06/11/2015
Other News In Brief
Man Convicted Of Benefit Fraud
A Ballymoney man has been convicted for claiming benefits he was not entitled to at Coleraine Magistrates' Court.
Stephen Alcorn claimed Jobseeker's Allowance totalling £2,281 while failing to declare employment. He was sentenced to three months imprisonment suspended for two years.
He is also required to repay any outstanding money wrongfully obtained to the Social Security Agency.
Funding Allocated To Revitalise Lisburn And Castlereagh Areas
A total of £280,000 in funding has been allocated to help improve and revitalise the Lisburn, Castlereagh, Carryduff and Dundonald areas in Northern Ireland.
The funding for the 'Strategic Revitalisation Project' will enhance and complement works already undertaken in the towns and will include:
• The fit out of 10 vacant units in Lisburn City Centre.
• The purchase of 30 market stalls for use at Council events throughout the whole Council area.
• The improvement of disabled / pram access between the retail core in Lisburn City Centre and green space via Castle Gardens at the edge of the Lisburn Cathedral.
• An evening economy development program for approx 15 businesses across the borough.
• A month-long light festival in December in Lisburn City Centre; and
• A PR/Marketing campaign for the whole of the Council area.
Alliance Welcomes Increased Penalties For Animal Cruelty
Alliance MLA Chris Lyttle has welcomed news the Justice Minister is to increase statutory maximum penalties and fines for those convicted of animal cruelty offences.
East Belfast MLA Mr Lyttle was speaking following questions to the Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Michelle O'Neill in the Assembly, during which she confirmed she had been working with Justice Minister David Ford to review the 2011 Welfare of Animals Act, particularly sentencing guidelines and practices.
It will mean Northern Ireland will have the toughest animal welfare laws in the UK or Ireland.
Mr Lyttle said: "I welcome Minister O'Neill working together with the Minister of Justice to respond to an issue of serious public concern. Alliance has continuously raised the issue of animal welfare and led the way on calling for sentences to be increased in cases of cruelty."
(CD/JP)
A Ballymoney man has been convicted for claiming benefits he was not entitled to at Coleraine Magistrates' Court.
Stephen Alcorn claimed Jobseeker's Allowance totalling £2,281 while failing to declare employment. He was sentenced to three months imprisonment suspended for two years.
He is also required to repay any outstanding money wrongfully obtained to the Social Security Agency.
Funding Allocated To Revitalise Lisburn And Castlereagh Areas
A total of £280,000 in funding has been allocated to help improve and revitalise the Lisburn, Castlereagh, Carryduff and Dundonald areas in Northern Ireland.
The funding for the 'Strategic Revitalisation Project' will enhance and complement works already undertaken in the towns and will include:
• The fit out of 10 vacant units in Lisburn City Centre.
• The purchase of 30 market stalls for use at Council events throughout the whole Council area.
• The improvement of disabled / pram access between the retail core in Lisburn City Centre and green space via Castle Gardens at the edge of the Lisburn Cathedral.
• An evening economy development program for approx 15 businesses across the borough.
• A month-long light festival in December in Lisburn City Centre; and
• A PR/Marketing campaign for the whole of the Council area.
Alliance Welcomes Increased Penalties For Animal Cruelty
Alliance MLA Chris Lyttle has welcomed news the Justice Minister is to increase statutory maximum penalties and fines for those convicted of animal cruelty offences.
East Belfast MLA Mr Lyttle was speaking following questions to the Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Michelle O'Neill in the Assembly, during which she confirmed she had been working with Justice Minister David Ford to review the 2011 Welfare of Animals Act, particularly sentencing guidelines and practices.
It will mean Northern Ireland will have the toughest animal welfare laws in the UK or Ireland.
Mr Lyttle said: "I welcome Minister O'Neill working together with the Minister of Justice to respond to an issue of serious public concern. Alliance has continuously raised the issue of animal welfare and led the way on calling for sentences to be increased in cases of cruelty."
(CD/JP)
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