Northern Ireland News for May 2019 : Page 2

Northern Ireland News, May 29, 2019
Police Issue Warning Over Video Of Lurgan School Brawl
Police have issued a warning over the circulation of a video online which shows a brawl between two school children in Lurgan. The video shows a first year school pupil from St Ronan's College being ...
Northern Ireland News, May 29, 2019
Other News In Brief
SF Demand Jobs Protection In Bombardier Sale Sinn Fein is calling for the protection of jobs and worker's rights throughout the planned sale of Bombardier's Belfast plant. A party delegation ...
Business News, May 29, 2019
£1.4m Investment Sees Davison Canners Expand Product Range
Armagh based company Davison Canners has launched its own brand of hot-eat desserts and puddings- Simply Puddings- as the business continues to grow. The development comes through a £1.4 million capi...
Northern Ireland News, May 28, 2019
Alliance Surge Marks Change In NI Politics
Alliance Party leader Naomi Long has said the surge in public support for her party demonstrates a significant change to politics in Northern Ireland. It comes after she was elected to represent the ...
Northern Ireland News, May 28, 2019
Fire Service Support Centre Opened
The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) has today opened its new Service Support Centre worth £8.2 million at the Boucher Road in Belfast. The facility will be a hub for maintenance, ser...
Northern Ireland News, May 28, 2019
New PSNI Chief Constable Appointed
A former head of Cheshire Police has been appointed as the next chief constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland. Simon Byrne will succeed George Hamilton, who is set to retire at the end of...
Northern Ireland News, May 28, 2019
SDLP Slam Church Arson
An SDLP MLA has hit out at those behind a deliberate fire at a church in L'Derry. The Holy Family parish in the Ballymagroarty area of the city was targeted by arsonists on Friday evening, 24 May. An...
Northern Ireland News, May 28, 2019
Snow Patrol's 'Extra Special' Bangor Concert
Saturday 25 May was a night to remember for over 35,000 people who swarmed to Ward Park in Bangor to see Northern Irish rock band Snow Patrol. Ward Park 3 was nine years in the making and saw a line-...
Northern Ireland News, May 28, 2019
NI Elects Three Female MEPs
Northern Ireland has elected three women MEPs for the first time ever, with the DUP, Alliance Party and Sinn Fein each gaining a seat in the European Parliament. The count in Magherafelt on Monday 27...
Business News, May 28, 2019
Co Antrim Woodshavings Firm Awarded £50K Grant
A County Antrim firm has been awarded a £50,000 local government grant enabling it to purchase new equipment and create two new roles. Cullybackey based Doherty Woodshavings Ltd has been at the foref...
Northern Ireland News, May 28, 2019
Armed Men Rob Portadown Business
A business in Portadown has been robbed by two armed men in what police say was a "frightening ordeal" for staff. The culprits, one armed with a claw hammer and another with a knife, targeted the com...
Northern Ireland News, May 28, 2019
Police Appeal For Missing Belfast Man
Police have appealed for the public's help in tracing a man missing from Belfast. 28-year-old Ryan Smyth was last seen in the Downview Gardens area in the north of the city at around 3.30pm on Monday...
Northern Ireland News, May 28, 2019
Man Assaulted And Struck By Van
A man has been left seriously injured after he was assaulted and then struck by a van in L'Derry. Detectives are seeking witnesses to the incident in Drumleck Gardens at around 1.40am on Sunday morni...
Northern Ireland News, May 28, 2019
Other News In Brief
Appeal After Co Down Collision Police are seeking witnesses to a collision in Bangor, County Down this afternoon, Tuesday 28 May. The crash happened at the Rathgael Road roundabout at around ...
Northern Ireland News, May 24, 2019
NI Reaction As PM Set To Resign
Theresa May has today announced that she will step down from her position as Prime Minister in just two weeks time, prompting a mixed reaction from Northern Ireland's politicians. Mrs May will resign...
