All posts tagged "Northern Ireland"
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7 years ago
Appeal to prevent repeat as Southern Area revealed top for deliberate fires last Easter
Almost 200 deliberate fires were started in the southern area over the Easter school holiday fortnight last year. And, with that...
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7 years ago
School sports coaching programme wins another reprieve as funding confirmed
Some 40,000 young people will continue to reap the benefits of a schools coaching programme after funding was confirmed by the...
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7 years ago
£30m to be spent tackling ‘unacceptable’ hospital waiting lists
Over £30 million has been committed to try and reduce hospital waiting lists in Northern Ireland, it has been confirmed today...
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7 years ago
Businesses and farmers to be hit with increase in water and sewerage bills
Co Armagh farmers, business and officers are about to be hit with a 3.35% increase in water and sewerage charges. The...
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7 years ago
Fifty school sports coaches face redundancy again over failure to agree funding
Coaches who deliver GAA and soccer training to tens of thousands of children are again facing the axe as a temporary...
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7 years ago
Fraudsters contacting Danske Bank customers by text message
Danske Bank has issued an urgent fraud warning to customers. The bank has said that “fraudsters are currently targeting some customers...
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7 years ago
Secretary of State ‘minded’ to cut MLA salaries in face of ‘ongoing public concern’
Secretary of State Karen Bradley has said she “is minded to reduce pay” of MLAs in the absense of a Northern...
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7 years ago
‘Limited’ cash available in new budget to include ‘repair of large potholes’
Provision has been made for “a limited routine roads maintenance service” as part of the budget announced by the Secretary of...
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7 years ago
You could soon be facing much stricter penalties for using phone while driving
A public consultation has opened today on proposals aimed at deterring the illegal use of a mobile phone while driving. It...
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7 years ago
New penalties on way for illegal landfill dumpers as figures show very few convictions
There were only 66 convictions relating to illegal landfill sites in Northern Ireland over the past decade. And, throughout those 10...
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7 years ago
MP Bill to petition Westminster to legalise same sex marriage in Northern Ireland
Co Armagh-born Labour MP Conor McGinn is to table a Private Members Bill in the hope of same sex marriage being...
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7 years ago
Three people have died in Co Fermanagh house fire
Three people have died in a house fire in Derrylin, Co Fermanagh, this morning. Police confirmed the tragic news after emergency...