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Northern Ireland News for January 2005 : Page 11
Northern Ireland News, Jan 11, 2005
Blast bomb thrown at Lurgan police station
Detectives in Lurgan are appealing for information after a blast-bomb device was thrown into the grounds of Lurgan police station on Monday evening. The device thrown over the back gate of the statio...
Blast bomb thrown at Lurgan police station
Detectives in Lurgan are appealing for information after a blast-bomb device was thrown into the grounds of Lurgan police station on Monday evening. The device thrown over the back gate of the statio...
UK National News, Jan 11, 2005
Conservatives launch new fisheries policy
The Conservative have unveiled their plans for the future of the UK fishing industry. The Tories "Green Paper" is reportedly based on the successful policies adapted by countries such as Canada, the ...
Conservatives launch new fisheries policy
The Conservative have unveiled their plans for the future of the UK fishing industry. The Tories "Green Paper" is reportedly based on the successful policies adapted by countries such as Canada, the ...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 11, 2005
Second person arrested in connection with murder
A second person has been arrested in connection with the murder of a woman in north Belfast on Monday. Police confirmed on Tuesday that a woman was currently helping detectives with their enquiries f...
Second person arrested in connection with murder
A second person has been arrested in connection with the murder of a woman in north Belfast on Monday. Police confirmed on Tuesday that a woman was currently helping detectives with their enquiries f...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 11, 2005
Recovered money not from £26.5m bank raid
Two men arrested after £42,000 was recovered in Co Down have been released on police bail. The money was recovered after a large number of £100 Northern Bank notes were spent at a Co Armagh shopping ...
Recovered money not from £26.5m bank raid
Two men arrested after £42,000 was recovered in Co Down have been released on police bail. The money was recovered after a large number of £100 Northern Bank notes were spent at a Co Armagh shopping ...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 11, 2005
Doherty reselected for West Tyrone Westminster seat
Sinn Féin vice president Pat Doherty has been reselected as the party’s Westminster Candidate for West Tyrone at a party convention in Carrickmore last night. The sitting MP was nominated and seconde...
Doherty reselected for West Tyrone Westminster seat
Sinn Féin vice president Pat Doherty has been reselected as the party’s Westminster Candidate for West Tyrone at a party convention in Carrickmore last night. The sitting MP was nominated and seconde...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 11, 2005
Belfast company make food safety breakthrough
A Belfast company, Xenosense, has developed a unique testing kit that has been hailed as a major contribution to enhanced food safety. Modern agriculture requires the use of drugs to protect animal h...
Belfast company make food safety breakthrough
A Belfast company, Xenosense, has developed a unique testing kit that has been hailed as a major contribution to enhanced food safety. Modern agriculture requires the use of drugs to protect animal h...
UK National News, Jan 10, 2005
Blair announces rise in British casualties in tsunami disaster
The Prime Minister has announced an increase in the number of British deaths in the Asian tsunami disaster. Speaking in the House of Commons, Mr Blair confirmed that 51 British citizens were now conf...
Blair announces rise in British casualties in tsunami disaster
The Prime Minister has announced an increase in the number of British deaths in the Asian tsunami disaster. Speaking in the House of Commons, Mr Blair confirmed that 51 British citizens were now conf...
UK National News, Jan 10, 2005
Carlisle City in chaos following flooding
Parts of Carlisle remained under several feet of water today as torrential rain caused serious flooding at the weekend. Roads in the area have been closed and schools in Carlisle and many in the surr...
Carlisle City in chaos following flooding
Parts of Carlisle remained under several feet of water today as torrential rain caused serious flooding at the weekend. Roads in the area have been closed and schools in Carlisle and many in the surr...
UK National News, Jan 10, 2005
Met Office issues further severe weather warning
Another bout of severe weather is expected to hit north-western parts of the UK, mid-week, the Met Office has announced. It is predicted that there will be widespread gales across the UK, but Norther...
Met Office issues further severe weather warning
Another bout of severe weather is expected to hit north-western parts of the UK, mid-week, the Met Office has announced. It is predicted that there will be widespread gales across the UK, but Norther...
UK National News, Jan 10, 2005
Rumours grow over 'gulf' between Blair and Brown
Reports are still continuing to surface regarding the alleged deepening rift between Prime Minister, Tony Blair and his Chancellor, Gordon Brown. A new book by 'Sunday Times' journalist, Robert Pesto...
Rumours grow over 'gulf' between Blair and Brown
Reports are still continuing to surface regarding the alleged deepening rift between Prime Minister, Tony Blair and his Chancellor, Gordon Brown. A new book by 'Sunday Times' journalist, Robert Pesto...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 10, 2005
Johnny Adair freed from jail
Former loyalist leader Johnny Adair has been released from prison and flown to England. Mr Adair was taken to RAF Aldergrove on Monday and flown by helicopter to Manchester despite not being due for ...
