Northern Ireland News for August 2014

Northern Ireland News, Aug 29, 2014
Seamus Heaney Stamps Unveiled
A commemorative stamp, featuring the late Seamus Heaney, has been issued in the Republic of Ireland. The stamp was released on Thursday and features a black and white photograph of the poet. A spe...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 29, 2014
Views Sought On Olympia Play Park
Belfast City Council is seeking views from the local community regarding proposals to transform Olympia Leisure Centre. As part of the project, there are plans to construct a new play park at Olympi...
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Business News, Aug 29, 2014
Minister Leads Trade And Investment Mission To Australia
Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD, has departed on a five-day, three-city trade and investment mission to Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney, jointly organised by Enterprise ...
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Recruitment News, Aug 29, 2014
Lough Neagh Fishermen's Co-operative To Create Up To Five New Jobs
Lough Neagh Fishermen's Co-operative in Toome is being assisted by Invest Northern Ireland and DARD through the European Fisheries Fund to invest over £400,000 and provide up to five new jobs in proce...
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UK National News, Aug 29, 2014
Major Police Hunt Launched After Boy Taken From Hospital
A major police hunt has begun after a five-year-old boy with a brain tumour, was taken by his family without consent from Southampton General Hospital. Police said that Ashya King was taken from the ...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 29, 2014
Thieves Attempt To Steal Cash Machine
An investigation has been launched following the attempted robbery of a cash machine in Castlerock. Police said that a lorry made "a number of attempts" to remove the cash machine from a wall at a pe...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 29, 2014
BIA Apologise For Delays Caused By Closed Security Lanes
An investigation is underway to establish why just one security lane was opened at Belfast international Airport on Thursday night, causing some passengers to miss their flights. It is understood lon...
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UK National News, Aug 29, 2014
Boy Killed By Bin Lorry While Using Zebra Crossing
A 12-year-old boy has died after being hit by a skip lorry in Devon. It is understood that the boy was struck by the lorry at about 15:10 on Thursday on Topsham Road near Countess Wear. The boy is u...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 29, 2014
Education Minister Rejects School Expansion Plans
Education Minister, John O'Dowd, has rejected a planning application to expand Gaelscoil Uí Dhochartaigh in Strabane. The proposals would have seen an 'off-site unit' established and been a conversio...
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UK National News, Aug 29, 2014
Fresh Appeal For Information On Edinburgh Murder
Police in Edinburgh have made a fresh appeal for information on the murder of a 31-year-old man last week. Police say that Robbie Morrison died after he was attacked at about 16:30 on 22 August on Du...
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UK National News, Aug 29, 2014
Police Investigating If Woman Was Trying To Save Dog When She Was Hit By Train
British Transport Police investigating the death of a woman have said that she may have been trying to save a dog when she was hit by a train. The 22-year-old woman was struck by a train close to Ain...
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UK National News, Aug 29, 2014
New Food Standards Laid Out For Hospitals
New standards for food served in hospitals in England are to be introduced, enforced by legally-binding contracts. Under the new standards hospitals will be required to provide: • Fish twice a week ...
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UK National News, Aug 29, 2014
Bus And Tram Collision Causes Traffic Delays
Police in Edinburgh are warning of major delays following a collision between a bus and a tram during the morning rush hour. It is understood a bus collided with a tram on West Maitland Street at abo...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 29, 2014
Former US Senator In Belfast To Meet Stormont Parties
Representatives of the Stormont Executive parties are to meet today with former US Senator Gary Hart. Mr Hart is in Northern Ireland on a fact-finding mission, understood to be undertaken on behalf o...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 29, 2014
Improvement Scheme Announced For Newtownards
A footway improvement scheme is to be carried out on the Old Shore Road in Newtownards, on 8th September. The £120,000 footway scheme will include minor carriageway realignment and localised widening...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 29, 2014
Other News In Brief
Sinn Féin Criticises Racist Attack Sinn Féin has condemned those behind a racist attack that occurred in North Belfast earlier this week. Members of the Sudanese community living in the area...
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UK National News, Aug 29, 2014
Nato Protest Camp Set Up In Newport
A demonstration camp has been established at Tredegar Park in Newport ahead of next weeks Nato summit. Five days before the summit is due to begin, a protest camp has been set up, including kitchens,...
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UK National News, Aug 29, 2014
Other News In Brief
Ardbeg 'Space Whisky' To Return To Earth Ardbeg whisky which was sent into space in October 2011 is set to return to earth. As part of a scientific experiment a vial of unmatured malt and par...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 28, 2014
SSE Airtricity To Freeze Gas Prices
SSE Airtricity has said it is to continue its price freeze for natural gas customers in Northern Ireland until April 2015. The freeze will affect both domestic and small business customers. The an...
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UK National News, Aug 28, 2014
Barclays Consider Closing Cardiff Office
Barclays have announced that it is considering closing its Cardiff office, raising fears for jobs. Some 100 staff work at the centre in Callaghan Square, the areas central business district. It is n...
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Business News, Aug 28, 2014
30 Firms Benefit From Fastest Internet Connection Speeds
Thirty Belfast businesses, including a provider of interactive advertising to Google and Disney, are set to benefit from access to some of the fastest internet connection speeds in the world through a...
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UK National News, Aug 28, 2014
Tory Clacton MP Defects To UKIP
Douglas Carswell has quit his seat as MP for Clacton and defected from the Conservative Party for UKIP. It is understood that Mr Douglas will now contest the Clacton seat for UKIP, which if he won wo...
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UK National News, Aug 28, 2014
Shaun Wright Quits Labour Party Following Rotherham Report
Shaun Wright has resigned from the Labour party, amid increasing pressure following a report on abuse in Rotherham, where he managed children's services between 2005 and 2010. Mr Wright was under inc...
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UK National News, Aug 28, 2014
Start-Up Food Firm To Create New Jobs
Thirty five new jobs are to be created at a new niche and healthy snack food factory in Gwynedd. Start-up firm Brighter Foods is to establish its base in Tywyn and said they hope to capitalise on the...
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Recruitment News, Aug 28, 2014
Electrical Firm Announces 20 New Jobs
Enterprise, Trade and Investment Minister Arlene Foster has announced 20 new jobs at G R White & Son based in Tempo, Co Fermanagh. The award winning electrical contracting company currently employs 3...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 28, 2014
20 New Jobs In Co Fermanagh
Twenty new jobs are to be created by G R White and Son in Co Fermanagh. The Tempo-based electrical contractor is seeking to add apprentices, qualified electricians and project planners to its current...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 28, 2014
£3.7m Housing Scheme For East Belfast
Work has started on a new social housing development on the Upper Newtownards Road, East Belfast. The £3.7m project is being constructed on a site that was formerly occupied by a car sales forecourt...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 28, 2014
Hospital Worker Suffers Extensive Burns
A woman has suffered extensive burns to her back and arms following an incident at Causeway Hospital, Coleraine. According to reports, the woman, who works at the hospital, slipped on what is though...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 28, 2014
Police Return To Fatal Crash Site
Crash investigators for the PSNI have returned to the scene of a fatal road accident that occurred earlier this year. They are carrying out a reconstruction of the collision. A motorcyclist, 36, was...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 28, 2014
Woman Killed In Fatal Carrickfergus Road Crash
The PSNI have reported the death of a woman in a car crash in Carrickfergus, Co Antrim. It is understood that the woman, aged in her 50s, died when two cars collided on the Belfast Road at about 20:0...
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