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Northern Ireland News for July 2021 : Page 2
Northern Ireland News, Jul 27, 2021
Flooding Causes Disruption On NI Roads
Motorists travelling on roads across Northern Ireland have been urged to be cautious as flooding causes disruption across the region. Last week's scorching weather has made way for thunderstorms and...
Flooding Causes Disruption On NI Roads
Motorists travelling on roads across Northern Ireland have been urged to be cautious as flooding causes disruption across the region. Last week's scorching weather has made way for thunderstorms and...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 27, 2021
Convicted Sex Offender Hands Himself In To Police
A convicted sex offender who was unlawfully at large in England has handed himself in to Northern Ireland police. PSNI appealed for help in finding Fermanagh man James Taggart last week, reporting h...
Convicted Sex Offender Hands Himself In To Police
A convicted sex offender who was unlawfully at large in England has handed himself in to Northern Ireland police. PSNI appealed for help in finding Fermanagh man James Taggart last week, reporting h...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 27, 2021
Man Dies In Incident At Ballintoy Harbour
A man has died after getting into trouble while swimming at Ballintoy Harbour in County Antrim. Emergency services were called to the Harbour on Monday evening, 26 July, with Coastguard teams from Co...
Man Dies In Incident At Ballintoy Harbour
A man has died after getting into trouble while swimming at Ballintoy Harbour in County Antrim. Emergency services were called to the Harbour on Monday evening, 26 July, with Coastguard teams from Co...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 27, 2021
Brandon Lewis Urged To Withdraw Controversial Amnesty Proposals
Sinn Féin have called on the Secretary of State Brandon Lewis to withdraw controversial amnesty proposals and instead commit to implementing the Stormont House Agreement. Making the call, Sinn Féin V...
Brandon Lewis Urged To Withdraw Controversial Amnesty Proposals
Sinn Féin have called on the Secretary of State Brandon Lewis to withdraw controversial amnesty proposals and instead commit to implementing the Stormont House Agreement. Making the call, Sinn Féin V...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 27, 2021
Belfast Lord Mayor Welcomes Progress On Avoniel Redevelopment
Belfast Lord Mayor, Councillor Kate Nicholl, has welcomed the progress being made on the £8 million redevelopment of Avoniel, which is due to reopen in October. The transformation of the former Avoni...
Belfast Lord Mayor Welcomes Progress On Avoniel Redevelopment
Belfast Lord Mayor, Councillor Kate Nicholl, has welcomed the progress being made on the £8 million redevelopment of Avoniel, which is due to reopen in October. The transformation of the former Avoni...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 27, 2021
Over One Million People In NI Now Fully Vaccinated
More than one million people, some 70% of the adult population, across Northern Ireland have now received both doses of the Covid-19 vaccine and are now fully vaccinated. Welcoming the achievement, j...
Over One Million People In NI Now Fully Vaccinated
More than one million people, some 70% of the adult population, across Northern Ireland have now received both doses of the Covid-19 vaccine and are now fully vaccinated. Welcoming the achievement, j...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 27, 2021
Music Venues And Theatres To Reopen From 6pm Today
Music venues and theatres are allowed to re-open for live performances from 6pm today, Tuesday 27 July. After delaying the decision last Thursday in order to consider further advice from health and s...
Music Venues And Theatres To Reopen From 6pm Today
Music venues and theatres are allowed to re-open for live performances from 6pm today, Tuesday 27 July. After delaying the decision last Thursday in order to consider further advice from health and s...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 27, 2021
Lessons Learnt During Pandemic Can Help End Homelessness
An Alliance MLA has called on Northern Ireland to learn lessons from the response to the pandemic to help end homelessness across the region. Strangford MLA Kellie Armstrong spoke highly of how agen...
Lessons Learnt During Pandemic Can Help End Homelessness
An Alliance MLA has called on Northern Ireland to learn lessons from the response to the pandemic to help end homelessness across the region. Strangford MLA Kellie Armstrong spoke highly of how agen...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 27, 2021
Glider Expansion Consultation Launched
A public consultation has been launched on the proposed emerging routes for Phase 2 of the Belfast Rapid Transit Project (BRT2) to help inform the identification of a preferred route in both South and...
Glider Expansion Consultation Launched
A public consultation has been launched on the proposed emerging routes for Phase 2 of the Belfast Rapid Transit Project (BRT2) to help inform the identification of a preferred route in both South and...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 27, 2021
Other News In Brief
Security Alert Ends In Belfast City Centre A security alert in Belfast city centre has ended and been dubbed a hoax by police. The alert was reported to PSNI over the telephone, claiming a ...
Other News In Brief
Security Alert Ends In Belfast City Centre A security alert in Belfast city centre has ended and been dubbed a hoax by police. The alert was reported to PSNI over the telephone, claiming a ...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 26, 2021
'Teenagers Misusing Equipment' Blamed For Planet Fun Incident
Teenagers misusing equipment have been blamed for an incident at a funfair in Carrickfergus. Six people, including three children, needed hospital treatment for injuries sustained on a swing ride at ...