Johnny Adair freed from jail
Former loyalist leader Johnny Adair has been released from prison and flown to England. Mr Adair was taken to RAF Aldergrove on Monday and flown by helicopter to Manchester despite not being due for ...
UK National News, Jan 10, 2005
Forensic tests confirm identity of Geeson murder suspect
The man who died in a fall from a Glasgow hotel window on Saturday morning, has been confirmed as the man Cambridgeshire police were seeking to question about the murder of student, Sally Geeson. Lan...
Forensic tests confirm identity of Geeson murder suspect
The man who died in a fall from a Glasgow hotel window on Saturday morning, has been confirmed as the man Cambridgeshire police were seeking to question about the murder of student, Sally Geeson. Lan...
UK National News, Jan 10, 2005
Abbas wins Palestinian Presidential election
Mahmoud Abbas has achieved a landslide victory in the Palestinian Presidential elections. Mr Abbas, the moderate leader of the Fatah political faction, will be the successor to Yasser Arafat who died...
Abbas wins Palestinian Presidential election
Mahmoud Abbas has achieved a landslide victory in the Palestinian Presidential elections. Mr Abbas, the moderate leader of the Fatah political faction, will be the successor to Yasser Arafat who died...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 10, 2005
Woman's body found in North Belfast
Police have begun a murder inquiry following the discovery of the body of a 45-year-old woman at a house in north Belfast on Monday morning. A spokeperson for the Police Service of Northern Ireland, ...
Woman's body found in North Belfast
Police have begun a murder inquiry following the discovery of the body of a 45-year-old woman at a house in north Belfast on Monday morning. A spokeperson for the Police Service of Northern Ireland, ...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 10, 2005
Police appeal for DNA volunteers in murder hunt
Police investigating the murder of retired postmaster Patrick McGrath in Killeen near Coalisland, Co Tyrone have appealed for volunteers to provide DNA samples in an effort to apprehend the murderer. ...
Police appeal for DNA volunteers in murder hunt
Police investigating the murder of retired postmaster Patrick McGrath in Killeen near Coalisland, Co Tyrone have appealed for volunteers to provide DNA samples in an effort to apprehend the murderer. ...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 10, 2005
SF hit out at Ahern comments on bank robbery
Sinn Fein has hit out at claims by Irish Premier Bertie Ahern that republicans were aware of the Northern Bank robbery plans during intensive political talks in December. In an RTE radio interview at...
SF hit out at Ahern comments on bank robbery
Sinn Fein has hit out at claims by Irish Premier Bertie Ahern that republicans were aware of the Northern Bank robbery plans during intensive political talks in December. In an RTE radio interview at...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 10, 2005
Man sustains serious head injuries
A 32-year-old man is being treated in hospital for injuries he sustained after being attacked and beaten in west Belfast. The man was found lying in Locan Street off the Falls Road with serious head ...
Man sustains serious head injuries
A 32-year-old man is being treated in hospital for injuries he sustained after being attacked and beaten in west Belfast. The man was found lying in Locan Street off the Falls Road with serious head ...
UK National News, Jan 10, 2005
Senior British officer in Gibraltar found dead
The Ministry of Defence has confirmed that the body of the commanding officer of the British forces in Gibraltar has been found dead in the swimming pool of his residence. An aide discovered the body...
Senior British officer in Gibraltar found dead
The Ministry of Defence has confirmed that the body of the commanding officer of the British forces in Gibraltar has been found dead in the swimming pool of his residence. An aide discovered the body...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 10, 2005
Two pedestrians injured in hit-and-run incident
Two women have been injured following a hit-and-run incident in west Belfast on Sunday night. The women, who are in their fifties, were knocked down by the car on the Falls Road just before midnight....
Two pedestrians injured in hit-and-run incident
Two women have been injured following a hit-and-run incident in west Belfast on Sunday night. The women, who are in their fifties, were knocked down by the car on the Falls Road just before midnight....
UK National News, Jan 10, 2005
Measures to cut mercury emissions by half
Government has announced measures to halve the amount of toxic mercury released by crematoria into the atmosphere. Crematoria are estimated to be responsible for around 16% of all UK emissions of mer...
Measures to cut mercury emissions by half
Government has announced measures to halve the amount of toxic mercury released by crematoria into the atmosphere. Crematoria are estimated to be responsible for around 16% of all UK emissions of mer...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 10, 2005
NIE works to restore electricity supplies
Areas of Counties Down and Armagh were still without power today following a second night of severe weather across Northern Ireland. Approximately 100 homes in rural areas were still without electric...
