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Northern Ireland News for May 2012 : Page 9
UK National News, May 17, 2012
Medication Mistakes Putting Diabetes Patients At Risk
Recent checks have revealed the nearly one in three hospital patients with diabetes are affected by medication mistakes that can lead to dangerously high or low blood glucose levels Hospitals in Engl...
Medication Mistakes Putting Diabetes Patients At Risk
Recent checks have revealed the nearly one in three hospital patients with diabetes are affected by medication mistakes that can lead to dangerously high or low blood glucose levels Hospitals in Engl...
UK National News, May 17, 2012
Uni Fees Treble But No Extra Teaching Time
Researchers have said that students received no extra teaching time at England's universities since tuition fees trebled. A study of 9,000 students, carried out by the Higher Education Policy, found ...
Uni Fees Treble But No Extra Teaching Time
Researchers have said that students received no extra teaching time at England's universities since tuition fees trebled. A study of 9,000 students, carried out by the Higher Education Policy, found ...
UK National News, May 17, 2012
Other News In Brief
Olympic Torch Handed Over To UK The Olympic flame is due to be handed over to organisers of the London Games at a ceremony in Athens. Since it was lit in Olympia on 10 May the flame has been ...
Other News In Brief
Olympic Torch Handed Over To UK The Olympic flame is due to be handed over to organisers of the London Games at a ceremony in Athens. Since it was lit in Olympia on 10 May the flame has been ...
Business News, May 16, 2012
Belfast Company Expands To Meet Growing Export Demand
Belfast-based provider of environmental health services Healthy Buildings Ireland Ltd (HBI) is investing over £160,000 with support from Invest Northern Ireland to capitalise on the growing demand for...
Belfast Company Expands To Meet Growing Export Demand
Belfast-based provider of environmental health services Healthy Buildings Ireland Ltd (HBI) is investing over £160,000 with support from Invest Northern Ireland to capitalise on the growing demand for...
Northern Ireland News, May 16, 2012
Airtricity Acquires Phoenix Gas
Airtricity, Northern Ireland's fastest-growing energy provider, has entered into an agreement with Phoenix Energy Holdings Limited to acquire Phoenix Supply Limited, Northern Ireland's market leading ...
Airtricity Acquires Phoenix Gas
Airtricity, Northern Ireland's fastest-growing energy provider, has entered into an agreement with Phoenix Energy Holdings Limited to acquire Phoenix Supply Limited, Northern Ireland's market leading ...
Recruitment News, May 16, 2012
SIPTU Recovers Nearly €2m For Workers
SIPTU is the largest single user of Ireland's employment rights bodies – and has won almost €2 million in settlements for members since the start of the year. The figures were revealed by the union’...
SIPTU Recovers Nearly €2m For Workers
SIPTU is the largest single user of Ireland's employment rights bodies – and has won almost €2 million in settlements for members since the start of the year. The figures were revealed by the union’...
Northern Ireland News, May 16, 2012
PSNI Body-Part Retention "Exceptionally Worrying"
SDLP Policing spokesperson Conall McDevitt has spoken with deep concern about the revelations regarding the PSNI’s retention of human tissue in 67 cases of violent or unexplained death between 1960 an...
PSNI Body-Part Retention "Exceptionally Worrying"
SDLP Policing spokesperson Conall McDevitt has spoken with deep concern about the revelations regarding the PSNI’s retention of human tissue in 67 cases of violent or unexplained death between 1960 an...
Northern Ireland News, May 16, 2012
Teen Convicted Of Raping Five-Year-Old
A teenager has been convicted of raping a five-year-old boy. The 14-year-old boy was convicted of raping the child and one count of sexually assaulting him, at Belfast Crown Court today. Neither can...
Teen Convicted Of Raping Five-Year-Old
A teenager has been convicted of raping a five-year-old boy. The 14-year-old boy was convicted of raping the child and one count of sexually assaulting him, at Belfast Crown Court today. Neither can...
Northern Ireland News, May 16, 2012
Investigation Re-Opened In Damien Duffy Murder Case
Police have re-opened the investigation into the murder of a teenager in west Belfast 11 years ago. 18 year old Damien Duffy was beaten and stabbed during a confrontation between two groups of people...
Investigation Re-Opened In Damien Duffy Murder Case
Police have re-opened the investigation into the murder of a teenager in west Belfast 11 years ago. 18 year old Damien Duffy was beaten and stabbed during a confrontation between two groups of people...
Northern Ireland News, May 16, 2012
Man Killed In Ballymena Car Crash Named
The man who was killed in a car crash in Ballymena on Tuesday was 66-year-old Vincent Kelly. Mr Kelly was the driver of one of the cars involved in the accident, which happened on the Lisnavenagh Roa...
