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Northern Ireland News for May 2009 : Page 6
UK National News, May 20, 2009
Archbishop Defends Speaker, Attacking 'Selfishness' Of MPs
A senior Scottish clergyman has weighed in on the ongoing MPs' expenses row, lambasting parliamentarians for "hounding" the Speaker out of office. Mario Conti, the Catholic Archbishop of Glasgow, s...
Archbishop Defends Speaker, Attacking 'Selfishness' Of MPs
A senior Scottish clergyman has weighed in on the ongoing MPs' expenses row, lambasting parliamentarians for "hounding" the Speaker out of office. Mario Conti, the Catholic Archbishop of Glasgow, s...
Northern Ireland News, May 20, 2009
Aer Lingus Soars With 1m Passengers
Ireland's state-backed airline has become an inflight 'millionaire' as troubled Aer Lingus reveals bookings in Northern Ireland have soared ahead of target. Despite bad news this week on its ...
Aer Lingus Soars With 1m Passengers
Ireland's state-backed airline has become an inflight 'millionaire' as troubled Aer Lingus reveals bookings in Northern Ireland have soared ahead of target. Despite bad news this week on its ...
UK National News, May 20, 2009
Jail Term Reduced For Rapist Father
A man who fathered nine children with his two daughters has won a cut in his jail term. Sheffield Crown Court ruled the Sheffield man, who was ordered to serve at least 19-and-a-half years of a life ...
Jail Term Reduced For Rapist Father
A man who fathered nine children with his two daughters has won a cut in his jail term. Sheffield Crown Court ruled the Sheffield man, who was ordered to serve at least 19-and-a-half years of a life ...
Northern Ireland News, May 20, 2009
Irish Road Deaths Continue To Rise
A driver has been killed in a road smash in Co Down. Yesterday, a total of three road deaths occurred in the Irish Republic, including that of a toddler. That accident was just a day after a...
Irish Road Deaths Continue To Rise
A driver has been killed in a road smash in Co Down. Yesterday, a total of three road deaths occurred in the Irish Republic, including that of a toddler. That accident was just a day after a...
UK National News, May 20, 2009
Met Officers Launch Hate Crime Crackdown
Police in London are carrying out a series of raids today to crack down on 'hate' and domestic crime. Operation Athena is underway to mark the International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO) and is desi...
Met Officers Launch Hate Crime Crackdown
Police in London are carrying out a series of raids today to crack down on 'hate' and domestic crime. Operation Athena is underway to mark the International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO) and is desi...
Recruitment News, May 20, 2009
Economy Blamed As Bank Cuts Jobs
Banking jobs are being cut at a local bank as a direct result of the economic crisis. The ACC Bank is to cut 200 jobs which senior executives said is on foot of the sharp deterioration in the Irish e...
Economy Blamed As Bank Cuts Jobs
Banking jobs are being cut at a local bank as a direct result of the economic crisis. The ACC Bank is to cut 200 jobs which senior executives said is on foot of the sharp deterioration in the Irish e...
Northern Ireland News, May 20, 2009
'Endemic' Abuse Report Published
The fate of thousands of children alleged to have been abused in state-run institutions across the Irish Republic was in focus today. In the largest investigation of religious orders to date,...
'Endemic' Abuse Report Published
The fate of thousands of children alleged to have been abused in state-run institutions across the Irish Republic was in focus today. In the largest investigation of religious orders to date,...
UK National News, May 20, 2009
Norman Foster Awarded With €50,000 Spanish Prize
The architect Norman Foster (Manchester, 1935) has been awarded today with the Spanish Prize Príncipe de Asturias, in the Arts category. The annual reward, worth €50,000, will be handed over by the S...
Norman Foster Awarded With €50,000 Spanish Prize
The architect Norman Foster (Manchester, 1935) has been awarded today with the Spanish Prize Príncipe de Asturias, in the Arts category. The annual reward, worth €50,000, will be handed over by the S...
Northern Ireland News, May 20, 2009
Stormont Wants To Learn From Catalonia
Representatives of the Northern Ireland Parliament are today meeting their counterparts in Catalonia, writes Ada Cruz Tienda. Four members of the Committee of the Office of the First an...
Stormont Wants To Learn From Catalonia
Representatives of the Northern Ireland Parliament are today meeting their counterparts in Catalonia, writes Ada Cruz Tienda. Four members of the Committee of the Office of the First an...
UK National News, May 20, 2009
Europe Space Agency Selects British Astronaut
Timothy Peake, a 37-year-old test pilot in the Army Air Corps, has become the first Briton to be selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) to take part in manned space flight. Major Peak, from Chi...