NIE works to restore electricity supplies
Areas of Counties Down and Armagh were still without power today following a second night of severe weather across Northern Ireland. Approximately 100 homes in rural areas were still without electric...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 10, 2005
‘Auctionworld’ customers unlikely to receive goods
Customers who have ordered goods from a satellite TV auction channel and have not yet received them, are unlikely to do so, according to the company’s administrators. ‘Auctionworld’, which operated t...
‘Auctionworld’ customers unlikely to receive goods
Customers who have ordered goods from a satellite TV auction channel and have not yet received them, are unlikely to do so, according to the company’s administrators. ‘Auctionworld’, which operated t...
UK National News, Jan 10, 2005
Larne to Cairnryan ferry refloated after 30 hours
A car ferry blown onto a sand bank by hurricane force winds while attempting to dock at Cairnryan on the west coast of Scotland has been successfully refloated. At high tide on Sunday morning, tugs f...
Larne to Cairnryan ferry refloated after 30 hours
A car ferry blown onto a sand bank by hurricane force winds while attempting to dock at Cairnryan on the west coast of Scotland has been successfully refloated. At high tide on Sunday morning, tugs f...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 7, 2005
Police reveal extent of £26m bank theft investigation
Police investigating the £26 million Northern Bank Robbery are scouring thousands of hours of CCTV coverage as part of a rigorous and exhaustive search for vital information, detectives have revealed....
Police reveal extent of £26m bank theft investigation
Police investigating the £26 million Northern Bank Robbery are scouring thousands of hours of CCTV coverage as part of a rigorous and exhaustive search for vital information, detectives have revealed....
UK National News, Jan 7, 2005
Reid hails mobile treatment centres as success
According to a report published today more than 120,000 patients have been treated since the start of the government's pioneering Treatment Centre programme, in some cases up to eight times faster tha...
Reid hails mobile treatment centres as success
According to a report published today more than 120,000 patients have been treated since the start of the government's pioneering Treatment Centre programme, in some cases up to eight times faster tha...
UK National News, Jan 7, 2005
Halifax announces surprise rise in house prices
The Halifax have announced that UK house prices rose by 1.1% in December, in spite of recent evidence which showed that the housing market in the UK is slowing down. The report concluded that there w...
Halifax announces surprise rise in house prices
The Halifax have announced that UK house prices rose by 1.1% in December, in spite of recent evidence which showed that the housing market in the UK is slowing down. The report concluded that there w...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 7, 2005
Trading Standards warn of tsunami email scams
The generosity of local people could be exploited by bogus emails asking for donations to help those affected by the Tsunami disaster, it has emerged. The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investme...
Trading Standards warn of tsunami email scams
The generosity of local people could be exploited by bogus emails asking for donations to help those affected by the Tsunami disaster, it has emerged. The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investme...
UK National News, Jan 7, 2005
'SAFE' scheme aims to reduce street crime
Home Office Minister, Hazel Blears, has launched the first ever week of action, aimed at helping to protect schoolchildren from robbery. 'SAFE' week, which will run from January 10-14 in schools all ...
'SAFE' scheme aims to reduce street crime
Home Office Minister, Hazel Blears, has launched the first ever week of action, aimed at helping to protect schoolchildren from robbery. 'SAFE' week, which will run from January 10-14 in schools all ...
UK National News, Jan 7, 2005
440 Britons may have died in tsunami disaster
Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said on Friday that around 440 Britons may have lost their lives in the Asian tsunami disaster. Speaking at a press conference, during his visit to Thailand, Mr Straw sai...
440 Britons may have died in tsunami disaster
Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said on Friday that around 440 Britons may have lost their lives in the Asian tsunami disaster. Speaking at a press conference, during his visit to Thailand, Mr Straw sai...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 7, 2005
‘Black Santa’ tsunami appeal passes £1m mark
The ‘Black Santa’ tsunami appeal has broken the £1 million mark, the Dean of Belfast said today. Dean Houston McKelvey, who will be collecting on the steps of St Anne’s Cathedral until Saturday, reve...
‘Black Santa’ tsunami appeal passes £1m mark
The ‘Black Santa’ tsunami appeal has broken the £1 million mark, the Dean of Belfast said today. Dean Houston McKelvey, who will be collecting on the steps of St Anne’s Cathedral until Saturday, reve...
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Northern Ireland WeatherToday:It will be rather cloudy with scattered sleet and snow showers but mostly rain near the North coast. Feeling bitterly cold in fresh or strong northerly wind. Maximum temperature 4 °C.Tonight:Clear intervals and wintry showers, most frequent in the north but mostly of rain along the North Coast. A cold night with risk of icy stretches. Minimum temperature -1 °C.
