminar to raise awareness of the support available to disabled people who want to set up a business. The eve...
Invest NI Host 'Working For Me' Seminar
Invest Northern Ireland in partnership with Disability Action has hosted a Working for Me seminar to raise awareness of the support available to disabled people who want to set up a business. The eve...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 7, 2013
Police Issue Appeal Over Attempted PSNI Murder
The PSNI has issued an appeal to the public regarding the attempted murder of an off-duty police officer and his family at their home in east Belfast on Sunday 30 December. Detectives from Serious Cr...
Police Issue Appeal Over Attempted PSNI Murder
The PSNI has issued an appeal to the public regarding the attempted murder of an off-duty police officer and his family at their home in east Belfast on Sunday 30 December. Detectives from Serious Cr...
UK National News, Jan 7, 2013
Lord Strathclyde Resigns As Lords Leader
The Leader of the House of Lords has announced he will retire in order to pursue a career in business. Lord Strathclyde told Prime Minister David Cameron he would voluntarily retire from the Lords at...
Lord Strathclyde Resigns As Lords Leader
The Leader of the House of Lords has announced he will retire in order to pursue a career in business. Lord Strathclyde told Prime Minister David Cameron he would voluntarily retire from the Lords at...
Recruitment News, Jan 7, 2013
Live Register Figures Raise Alarm Bells About Unemployment
The latest Live Register figures raise alarm bells about the continued increase in long-term unemployment and youth emigration, according to Fianna Fáil’s Spokesperson on Jobs and Enterprise Dara Call...
Live Register Figures Raise Alarm Bells About Unemployment
The latest Live Register figures raise alarm bells about the continued increase in long-term unemployment and youth emigration, according to Fianna Fáil’s Spokesperson on Jobs and Enterprise Dara Call...
UK National News, Jan 7, 2013
Coalition Launches New Year Strategy
The coalition government has pledged to ignore the differences between the two parties in order to remain steadfast and united in the face of the problems facing the UK. David Cameron and Nick Clegg ...
Coalition Launches New Year Strategy
The coalition government has pledged to ignore the differences between the two parties in order to remain steadfast and united in the face of the problems facing the UK. David Cameron and Nick Clegg ...
UK National News, Jan 7, 2013
'Stability' Predicted For UK House Prices
Property prices in the UK dipped by 0.3% in 2012 and will remain at the same level during 2013, according to the Halifax. House prices were 1.3% higher in December than they had been in November, wit...
'Stability' Predicted For UK House Prices
Property prices in the UK dipped by 0.3% in 2012 and will remain at the same level during 2013, according to the Halifax. House prices were 1.3% higher in December than they had been in November, wit...
UK National News, Jan 7, 2013
Teen Killed During Police Chase Crash
A 13-year-old girl has died following a crash involving a car being chased by police in south London. The Met says inquiries are underway after the fatal collision in Southwark. At approx 6.20pm on ...
Teen Killed During Police Chase Crash
A 13-year-old girl has died following a crash involving a car being chased by police in south London. The Met says inquiries are underway after the fatal collision in Southwark. At approx 6.20pm on ...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 7, 2013
Renewed Appeal Over Jason McGovern Death
The PSNI has renewed an appeal for information to aid an investigation into the death of Jason McGovern. The Monaghan teenager was found dead on New Year’s Eve, having been attacked twice the night b...
Renewed Appeal Over Jason McGovern Death
The PSNI has renewed an appeal for information to aid an investigation into the death of Jason McGovern. The Monaghan teenager was found dead on New Year’s Eve, having been attacked twice the night b...
UK National News, Jan 7, 2013
British Tourist Dies In Australia Waterfall Slip
The body of a young man who died after falling from a waterfall in the Blue Mountains yesterday has been retrieved. The 20-year-old man, who was holidaying in Australia from the UK, was walking with ...
British Tourist Dies In Australia Waterfall Slip
The body of a young man who died after falling from a waterfall in the Blue Mountains yesterday has been retrieved. The 20-year-old man, who was holidaying in Australia from the UK, was walking with ...
UK National News, Jan 7, 2013
UK's Oldest Man Dies
Britain's oldest man has died. Former church minister Reg Dean passed away at the age of 110 years and 63 days, at his home in Wirksworth, Derbyshire, on Saturday. Mr Dean was born in Staffordshire...
UK's Oldest Man Dies
Britain's oldest man has died. Former church minister Reg Dean passed away at the age of 110 years and 63 days, at his home in Wirksworth, Derbyshire, on Saturday. Mr Dean was born in Staffordshire...
UK National News, Jan 7, 2013
Joint Operation Removes 175 Foreign Offenders
Over 175 of London's most prolific foreign national offenders have been removed from the UK as a result of a joint operation by the UK Border Agency and the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS). Operati...
Joint Operation Removes 175 Foreign Offenders
Over 175 of London's most prolific foreign national offenders have been removed from the UK as a result of a joint operation by the UK Border Agency and the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS). Operati...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 7, 2013
Dissidents Warn Irish In Armed Forces
Dissident Republicans have said that any Irish citizen serving in the British armed forces is a "legitimate target" for the Continuity IRA. The statement came during an annual commemoration of IRA ma...
