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Northern Ireland News for March 2012 : Page 4
UK National News, Mar 26, 2012
Heathrow Expansion "An Environmental Disaster"
Boris Johnson has said that a third runway will not be built at Heathrow while he is power. The Conservative mayoral candidate has said the further expansion of Heathrow would be "an environmental di...
Heathrow Expansion "An Environmental Disaster"
Boris Johnson has said that a third runway will not be built at Heathrow while he is power. The Conservative mayoral candidate has said the further expansion of Heathrow would be "an environmental di...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 26, 2012
160 Jobs At Risk As GAME Goes Into Administration
Video games retailer GAME has gone into administration. 160 people are employed in Northern Ireland in 20 of its branches. PwC, the administrators, said they a sale of the business is achievable. M...
160 Jobs At Risk As GAME Goes Into Administration
Video games retailer GAME has gone into administration. 160 people are employed in Northern Ireland in 20 of its branches. PwC, the administrators, said they a sale of the business is achievable. M...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 26, 2012
Reform Of NI Prisons Unstoppable Claims Justice Minister
The reform of the Northern Ireland Prison Service is unstoppable, Justice Minister David Ford has said. In a statement to the Assembly today, the Minister updated MLAs on progress to date in fundamen...
Reform Of NI Prisons Unstoppable Claims Justice Minister
The reform of the Northern Ireland Prison Service is unstoppable, Justice Minister David Ford has said. In a statement to the Assembly today, the Minister updated MLAs on progress to date in fundamen...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 26, 2012
Hyponatraemia Inquest To Resume
The inquiry into the deaths of five children in Northern Ireland hospitals is to resume today in Banbridge. The inquest into hyponatraemia-related deaths was postponed last month. It is trying to di...
Hyponatraemia Inquest To Resume
The inquiry into the deaths of five children in Northern Ireland hospitals is to resume today in Banbridge. The inquest into hyponatraemia-related deaths was postponed last month. It is trying to di...
Business News, Mar 26, 2012
Local Store Wins Best BIRW Window Display Competition
A South Belfast store has beaten off stiff competition from others in the city to win the title of Best Visual Merchandising Display, as part of Belfast Independent Retail Week. More than 160 local s...
Local Store Wins Best BIRW Window Display Competition
A South Belfast store has beaten off stiff competition from others in the city to win the title of Best Visual Merchandising Display, as part of Belfast Independent Retail Week. More than 160 local s...
Recruitment News, Mar 26, 2012
SuperValu To Create 200 Jobs
SuperValu, the independent supermarket network, is to create almost 200 jobs with the opening of two new stores this year. As part of a €20m investment programme new stores will be opened in Celbridg...
SuperValu To Create 200 Jobs
SuperValu, the independent supermarket network, is to create almost 200 jobs with the opening of two new stores this year. As part of a €20m investment programme new stores will be opened in Celbridg...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 26, 2012
Minister Views Plans For Health And Care Centre
Health Minister Edwin Poots will today visit Ballymena to view plans for a new state of the art £25 million Health and Care Centre. The new Health and Care Centre will be built on the Braid Valley Ho...
Minister Views Plans For Health And Care Centre
Health Minister Edwin Poots will today visit Ballymena to view plans for a new state of the art £25 million Health and Care Centre. The new Health and Care Centre will be built on the Braid Valley Ho...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 26, 2012
SF Calls For Timeline On Pilot Search Scanners
Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney has called on the Justice Minister to produce a timeline on when the pilot for the ‘full body imaging scanners’ would take place. The Vice Chair of the Assembly's Just...
SF Calls For Timeline On Pilot Search Scanners
Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney has called on the Justice Minister to produce a timeline on when the pilot for the ‘full body imaging scanners’ would take place. The Vice Chair of the Assembly's Just...
Recruitment News, Mar 26, 2012
Urgent Need For Jobs & Growth Programme
New figures showing that Ireland moved back into recession in late 2011 demonstrate the urgent need for a major Jobs and Growth Investment Programme, the Irish Congress of Trade Unions has said. Spea...
Urgent Need For Jobs & Growth Programme
New figures showing that Ireland moved back into recession in late 2011 demonstrate the urgent need for a major Jobs and Growth Investment Programme, the Irish Congress of Trade Unions has said. Spea...
UK National News, Mar 26, 2012
Submarine Refit Contract Secures 2,000 Jobs
2,000 UK jobs will be safeguarded by a new £350m contract to refit and refuel a Royal Navy nuclear missile submarine, the defence secretary is to announce. At a Plymouth dockyard today Philip Hammond...
Submarine Refit Contract Secures 2,000 Jobs
2,000 UK jobs will be safeguarded by a new £350m contract to refit and refuel a Royal Navy nuclear missile submarine, the defence secretary is to announce. At a Plymouth dockyard today Philip Hammond...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 26, 2012
Alliance Selects Harbinson For North Down Council Seat
Alliance has selected Adam Harbinson for North Down Council to replace Alderman Tony Hill who passed away last month. Mr Harbinson will now take up his seat in the Bangor West DEA of the North Down ...