Man Killed In Ballymena Car Crash Named
The man who was killed in a car crash in Ballymena on Tuesday was 66-year-old Vincent Kelly. Mr Kelly was the driver of one of the cars involved in the accident, which happened on the Lisnavenagh Roa...
Northern Ireland News, May 16, 2012
NI Unemployment Rate Down 0.5%
Figures released today for the period January - March 2012 show that the Northern Ireland unemployment rate was down 0.5 percentage points over the quarter at 6.7%. Commenting on the figures, Enterpr...
NI Unemployment Rate Down 0.5%
Figures released today for the period January - March 2012 show that the Northern Ireland unemployment rate was down 0.5 percentage points over the quarter at 6.7%. Commenting on the figures, Enterpr...
Northern Ireland News, May 16, 2012
Executive Delivers Housing Targets
Social Development Minister Nelson McCausland has released the 2011/12 out turn figures for new build social and affordable homes. Two thousand and fifty three new home starts have been delivered in ...
Executive Delivers Housing Targets
Social Development Minister Nelson McCausland has released the 2011/12 out turn figures for new build social and affordable homes. Two thousand and fifty three new home starts have been delivered in ...
Northern Ireland News, May 16, 2012
Cross Community Friendships Amongst NI Teens Increase
An increasing number of 16 year olds in Northern Ireland have contact across both religious and ethnic divides. That’s according to new research published by Queen’s University and the University of...
Cross Community Friendships Amongst NI Teens Increase
An increasing number of 16 year olds in Northern Ireland have contact across both religious and ethnic divides. That’s according to new research published by Queen’s University and the University of...
Northern Ireland News, May 16, 2012
Charity Aims To Improve Future Woodlands
A charity has been created which is dedicated to improvement of the quality of native broadleaved trees through tree breeding programmes. Future Trees Trust was launched today by Agriculture and Rura...
Charity Aims To Improve Future Woodlands
A charity has been created which is dedicated to improvement of the quality of native broadleaved trees through tree breeding programmes. Future Trees Trust was launched today by Agriculture and Rura...
UK National News, May 16, 2012
Derby House Fire 'Started With Petrol'
A house fire in which 6 children died was started deliberately, using petrol, police have confirmed. Speaking at a media conference police have said the blaze was believed to have originated below th...
Derby House Fire 'Started With Petrol'
A house fire in which 6 children died was started deliberately, using petrol, police have confirmed. Speaking at a media conference police have said the blaze was believed to have originated below th...
UK National News, May 16, 2012
Drop In UK Unemployment
Newly published figures show that UK unemployment fell by 45,000 to 2.63 million between January and March. The Office for National Statistics said the jobless rate fell to 8.2% and youth unemploymen...
Drop In UK Unemployment
Newly published figures show that UK unemployment fell by 45,000 to 2.63 million between January and March. The Office for National Statistics said the jobless rate fell to 8.2% and youth unemploymen...
UK National News, May 16, 2012
Police Federation Warns Home Secretary Is "Destroying Police"
Home secretary Theresa May is facing harsh criticism from rank-and-file police officers, who say she is "on the precipice of destroying" a police service admired throughout the world. The comments co...
Police Federation Warns Home Secretary Is "Destroying Police"
Home secretary Theresa May is facing harsh criticism from rank-and-file police officers, who say she is "on the precipice of destroying" a police service admired throughout the world. The comments co...
UK National News, May 16, 2012
New Info Revises Opinion On Cancer Drug
A prostate cancer drug should be given to NHS patients, a health watchdog has said. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) revised its recommendations on the drug Abiratone ...
New Info Revises Opinion On Cancer Drug
A prostate cancer drug should be given to NHS patients, a health watchdog has said. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) revised its recommendations on the drug Abiratone ...
UK National News, May 16, 2012
Former Trust Chairman Says BBC Must Look Beyond Its Own For New DG
Former chairman of the BBC Trust, Sir Michael Lyons, has said the search for the corporation's next director general must look beyond the small group of internal candidates who have applied. Blamed a...
Former Trust Chairman Says BBC Must Look Beyond Its Own For New DG
Former chairman of the BBC Trust, Sir Michael Lyons, has said the search for the corporation's next director general must look beyond the small group of internal candidates who have applied. Blamed a...
UK National News, May 16, 2012
Sam Hallam Appeals Murder Conviction
Following the discovery of new evidence a young man, convicted of murder in 2005, will take his case to the court of appeal today. 24-year-old Sam Hallam was 17 when he was convicted of killing train...
Sam Hallam Appeals Murder Conviction
Following the discovery of new evidence a young man, convicted of murder in 2005, will take his case to the court of appeal today. 24-year-old Sam Hallam was 17 when he was convicted of killing train...
UK National News, May 16, 2012
Government Announce Plans For Improved Midwife Care
News plans to tackle postnatal depression have been announced by the government, as part of this mothers will receive one-to-one care from a named midwife during labour and. Women who have a miscarri...
