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06/09/2018
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Firmus Energy Announced 12% Price Increase
Firmus Energy have announced a 12% price hike from 01 October.
The firm's 87,000 customers will see their typical annual bill rise by between £65 and £75.
The company blamed an increase in the wholesale market.
Firmus is the latest energy supplier to announce a price increase, with SSE Airtricity previously announcing an 11% price increase.
Historic Monuments Council Board Appointments Extended
The Chair of the Historic Monuments Council (HMC), Professor Gabriel Cooney, has had his second term appointment extended until 31 January, 2019, the Department for Communities has announced.
Professor Cooney has been Chair of the Council from 1 February 2009.
The Dept also announced that the following HMC Members have been reappointed for a term of three years and six months from 01 August 2018: Mr William Darby; Miss Kate Laverty; and Mrs Sarah Witchell.
They have all served on the HMC from 01 February 2012.
Ferry Worker Airlifted From Stenaline
A ferry worker who had fallen ill onboard the Stena Lagan has been airlifted in the early hours of this morning, Thursday, 06 September.
The worker on the Liverpool to Belfast ferry was reported ill at about 3.45am.
Coastguard set up a medi-link call with a doctor and it was advised he be evacuated from the ship, which was off the Isle of Man.
Coastguard Rescue Helicopter 936 from North Wales was tasked and winched the casualty from the vessel. Rescue 936 proceeded to a Helicopter Landing Site on the Boucher Road, which was secured by Bangor Coastguard Rescue Team, and the casualty handed over to Northern Ireland Ambulance Service.
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Firmus Energy have announced a 12% price hike from 01 October.
The firm's 87,000 customers will see their typical annual bill rise by between £65 and £75.
The company blamed an increase in the wholesale market.
Firmus is the latest energy supplier to announce a price increase, with SSE Airtricity previously announcing an 11% price increase.
Historic Monuments Council Board Appointments Extended
The Chair of the Historic Monuments Council (HMC), Professor Gabriel Cooney, has had his second term appointment extended until 31 January, 2019, the Department for Communities has announced.
Professor Cooney has been Chair of the Council from 1 February 2009.
The Dept also announced that the following HMC Members have been reappointed for a term of three years and six months from 01 August 2018: Mr William Darby; Miss Kate Laverty; and Mrs Sarah Witchell.
They have all served on the HMC from 01 February 2012.
Ferry Worker Airlifted From Stenaline
A ferry worker who had fallen ill onboard the Stena Lagan has been airlifted in the early hours of this morning, Thursday, 06 September.
The worker on the Liverpool to Belfast ferry was reported ill at about 3.45am.
Coastguard set up a medi-link call with a doctor and it was advised he be evacuated from the ship, which was off the Isle of Man.
Coastguard Rescue Helicopter 936 from North Wales was tasked and winched the casualty from the vessel. Rescue 936 proceeded to a Helicopter Landing Site on the Boucher Road, which was secured by Bangor Coastguard Rescue Team, and the casualty handed over to Northern Ireland Ambulance Service.
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