Europe Space Agency Selects British Astronaut
Timothy Peake, a 37-year-old test pilot in the Army Air Corps, has become the first Briton to be selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) to take part in manned space flight. Major Peak, from Chi...
Northern Ireland News, May 20, 2009
NI Economy To Grow In 2010
The local economy is showing signs of growth - but the results won't be apparent until 2010. According to the head of the University of Ulster's School of Economics, Mike Smith, the Northern I...
NI Economy To Grow In 2010
The local economy is showing signs of growth - but the results won't be apparent until 2010. According to the head of the University of Ulster's School of Economics, Mike Smith, the Northern I...
Business News, May 20, 2009
NI Economy To Grow In 2010
The local economy is showing signs of growth - but the results won't be apparent until 2010. According to the head of the University of Ulster's School of Economics, Mike Smith, the Northern Ireland ...
NI Economy To Grow In 2010
The local economy is showing signs of growth - but the results won't be apparent until 2010. According to the head of the University of Ulster's School of Economics, Mike Smith, the Northern Ireland ...
UK National News, May 20, 2009
Man United Fans Warned Of Rome Dangers
Manchester United fans travelling to Rome for the Champions League final next week, have been warned to avoid some of the city's hotspots. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) is warning the sup...
Man United Fans Warned Of Rome Dangers
Manchester United fans travelling to Rome for the Champions League final next week, have been warned to avoid some of the city's hotspots. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) is warning the sup...
UK National News, May 20, 2009
Khan Becomes First Western Minister To Visit Pilgrimage Site
Cohesion Minister Sadiq Khan has spent the third day of his official visit to Saudi Arabia, meeting a group of British students and senior deans at the Islamic University of Medina. There they discu...
Khan Becomes First Western Minister To Visit Pilgrimage Site
Cohesion Minister Sadiq Khan has spent the third day of his official visit to Saudi Arabia, meeting a group of British students and senior deans at the Islamic University of Medina. There they discu...
Northern Ireland News, May 20, 2009
Prison Officer Arrested In Drugs Bust
A prison officer has been arrested while on duty at Maghaberry jail on suspicion of drugs offences. The warder was detained on Monday at the prison and was then handcuffed and led away by det...
Prison Officer Arrested In Drugs Bust
A prison officer has been arrested while on duty at Maghaberry jail on suspicion of drugs offences. The warder was detained on Monday at the prison and was then handcuffed and led away by det...
Northern Ireland News, May 20, 2009
Skin Cancer Still Rising, Conference Told
The incidence of skin cancer is continuing to rise among both men and women and it is estimated that the likely cost to the NHS in the UK is around £100m per annum. That was the message that ...
Skin Cancer Still Rising, Conference Told
The incidence of skin cancer is continuing to rise among both men and women and it is estimated that the likely cost to the NHS in the UK is around £100m per annum. That was the message that ...
Northern Ireland News, May 20, 2009
'Outstanding' Police Officers Recognised
A group of local police officers have picked up accolades at the annual Community Policing Awards. In its sixth year, the NI Policing Board-backed event is designed to recognise and honour th...
'Outstanding' Police Officers Recognised
A group of local police officers have picked up accolades at the annual Community Policing Awards. In its sixth year, the NI Policing Board-backed event is designed to recognise and honour th...
UK National News, May 20, 2009
Other News In Brief
Ex-Cricketer Jailed For Drug Smuggling Former England cricketer Chris Lewis has been jailed for 13 years for smuggling cocaine into Britain. The 41-year-old carried the drug in his cricket bag from S...
Other News In Brief
Ex-Cricketer Jailed For Drug Smuggling Former England cricketer Chris Lewis has been jailed for 13 years for smuggling cocaine into Britain. The 41-year-old carried the drug in his cricket bag from S...
Northern Ireland News, May 19, 2009
Murphy: No Water Charges For 'Foreseeable Future'
Regional Development Minister Conor Murphy has said water charges in Northern Ireland are unlikely to be introduced in the foreseeable future. Discussing the issue during a live web chat, faci...
Murphy: No Water Charges For 'Foreseeable Future'
Regional Development Minister Conor Murphy has said water charges in Northern Ireland are unlikely to be introduced in the foreseeable future. Discussing the issue during a live web chat, faci...
UK National News, May 19, 2009
Speaker Will Step Down Next Month
Embattled Commons Speaker Michael Martin this afternoon announced his intentions to stand down, amid the continued furore over MPs' expenses. The Speaker said he would leave office on the Sunday 21 ...
Speaker Will Step Down Next Month
Embattled Commons Speaker Michael Martin this afternoon announced his intentions to stand down, amid the continued furore over MPs' expenses. The Speaker said he would leave office on the Sunday 21 ...
