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Northern Ireland News for January 2008 : Page 3
Northern Ireland News, Jan 28, 2008
Mother Appeals For News Of Missing Tyrone Man
After 12 harrowing months, the mother of a missing Tyrone man has reiterated her offer of a £100,000 reward to anyone who helps find him - or his dead body. Gerard Conway, 32, was last seen in Cookst...
Mother Appeals For News Of Missing Tyrone Man
After 12 harrowing months, the mother of a missing Tyrone man has reiterated her offer of a £100,000 reward to anyone who helps find him - or his dead body. Gerard Conway, 32, was last seen in Cookst...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 28, 2008
Arrest Made In Antrim Murder Probe
A man has been arrested in connection with a killing last summer. Martin Joseph Morgan, (41) was shot dead in his home in Firmount Drive in Antrim's Greystone estate last July. A 35-year-old is now ...
Arrest Made In Antrim Murder Probe
A man has been arrested in connection with a killing last summer. Martin Joseph Morgan, (41) was shot dead in his home in Firmount Drive in Antrim's Greystone estate last July. A 35-year-old is now ...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 28, 2008
Changes In Early Release Opposed By Rights' Group
Popular support for changing the laws regulating Ulster's controversial 50% remission scheme for dangerous sex offenders and violent prisoners has cut little ice with a rights' group. The boss of the...
Changes In Early Release Opposed By Rights' Group
Popular support for changing the laws regulating Ulster's controversial 50% remission scheme for dangerous sex offenders and violent prisoners has cut little ice with a rights' group. The boss of the...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 28, 2008
Aer Lingus Belfast Routes Perform Poorly
Newly arrived Aer Lingus has sold less than a third of its seats on its new Belfast International Airport flights in December. According to the figures from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) there h...
Aer Lingus Belfast Routes Perform Poorly
Newly arrived Aer Lingus has sold less than a third of its seats on its new Belfast International Airport flights in December. According to the figures from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) there h...
UK National News, Jan 28, 2008
BBC Trust Approve Gaelic Digital Service
The BBC Trust’s decision to approve proposals for a Gaelic Digital Service has been welcomed by Gaelic Media Service (GMS) and BBC Scotland. GMS and BBC Scotland will now begin the process of impleme...
BBC Trust Approve Gaelic Digital Service
The BBC Trust’s decision to approve proposals for a Gaelic Digital Service has been welcomed by Gaelic Media Service (GMS) and BBC Scotland. GMS and BBC Scotland will now begin the process of impleme...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 28, 2008
Contractors Praised For Broadway 'Breakthrough'
The long-running reconstruction of Belfast's Westlink has reached a major milestone with the Broadway underpass to be ready for traffic earlier than expected as a result. Northern Ireland Roads Minis...
Contractors Praised For Broadway 'Breakthrough'
The long-running reconstruction of Belfast's Westlink has reached a major milestone with the Broadway underpass to be ready for traffic earlier than expected as a result. Northern Ireland Roads Minis...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 28, 2008
Murphy Welcomes Independent Water Review Panel's Second Report
The Assembly's Minister for Regional Development, Conor Murphy, has welcomed the publication of the Independent Water Review Panel's second report. The report contains the panel's recommendations fo...
Murphy Welcomes Independent Water Review Panel's Second Report
The Assembly's Minister for Regional Development, Conor Murphy, has welcomed the publication of the Independent Water Review Panel's second report. The report contains the panel's recommendations fo...
Recruitment News, Jan 25, 2008
Hundreds of Jobs To Go At Jacobs
One of the best-known names in biscuit manufacturing is to make over 200 staff redundant. Some 220 jobs are to be lost at Jacob Fruitfield, formerly Irish Biscuits, on the Belgard Road in Tallaght. ...
Hundreds of Jobs To Go At Jacobs
One of the best-known names in biscuit manufacturing is to make over 200 staff redundant. Some 220 jobs are to be lost at Jacob Fruitfield, formerly Irish Biscuits, on the Belgard Road in Tallaght. ...
UK National News, Jan 25, 2008
Maternity Care 'Worst' In London
Maternity care in the NHS is failing too many mothers and babies. A new report has found that many maternity units in England are not providing top quality care – with London the worst performing. T...
Maternity Care 'Worst' In London
Maternity care in the NHS is failing too many mothers and babies. A new report has found that many maternity units in England are not providing top quality care – with London the worst performing. T...
UK National News, Jan 25, 2008
Body Found In Hunt For Missing Woman
The police in South Wales Police have found the body of a woman in the Cefn Coed area. The find is being linked to an investigation into the disappearance of a 48-year-old woman from Merthyr Tydfil ...
Body Found In Hunt For Missing Woman
The police in South Wales Police have found the body of a woman in the Cefn Coed area. The find is being linked to an investigation into the disappearance of a 48-year-old woman from Merthyr Tydfil ...
