10/10/2007
Police College Gets Green Light In Spending Review
The long-awaited Northern Ireland Police College is finally getting the last part of the money to begin construction.
Planned as a replacement to the aged accommodation at Garnerville in east Belfast, the new facility, in rural mid-Ulster at Cookstown, should have been already at an advanced stage of construction, but has faced funding delays.
This week's chancellor's Pre-Budget report will, according to Northern Ireland Secretary Shaun Woodward, fund policing and criminal justice and specifically allow the new integrated training college for the police - also offering the fire and rescue service and prison service combined training facilities - to go ahead.
Mr Woodward added: �This settlement means that we can deliver on the much-needed integrated training college for the police, prisons staff and the fire and rescue services.
"It means we can move ahead with new prison accommodation and upgrading the facilities of the Forensic Science Agency.
"This settlement puts the PSNI and criminal justice system on a sustainable footing for the years ahead. This should be reassuring to the Executive as it continues its preparations for the devolution of justice and policing."
However, around £200m in "efficiency savings" across the NIO, police and prison service have also been announced.
Politicians across the Province have been commenting on news of what is to be in Northern Ireland's budget handout from Westminster.
Chancellor, Alistair Darling announced the settlement for the Province would go up to £10bn in 2010 as he made two major statements - the Comprehensive Spending Review and the Pre-Budget Report - to Parliament.
However, the deal fell far short of the 2.4 per cent hike pledged to Wales, for example and was quickly branded "bad news" for the province after the Chancellor revealed it would rise by just 1.9%.
UUP MP Lady Sylvia Hermon said: "Unfortunately, that has meant bad news for Northern Ireland.
"Our increase lags behind Wales and there's nothing special for us here in the announced reduction of corporation tax," she said.
(BMcC)
Planned as a replacement to the aged accommodation at Garnerville in east Belfast, the new facility, in rural mid-Ulster at Cookstown, should have been already at an advanced stage of construction, but has faced funding delays.
This week's chancellor's Pre-Budget report will, according to Northern Ireland Secretary Shaun Woodward, fund policing and criminal justice and specifically allow the new integrated training college for the police - also offering the fire and rescue service and prison service combined training facilities - to go ahead.
Mr Woodward added: �This settlement means that we can deliver on the much-needed integrated training college for the police, prisons staff and the fire and rescue services.
"It means we can move ahead with new prison accommodation and upgrading the facilities of the Forensic Science Agency.
"This settlement puts the PSNI and criminal justice system on a sustainable footing for the years ahead. This should be reassuring to the Executive as it continues its preparations for the devolution of justice and policing."
However, around £200m in "efficiency savings" across the NIO, police and prison service have also been announced.
Politicians across the Province have been commenting on news of what is to be in Northern Ireland's budget handout from Westminster.
Chancellor, Alistair Darling announced the settlement for the Province would go up to £10bn in 2010 as he made two major statements - the Comprehensive Spending Review and the Pre-Budget Report - to Parliament.
However, the deal fell far short of the 2.4 per cent hike pledged to Wales, for example and was quickly branded "bad news" for the province after the Chancellor revealed it would rise by just 1.9%.
UUP MP Lady Sylvia Hermon said: "Unfortunately, that has meant bad news for Northern Ireland.
"Our increase lags behind Wales and there's nothing special for us here in the announced reduction of corporation tax," she said.
(BMcC)
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02 December 2015
New Police Station Opens In Co Down
A new police station in Downpatrick, Co Down, has officially opened. The new station was developed to replace the Irish Street PSNI Station. The new Downpatrick PSNI Station is located on the northwest corner of the old Downshire Hospital on the Ardglass Road.
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A new police station in Downpatrick, Co Down, has officially opened. The new station was developed to replace the Irish Street PSNI Station. The new Downpatrick PSNI Station is located on the northwest corner of the old Downshire Hospital on the Ardglass Road.
24 July 2002
Police Ombudsman’s report laid before parliament
The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Dr John Reid, has unveiled The Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland’s first annual report before Parliament on Monday July 23. The report covers the Police Ombudsman office’s discharge of its functions during the first 17 months since it was established in November 2000.
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The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Dr John Reid, has unveiled The Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland’s first annual report before Parliament on Monday July 23. The report covers the Police Ombudsman office’s discharge of its functions during the first 17 months since it was established in November 2000.
30 April 2002
Nationalist party leaders discuss divisive issue of policing
The leaders of Northern Ireland’s two nationalist parties have held a breakfast meeting to discuss their divisions on policing. Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams and SDLP leader Mark Durkan met early on Tuesday April 30 to discuss the division between the two parties over support for Police Service of Northern Ireland.
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The leaders of Northern Ireland’s two nationalist parties have held a breakfast meeting to discuss their divisions on policing. Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams and SDLP leader Mark Durkan met early on Tuesday April 30 to discuss the division between the two parties over support for Police Service of Northern Ireland.
02 April 2002
PSNI Chief Constable Sir Ronnie bows out
The man who has come to represent the public face of the police service, Sir Ronnie Flanagan, has officially retired as the Chief Constable of Northern Ireland’s new police service. Sir Ronnie Flanagan, 50, has been a police officer for three decades - effectively the lifespan of the present conflict in Northern Ireland.
PSNI Chief Constable Sir Ronnie bows out
The man who has come to represent the public face of the police service, Sir Ronnie Flanagan, has officially retired as the Chief Constable of Northern Ireland’s new police service. Sir Ronnie Flanagan, 50, has been a police officer for three decades - effectively the lifespan of the present conflict in Northern Ireland.
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