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Northern Ireland News for October 2009 : Page 6
Northern Ireland News, Oct 22, 2009
Former North West Mayor Dies
Tributes have been paid to a former Coleraine mayor who passed away yesterday. Councillor Liz Johnston (pictured) was described as an "extraordinary woman". Mrs Johnson had served on the council a...
Former North West Mayor Dies
Tributes have been paid to a former Coleraine mayor who passed away yesterday. Councillor Liz Johnston (pictured) was described as an "extraordinary woman". Mrs Johnson had served on the council a...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 22, 2009
Going Behind The Scenes At UTV
A new book on the first 50 years of Ulster Television has just been published. Standby Studio is a view literally from the studio floor, exposing all the technicalities of setting up a new commercial...
Going Behind The Scenes At UTV
A new book on the first 50 years of Ulster Television has just been published. Standby Studio is a view literally from the studio floor, exposing all the technicalities of setting up a new commercial...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 22, 2009
Belfast Film Production Company Expands
Belfast-based independent production company, Green Inc. Film & Television, has announced that it has secured comedy development funding from three main UK broadcasters (C4, ITV and BBC). Meanwhile i...
Belfast Film Production Company Expands
Belfast-based independent production company, Green Inc. Film & Television, has announced that it has secured comedy development funding from three main UK broadcasters (C4, ITV and BBC). Meanwhile i...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 22, 2009
Farming Research Budget In Focus
It has been claimed that 'food security' is now more in the minds of government ministers than it has been for some decades. This, in turn, should mean more priority given to funding for agricultural...
Farming Research Budget In Focus
It has been claimed that 'food security' is now more in the minds of government ministers than it has been for some decades. This, in turn, should mean more priority given to funding for agricultural...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 22, 2009
Other NI News In Brief
Omagh Blaze Inquest Halted The inquest into the deaths of a family of seven in a house fire in Omagh in 2007 has been adjourned until December. The coroner said the adjournment was due to "a number o...
Other NI News In Brief
Omagh Blaze Inquest Halted The inquest into the deaths of a family of seven in a house fire in Omagh in 2007 has been adjourned until December. The coroner said the adjournment was due to "a number o...
Business News, Oct 21, 2009
Aer Lingus Should Merge – But Not With Ryanair
A former Aer Lingus chief executive has said the future of the airline can only be secured if it merges with another airline – as long as that airline isn't Ryanair. Willie Walsh, who left the airlin...
Aer Lingus Should Merge – But Not With Ryanair
A former Aer Lingus chief executive has said the future of the airline can only be secured if it merges with another airline – as long as that airline isn't Ryanair. Willie Walsh, who left the airlin...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 21, 2009
Omagh Blaze Inquest Reveals Horrors
The shocking nature of a fire in which a whole family perished two years ago has been revealed. Several rasping breaths could be heard, shortly before a desperate telephone call from a blazing home t...
Omagh Blaze Inquest Reveals Horrors
The shocking nature of a fire in which a whole family perished two years ago has been revealed. Several rasping breaths could be heard, shortly before a desperate telephone call from a blazing home t...
Recruitment News, Oct 21, 2009
Postal Strike Hits NI Tomorrow
Postal staff are to go on strike this Thursday. The talking is over - for now - as attempts to broker an agreement with postal staff have failed to halt industrial action. A statement from the posta...
Postal Strike Hits NI Tomorrow
Postal staff are to go on strike this Thursday. The talking is over - for now - as attempts to broker an agreement with postal staff have failed to halt industrial action. A statement from the posta...
Recruitment News, Oct 21, 2009
IMPACT Backs National Strike Action
The IMPACT trade union has voted overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action in the event of mooted public sector pay cuts. The union announced today that its public service members had backed indu...
IMPACT Backs National Strike Action
The IMPACT trade union has voted overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action in the event of mooted public sector pay cuts. The union announced today that its public service members had backed indu...
Business News, Oct 21, 2009
Union Says No To Short, Sharp, Shock, Therapy
One of the state's leading unions has criticised attempts by banks to urge a 'short, sharp, shock' policy to reinvigorate the economy. Speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland, Irish Congress of Trade Union...
Union Says No To Short, Sharp, Shock, Therapy
One of the state's leading unions has criticised attempts by banks to urge a 'short, sharp, shock' policy to reinvigorate the economy. Speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland, Irish Congress of Trade Union...
Business News, Oct 21, 2009
Bank Restructuring Needed, Says King
A rethink on how banks are structured is necessary, the Governor of the Bank of England has said. Mervyn King warned regulation alone would not prohibit conditions which led to the international fina...