Business News, May 19, 2009
Lisburn Protective Clothing Firm Celebrates
There are celebrations today as a local specialist protective clothing supplier, Global Armour, has announced a major deal. The Co Down-based firm has won fresh export contracts worth more than £4.5 ...
Lisburn Protective Clothing Firm Celebrates
There are celebrations today as a local specialist protective clothing supplier, Global Armour, has announced a major deal. The Co Down-based firm has won fresh export contracts worth more than £4.5 ...
Northern Ireland News, May 19, 2009
Ruane 'Family Holiday' Absence Defended
The Stormont Assembly's Education Minister has admitted breaching her own department's guidelines. She took her 12-year-old daughter out of school for a 'holiday'. Ms Ruane (pictured here wit...
Ruane 'Family Holiday' Absence Defended
The Stormont Assembly's Education Minister has admitted breaching her own department's guidelines. She took her 12-year-old daughter out of school for a 'holiday'. Ms Ruane (pictured here wit...
UK National News, May 19, 2009
Police Will Not Investigate Newspaper Expenses Leak
The Daily Telegraph will not face a police investigation in relation to the leak of MPs expenses which have since been published, Scotland Yard has said. Senior officers from the Metropolitan Police ...
Police Will Not Investigate Newspaper Expenses Leak
The Daily Telegraph will not face a police investigation in relation to the leak of MPs expenses which have since been published, Scotland Yard has said. Senior officers from the Metropolitan Police ...
UK National News, May 19, 2009
Man Jailed Over Chinese Couple Murder
A 31-year-old man has been jailed for life of the murder of two Chinese graduates in their Newcastle home. Guang Hui Cao killed Xi Zhou and Zhen Xing Yang, both aged 25, at their home in Croydon Road...
Man Jailed Over Chinese Couple Murder
A 31-year-old man has been jailed for life of the murder of two Chinese graduates in their Newcastle home. Guang Hui Cao killed Xi Zhou and Zhen Xing Yang, both aged 25, at their home in Croydon Road...
Northern Ireland News, May 19, 2009
Hooley's Good Vibrations For Big Screen
The man behind the emergence of Northern Ireland's own punk music revolution, Terri Hooley, (pictured) is to hit the big screen, reports Brenda McNeill. The new movie Good Vibrations is...
Hooley's Good Vibrations For Big Screen
The man behind the emergence of Northern Ireland's own punk music revolution, Terri Hooley, (pictured) is to hit the big screen, reports Brenda McNeill. The new movie Good Vibrations is...
UK National News, May 19, 2009
Dividends Cut As M&S Profits Fall
UK retailer Marks and Spencer has announced a 40% fall in profits from last year. M&S cut its dividend by a third - from 22p in the previous year, to 15p a share for the year to 28 March - after its ...
Dividends Cut As M&S Profits Fall
UK retailer Marks and Spencer has announced a 40% fall in profits from last year. M&S cut its dividend by a third - from 22p in the previous year, to 15p a share for the year to 28 March - after its ...
UK National News, May 19, 2009
Woman Remanded Over 11-Year-Old's Road Death
A 27-year-old woman has appeared in court today charged with causing the death of a boy by dangerous driving. Sam Riddall, aged 11, died when he was knocked over by a car after leaving his church you...
Woman Remanded Over 11-Year-Old's Road Death
A 27-year-old woman has appeared in court today charged with causing the death of a boy by dangerous driving. Sam Riddall, aged 11, died when he was knocked over by a car after leaving his church you...
Northern Ireland News, May 19, 2009
Boy, 17, Injured In Belfast Gun Attack
A youth has been shot and injured in a paramilitary-style attack in west Belfast last night. Police said the 17-year-old remains in a non-life threatening condition in hospital. The shooting...
Boy, 17, Injured In Belfast Gun Attack
A youth has been shot and injured in a paramilitary-style attack in west Belfast last night. Police said the 17-year-old remains in a non-life threatening condition in hospital. The shooting...
UK National News, May 19, 2009
Double Fatalities After Motorway Crash
Two people are dead following a rush-hour car pile-up on a motorway in west Yorkshire. The road has been closed, and motorists are told to expect lengthy delays this morning after two incidents on th...
Double Fatalities After Motorway Crash
Two people are dead following a rush-hour car pile-up on a motorway in west Yorkshire. The road has been closed, and motorists are told to expect lengthy delays this morning after two incidents on th...
Recruitment News, May 19, 2009
Traffic Wardens Protest Sacking
The people who police parking and traffic offences are in revolt. A group of traffic attendants are today to make a renewed protest after their sudden dismissal. The workers were sacked after an uno...
Traffic Wardens Protest Sacking
The people who police parking and traffic offences are in revolt. A group of traffic attendants are today to make a renewed protest after their sudden dismissal. The workers were sacked after an uno...
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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.
