Northern Ireland News for February 2012 : Page 7

Northern Ireland News, Feb 17, 2012
Other News In Brief
Motorist Dies In Coleraine Car Crash A man has died in a road accident in Coleraine. His car was in collision with another vehicle at the Ballyrashane Road at around 09:00 GMT on Thursday. I...
UK National News, Feb 17, 2012
Paediatrician Group Condemns Health Bill
A group of the UKs paediatricians have written to a top medical journal criticising the Government's controversial health bill. In their letter to The Lancet, the paediatricians from the UK’s Royal ...
UK National News, Feb 17, 2012
UK And France To Sign Nuclear Agreement
David Cameron is to meet with the French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, to sign a deal on a cooperative nuclear energy development plan. Despite their high profile dispute over the European financial d...
UK National News, Feb 17, 2012
Other News In Brief
Man jailed for murder of Sylvester Akapalara A man has been sentenced to thirty years for the murder of Sylvester Akapalara in Peckham in 2010. Sodiq Adeojo, 20 of Shurland Gardens, has on Thu...
Recruitment News, Feb 17, 2012
30 News Jobs For Waterford Welcomed
Labour T.D. for Waterford, Ciara Conway is welcoming the news that a local Waterford employer has teamed up with an American company to bring 30 new jobs to the South East. Rigney Dolphin is working ...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 16, 2012
Ian Paisley Released From Intensive Care
Ian Paisley has been moved out of intensive care at the Ulster Hospital. The former First Minister, 85, was admitted to the hospital on Feb 5th for the treatment of heart problems. Lord Bannside, wh...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 16, 2012
Appeal After Shooting Incident In Strabane
Detectives in Strabane are appealing for information after reports of a shot being fired at a house in the Garvan Road area, Sion Mills on Wednesday, 15 February. A report of damage to a window of t...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 16, 2012
New Belfast Hotel Plans Submitted
The Department of Environment has put forward an opinion to approve a new 130 bed hotel in Great Victoria Street Belfast. DOE planning officials will seek the views of Belfast City Council at a meeti...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 16, 2012
Ireland Aspires To Become A 'Green Leader'
Environment Minister Alex Attwood said today that the challenge for NI was to be a world leader in carbon reduction. He said that the ‘green and clean’ brand of Ireland could be grown if NI was and w...
Business News, Feb 16, 2012
New Hotel For Great Victoria Street
The Department of Environment has put forward an opinion to approve a new 130 bed hotel in Great Victoria Street Belfast. DOE planning officials will seek the views of Belfast City Council at a meeti...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 16, 2012
Prison Services Launch Recruitment Drive
The Northern Ireland Prison Service (NIPS) has today launched a recruitment campaign for new Custody Officers. It expects to recruit up to 200 officers to this new grade within the Prison Service. N...
UK National News, Feb 16, 2012
Attempted Armed Robbery On Bookmakers Crumlin Road
Detectives in Grosvenor Road are appealing for witnesses following an attempted armed robbery of a Bookmakers shop in the Crumlin Road area around teatime on Wednesday. Shortly after 6pm it was repor...
Recruitment News, Feb 16, 2012
Green Party Extremely Disappointed With The Jobs Plan
Government plans for the Green economy amount to nothing except some more planning, the Green Party claims. Green Party Enterprise Spokesperson Cllr Marianne Butler said: "The Jobs Plan launched show...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 16, 2012
Minister Announces Start Of £400,000 Public Realm Scheme
Social Development Minister Nelson McCausland has announced that work is due to start on a £400,000 Public Realm scheme in Londonderry. The appointed contractor, Whitemountain, is due to begin work ...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 16, 2012
SF To Question PSNI Chief Constable
Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney said that the party will be seeking more answers to the retiring and rehiring of former RUC and PSNI members when PSNI Chief Constable Matt Baggott appears before the J...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 16, 2012
Housing Market Gets Helping Hand To Start 2012
The local housing market is set to get a kick-start for 2012 with the help of a major campaign by Ulster Bank to stimulate and support demand. As the post-Christmas period, when housing market activ...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 16, 2012
Other News In Brief
Family Of La Mon Demand Inquiry The families of those killed by an IRA bomb some 30 years ago have demanded a full public enquiry. La Mon Hotel outside east Belfast was the scene of an atrocity that ...
UK National News, Feb 16, 2012
Police Target 50 Drivers In Suffolk
Fifty vehicles were stopped and checked during a multi-agency operation held in Suffolk on Monday. The operation, conducted by Suffolk and Norfolk Roads Policing Unit (RPU), was held at the Rougham ...
UK National News, Feb 16, 2012
Over 500 Arrested By Anti Gang Squad Last Week
A total of 515 gang-related arrests have been made along with weapons, drugs and cash seizures by a newly formed anti-gang police team. More than half of those arrested by the Trident Gang Crime Comm...
UK National News, Feb 16, 2012
Huhne In Court Over Speeding Swindle
The Former energy secretary Chris Huhne and his ex-wife Vicky Pryce are appearing in court over charges of perverting the course of justice. Mr Huhne, 57, resigned from the cabinet after the announce...
UK National News, Feb 16, 2012
Administrators To Discuss Terms With Players
Administrators for financially crippled Rangers are meeting players and staff at the club's Murray Park training complex on Thursday morning. It is believed that a programme of job cuts is to be arra...
UK National News, Feb 16, 2012
UK 'Stronger And Richer Together' - Cameron
The prime minister is to argue that the UK is "stronger and richer" together during a speech in Edinburgh on Thursday afternoon. David Cameron is expected to tell the Edinburgh audience: "I think th...
UK National News, Feb 16, 2012
TUC Criticises Gov 'Rhetoric' On Disability Jobs
There is a huge gap in the rhetoric the government uses on disability and opportunities for disabled people, a trade union body has said on Thursday. In its submission to the Office for Disability Is...
UK National News, Feb 16, 2012
Call For Messy Drivers To 'Bag It'
The Highways Agency is calling on road users to help tackle roadside litter on England’s motorways and major A roads, asking them to "bag it, bin it" instead of hurling rubbish out their window. The ...
UK National News, Feb 16, 2012
Other News In Brief
Blyth Man Arrested On Suspicion Of Murder A 28-year-old Blyth man has been arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with a fire in Northumberland in which a 40-year-old man died. The incident ha...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 15, 2012
Armed Robbery On Crumlin Road
Detectives in North Belfast are appealing for information following an armed robbery in the Crumlin Road area on Tuesday evening. At approximately 7.45pm, a man armed with a suspected firearm entered...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 15, 2012
NI Unemployment Below UK Average
Unemployment in Northern Ireland remains below the average for the UK, European Union and Republic of Ireland.
 Figures released today for the period October - December 2011 show that the North...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 15, 2012
Castle Court Shopping Mall Sold
The Castle Court shopping mall in Belfast has been sold to Hermes. The Hermes property fund already had half a share in the mall, however it has now taken full control following a deal with Australia...
UK National News, Feb 15, 2012
UK Unemployment Jumps 50,000
UK unemployment is up by almost 50,000, reaching 2.67 million in the three months to December, according to official figures. The Office for National Statistics revealed on Wednesday that the unemplo...
UK National News, Feb 15, 2012
Labour Slams Gov Over 'Jobless Generation'
The Labour Party have slammed the Government over the rising rate of unemployment, accusing it of creating a 'jobless generation'. Liam Byrne, Labour’s Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, said the G...