'Teenagers Misusing Equipment' Blamed For Planet Fun Incident
Teenagers misusing equipment have been blamed for an incident at a funfair in Carrickfergus. Six people, including three children, needed hospital treatment for injuries sustained on a swing ride at ...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 26, 2021
NIE To Discuss Reopening Of Venues And Theatres
The Executive is set to meet today, Monday 26 July, to discuss the potential reopening of concert venues and theatres. Ministers had been due to announce a decision last Thursday but delayed the move...
NIE To Discuss Reopening Of Venues And Theatres
The Executive is set to meet today, Monday 26 July, to discuss the potential reopening of concert venues and theatres. Ministers had been due to announce a decision last Thursday but delayed the move...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 26, 2021
Young People Urged To Get Vaccinated To Ease Pressure On Health Services
The DUP has said that the increasing pressure on the Health Service demonstrates the need for young people to ensure they take up the offer of Covid vaccination. Speaking today DUP Leader Sir Jeffrey...
Young People Urged To Get Vaccinated To Ease Pressure On Health Services
The DUP has said that the increasing pressure on the Health Service demonstrates the need for young people to ensure they take up the offer of Covid vaccination. Speaking today DUP Leader Sir Jeffrey...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 26, 2021
NIFRS Tackle Two Gorse Fires
The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) are continuing to attend an ongoing gorse fire in Tully Forest, near Lisnaskea in County Fermanagh. NIFRS have been at the scene of the fire, whic...
NIFRS Tackle Two Gorse Fires
The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) are continuing to attend an ongoing gorse fire in Tully Forest, near Lisnaskea in County Fermanagh. NIFRS have been at the scene of the fire, whic...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 26, 2021
Economy Minister Urged To Take Advantage Of Special Economic Circumstances
The Economy Minister must act to take advantage of the special economic circumstances the protocol affords businesses in the north. Making the call, Sinn Féin MLA Caoimhe Archibald said: "I welcome t...
Economy Minister Urged To Take Advantage Of Special Economic Circumstances
The Economy Minister must act to take advantage of the special economic circumstances the protocol affords businesses in the north. Making the call, Sinn Féin MLA Caoimhe Archibald said: "I welcome t...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 26, 2021
Appeal For Information On 08 July Assault In Dungannon
Police are appealing for information following a report of an assault in the Scotch Street area of Dungannon on Thursday 08 July. Sergeant Delaney said: "Sometime between 8:40am and 9:30am, it was re...
Appeal For Information On 08 July Assault In Dungannon
Police are appealing for information following a report of an assault in the Scotch Street area of Dungannon on Thursday 08 July. Sergeant Delaney said: "Sometime between 8:40am and 9:30am, it was re...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 26, 2021
Minister Hopeful Of Some Olympic Golds For NI
The Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey has wished local athletes taking part in the Tokyo Olympics every success as the games get underway. The Minister said: "To be an Olympian and represent your c...
Minister Hopeful Of Some Olympic Golds For NI
The Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey has wished local athletes taking part in the Tokyo Olympics every success as the games get underway. The Minister said: "To be an Olympian and represent your c...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 26, 2021
Two Arrested In Connection With Lurgan Drug Seizure
A man and a woman have been arrested in connection with a drug seizure in Lurgan. Suspected Class B drugs, with an estimated street value of £80,000, were found inside a house on Gilford Road by offi...
Two Arrested In Connection With Lurgan Drug Seizure
A man and a woman have been arrested in connection with a drug seizure in Lurgan. Suspected Class B drugs, with an estimated street value of £80,000, were found inside a house on Gilford Road by offi...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 26, 2021
Appeal For Information On Fire At Dungannon Flat
Police have issued an appeal for information following a fire at a flat in Castle Gardens, Dungannon on Friday 23 July. Appealing for witnesses and information, Detective Inspector Winters said: "The...
Appeal For Information On Fire At Dungannon Flat
Police have issued an appeal for information following a fire at a flat in Castle Gardens, Dungannon on Friday 23 July. Appealing for witnesses and information, Detective Inspector Winters said: "The...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 26, 2021
Other News In Brief
Appeal For Witnesses To Ballymena Collision Police in Ballymena have issued an appeal for witnesses following a road traffic collision in the early hours of Sunday 25 July. Making the appea...
Other News In Brief
Appeal For Witnesses To Ballymena Collision Police in Ballymena have issued an appeal for witnesses following a road traffic collision in the early hours of Sunday 25 July. Making the appea...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 23, 2021
Judge Finds 'Real Prospect Of Preventing The Omagh Bombing'
A Judge has found that there was a "real prospect of preventing the Omagh bombing". Calling on both the UK and Irish governments to launch new investigations into the 1998 bombing, Mr Justice Horner ...