UK National News, Jan 25, 2008
Bailed Offender Crimes On MP's Agenda
Offenders and accused offenders on bail are committing serious crimes – even murder – when on bail. The problem is so serious that the Justice Secretary Jack Straw is now to meet MPs to discuss a ser...
Bailed Offender Crimes On MP's Agenda
Offenders and accused offenders on bail are committing serious crimes – even murder – when on bail. The problem is so serious that the Justice Secretary Jack Straw is now to meet MPs to discuss a ser...
UK National News, Jan 25, 2008
Call For 'Training' Over Soldiers' Treatment of Iraqi Prisoners
Large scale changes are needed to address the way soldiers are trained to deal with Iraqi prisoners. A senior army officer has said the military needs to "rectify serious flaws". But Brigadeer Rober...
Call For 'Training' Over Soldiers' Treatment of Iraqi Prisoners
Large scale changes are needed to address the way soldiers are trained to deal with Iraqi prisoners. A senior army officer has said the military needs to "rectify serious flaws". But Brigadeer Rober...
UK National News, Jan 25, 2008
Cornwall Hotel Fire Suspect Released
A 21-year-old man arrested this week on suspicion of the murder of three people in a hotel blaze in Cornwall has been released on bail. Two men, aged 44 and 21, were arrested on Wednesday in connecti...
Cornwall Hotel Fire Suspect Released
A 21-year-old man arrested this week on suspicion of the murder of three people in a hotel blaze in Cornwall has been released on bail. Two men, aged 44 and 21, were arrested on Wednesday in connecti...
UK National News, Jan 25, 2008
Devolution Of Further Power In Wales Opposed
Following the resignation of Peter Hain, who quit after his deputy leadership campaign donations were referred to the police, another former NI Secretary of State, Paul Murphy has returned to the posi...
Devolution Of Further Power In Wales Opposed
Following the resignation of Peter Hain, who quit after his deputy leadership campaign donations were referred to the police, another former NI Secretary of State, Paul Murphy has returned to the posi...
UK National News, Jan 25, 2008
Scottish Isle Wind Farm Project May Be Facing Defeat
A gigantic project to generate power with an innovative Scottish isle wind farm is facing problems. The plans to build what would have been one of Europe's biggest wind farms on the Isle of Lewis loo...
Scottish Isle Wind Farm Project May Be Facing Defeat
A gigantic project to generate power with an innovative Scottish isle wind farm is facing problems. The plans to build what would have been one of Europe's biggest wind farms on the Isle of Lewis loo...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 25, 2008
Fatal Building Site Accident Probed
Falling bricks have killed a 61-year-old man on a building site in Co Tyrone. The incident happened at a house under construction on a building site in Main Street in Fintona, County Tyrone shortly a...
Fatal Building Site Accident Probed
Falling bricks have killed a 61-year-old man on a building site in Co Tyrone. The incident happened at a house under construction on a building site in Main Street in Fintona, County Tyrone shortly a...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 25, 2008
'Tiger' Kidnap Robbers Sought
In the latest of a continuing number of so-called 'Tiger' kidnaps - where a family is held by robbers to force a keyholder to take cash - a Belfast bar manager's family was held hostage at gunpoint i...
'Tiger' Kidnap Robbers Sought
In the latest of a continuing number of so-called 'Tiger' kidnaps - where a family is held by robbers to force a keyholder to take cash - a Belfast bar manager's family was held hostage at gunpoint i...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 25, 2008
Lurgan House Fire Kills Woman (86)
Thick smoke hampered a desperate attempt to save an elderly woman - believed to have been aged in her eighties – from a house fire in Lurgan. The house, at Downshire Avenue in the Taghnevan area, was...
Lurgan House Fire Kills Woman (86)
Thick smoke hampered a desperate attempt to save an elderly woman - believed to have been aged in her eighties – from a house fire in Lurgan. The house, at Downshire Avenue in the Taghnevan area, was...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 25, 2008
Dead End For Cemetery Plan?
Opposition is growing to the proposed location for a new cemetery for the greater Belfast area. Castlereagh councillors have united against Belfast City Council's plans to take extra land in their b...
Dead End For Cemetery Plan?
Opposition is growing to the proposed location for a new cemetery for the greater Belfast area. Castlereagh councillors have united against Belfast City Council's plans to take extra land in their b...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 25, 2008
Tribunal Backs Hotel Managers Over Dismissal
The management at an hotel owned by an Indian-born peer of the realm, which is in a strongly loyalist area of west Belfast, has refused to comment on the outcome of an employment tribunal that found t...
Tribunal Backs Hotel Managers Over Dismissal
The management at an hotel owned by an Indian-born peer of the realm, which is in a strongly loyalist area of west Belfast, has refused to comment on the outcome of an employment tribunal that found t...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 25, 2008
Inquiry Ordered Into New Mum's Death
An inquiry has been ordered into the hospital death of a young mum who had just given birth. The Northern Health and Social Care Trust - which manages Antrim Area Hospital - confirmed this week they ...