Alliance Selects Harbinson For North Down Council Seat
Alliance has selected Adam Harbinson for North Down Council to replace Alderman Tony Hill who passed away last month. Mr Harbinson will now take up his seat in the Bangor West DEA of the North Down ...
UK National News, Mar 26, 2012
CRB Checks Show 4,000 Offenders Applying To Be Teachers
Information revealed by the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) has shown that over 4,000 offenders, including rapists, paedophiles and drug dealers, applied to become teachers last year. Released to the P...
CRB Checks Show 4,000 Offenders Applying To Be Teachers
Information revealed by the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) has shown that over 4,000 offenders, including rapists, paedophiles and drug dealers, applied to become teachers last year. Released to the P...
UK National News, Mar 26, 2012
The Royal Mint Reveals Diamond Jubilee Commemorate Coins
The Royal Mint has unveiled five new precious metal variations of the only official UK £5 coin, struck to mark the occasion of Her Majesty the Queen's Diamond Jubilee in 2012. Like the Brilliant Unci...
The Royal Mint Reveals Diamond Jubilee Commemorate Coins
The Royal Mint has unveiled five new precious metal variations of the only official UK £5 coin, struck to mark the occasion of Her Majesty the Queen's Diamond Jubilee in 2012. Like the Brilliant Unci...
UK National News, Mar 26, 2012
Cameron Refuses To Reveal No 10 Dinner Guests
Prime Minister David Cameron has refused to reveal who has been invited to dinner at his home, saying that such details are “private”. The request was made after the Sunday Times filmed co-treasurer ...
Cameron Refuses To Reveal No 10 Dinner Guests
Prime Minister David Cameron has refused to reveal who has been invited to dinner at his home, saying that such details are “private”. The request was made after the Sunday Times filmed co-treasurer ...
UK National News, Mar 26, 2012
Increase In Dementia Research Funding
David Cameron is set to announce that funding for research into dementia will be doubled to £66m by 2015. Dementia is thought to affect around 800,000 people in the UK and the prime minister is expec...
Increase In Dementia Research Funding
David Cameron is set to announce that funding for research into dementia will be doubled to £66m by 2015. Dementia is thought to affect around 800,000 people in the UK and the prime minister is expec...
UK National News, Mar 26, 2012
Soldiers On Standby To Cover Fuel Tanker Deliveries
Soldiers are on stand by to fill in for petrol tanker drivers who are threatening strike action next month. Army and police are being lined up to ensure deliveries of fuel do not stop resulting in th...
Soldiers On Standby To Cover Fuel Tanker Deliveries
Soldiers are on stand by to fill in for petrol tanker drivers who are threatening strike action next month. Army and police are being lined up to ensure deliveries of fuel do not stop resulting in th...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 26, 2012
Search Resumes For Arlene Arkinson
Detectives investigating the murder of teenager Arlene Arkinson who disappeared in 1994 have resumed a series of searches in rural locations in County Tyrone. Following on from searches last year, th...
Search Resumes For Arlene Arkinson
Detectives investigating the murder of teenager Arlene Arkinson who disappeared in 1994 have resumed a series of searches in rural locations in County Tyrone. Following on from searches last year, th...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 26, 2012
Incapacity Benefit Customers To Be Reassessed
Over the past twelve months over 20,000 Incapacity Benefit customers have begun a journey to gauge their capability for work. It is planned that a total of 76,000 Incapacity Benefit customers will ha...
Incapacity Benefit Customers To Be Reassessed
Over the past twelve months over 20,000 Incapacity Benefit customers have begun a journey to gauge their capability for work. It is planned that a total of 76,000 Incapacity Benefit customers will ha...
UK National News, Mar 26, 2012
Hot-Air Balloon Collides With Power Lines
A hot-air balloon crashed into power lines in Northamptonshire on Sunday leaving the pilot and two passengers hanging 15m in the air. The balloons canopy got tangled and wrapped around live power cab...
Hot-Air Balloon Collides With Power Lines
A hot-air balloon crashed into power lines in Northamptonshire on Sunday leaving the pilot and two passengers hanging 15m in the air. The balloons canopy got tangled and wrapped around live power cab...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 26, 2012
Man Arrested Following Firearms Incident
A 41 year old man has been arrested on suspicion of carrying a firearm, threats to kill and having articles to commit arson. A firing pistol and petrol can were recovered. The man remains in custod...