Bank Restructuring Needed, Says King
A rethink on how banks are structured is necessary, the Governor of the Bank of England has said. Mervyn King warned regulation alone would not prohibit conditions which led to the international fina...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 21, 2009
Postal Strike Hits NI
Postal staff are to go on strike this Thursday. The talking is over - for now - as attempts to broker a deal with postal staff have failed to halt industrial action. Following repeated attempts to r...
Postal Strike Hits NI
Postal staff are to go on strike this Thursday. The talking is over - for now - as attempts to broker a deal with postal staff have failed to halt industrial action. Following repeated attempts to r...
UK National News, Oct 21, 2009
Swine Flu Vaccination Programme Begins
NHS Hospitals will begin vaccinating frontline healthcare workers and their 'high risk' patients against swine flu from today. The vaccination programme will be rolled out over the next few weeks w...
Swine Flu Vaccination Programme Begins
NHS Hospitals will begin vaccinating frontline healthcare workers and their 'high risk' patients against swine flu from today. The vaccination programme will be rolled out over the next few weeks w...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 21, 2009
Flu Vaccine For All 'At Risk'
Everyone in NI who is deemed 'at risk' from the current swine flu that is sweeping Europe is to have a vaccination offered to them. As the local programme was launched by NI Health Minister Michael M...
Flu Vaccine For All 'At Risk'
Everyone in NI who is deemed 'at risk' from the current swine flu that is sweeping Europe is to have a vaccination offered to them. As the local programme was launched by NI Health Minister Michael M...
UK National News, Oct 21, 2009
UK Population 'To Top 70m'
The population is set to rise to more than 70 million by 2033, the latest official statistics have revealed. According to the figures published today by the Office of National Statistics, the UK's po...
UK Population 'To Top 70m'
The population is set to rise to more than 70 million by 2033, the latest official statistics have revealed. According to the figures published today by the Office of National Statistics, the UK's po...
UK National News, Oct 21, 2009
Man Arrested Over 1995 Murder
Police investigating a 14-year-old murder case have arrested a man on suspicion of her murder. Vikki Thompson, a 30-year-old mother-of-two from Ascott-under-Wynchwood, Oxfordshire, was found badly be...
Man Arrested Over 1995 Murder
Police investigating a 14-year-old murder case have arrested a man on suspicion of her murder. Vikki Thompson, a 30-year-old mother-of-two from Ascott-under-Wynchwood, Oxfordshire, was found badly be...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 21, 2009
Devolved Policing Budget Outlined
The funding for devolved policing and justice was made public today. A letter, published by the Prime Minister, detailed the allocation of around £1bn for the new Stormont department. Gordon Brow...
Devolved Policing Budget Outlined
The funding for devolved policing and justice was made public today. A letter, published by the Prime Minister, detailed the allocation of around £1bn for the new Stormont department. Gordon Brow...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 21, 2009
NI Council Reduction 'On Course'
Short term costs associated with the restructuring of Northern Ireland's councils are outweighed by the long term savings, the Environment Minister has said. Edwin Poots, updating the Assembly on th...
NI Council Reduction 'On Course'
Short term costs associated with the restructuring of Northern Ireland's councils are outweighed by the long term savings, the Environment Minister has said. Edwin Poots, updating the Assembly on th...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 21, 2009
Lyric Design 'Previewed'
There's a major 'performance' this week at Belfast's Lyric Theatre. The award-winning architects at O'Donnell & Tuomey will guide prospective audience members through a presentation of the Lyric's ne...
Lyric Design 'Previewed'
There's a major 'performance' this week at Belfast's Lyric Theatre. The award-winning architects at O'Donnell & Tuomey will guide prospective audience members through a presentation of the Lyric's ne...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 21, 2009
Population Rises As People Live Longer
The Northern Ireland population is to increase by 64,000 people - or 4% - over the next five years and is expected to pass 1.8m next year. It will then rise to 1.839m by 2013, according to latest gov...
Population Rises As People Live Longer
The Northern Ireland population is to increase by 64,000 people - or 4% - over the next five years and is expected to pass 1.8m next year. It will then rise to 1.839m by 2013, according to latest gov...
UK National News, Oct 21, 2009
Tragic Strathclyde Fire Probed
An investigation is to be carried out by Strathclyde Fire and Rescue and Strathclyde Police after an eight-year-old girl and a woman, aged 40, died following a house fire in South Lanarkshire. A Str...