Inquiry Ordered Into New Mum's Death
An inquiry has been ordered into the hospital death of a young mum who had just given birth. The Northern Health and Social Care Trust - which manages Antrim Area Hospital - confirmed this week they ...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 25, 2008
UDR 'Widow' Refused Pension
The endless heartbreak of losing a loved one to terrorism is being compounded for a Londonderry woman who has been refused an army pension because she and her murdered partner were not married. Fathe...
UDR 'Widow' Refused Pension
The endless heartbreak of losing a loved one to terrorism is being compounded for a Londonderry woman who has been refused an army pension because she and her murdered partner were not married. Fathe...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 25, 2008
Murphy Welcomes Pilot Traffic Calming Survey Findings
Regional Development Minister, Conor Murphy, has welcomed the findings of a pilot customer survey carried out on behalf of his Department’s Roads Service, for traffic calming schemes implemented in it...
Murphy Welcomes Pilot Traffic Calming Survey Findings
Regional Development Minister, Conor Murphy, has welcomed the findings of a pilot customer survey carried out on behalf of his Department’s Roads Service, for traffic calming schemes implemented in it...
UK National News, Jan 25, 2008
Blaze Death Firefighters Remembered
Warwickshire firefighters have attended a special memorial service to remember colleagues killed in a warehouse blaze last year. Ashley Stephens, 20, John Averis, 27, Darren Yates-Badley, 24, and Ian...
Blaze Death Firefighters Remembered
Warwickshire firefighters have attended a special memorial service to remember colleagues killed in a warehouse blaze last year. Ashley Stephens, 20, John Averis, 27, Darren Yates-Badley, 24, and Ian...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 24, 2008
Over A Thousand Leads In Quinn Killing
The Irish police have asked for yet more information on the brutal murder of Cullyhanna man, Paul Quinn last year. Already, the Gardai are following over 1,000 lines of inquiry in their investigation...
Over A Thousand Leads In Quinn Killing
The Irish police have asked for yet more information on the brutal murder of Cullyhanna man, Paul Quinn last year. Already, the Gardai are following over 1,000 lines of inquiry in their investigation...
UK National News, Jan 24, 2008
Hain Resigns From Cabinet
Peter Hain has resigned from the Cabinet after the Electoral Commission asked the police to investigate the funding of his deputy leadership campaign. Mr Hain, who was Work and Pensions Secretary and...
Hain Resigns From Cabinet
Peter Hain has resigned from the Cabinet after the Electoral Commission asked the police to investigate the funding of his deputy leadership campaign. Mr Hain, who was Work and Pensions Secretary and...
UK National News, Jan 24, 2008
Latest 007 Movie Title Revealed
James Bond's next big spy feature film has been revealed. 'Quantum of Solace' is the title of the new movie, the 22nd in the long-running franchise. It comes from a short story in Bond creator Ian F...
Latest 007 Movie Title Revealed
James Bond's next big spy feature film has been revealed. 'Quantum of Solace' is the title of the new movie, the 22nd in the long-running franchise. It comes from a short story in Bond creator Ian F...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 24, 2008
Murder Inquiry Opens As Victim Dies
A 71-year-old pensioner who was assaulted more than two months ago has died in hospital. The man, Francis Gerard Lyttle, was found by a member of the public in an alleyway at Churchill Park in the Ga...
Murder Inquiry Opens As Victim Dies
A 71-year-old pensioner who was assaulted more than two months ago has died in hospital. The man, Francis Gerard Lyttle, was found by a member of the public in an alleyway at Churchill Park in the Ga...
UK National News, Jan 24, 2008
Landslip Closes Railway Line
A landslip in the Chipping Sodbury area has closed the main line running between London to Bristol and South Wales. The landslip has closed the closure of the line between Bristol Parkway and Swindon...
Landslip Closes Railway Line
A landslip in the Chipping Sodbury area has closed the main line running between London to Bristol and South Wales. The landslip has closed the closure of the line between Bristol Parkway and Swindon...
UK National News, Jan 24, 2008
More Time To Quiz Man Over Teen's Stabbing
Police investigating the knife attack that left a 14-year-old schoolgirl fighting for her life have been granted extra time to continue questioning a man in connection with the stabbing. Jessica Knig...
More Time To Quiz Man Over Teen's Stabbing
Police investigating the knife attack that left a 14-year-old schoolgirl fighting for her life have been granted extra time to continue questioning a man in connection with the stabbing. Jessica Knig...
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Northern Ireland WeatherToday:A cloudy day with outbreaks of mainly light rain at times, although there may be the odd heavier burst. Driest in the south and east during the afternoon. Moderate southwesterly winds. Maximum temperature 11 °C.Tonight:Staying cloudy throughout the evening and overnight period with a little rain or drizzle at times. Mild overnight with light winds. Minimum temperature 7 °C.
