Northern Ireland News for March 2013 : Page 10

Northern Ireland News, Mar 11, 2013
Villiers Condemns Glengormley Rioting
Theresa Villiers has condemned rioting which broke out on Friday evening in Glengormley, County Antrim. A loyalist white line picket had been held in the town to protest against the restriction of th...
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Northern Ireland News, Mar 11, 2013
High Pollution Monitored
High levels of pollution are currently being recorded in the Belfast area. The Executive says the high levels are being monitored, along with more moderate levels in the Lisburn area. There are mode...
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Northern Ireland News, Mar 11, 2013
Farry Commends NI Aerospace Students
Employment and Learning Minister Stephen Farry has congratulated Northern Ireland's budding astronauts at the regional final of the UK Aerospace Youth Rocketry Challenge. The aim of the competition i...
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Northern Ireland News, Mar 11, 2013
Other News In Brief
Railway Line Reopened After Hoax Device The railway line between Lisburn and great Victoria Street has reopened after a suspicious device was declared a hoax. The section of the line between ...
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Business News, Mar 8, 2013
More Women Making It Into Senior Management Roles
To mark International Women’s Day 2013, new research from the Grant Thornton International Business Report (IBR) reveals that globally, more women are making it into senior management roles than at an...
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Business News, Mar 8, 2013
New Funding For Irish Firms Will Help Them Grow
Speaking from Austin, Texas where he is leading a trade mission the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton T.D. today, announced the second investment by Enterprise Ireland under...
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Northern Ireland News, Mar 8, 2013
Francie Molloy Wins Mid-Ulster
Sinn Féin's Francie Molloy has won the Mid-Ulster by-election. Mr Molloy fulfilled electoral predictions with a majority win, securing 17,462 (47%) of votes, compared to his nearest rival, the joint ...
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Northern Ireland News, Mar 8, 2013
Bill Amendment On Abortion Is Wrong - Ford
Justice Minister David Ford has said it is wrong to use the Criminal Justice Bill to regulate abortion in Northern Ireland. The move comes as three MLAs from the Stormont justice committee, the DUP's...
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Northern Ireland News, Mar 8, 2013
45 Jobs At Risk In Thomas Cook Closures
45 jobs are at risk in Northern Ireland after tourist agent Thomas Cook has announced eight of its 18 stores here will close. Stores are being closed in Newtownbreda, Coleraine, Bangor, Carrickfergus...
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UK National News, Mar 8, 2013
Major Cannabis-Growing Operation Uncovered
Drugs worth £200,000 have been seized in Fife. Officers uncovered a cannabis farm in Glenrothes Insp Derek Paxton, from Fife Constabulary, said: "The cannabis-growing operation we have uncovered co...
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Northern Ireland News, Mar 8, 2013
Flag Protests Cost £20m
So far £20m has been spent on policing the union flag protests across Northern Ireland. The figure has been released by the PSNI. Chief constable Matt Baggott said the money had been “wasted” on pol...
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Northern Ireland News, Mar 8, 2013
Investigation Into Playpark Named After IRA Man
The Equality Commission is conducting an investigation into a children's play park in Newry which was named after an IRA hunger striker. Raymond McCreesh Park was named in 2001, but the local council...
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UK National News, Mar 8, 2013
Ten-Year-Old Missing In Manchester
Concern is growing for a 10-year-old boy who has been missing in Manchester for two days. Shaequan Farquarson was last seen at about 8am on Wednesday on Mauldeth Road, Withington. He has been descri...
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UK National News, Mar 8, 2013
Unsuccessful Vocational Courses To Be Axed
Thousands of vocational courses which do not on their own lead to jobs, further study or university could be dropped from college and school sixth-form performance tables as part of reforms to raise e...
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Northern Ireland News, Mar 8, 2013
NI 'Dependent' On Public Spending - Villiers
Theresa Villiers has claimed the Northern Ireland's economy is 'too dependent' on public spending. The NI Secretary of State made the remark as she addressed politicians and business leaders at Storm...
