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12/06/2013
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Man Assaulted By Gang In Belfast
A man has been assaulted by a gang of five men in Kitchener Street in the 'village' area of south Belfast.
The 35-year-old victim was attacked just off the Donegal Road at about midnight on Tuesday.
His injuries are not believed to be life threatening.
The police are appealing for information.
Men Arrested Over Dissident Activity
Three men have been arrested in the Republic of Ireland over dissident republican activity.
The arrests were made in Meath and Louth on Monday and Tuesday.
A 9mm handgun and a number of vehicles were seized in the operation.
The men are thought to age 49, 38 and 30.
A woman was also arrested but has been released without charge.
Waste Management Firm Fined For Pollution
Waste management company Biffa Group has been fined £1,000 for a pollution offence after pleading guilty to making polluting discharges to a waterway at Belfast Magistrates' Court.
On 10 May 2012 Water Quality Inspectors discovered two brown coloured discharges from the Biffa site at Green Road, Ballyclare.
The discharges entered a tributary of the Green Burn which flows along the north western boundary of the site at Green Road Ballyclare.
The Inspectors proceeded to the location where the Green Burn enters the Six Mile Water.
Laboratory analysis of the samples taken at the time of the incident confirmed that they contained poisonous, noxious or polluting material which would have been potentially harmful to fish life in the receiving waterway.
Men Convicted Of Benefit Fraud
Two men have been convicted at Belfast Magistrates’ Court for claiming benefits they were not entitled to.
34-year-old Eamon Toner of Gortfin Street, Belfast, was given 120 hours community service and ordered to pay court costs of £75 for wrongful encashment of Jobseekers Allowance totalling £135.
Albert Hunter,58, of Gainsborough Drive, Belfast, claimed Income Support and Housing Benefit totalling £9,755 while failing to declare capital. He was given a 12 month conditional discharge and ordered to pay court costs of £34.
Both are also required to repay any outstanding money wrongfully obtained to the Social Security Agency.
(IT/CD)
A man has been assaulted by a gang of five men in Kitchener Street in the 'village' area of south Belfast.
The 35-year-old victim was attacked just off the Donegal Road at about midnight on Tuesday.
His injuries are not believed to be life threatening.
The police are appealing for information.
Men Arrested Over Dissident Activity
Three men have been arrested in the Republic of Ireland over dissident republican activity.
The arrests were made in Meath and Louth on Monday and Tuesday.
A 9mm handgun and a number of vehicles were seized in the operation.
The men are thought to age 49, 38 and 30.
A woman was also arrested but has been released without charge.
Waste Management Firm Fined For Pollution
Waste management company Biffa Group has been fined £1,000 for a pollution offence after pleading guilty to making polluting discharges to a waterway at Belfast Magistrates' Court.
On 10 May 2012 Water Quality Inspectors discovered two brown coloured discharges from the Biffa site at Green Road, Ballyclare.
The discharges entered a tributary of the Green Burn which flows along the north western boundary of the site at Green Road Ballyclare.
The Inspectors proceeded to the location where the Green Burn enters the Six Mile Water.
Laboratory analysis of the samples taken at the time of the incident confirmed that they contained poisonous, noxious or polluting material which would have been potentially harmful to fish life in the receiving waterway.
Men Convicted Of Benefit Fraud
Two men have been convicted at Belfast Magistrates’ Court for claiming benefits they were not entitled to.
34-year-old Eamon Toner of Gortfin Street, Belfast, was given 120 hours community service and ordered to pay court costs of £75 for wrongful encashment of Jobseekers Allowance totalling £135.
Albert Hunter,58, of Gainsborough Drive, Belfast, claimed Income Support and Housing Benefit totalling £9,755 while failing to declare capital. He was given a 12 month conditional discharge and ordered to pay court costs of £34.
Both are also required to repay any outstanding money wrongfully obtained to the Social Security Agency.
(IT/CD)
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