Man Arrested Following Firearms Incident
A 41 year old man has been arrested on suspicion of carrying a firearm, threats to kill and having articles to commit arson. A firing pistol and petrol can were recovered. The man remains in custod...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 26, 2012
Other News In Brief
High Air Pollution Recorded In Parts Of NI Moderate To Very High Levels Of Air pollution are being monitored in the Belfast area. Moderate levels are also being recorded in Armagh, Lisbu...
Other News In Brief
High Air Pollution Recorded In Parts Of NI Moderate To Very High Levels Of Air pollution are being monitored in the Belfast area. Moderate levels are also being recorded in Armagh, Lisbu...
UK National News, Mar 26, 2012
Chickens Become National Pet Favourite
National Pet Month is approaching but it isn’t just cats and dogs that are getting all the attention, more people than ever before are turning to an alternative to our four legged friends. Chickens a...
Chickens Become National Pet Favourite
National Pet Month is approaching but it isn’t just cats and dogs that are getting all the attention, more people than ever before are turning to an alternative to our four legged friends. Chickens a...
UK National News, Mar 26, 2012
Other News In Brief
Police Hunt Racist Acid Attacker Police in Pendleton are hunting a man after he threw acid at a woman in a racist attack. The 29-year-old woman was pushing her baby in a pram through an under...
Other News In Brief
Police Hunt Racist Acid Attacker Police in Pendleton are hunting a man after he threw acid at a woman in a racist attack. The 29-year-old woman was pushing her baby in a pram through an under...
UK National News, Mar 23, 2012
Govt Considers Minimum Alcohol Pricing
Plans for a minimum price on alcohol are being proposed by the government in an effort to curb binge drinking. Ministers say the minimum price of 40p per unit would not effect responsible pubs or dri...
Govt Considers Minimum Alcohol Pricing
Plans for a minimum price on alcohol are being proposed by the government in an effort to curb binge drinking. Ministers say the minimum price of 40p per unit would not effect responsible pubs or dri...
UK National News, Mar 23, 2012
Warning Issued Over Co-Codamol Tablets
A warning has been issued by the UK medicines regulator after the wrong strength of tablets was put into some packets of the painkiller co-codamol. Some packs in batch LL11701, expiry date of Septemb...
Warning Issued Over Co-Codamol Tablets
A warning has been issued by the UK medicines regulator after the wrong strength of tablets was put into some packets of the painkiller co-codamol. Some packs in batch LL11701, expiry date of Septemb...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 23, 2012
'No Change' To Gay Adoption Laws
A current ban on gay and unmarried couples in Northern Ireland adopting will more than likely remain in place, it has been revealed. Attorney General, John Larkin, QC, said adoption laws were to ensu...
'No Change' To Gay Adoption Laws
A current ban on gay and unmarried couples in Northern Ireland adopting will more than likely remain in place, it has been revealed. Attorney General, John Larkin, QC, said adoption laws were to ensu...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 23, 2012
FF Set To Expel Bertie Ahern
Fianna Fail (FF) has said that it will seek to expel its former leader in the wake of the Mahon tribunal. The tribunal found that Mr Ahern failed to truthfully account for a number of financial trans...
FF Set To Expel Bertie Ahern
Fianna Fail (FF) has said that it will seek to expel its former leader in the wake of the Mahon tribunal. The tribunal found that Mr Ahern failed to truthfully account for a number of financial trans...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 23, 2012
Woman Given 14 Years For Murder
A Newry woman has been sentenced to a minimum of 14 years in prision for the murder of a homeless Polish man in 2009. Lindsay White, from Mary Street, who was 20-years-old at the time of the murder, ...
Woman Given 14 Years For Murder
A Newry woman has been sentenced to a minimum of 14 years in prision for the murder of a homeless Polish man in 2009. Lindsay White, from Mary Street, who was 20-years-old at the time of the murder, ...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 23, 2012
Minimum Price For Alcohol By 2013?
A minimum price for alcohol is expected to be set by 2013, it has been revealed. Northern Ireland's Health Minister Edwin Poots told the radio programme, TalkBack, that he thought that legislation wo...
Minimum Price For Alcohol By 2013?
A minimum price for alcohol is expected to be set by 2013, it has been revealed. Northern Ireland's Health Minister Edwin Poots told the radio programme, TalkBack, that he thought that legislation wo...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 23, 2012
Woman Jailed After 'Glassing' Attack
A Londonderry woman who inflicted permanent scars on another woman, when she 'glassed' her in the face, has been jailed for two and a half years. Twenty-two year old Gemma Doyle from Malin Gardens ad...
Woman Jailed After 'Glassing' Attack
A Londonderry woman who inflicted permanent scars on another woman, when she 'glassed' her in the face, has been jailed for two and a half years. Twenty-two year old Gemma Doyle from Malin Gardens ad...
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Northern Ireland WeatherThis Evening and Tonight:Apart from a little patchy drizzle it will be a dry evening and night with variable amounts of cloud. A few mist and fog patches forming. Minimum temperature 7 °C.