Northern Ireland News, May 24, 2019
Warning After £40k Lost In Scams
Police are urging the public to be vigilant after over £40,000 was lost in scams across Northern Ireland this week. Four separate incidents have seen fraudsters steal money from individuals by claimi...
Northern Ireland News, May 24, 2019
Safety Appeal As Kids Frequent Lurgan Building Site
Police have issued a warning to parents after reports of children treating a building site in Lurgan as a playground and putting themselves in potentially fatal danger. Damage was reported to The Hol...
Northern Ireland News, May 24, 2019
SF: Govt 'Chaos' Cannot Distract From NI Talks
Sinn Fein President Mary Lou McDonald has said the Prime Minister's resignation and impending leadership contest cannot be allowed to distract from Brexit negotiations or derail the talks process in N...
Northern Ireland News, May 24, 2019
Arrests As £640k Cannabis Discovered
Three men have been arrested after police discovered drugs worth an estimated £640,000 during searches in Armagh. Detectives from the PSNI's Organised Crime Branch searched a house on the Newry Road ...
Northern Ireland News, May 24, 2019
Police Targeted With Petrol Bombs
Petrol bombs have been thrown at police officers who were responding to a security alert in L'Derry. Three people were arrested- two teenagers aged 17 and a 12 year old boy- following the night of di...
Business News, May 24, 2019
Retail NI Call For Business Focused Executive
As Northern Ireland's political leaders engage in a further round of negotiations aimed at ending the political stalemate, retail chief Glyn Roberts is demanding that any reestablished Executive be mo...
Northern Ireland News, May 24, 2019
Couple Win £2,500 In Case Against Car Dealer
A couple who claimed they were racially harassed while buying a car from a dealer have been awarded £2,500 in compensation. Kin Hung Wong, of Chinese descent, and his wife Ms Law took the case agains...
Northern Ireland News, May 24, 2019
Patient Assaults Staff Member At RVH
The PSNI has warned it will not tolerate any sort of abuse or violence towards hospital staff after a worker at the Royal Victoria Hospital was assaulted by a patient early this morning. Officers res...
Northern Ireland News, May 24, 2019
Arrest In Connection With Jim Donegan Murder
Detectives investigating the murder of Jim Donegan in west Belfast last December have arrested a man in England. The 43-year-old was gunned down on the Glen Road as he waited to collect his 13-year-o...
Northern Ireland News, May 24, 2019
Other News In Brief
Appeal As Tools Stolen From Van In Omagh Police are appealing for witnesses following a report of a theft from a vehicle parked in Omagh. A van parked on the Gillgooley Road was targeted some...
Northern Ireland News, May 23, 2019
Injured Man Found In Street After Assault
A man has been hospitalised for injuries he sustained in an attack in Larne. The victim was found in the Point Street area of the County Antrim town at around 10.35pm last night, Wednesday 22 May. H...
Northern Ireland News, May 23, 2019
Building Site Hit In Armagh Burglary
A number of household appliances have been stolen in a spate of burglaries in Armagh. Four properties in a new build development near Barrick Hill were broken into sometime between 9pm on Tuesday 21 ...
Northern Ireland News, May 23, 2019
George Best Statue Unveiled In Belfast
Yesterday a life size bronze statue of football legend George Best was unveiled in Belfast on what would have been his 73rd birthday, 22 May. Created by Belfast sculptor Tony Currie and funded by fan...
Northern Ireland News, May 23, 2019
PSNI Thank Person Who Stopped Fleeing Man
The PSNI has praised an individual who assisted in the detention of a male in Belfast City Centre yesterday, 22 May. A male, who had been seen acting suspiciously in the Glengall Street area, attempt...
Northern Ireland News, May 23, 2019
Funds Secured For Dementia Projects
A number of data analytics projects aimed at improving public understanding of dementia in Northern Ireland have received funding under the Dementia ehealth and Data Analytics Pathfinder Programme. F...