Tragic Strathclyde Fire Probed
An investigation is to be carried out by Strathclyde Fire and Rescue and Strathclyde Police after an eight-year-old girl and a woman, aged 40, died following a house fire in South Lanarkshire. A Str...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 21, 2009
QUB Is Top 'Entrepreneurial University'
Queen's University, Belfast has been named as the Times Higher Education Entrepreneurial University of the Year. The University was awarded the top prize at a glittering ceremony in London's Grosveno...
QUB Is Top 'Entrepreneurial University'
Queen's University, Belfast has been named as the Times Higher Education Entrepreneurial University of the Year. The University was awarded the top prize at a glittering ceremony in London's Grosveno...
UK National News, Oct 21, 2009
Car Parking Row Man Dies
A salesman has died after an alleged assault following an argument over a parking space. The 53 year-old man collapsed, shortly after 2pm on Tuesday, after being involved in the fight behind some sho...
Car Parking Row Man Dies
A salesman has died after an alleged assault following an argument over a parking space. The 53 year-old man collapsed, shortly after 2pm on Tuesday, after being involved in the fight behind some sho...
UK National News, Oct 21, 2009
Gatwick Airport Sold Off
One of Britain's biggest airports has been sold. After the Competition Commission ruled in March that the company would have to sell the airport within two years, BAA said today it has agreed the sal...
Gatwick Airport Sold Off
One of Britain's biggest airports has been sold. After the Competition Commission ruled in March that the company would have to sell the airport within two years, BAA said today it has agreed the sal...
UK National News, Oct 21, 2009
Papal Reform For CoE Defection
A constitutional change by the papal authority could allow thousands of Anglicans to enter into full Catholic communion whilst retaining spiritual differences. The move is seen as a path for Church ...
Papal Reform For CoE Defection
A constitutional change by the papal authority could allow thousands of Anglicans to enter into full Catholic communion whilst retaining spiritual differences. The move is seen as a path for Church ...
UK National News, Oct 21, 2009
Healthy Food 'Task Force' Launched
A new Task Force will help England to grow and eat more fruit and vegetables and improve the nation's health, Environment Secretary Hilary Benn announced today. Comprising growers, retailers, consume...
Healthy Food 'Task Force' Launched
A new Task Force will help England to grow and eat more fruit and vegetables and improve the nation's health, Environment Secretary Hilary Benn announced today. Comprising growers, retailers, consume...
UK National News, Oct 21, 2009
Other News In Brief
Talks Target Postal Strike Discussions are expected to take place on Wednesday to try to avoid a nationwide post strike. Two days of talks between Royal Mail bosses and the Communication Workers Unio...
Other News In Brief
Talks Target Postal Strike Discussions are expected to take place on Wednesday to try to avoid a nationwide post strike. Two days of talks between Royal Mail bosses and the Communication Workers Unio...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 21, 2009
Europe Gets 'Closer To Belfast'
Northern Ireland's young people are to get the chance to increase their knowledge about other European countries, writes Carla Liébana. The opportunity comes through a programme of activities ...
Europe Gets 'Closer To Belfast'
Northern Ireland's young people are to get the chance to increase their knowledge about other European countries, writes Carla Liébana. The opportunity comes through a programme of activities ...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 21, 2009
Aer Lingus - Ryanair Merger Rubbished
A former Aer Lingus boss has said the future of the airline can only be secured if it merges with another airline – as long as that airline isn't Ryanair. Willie Walsh, who left the airline in 2005 a...
Aer Lingus - Ryanair Merger Rubbished
A former Aer Lingus boss has said the future of the airline can only be secured if it merges with another airline – as long as that airline isn't Ryanair. Willie Walsh, who left the airline in 2005 a...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 21, 2009
Other NI News In Brief
Soldiers' Murders: Man Questioned A man has been arrested in connection with the Real IRA murders of Sappers Patrick Azimkar and Mark Quinsey, (pictured) who were shot dead outside Massereene barrack...
Other NI News In Brief
Soldiers' Murders: Man Questioned A man has been arrested in connection with the Real IRA murders of Sappers Patrick Azimkar and Mark Quinsey, (pictured) who were shot dead outside Massereene barrack...
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Northern Ireland WeatherToday:A cloudy day with a little light rain or drizzle at times, but some spells of drier weather too. The north coast may become somewhat brighter later this afternoon. Maximum temperature 11 °C.Tonight:Cloudy and patchy light rain will slowly clear away this evening. Then the rest of the night will be dry with broken cloud. Westerly winds freshening in the early hours. Minimum temperature 6 °C.