Judge Finds 'Real Prospect Of Preventing The Omagh Bombing'
A Judge has found that there was a "real prospect of preventing the Omagh bombing". Calling on both the UK and Irish governments to launch new investigations into the 1998 bombing, Mr Justice Horner ...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 23, 2021
Appeal Issued For Missing Belfast Man Ciaran Dempsey
The PSNI have issued an appeal for help in tracing the whereabouts of Ciaran Dempsey. Police have said that they are becoming "increasingly concerned" for Mr Dempsey's welfare, who was last seen in t...
Appeal Issued For Missing Belfast Man Ciaran Dempsey
The PSNI have issued an appeal for help in tracing the whereabouts of Ciaran Dempsey. Police have said that they are becoming "increasingly concerned" for Mr Dempsey's welfare, who was last seen in t...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 23, 2021
Police Ombudsman Report Further Evidence Against Amnesty Proposal
The findings of a Police Ombudsman report into the 1993 murder of Damien Walsh is "further evidence" that the UK Government's amnesty proposals "are a bad idea", Alliance MLA John Blair has said. The...
Police Ombudsman Report Further Evidence Against Amnesty Proposal
The findings of a Police Ombudsman report into the 1993 murder of Damien Walsh is "further evidence" that the UK Government's amnesty proposals "are a bad idea", Alliance MLA John Blair has said. The...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 23, 2021
Convicted NI Sex Offender Unlawfully At Large In England
The search is continuing for a convicted sex offender who is unlawfully at large in England. NI man James Taggart is described as 5'7", slim build (around 63.5 kg), short light brown hair with reced...
Convicted NI Sex Offender Unlawfully At Large In England
The search is continuing for a convicted sex offender who is unlawfully at large in England. NI man James Taggart is described as 5'7", slim build (around 63.5 kg), short light brown hair with reced...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 23, 2021
Environment Minister Joins Call For Water Conservation
The Environment Minister Edwin Poots has joined ongoing calls for people to help protect water supplies, urging people to be "smarter with the water they use while at home during this current dry spel...
Environment Minister Joins Call For Water Conservation
The Environment Minister Edwin Poots has joined ongoing calls for people to help protect water supplies, urging people to be "smarter with the water they use while at home during this current dry spel...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 23, 2021
Executive Agreed Further Relaxation Of Restrictions
The Executive has met to consider the ratification of further relaxations of restrictions. The meeting was held to discuss the latest update from the Executive's health and scientific advisers on the...
Executive Agreed Further Relaxation Of Restrictions
The Executive has met to consider the ratification of further relaxations of restrictions. The meeting was held to discuss the latest update from the Executive's health and scientific advisers on the...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 23, 2021
FM&DFM Send Their Best Wishes To NI Athletes At Tokyo Olympic Games
The First and Deputy First Ministers have sent their best wishes to all Northern Irish athletes competing at the Olympic Games in Tokyo. First Minister Paul Givan said: "The Olympics is one of the bi...
FM&DFM Send Their Best Wishes To NI Athletes At Tokyo Olympic Games
The First and Deputy First Ministers have sent their best wishes to all Northern Irish athletes competing at the Olympic Games in Tokyo. First Minister Paul Givan said: "The Olympics is one of the bi...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 23, 2021
£10m Belfast Train Station Moves Forward
Plans are moving forward for a new £10 million train station at York Street, Belfast, with the facility expected to open in 2023. Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon visited the site of the exist...
£10m Belfast Train Station Moves Forward
Plans are moving forward for a new £10 million train station at York Street, Belfast, with the facility expected to open in 2023. Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon visited the site of the exist...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 23, 2021
Linfield Take Commanding Lead In European Qualifer
Linfield have taken a major step into the next round of the Europa Conference League qualifiers after a dominant first-leg win against Bosnian side Borac Banja Luka at Windsor Park last night, 22 July...
Linfield Take Commanding Lead In European Qualifer
Linfield have taken a major step into the next round of the Europa Conference League qualifiers after a dominant first-leg win against Bosnian side Borac Banja Luka at Windsor Park last night, 22 July...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 23, 2021
Other News In Brief
Communities Minister Wishes Everyone 'A Safe And Enjoyable Pride' Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey has marked the start of Pride 2021 by wishing everyone "a safe and enjoyable time". Pri...
Other News In Brief
Communities Minister Wishes Everyone 'A Safe And Enjoyable Pride' Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey has marked the start of Pride 2021 by wishing everyone "a safe and enjoyable time". Pri...
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Northern Ireland WeatherThis Evening and Tonight:It will be cloudy. Also mainly dry at first this evening but then occasional outbreaks of rain developing overnight. Light southwest winds, and staying mild. Minimum temperature 9 °C.
