Northern Ireland News for March 2012 : Page 8

Northern Ireland News, Mar 16, 2012
Kennedy Opts Out Of UUP Leadership Race
Regional Development Minister, Danny Kennedy, has said that he will not contest leadership of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP). He said his reasoning was that a potentially difficult and divisive lead...
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UK National News, Mar 16, 2012
1960s Pop Star Cleared Of Benefit Fraud
1960s pop star PJ Proby has been cleared of benefit fraud after the prosecution dropped its case following the discovery of new evidence. The 73-year-old performer, of Twyford, near Evesham in Worces...
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UK National News, Mar 16, 2012
Groupon Issued Deadline For Changes
Voucher company Groupon has been set a three-month deadline to improve its operations by a UK regulator. The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) carried out an investigation, which found “widespread” exampl...
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Northern Ireland News, Mar 16, 2012
Man Murdered In North Belfast
A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the discovery of a body in North Belfast. The man found dead was in his late 20s. His body was discovered at the flat in Victoria Parade in th...
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Northern Ireland News, Mar 16, 2012
East Belfast UVF 'Boss' Arrested
A man alleged to be the UVF boss in east Belfast has been arrested as part of a serious crimes investigation. Stephen Matthews, 49, was arrested this morning in connection with a slate of crimes incl...
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Northern Ireland News, Mar 16, 2012
Sinn Fein Call For Extension Of Voting Rights
Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams has called for an extension on those allowed to vote in the Republic of Ireland elections to Irish passport holders in the north of the country. Meanwhile Tánaiste Eamon Gilmo...
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Northern Ireland News, Mar 16, 2012
"Payday" Lender Practices Criticised
A number of so called 'payday' lenders in Northern Ireland have come under fire and face investigation for unfair practices. Visits by Trading Standards have uncovered that a number of lenders do not...
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Northern Ireland News, Mar 16, 2012
Nigel Dodds Calls For St Patrick's Day Holiday
The DUP's Deputy Leader has called for St Patrick's Day to become a public holiday in Northern Ireland. The Patron Saint’s Day is currently a Bank Holiday, but questioning the Leader of the House dur...
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Northern Ireland News, Mar 16, 2012
Primark Strike Cancelled
The two-day strike due to be held by Primark staff in Northern Ireland has been cancelled. Staff at Primark stores had threatened to walk out today and tomorrow in a bid to protest against a further ...
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Northern Ireland News, Mar 16, 2012
Excavation Starts At 800 Year Old Mound Of Down
One of Northern Ireland’s most impressive, but mysterious, ancient monuments will shortly reveal its secrets. Environment Minister Alex Attwood said work has started on trial excavations at the Mound...
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Northern Ireland News, Mar 16, 2012
Other News In Brief
Man Dies Unnoticed On Hospital Trolley Belfast's Royal Victoria Hospital has come under fire after an elderly patient died unnoticed on a trolley at its A&E. According to The Irish News the m...
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Business News, Mar 16, 2012
Ministers Push For Agri-Food Strategy Board Members
People have been reminded that they have just a few days left to submit applications to become a member of the new Agri-Food Strategy Board. The Board will be made of up both industry and senior Gove...
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UK National News, Mar 16, 2012
BBC To Move Forward With Paid Download Service
The BBC's director of archive content Roly Keating has said viewers are “very comfortable” with the corporations plans to launch an iTunes-style download service. The plan would open up thousands of ...
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Recruitment News, Mar 16, 2012
€60m Govt Investment Will Create High-Tech Jobs Of the Future
The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton T.D. who is in Silicon Valley on a trade and investment mission, has issued a global call to top venture capitalists to signal their in...
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UK National News, Mar 16, 2012
British Boy Among Victims Of Swiss Bus Crash
It has been revealed a British schoolboy was among the 28 people, 22 of them children, killed when a coach crashed into the wall of a tunnel in Switzerland. The coach was returning from a school skii...
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Recruitment News, Mar 16, 2012
Mayor Of London In New Jobs Drive
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has announced a vital funding boost of £6m to help small and medium sized companies in the capital offer apprenticeships to young people in search of work. With ne...
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UK National News, Mar 16, 2012
Home Care For Elderly Condemned As "Shocking And Disgraceful"
A consumer group has described the standards of in-home care provided for older people in the UK as "shocking and disgraceful". During its investigation Which? found cases of missed visits, food left...
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UK National News, Mar 16, 2012
EBAY Launch Ticketing Website - Stubhub
EBay has announced it will be launching its own secondary ticketing websites, Studhub. The site was acquired by eBay in 2007 in a deal worth £197m ($310m) and will be a rival to existing sites Seatwa...
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UK National News, Mar 16, 2012
Other News In Brief
Rowan Williams Stands Down As Archbishop The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, has announced he will resign his post in December. He is standing down as Archbishop, a position he has ...
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Northern Ireland News, Mar 15, 2012
Man Dies Unnoticed At Belfast A&E
Belfast's Royal Victoria Hospital has come under fire after an elderly patient died unnoticed on a trolley at its A&E. According to The Irish News the man was only discovered by ambulance staff who w...
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UK National News, Mar 15, 2012
Court Translators Protesting Contract Change
A dispute over the privatisation of court translation services has seen interpreters protesting outside the Ministry of Justice and Commons. The Professional Interpreters Alliance (PIA) said 60% of i...
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Northern Ireland News, Mar 15, 2012
Another Attempted Carjacking In Belfast
A woman has been threatened during an attempted carjacking in south Belfast. Shortly after 09:30 am this morning, she parked her silver-coloured car close to some shops on the Upper Lisburn Road when...
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Northern Ireland News, Mar 15, 2012
Mike Nesbitt Contests UUP Leadership
Strangford MLA Mike Nesbitt is the latest polictican to launch his bid to become the next leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP). He will join the party's Deputy Leader John McCallister in the con...
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UK National News, Mar 15, 2012
£90m Pothole Repair Bill
Councils last year spent £90 million repairing 1.7 million pothole, according to a report by the Asphalt Industry Alliance. However the report also says it will still take more than a decade to clear ...
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Northern Ireland News, Mar 15, 2012
Illegal Medicines Seized Across NI
Significant amounts of unauthorised medical products worth thousands of pounds have been seized in Northern Ireland, it has been revealed. The Medicines Regulatory Group has revealed that a number o...
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Northern Ireland News, Mar 15, 2012
Attwood Slams Illegal Drinking
A 'crack-down' on companies offering so called 'party bus packages' is to be expected, following a statement for NI's Environment Minister. Minister Alex Attwood has said that some operators allow yo...
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UK National News, Mar 15, 2012
'Drunken Fans' Blamed For Hillsborough Tragedy
Confidential government documents have revealed a senior Merseyside police officer blamed "drunken Liverpool fans" for causing the Hillsborough disaster. The BBC has seen leaked briefings sent to fo...
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Northern Ireland News, Mar 15, 2012
First Commerically Viable Irish Oil Well Discovered
It has been reported that the first viable oil well in Ireland has been discovered just off the coast of County Cork. According to the Irish company, Providence Resources,its exploratory Barryroe oil...
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UK National News, Mar 15, 2012
Police Officers To Face Annual Fitness Test
Police officers could be due to face annual fitness tests with disciplinary procedures for offices that fail three times in a row. The recommendation is one of many made in an independent review comm...
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Northern Ireland News, Mar 15, 2012
Charity Launch Breast Cancer App
A Northern Ireland cancer charity is moving with the times and has unveiled an app which they hope will help promote the importance of breast screening. Action Cancer's 'BreastAware app' presents an ...
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