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UK National News, Mar 8, 2013
Business Acquitted Of Tenerife Murder
A British man has been cleared of killing a fellow tourist in Tenerife. It was alleged he threw Garry Walton, 21, of County Waterford, Ireland, overboard from a boat in 1996. Garry drowned on an ex...
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UK National News, Mar 8, 2013
Baby Born On Rush-Hour Train Journey
A baby was born on a train during rush-hour yesterday. Mari-anne Stanley, the baby's paternal grandmother, and the woman were travelling home when she went into labour on the 18:18 London Victoria to...
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Northern Ireland News, Mar 8, 2013
Robinson Stands By PSNI Comments
Peter Robinson says he stands by his comments about the perception of police bias within the unionist community. The First Minister and DUP leader said: "I want to make it absolutely clear that I re-...
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Northern Ireland News, Mar 8, 2013
Titanic Belfast Awarded Five Stars
Titanic Belfast has become the first visitor attraction in Northern Ireland to be rated as a 'five-star' experience by the Northern Ireland Tourist Board (NITB). Congratulating the staff on their ach...
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UK National News, Mar 8, 2013
UKs Most Successful Jazz Musician Dies
Jazz trumpeter Kenny Ball has died at the age of 82. Britain's most successful jazz musician was suffering from pneumonia. He had a string of hits in the sixties and seventies and was behind music o...
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UK National News, Mar 8, 2013
Bypassing Roadworks Adds 240 Miles Per Year
Motorists are adding almost 240 miles a year in their efforts to bypass roadworks. A Freedom of Information Act has revealed that Britain's motorists are enduring 1,434 miles of roadworks. The 19,00...
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Recruitment News, Mar 8, 2013
Overend Welcomes New Jobs In Coalisland
Ulster Unionist MLA for Mid-Ulster, Sandra Overend has welcomed the news that 150 jobs have been created in the area, with the opening of the Newell Stores supermarket in Coalisland. Mrs Overend, who...
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UK National News, Mar 8, 2013
Man Arrested Over Fatal Bus Stabbing
Police have arrested a 22-year-old man over the murder of a teenage girl who was stabbed to death on a bus. Christina Edkins, 16, was attacked on board the bus on Hagley Road while on her way to Leas...
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Northern Ireland News, Mar 8, 2013
O'Neill Welcomes Interest In EU Biomass Fund
Agriculture Minister Michelle O'Neill has said she is encouraged by the level of interest shown in the re-opening of the EU co-financed Biomass Processing Challenge Fund. The Biomass Processing Chal...
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UK National News, Mar 8, 2013
Other News In Brief
Murderer On The Run A convicted murderer has gone on the run. Brian Lynch, 44, disappeared while on day release from a Lancashire prison. He is serving a life sentence for the murder of Chi...
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Northern Ireland News, Mar 8, 2013
Other News In Brief
Appeal Over Shaw's Road Robbery Detectives in Grosvenor Road are appealing for information following the report of an attempted robbery in the Shaw's Road area of Belfast on 7 March. At 09.50...
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Northern Ireland News, Mar 7, 2013
PSNI Officers Injured In 100mph Car Chase
Four PSNI officers have been injured in a car collision. The incident occurred when a car that was being pursued by a police vehicle at speeds of up to 100mph collided with two other PSNI vehicles. ...
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Northern Ireland News, Mar 7, 2013
McGuinness In Dissident Death Threat
Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness has received a death threat from a dissident republican group in L'Derry. The Sinn Féin MLA was contacted by a senior PSNI officer on Wednesday evening and was...
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UK National News, Mar 7, 2013
Girl Stabbed To Death On Bus
A man has been arrested following the murder of a 16-year-old girl in Birmingham. Christina Edkins was stabbed while on a bus on Hagley Road at about 07:40 on her way to school. A 22-year-old man ha...
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Business News, Mar 7, 2013
Tedfords Sets Sail On New Business
Belfast based Tedfords Ltd has identified a new sustainable source of PVC, cut costs and is expanding its product range, with help from Invest Northern Ireland. The company was founded in the 1850s a...
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