Northern Ireland News for August 2022

Northern Ireland News, Aug 31, 2022
Queen's University Researcher Awarded Over £280,000
A researcher at Queen's University Belfast has been awarded over £280,000 from Prostate Cancer UK to develop the first-ever personalised radiotherapy treatment for advanced prostate cancer based on me...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 31, 2022
NI Doctors Consider Leaving Health Service Over Pay Award
Doctors in Northern Ireland have announced that this years planned pay award is making them consider leaving the health service, either by working elsewhere or by retiring earlier than planned. In a ...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 31, 2022
Staff At Lisburn & Castlereagh Council To Take Strike Action Over Pay
Staff at Lisburn & Castlereagh Council are also to take strike action after bosses failed to deliver a pay rise. Unite the union has notified the council of continuous strike action starting on 06 Se...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 31, 2022
Security Alert In Portadown Now Ended
A security alert following the discovery of a suspected World War Two grenade in Portadown has now ended. The device was found on Bridge Street on Tuesday by a member of the public who had been fishi...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 31, 2022
Serious Concerns Raised Over Maintenance Of NIHE Properties
Serious concerns have been raised over the maintenance and condition of 85,000 properies owned by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE). SDLP Foyle MLA Mark H Durkan was speaking after it eme...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 31, 2022
Alliance To Launch LGBTQIA+ Equality
Alliance MLA Eóin Tennyson is to launch a new All Party Group on LGBTQIA+ Equality. The new group will aim to make promoting and protecting the rights of LGBTQIA+ a priority over the course of this A...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 31, 2022
Other News In Brief
Common Sense Needed To Ensure Rural Areas Receive High Speed Broadband Common sense needs to be applied by the Economy Minister to ensure rural areas receive access to high speed broadband, Al...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 30, 2022
Two Teenage Boys Die In Drowning Incident
Two 16-year-old boys have died in a drowning incident after getting to difficulty on Lough Enagh, L'Derry. Emergency services were called to Temple Road at around 6.30pm on Monday. One of the boys w...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 30, 2022
E10 Petrol To Roll Out In Northern Ireland
Drivers in Northern Ireland will soon be able to fill up with greener fuel when E10 petrol is rolled out as the new standard grade of petrol from 01 November. The rollout of E10, which is petrol blen...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 30, 2022
Woman Arrested After Pedestrian Dies In Ballymena
Woman has been arrested after a pedestrian died when he was struck by a car in Ballymena, Co Antrim on Sunday. The man, named locally as John Corr, was hit by a vehicle while walking on the the Cushe...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 30, 2022
Man Dies In Road Traffic Collision In Newry
A man, aged in his 60s, has died in a road traffic crash in Newry on Monday. The collision happened on Kildare Street. Sergeant McIvor from the Police Service of Northern Ireland's Collision Investi...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 30, 2022
Appeal Isssued After Man Assaulted In South Belfast
A man has been treated in hospital after being assaulted outside licensed premises in south Belfast. Police are appealing for information following the attack in the Dublin Road area in the early hou...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 30, 2022
Man Injured After Being Attacked In Newtownards
A man has been attacked by six men armed with knives and hammers in Newtownards. The incident occurred in the Upper Movilla Street area on Sunday. Detective Sergeant Cargin said: "At approximately 2...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 30, 2022
Other News In Brief
Man Arrested After Police Officer Attacked In Tyrone A man has been arrested after a police officer was injured after being kicked in the head and head butted in Co Tyrone. The incident occu...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 26, 2022
SSE Airtricity Announce 35.4% Electricity Price Increase
SSE Airtricity has announced a 35.4% increase to its residential electricity unit prices from 1 October 2022, which will see a typical customer's costs rise by around £0.91 per day. Recognising the s...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 26, 2022
Minister Welcome Commitment To Deliver Energy Support Scheme
Following a meeting with the Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi, Economy Minister Gordon Lyons has welcomed the UK Government's agreement to deliver the much needed £400 energy support scheme. The Minister sai...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 26, 2022
Swann Praises 'Vital Work' Of Suicide Prevention Group Lifeline
Health Minister Robin Swann has praised the "vital work" of Lifeline in North Belfast, who support those experiencing emotional crisis and at risk of suicide. Lifeline is a confidential telephone hel...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 26, 2022
PSNI Expands 'Make Safe' Campaign
As part of their ongoing 'Make Safe' campaign, local neighbourhood PSNI officers have been delivering a suite of training packages to the night time economy educating them on what to look out for that...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 26, 2022
Four Men Arrested In Long Term New IRA Investigation
Four men has been arrested in an ongoing long term investigation into the activities of the New IRA, named Operation Arbacia. The operation is a long term investigation into every aspect of the activ...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 26, 2022
Postal Workers Launch Strike Action Across The UK
Some 115,000 postal workers across the UK have begun strike action today, Friday, 26 August, in a call for a "dignified, proper pay rise". Members of the Communication Workers Union – which represent...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 26, 2022
Ministers Urged To Convene Summit On Housing Crisis
The Ulster Unionist Party has called on the Communities Minister, Deirdre Hargey and Infrastructure Minister, John O'Dowd to convene a summit to address the housing crisis in Northern Ireland. Making...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 26, 2022
'Take The Next Step' Job Events Announced In Belfast
People living in Belfast who are looking for jobs or interested in reskilling for a new career are being encouraged to join Belfast City Council at one of their upcoming 'Take the Next Step' Employmen...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 26, 2022
NI Nursing Staff To Be Balloted On Strike Action
Nursing staff in Northern Ireland are to be balloted alongside their colleagues across the UK on potential strike action. Nursing staff in Northern Ireland will join colleagues across the UK as the R...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 26, 2022
Other News In Brief
O'Dowds Visits Crumlin Road Gaol Minister for Infrastructure, John O'Dowd has visited Crumlin Road Gaol Visitor Attraction and Conference Centre (GVACC) for a journey through the Gaol's hist...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 25, 2022
New Skin Cancer Service Launches At Ulster Hospital
A new, first of its kind in Northern Ireland, mole mapping service at the Ulster Hospital has been announced by Health Minister Robin Swann. The service has been developed in a partnership between th...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 25, 2022
37% Of NI Students Achieve Top GCSE Results
Education Minister Michelle McIlveen has congratulated GCSE students who received their results today, praising their hard work and resilience. The percentage of students receiving the highest grades...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 25, 2022
Drink Spike Testing Kits In Bars 'A Must'
Drink spike testing kits should be available at bars and clubs across Northern Ireland, following a proposal by Alliance Councillor Micky Murray. The South Belfast representative said his plans to ma...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 25, 2022
NI Deserves Better Than Stop Gap Financial Measures - Alliance
The people of NI deserve better than stop gap financial measures, Alliance Finance Minister Andrew Muir has said as he again appealed for the DUP to stop stalling and get back to work. Mr Muir was sp...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 25, 2022
Finance Minister Urged To Outline Actions On Cost-Of-Living
SDLP MLA and 'Leader of the Opposition', Matthew O'Toole, has called on Caretaker Finance Minister Conor Murphy to outline what steps he is taking to address the cost of living crisis. He was speakin...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 25, 2022
Lyons' Global Energy Statement 'A Lot Of Nothing'
UUP Economy spokesperson, Mike Nesbitt, has criticised Economy Minister's Written Statement to the Northern Ireland Assembly about the Global Energy Crisis as "a lot of nothing". Mr Nesbitt said: "At...
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