Northern Ireland News for January 2009 : Page 8

Northern Ireland News, Jan 19, 2009
'Sesame Tree' Receives International CINE Award
'Sesame Tree', Northern Ireland's version of 'Sesame Street', has been awarded a prestigious CINE Golden Eagle Award for one of its episodes, 'The Share Necessities'. The international awards body CI...
Recruitment News, Jan 16, 2009
Pork Firm 'Saved'
A pork processing plant which was in danger of closing has found a buyer. Stevenson & Co in Cullybackey, which has been in business for more than 150 years, announced proposals to close in October of ...
UK National News, Jan 16, 2009
Boy George Jailed For 15 Months
Singer Boy George has been sentenced to 15 months for falsely imprisoning a male escort. The singer, whose real name is George O'Dowd, was found guilty last month of attacking the Norwegian model Aud...
UK National News, Jan 16, 2009
Other News In Brief
Lennon Attack Men Found Guilty Two Rangers fans have been found guilty of attacking Celtic coach Neil Lennon after an Old Firm game. David Whitelaw, 47, and 43-year-old Jeffrey Carrigan were charged ...
Business News, Jan 16, 2009
SF Want Empey To Do More On Dole Queues
On foot of claims that as many as 20,000 more jobs could be lost across Northern Ireland in 2009, the Chair of the Committee for Employment and Learning at the Assembly has called for the Minister for...
Recruitment News, Jan 16, 2009
Ireland's Biggest Employer Profits Drop 90%
Following the worrying job losses in Dell and Kostal, fears are mounting over Ireland's biggest employer, Intel. The American-based company has lost an unprecedented 90% of its profits due to the wor...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 16, 2009
Police Probe Shooting Incident
There has been a series of violent incidents across Northern Ireland in the last 24 hours. Most recently, a 38-year-old man was hurt in a north Belfast shooting that happened at Estoril Park at aroun...
Recruitment News, Jan 16, 2009
Dublin Bus Makes Cut Backs On Service And Jobs
Dublin Bus has announced it is to cut 290 jobs and reduce its fleet by 120 buses. The move comes following a year of losses for the state-owned company. A spokesman for Dublin bus also said the firm ...
UK National News, Jan 16, 2009
Father Who Dropped Son Down Stairs Jailed
The father of a baby boy who died in hospital from a head injury, after he was dropped down the stairs, has been sentenced to life imprisonment. Alfie Goddard was just three months old when he died a...
UK National News, Jan 16, 2009
Meredith Kercher Murder Trial Begins
The trial of two people accused of murdering British Meredith Kercher is opening today in Italy. Italian Raffaele Sollecito, 24, and American Amanda Knox, 21, appeared in front of an eight-member jur...
Recruitment News, Jan 16, 2009
Kostal Announces 300 Redundancies
German-owned car components manufacturer Kostal have told workers they are seeking 300 voluntary redundancies. Of the company's 1,000 strong Irish workforce, management are seeking 200 at its Abbeyfe...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 16, 2009
SF Want Empey To Do More On Dole Queues
On foot of claims that as many as 20,000 more jobs could be lost across Northern Ireland in 2009, the Chair of the Committee for Employment and Learning at the Assembly has called for the Minister for...
UK National News, Jan 16, 2009
New Mortgage Rescue Scheme Will Save Thousands From Repossession
A new mortgage rescue scheme which will help thousands of vulnerable people from losing their homes and avoid the nightmare of repossession will be officially launched today. Under the nationwide sch...
UK National News, Jan 16, 2009
'Windy, Wintry' Weather Expected For UK
In a marked change to the quiet and frosty weather of the winter so far, Met Office forecasters are expecting a mix of windy, wintry weather this weekend and next week. Atlantic weather systems will ...
UK National News, Jan 16, 2009
Tough Stance On Burglaries By Top Judge
The head of the judiciary in England and Wales has urged courts to hand down stiffer sentences to domestic burglars. The Lord Chief Justice, Igor Judge, sent out a firm message to criminals today, i...
UK National News, Jan 16, 2009
Elderly Woman Dies After Mugging
A murder investigation is underway after an elderly woman died after a mugging in north-west London. The 81-year-old, who has not yet been named, suffered fatal injuries after the suspect grabbed her...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 16, 2009
Pork Contamination Row Rumbles On
The Irish government is to be held responsible for creating last year's pork contamination crisis which forced the withdrawal and destruction of huge amounts of pork products across the entire island....
Northern Ireland News, Jan 16, 2009
PSNI Admits Huge Shortfall In Detectives
It has emerged that trainee officers are being drafted into top-level frontline posts in a bid to plug a serious post-Patten shortage of hardened detectives. As police hunt a gunman in a failed cash-...
UK National News, Jan 16, 2009
Prisoner Escapee Recaptured
A suspected violent criminal who went on the run after a prison van was stopped by an armed man has been recaptured. Wayne Joseph Connor, 20, was snatched by two men wearing balaclavas as he travelle...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 16, 2009
Donegal Shore Search Intensifies
A major search operation is to step up a gear at the weekend as searches are continuing along the east coast of the Inishowen Peninsula in Donegal for the missing Strabane-based doctor, Deirdre Donnel...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 16, 2009
Belfast Light Rail Engineer Announced
The man tasked with overseeing the delivery of Belfast's light rail system has been appointed. Ciaran de Burca, an engineering expert, lauded for his work on Dublin's rapid transport network, will he...
UK National News, Jan 16, 2009
Group Smashes DfT Doors In Runway Protest
A group protesting against the proposed third runway at London's Heathrow Airport has smashed glass doors at the Department for Transport (DfT). The group, which calls itself The Climate Suffragettes...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 16, 2009
Social 'New Builds' At Risk, Warns Minister
Northern Ireland Housing Minister Margaret Ritchie has called for a 'radical change' to her budget, after she revealed her department is facing a £200m shortfall. Minister Ritchie told the Stormont ...
Recruitment News, Jan 16, 2009
ODA To Create 30,000 Jobs
At the half way point between London winning the bid for the Olympic and Paralympic Games and the Opening Ceremony in 2012 the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) today released new figures showing that ...
Recruitment News, Jan 16, 2009
Hundreds Of Jobs On Line At Nortel
Fears are growing for 300 jobs at Galway and more than 500 jobs in Northern Ireland as Canadian phone manufacturer Nortel Networks has filed for bankruptcy. The Toronto-based organisation had been st...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 16, 2009
NI Bands 'Cannes Do'
Some of Northern Ireland's most successful local bands will be taking a world stage at the international Cannes Festival this year. Duke Special, Derry's Fighting with Wire and the much hyped General...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 16, 2009
Pharma Group Celebrates Backing For UCF
An NI pharmacy group is being congratulated for its fund-raising efforts on behalf of cancer research and care. The MediCare Pharmacy Group has raised over £30,000 for the Ulster Cancer Foundation's ...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 16, 2009
Other NI News In Brief
Lennon Attack Men Found Guilty Two men have been found guilty of attacking Celtic coach, and former NI Captain, Neil Lennon after an Old Firm game. David Whitelaw, 47, and 43-year-old Jeffrey Carriga...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 15, 2009
Pay Cuts And 'Bankruptcy' Highlight Job Fears
As news that around a third of employees at a high-tech company in Londonderry are to receive a pay cut of 10% in an effort to save their jobs as the global recession hits sales, there has been more g...
Recruitment News, Jan 15, 2009
More Job Fears At Car Components Company
Some 1,050 jobs at a car components company in Co Limerick and Co Cork are under threat. The Kostal company, which employs 650 people in Newcastlewest and some 400 workers at the company's Mallow loc...