Dissidents Warn Irish In Armed Forces
Dissident Republicans have said that any Irish citizen serving in the British armed forces is a "legitimate target" for the Continuity IRA. The statement came during an annual commemoration of IRA ma...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 7, 2013
Schoolboy Murder Convictions Quashed
Three men will face a retrial after their convictions for murdering a County Antrim schoolboy were declare unsafe. Aaron Wallace, 23, Christopher Kerr 25, and Jeff Lewis, 22, all of Ballymena, were c...
Schoolboy Murder Convictions Quashed
Three men will face a retrial after their convictions for murdering a County Antrim schoolboy were declare unsafe. Aaron Wallace, 23, Christopher Kerr 25, and Jeff Lewis, 22, all of Ballymena, were c...
UK National News, Jan 7, 2013
Other News In Brief
Man Dies In Lake District Fall A man has died in a fall at the Lake District on Saturday afternoon. Kendal and Langdale Ambleside Mountain Rescue Teams were called after a group of ramblers d...
Other News In Brief
Man Dies In Lake District Fall A man has died in a fall at the Lake District on Saturday afternoon. Kendal and Langdale Ambleside Mountain Rescue Teams were called after a group of ramblers d...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 7, 2013
SDLP Councillor's Home Attacked
Police are currently investigating an attack on the South Belfast home of an SDLP Councillor at the weekend. Cllr Claire Hanna, her husband and baby daughter were not at home during the attack, which...
SDLP Councillor's Home Attacked
Police are currently investigating an attack on the South Belfast home of an SDLP Councillor at the weekend. Cllr Claire Hanna, her husband and baby daughter were not at home during the attack, which...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 7, 2013
Belfast International Awards Runway Contract
Belfast International Airport has awarded a contract for the resurfacing of its main runway. Local construction firm Whitemountain Quarries will undertake the work between March and May of this year....
Belfast International Awards Runway Contract
Belfast International Airport has awarded a contract for the resurfacing of its main runway. Local construction firm Whitemountain Quarries will undertake the work between March and May of this year....
Northern Ireland News, Jan 7, 2013
Poots Launches Dental Consultation
Health Minister Edwin Poots has launched a public consultation on proposed changes to the way dental services are provided across Northern Ireland. The consultation paper sets out a number of propose...
Poots Launches Dental Consultation
Health Minister Edwin Poots has launched a public consultation on proposed changes to the way dental services are provided across Northern Ireland. The consultation paper sets out a number of propose...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 7, 2013
Other News In Brief
Detectives Quiz Murder Victim's Son Detectives investigating the murder of a 60-year-old man in County Tyrone are understood to be questioning the victim’s teenage son. Aloysius Hackett was f...
Other News In Brief
Detectives Quiz Murder Victim's Son Detectives investigating the murder of a 60-year-old man in County Tyrone are understood to be questioning the victim’s teenage son. Aloysius Hackett was f...
Recruitment News, Jan 4, 2013
Theme Park Jobs Boost
A North Yorkshire theme park and shopping village is set to expand securing 243 jobs and createing to 34 new posts. Lightwater Valley's plansto build 106 chalets and new sports facilities have been a...
Theme Park Jobs Boost
A North Yorkshire theme park and shopping village is set to expand securing 243 jobs and createing to 34 new posts. Lightwater Valley's plansto build 106 chalets and new sports facilities have been a...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 4, 2013
Man Arrested Over South Belfast Robbery
A 24-year-old man has been arrested by police investigating an attempted robbery in south Belfast. Police were called to the Ormeau Road at about 11:00 on Thursday, after reports of masked and possib...
Man Arrested Over South Belfast Robbery
A 24-year-old man has been arrested by police investigating an attempted robbery in south Belfast. Police were called to the Ormeau Road at about 11:00 on Thursday, after reports of masked and possib...
UK National News, Jan 4, 2013
Woman Denies Attempted Murder Of Baby
A 24-year-old woman has denied attempting to murder a baby found at the bottom of a rubbish chute outside a block of flats. Jaymin Abdulrahman, an Iraqi national, pleaded not guilty to attempted murd...
Woman Denies Attempted Murder Of Baby
A 24-year-old woman has denied attempting to murder a baby found at the bottom of a rubbish chute outside a block of flats. Jaymin Abdulrahman, an Iraqi national, pleaded not guilty to attempted murd...
UK National News, Jan 4, 2013
Malala Yousafzai Leaves Hospital
Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl activist shot in the head by the Taliban, has been discharged from a Birmingham hospital as an inpatient. The 15-year-old was being treated at Queen Elizabe...
Malala Yousafzai Leaves Hospital
Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl activist shot in the head by the Taliban, has been discharged from a Birmingham hospital as an inpatient. The 15-year-old was being treated at Queen Elizabe...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 4, 2013
Fifth Arrest Over Jason McGovern Murder
Five people have now been arrested over the murder of Jason McGovern. Detectives arrested a 21-year-old man on Friday in connection with the murder. It is believed 19-year-old Jason McGovern, from T...
Fifth Arrest Over Jason McGovern Murder
Five people have now been arrested over the murder of Jason McGovern. Detectives arrested a 21-year-old man on Friday in connection with the murder. It is believed 19-year-old Jason McGovern, from T...
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Northern Ireland WeatherToday:A sunny but frosty start for many. However cloud increases by midday with a few showers reaching the north coast, these mostly light but spreading inland this afternoon. Chilly. Maximum temperature 8 °C.Tonight:A rather cloudy evening with scattered showers. Becoming drier through the night with some good clear spells developing and a patchy frost away from coasts. Minimum temperature 0 °C.