Northern Ireland News for August 2010 : Page 2

Northern Ireland News, Aug 27, 2010
Tragic Teen Crash Victim Buried Today
The first funeral of the teenage victims killed in a car crash outside Killarney in Co Kerry earlier this week is to take place today. The service for 15-year-old Aine Riordan will take place in her ...
UK National News, Aug 27, 2010
Roadworks Lifted For Holiday Weekend
Roadworks will be suspended over the bank to provide extra capacity for holiday traffic says the Highways Agency. The Agency's Traffic Officers will be patrolling the to help traffic flow smoothly, a...
UK National News, Aug 27, 2010
Other UK News In Brief
Cameron Home Samantha Cameron has been discharged from hospital in Cornwall following the birth of her daughter Florence, a hospital spokesman has confirmed. The Prime Minister's wife spent three nig...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 27, 2010
Tile Manufacturer Wins Investment
A leading provider of tile and marble products, Armatile, has been celebrating an investment. Invest Northern Ireland is supporting the local tile manufacturer to help increase sales by £500,000 by 2...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 27, 2010
Building Firm Opens New Headquarters
Western Building Systems' new HQ has been officially unveiled. The new premises is the centrepiece of a £2m expansion programme which has seen the Co Tyrone manufacturing and administrative facilitie...
Business News, Aug 27, 2010
Tile Manufacturer Wins Investment
A leading provider of tile and marble products, Armatile, has been celebrating an investment. Invest Northern Ireland is supporting the local tile manufacturer to help increase sales by £500,000 by 2...
Business News, Aug 27, 2010
'Economy Improving' Says Bank, Despite Downgrade
Ulster Bank has announced that improving exports and more consumer spending has led to an improving economy, despite yesterday's downgrading of Ireland's credit rating. Ulster Bank said today it was ...
Business News, Aug 27, 2010
Titanic Ruling On Flat Buyers' Plight
Prospective buyers of luxury Belfast apartments who have since been hit by the recession and are unable to go ahead with their purchase agreement have been thrown a legal lifeline. CMG Solicitors Bel...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 27, 2010
Examiner Appointed To Aer Arann
The Dublin High Court has appointed an examiner for troubled airline, Aer Arann. The airline said it intends to operate normally during the period of examinership and intends to fly all Aer Arann se...
Business News, Aug 27, 2010
John Lewis Planning Delays Debated
A long-running row over the proposed John Lewis store for Lisburn this week spilled onto the steps of Belfast City Hall when Lisburn councillors told of their disappointment at being "excluded from a ...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 27, 2010
Other NI News In Brief
Tasting Floral Belfast The Lord Mayor of Belfast, Cllr Pat Convery, is pictured launching the forthcoming Taste Northern Ireland Garden Party with the help of three-year-old Adam Webb and Amy McIlwai...
Business News, Aug 27, 2010
China Comes To NI
A delegation from XEMC Group, one of the largest generator manufacturing organisations in China, was visiting Northern Ireland this week to explore potential investment opportunities within the renewa...
UK National News, Aug 26, 2010
Daughter Arrested Over Mother's Death
A 39-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of murdering her mother in Bournemouth. The body of a woman in her sixties was found at an address on Queensland Road in Bournemouth around 1:20pm o...
UK National News, Aug 26, 2010
Man Jailed For 1989 Rape
A lorry driver has been jailed for six-and-a-half years for the rape of a woman in Burnley more than twenty years ago. Leslie Marshall, 51, of Stonefield Road, Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, pleaded gu...
UK National News, Aug 26, 2010
Appeal To Trace 'Tip Man' In Polish Woman's Murder Probe
Police investigating the suspected murder of a missing Polish woman have released CCTV footage of a man they wish to speak to. Sylwia 'Magda' Ciapcinska, 24, from Ash Street in Burton-on-Trent, was l...
UK National News, Aug 26, 2010
More Tests Due On Body Of MI6 Employee
Further tests are to be carried out on the body of an MI6 worker which was found in a central London flat this week. The body of Gareth Williams, 30, from Anglesey, was found in a large sports bag in...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 26, 2010
Titanic Ruling On Flat Buyers' Plight
Prospective buyers of luxury Belfast apartments who have since been hit by the recession and are unable to go ahead with their purchase agreement have been thrown a legal lifeline. CMG Solicitors Bel...
UK National News, Aug 26, 2010
Boy Dies In North Yorkshire Swimming Pool
An eight-year-old boy has died after getting into difficulties at a North Yorkshire swimming pool. The tragic incident happened at Hambleton Leisure Centre in Northallerton shortly before 4.30pm on W...
UK National News, Aug 26, 2010
'Fugitive' Polly Peck Tycoon Returns To UK
The man behind the collapsed Polly Peck business empire has returned to the UK to face fraud charges after nearly two decades 'on the run'. Asil Nadir fled from the UK to northern Cyprus in May 1993,...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 26, 2010
Wedding Day Murder Tragedy Probed
The cause of death of a south Belfast woman tragically found murdered on her 51st birthday - that was also the day she was due to marry - hasn't yet been made public. Patricia Bardon's body was disco...
Business News, Aug 26, 2010
NI To Get 'Economic Tools' Needed
There has been a welcome for the publication of a report on how Northern Ireland can maximise economic gain from the Coalition Government's policies. The PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) report entitled...
UK National News, Aug 26, 2010
Travellers Should 'Check Holiday Protection'
The Government is urging holidaymakers to consider what sort of cover they might need if their tour operator goes out of business. Over 30 million holiday flights depart from the UK each year and the...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 26, 2010
City Airport 'Charm Offensive' Dismissed
People living near George Best Belfast City Airport will have the chance to raise any issues they have with the airport's management this week. Events have been arranged for today and Friday with Dr ...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 26, 2010
RUC 'Not To Blame' On Claudy Failures
It has been again alleged that the RUC is being used as a 'scapegoat' for the failure to arrest the priest suspected of the Claudy bombing. Further claims that officers wanted to investigate him have...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 26, 2010
John Lewis Planning Delays Debated
A long-running row over the proposed John Lewis store for Lisburn yesterday spilled onto the steps of Belfast City Hall when Lisburn councillors told of their disappointment at being "excluded from a ...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 26, 2010
NI Builders Win £85m Liverpool Contract
Two Northern Ireland firms have scooped an £85 million contract to develop five mental health care facilities in Liverpool, Sefton and Kirkby. The good news comes in the same week that it was announc...
Business News, Aug 26, 2010
NAMA Applauded At Stormont
There has been high-level support expressed for the work of the Irish Republic's National Asset Management Agency, (NAMA) and its impact on NI finances. The Stormont Finance Minister, Sammy Wilson ha...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 26, 2010
NI To Get 'Economic Tools' Needed
There has been a welcome for the publication of a report on how Northern Ireland can maximise economic gain from the Coalition Government's policies. The PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) report entitled...
UK National News, Aug 26, 2010
Other UK News In Brief
Small Business Input Sought A small business support group is urging firms to take part in a new survey to highlight their experiences of dealing with the banks. The Forum of Private Business is host...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 26, 2010
Other NI News In Brief
Passport 'Tourist Boost' The UK's new passport will help stimulate tourism with famous images - including the White Cliffs of Dover, the Gower Peninsula in Wales, Ben Nevis in Scotland and the Giant'...