Government Announce Plans For Improved Midwife Care
News plans to tackle postnatal depression have been announced by the government, as part of this mothers will receive one-to-one care from a named midwife during labour and. Women who have a miscarri...
Business News, May 16, 2012
Innovative Klassoo Makes Life Less Stressful On The Farm
DBR Trading Ltd in Fivemiletown has been assisted by Invest Northern Ireland to perfect an innovative device that makes administering drugs to cows easier and safer for vets and farmers. The company ...
Innovative Klassoo Makes Life Less Stressful On The Farm
DBR Trading Ltd in Fivemiletown has been assisted by Invest Northern Ireland to perfect an innovative device that makes administering drugs to cows easier and safer for vets and farmers. The company ...
UK National News, May 16, 2012
Report Finds UK Families Wasting £270 A Year On Discarded Food
New research has revealed that UK families are wasting £270 a year on unused food and drink, and massively underestimate the amount of food they throw away each week. The survey shows that despite th...
Report Finds UK Families Wasting £270 A Year On Discarded Food
New research has revealed that UK families are wasting £270 a year on unused food and drink, and massively underestimate the amount of food they throw away each week. The survey shows that despite th...
UK National News, May 16, 2012
ASA Ban Paddy Power Transgender TV Ad
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld complaints over an advert for bookmaker Paddy Power featuring transgender people. The ad broadcast during February ahead of Ladies' Day at the Che...
ASA Ban Paddy Power Transgender TV Ad
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld complaints over an advert for bookmaker Paddy Power featuring transgender people. The ad broadcast during February ahead of Ladies' Day at the Che...
UK National News, May 16, 2012
Other News In Brief
Britain Needs To Go Metric Says Lord Howe Former foreign secretary Lord Howe has called for an urgent changeover to metric claiming that Britain's mixture of measurement systems will give this...
Other News In Brief
Britain Needs To Go Metric Says Lord Howe Former foreign secretary Lord Howe has called for an urgent changeover to metric claiming that Britain's mixture of measurement systems will give this...
Northern Ireland News, May 16, 2012
Other News In Brief
Lo Launches First Intercultural Arts Strategy Alliance MLA Anna Lo has launched the first ever Intercultural Arts Strategy that was put together by the Arts Council. She launched the report t...
Other News In Brief
Lo Launches First Intercultural Arts Strategy Alliance MLA Anna Lo has launched the first ever Intercultural Arts Strategy that was put together by the Arts Council. She launched the report t...
Recruitment News, May 16, 2012
Murphy Welcomes Laya Announcement Of 100 New Jobs For Cork
Fine Gael Cork North Central Deputy, Dara Murphy, has welcomed the announcement by the new private healthcare company that has taken over from Quinn, Laya Healthcare, of 100 new jobs to be created in ...
Murphy Welcomes Laya Announcement Of 100 New Jobs For Cork
Fine Gael Cork North Central Deputy, Dara Murphy, has welcomed the announcement by the new private healthcare company that has taken over from Quinn, Laya Healthcare, of 100 new jobs to be created in ...
Northern Ireland News, May 15, 2012
Minister Considers Lowering Learner Drivers Age Limit
The Environment Minister has announced he is considering lowering the current age limit of 17 for learner drivers. Alex Attwood also said learner drivers could be allowed to drive at 70mph on motorwa...
Minister Considers Lowering Learner Drivers Age Limit
The Environment Minister has announced he is considering lowering the current age limit of 17 for learner drivers. Alex Attwood also said learner drivers could be allowed to drive at 70mph on motorwa...
Northern Ireland News, May 15, 2012
Education To Benefit From £72m Further Funding
Education will benefit from further funding allocations of £72million over the next three years following a review of the education budget. Early Years, Extended Schools, the Youth Service and mainte...
Education To Benefit From £72m Further Funding
Education will benefit from further funding allocations of £72million over the next three years following a review of the education budget. Early Years, Extended Schools, the Youth Service and mainte...
Northern Ireland News, May 15, 2012
One Person Injured In Ballymena Crash
One person has been seriously injured in a road traffic crash in Ballymena. A passing ambulance crew discovered the collision at Lisnevanagh Road at around 1.30pm. The road is currently closed and d...
One Person Injured In Ballymena Crash
One person has been seriously injured in a road traffic crash in Ballymena. A passing ambulance crew discovered the collision at Lisnevanagh Road at around 1.30pm. The road is currently closed and d...
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Northern Ireland WeatherToday:A mostly dry day, rather cloudy, but some sunny spells, best of these in the afternoon. A few showers spread south from late morning, turning wintry in the afternoon. Maximum temperature 5 °C.Tonight:A cold evening and night with a frost. It will be largely dry, but a few wintry showers towards the north coast overnight. Minimum temperature -3 °C.
