Northern Ireland News for January 2019 : Page 2

Northern Ireland News, Jan 29, 2019
Other News In Brief
Alliance Party Pays Tribute To Chief Constable Hamilton Alliance Leader Naomi Long has paid tribute to the PSNI Chief Constable George Hamilton after he announced his plans to retire later thi...
Business News, Jan 28, 2019
Dungannon Firm Lands Six Figure Contract In Italy
A Northern Ireland recycling manufacturer has landed a six-figure contract to support post-earthquake recovery in Italy. Dungannon-based Kiverco will see its mobile recycling plant deployed to help ...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 28, 2019
'Highly Regarded' Murder Victim Named As Police Hunt The Killers
A murder investigation is underway after an attack which killed a 45-year-old man in east Belfast. The victim has been named locally as Ian Ogle, who was assaulted at Cluan Place, just off the Albert...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 28, 2019
PSNI Chief Constable George Hamilton Set To Retire
PSNI Chief Constable George Hamilton has announced his intentions to retire later this year. Mr Hamilton has served in the force for 34 years and informed the Northern Ireland Policing Board today, 2...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 28, 2019
Brexit: PM Urged To Secure Changes To NI Backstop
Prime Minister Theresa May is being urged to secure changes from the EU to the Northern Ireland backstop as part of her Brexit deal. Former foreign secretary Boris Johnson said winning a "freedom cla...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 28, 2019
Horrors Of The Holocaust Remembered In NI
As Sunday 27 January marked Holocaust Memorial Day in the UK, elected representatives across Northern Ireland have stressed the importance of remembering atrocities of the past. The memorial remember...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 28, 2019
14-Year-Old Boy Among Those Arrested For Drink Driving
Over 300 drink drivers were detected by the PSNI over the festive period last year, with a 14-year-old boy among them. The figure of 322 was down by more than 10% on the previous year, with the oldes...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 28, 2019
Murder Probe Launched After Man Dies In East Belfast
Police have launched a murder investigation after a man died following an attack in east Belfast. Officers were called to Cluan Place on Sunday night, January 27, after reports a man had been serious...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 28, 2019
Rare Red Panda Missing From Belfast Zoo
Members of the public are urged to be on the look-out for a red panda which has gone missing from Belfast zoo. Belfast City Council and the PSNI said the rare animal went missing on Sunday, 27 Januar...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 28, 2019
Woman Dies After Being Struck By Car
A woman in her 70's has been killed after she was struck by a car in County Down. The pedestrian was walking at the Windmill Road junction with the Donaghadee Road in Bangor when she was hit shortly ...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 28, 2019
SDLP: Backstop 'Vital' For Border Communities
The SDLP has stressed the importance of retaining the backstop in the much-disputed Brexit deal due to the "sensitivities and complexities of our peace process". Newry and Armagh MLA Justin McNulty's...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 28, 2019
Other News In Brief
Schools Must End Academic Selection - Sinn Fein A Sinn Fein MLA has hit out at the current academic selection process in Northern Ireland and is urging boards of governors at schools who still...
Business News, Jan 25, 2019
Council Launches Best Small Visitor Attraction Competition
Belfast City Council has teamed up with George Best Belfast City Airport, Tourism NI and the other ten Councils in the province to launch a competition to celebrate the region's lesser known attractio...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 25, 2019
Police Officer Headbutted And Nurse Assaulted In Hospital Attack
A police officer has been headbutted by a laughing attacker who said getting assaulted was "part of your job". The man also spat in a young nurse's face during the incident at the Mater Hospital in n...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 25, 2019
Bloody Sunday 'Soldier N' Dies
One of the former paratroopers facing potential charges over Bloody Sunday has passed away, it has emerged. Prosecutors were informed last week that 'Soldier N' had died. Thirteen people were shot d...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 25, 2019
Police Appeal After Racist Hate Crime
Police are appealing for information after a number of homes in County Armagh were daubed with racist graffiti. The incident happened in the Moyraverty Centre area of Craigavon on the morning of Thur...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 25, 2019
Leo Varadkar Warns Soldiers May Return To Border
The Irish Prime Minister has warned that troops may return to the border in the event of a no-deal Brexit. Leo Varadkar said armed posts could return after the UK leaves the EU, in the worst-case sce...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 25, 2019
SF Urge Santander To Reconsider Antrim Branch Closure
A Sinn Fein MLA is urging commercial banking group Santander to rethink plans to shut its Antrim High Street branch at the end of May. Declan Kearney's comments follow the company's announcement of a...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 25, 2019
Vicious Attack Leaves Woman With Brain Bleed
A woman has been left with serious injuries in hospital after she was brutally attacked last weekend. Police said the female was walking in west Belfast early on Saturday 19 January when three unknow...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 25, 2019
County Down Security Alert Declared A Hoax
A security alert in Ballynahinch, County Down, has been declared a hoax. Police and Army bomb experts were called to the Riverview Heights area following reports of a suspicious object at around 8pm ...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 25, 2019
Policing Board Crucial For Public Confidence In PSNI- Alliance
Northern Ireland's newly reconstituted Policing Board has met for the first time, in a move welcomed by the Alliance Party as vital for community confidence in the PSNI. The body has not met since th...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 25, 2019
Two Released After Arrests Into Dissident Republican Activity
Two people have been released after a number of arrests relating to dissident republican activity on Thursday 24 January. Detectives from the PSNI's Terrorism Investigation Unit arrested two males ag...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 25, 2019
Other News In Brief
Police Probing Suspicious Approach To Child Police are currently investigating a report of a suspicious approach to a young child in south Belfast. The incident in the Ormeau Road and Sunnysi...
Business News, Jan 24, 2019
Newry Digital Marketing Agency Announces North America Expansion Plans
A digital marketing agency in Newry has announced its plans to expand sales in North America. Fat Fish will create six new roles in 2019, which will contribute £189,000 to the local economy in additi...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 24, 2019
SDLP And Fianna Fáil Enter 'Historical' Policy Partnership
The SDLP has partnered with the Republic of Ireland's Fianna Fáil in an "unprecedented" programme of public engagement. The collaboration was announced in Belfast on Thursday 24 January, as the parti...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 24, 2019
Govt Considers Independent Facilitator To Break Stormont Deadlock
The UK Government is exploring the possibility of appointing an independent facilitator to break the ongoing political deadlock and restore Northern Ireland's devolved institutions. NI Minister Lord ...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 24, 2019
Man Jailed For Life Over 2017 Christmas Day Murder
A man from Lisburn has been jailed for life after he pled guilty to stabbing a mother to death on Christmas Day 2017. 20-year-old Nathan Ward admitted stabbing Jayne Toal Reat, 43, at a house in the ...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 24, 2019
Police Seize Suspected Firearm In L'Derry Search
Police investigating a bomb attack in L'Derry on Saturday 19 have seized a suspected firearm during a follow up search in the city. It was discovered on Wednesday evening in the Brandywell area. A s...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 24, 2019
Green Party Call For Legalised Abortion
Northern Ireland's Green Party has hit out at the Department of Health's (DoH) recent abortion statistics as "not reflective of reality" and demanded changes to the strict laws. The 1967 Abortion Act...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 24, 2019
SDLP: Stormont Stalemate Is 'Wilful Neglect' Of Children's Health
The SDLP's Health Spokesperson has deemed the continuing political stalemate in Northern Ireland as a "wilful neglect of children's health". Mark Durkan MLA's comments follow a report from the Royal ...