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UFO over Northern Ireland
2008-05-12 16:47:00 How's this for a ridiculous fake UFO photo...
By: Bad Thinking
New charges for Northern Ireland business
2008-03-12 09:33:00 Water, sewerage and trade effluent charges for Northern Ireland businesses from April 2008From April 2008 all businesses in Northern Ireland will be subject to three sets of charges:* water charges* sewerage charges* trade effluent charges These charges will be phased in for the first year from April 2008 to March 2009 at 50 per cent of the full charge. From April 2009 the full amount will be charged. The charges will be set by NI Water and approved by the NI Authority for Utility Regulation (the Utility Regulator).To find out more about Water, sewerage and trade effluent charges for Northern Ireland businesses, click here
Northern Ireland leader Ian Paisley will step down
2008-03-05 12:21:00 Ian Paisley, the fiery Protestant preacher who eventually embraced peace with his Roman Catholic adversaries, announced his retirement Tuesday as leader of Northern Ireland's power-sharing government.
Top Names in Northern Ireland - Jack, Katie, James, Grace
2008-01-14 00:00:00 What were the top names in Northern Ireland last year? According to the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, they were: Boy Names Girl Names Jack James Matthew Daniel Ryan Thomas Adam Joshua Dylan Ben Katie Grace Sophie Lucy Emma Ellie Sarah Erin Hannah Anna NISRA also had this to say about the growing diversity of first names in Northern Ireland: In 2007, there were approximately 1,900 girls' and 1,400 boys' names used; compared ...
First step taken in setting up new Northern Ireland chicken waste power pla
2008-01-10 18:00:00 Three major Northern Ireland agri food companies have taken the first step towards setting up a new 30 megawatt power plant aimed at turning chicken waste into electricity.
By: FWi - All News
Is Poland invading Northern Ireland?
2007-12-18 19:00:00 I’ve been going back and forth to Northern Ireland for quite a while now but in the past year it’s started to change quite dramatically. For instance, the elve taking the money for the Santa photos was Polish and just about all the waiters/waitresses in the hotel were Polish. In fact, Polish workers are seen just ...
New Entrants Scheme extended in Northern Ireland
2007-12-11 13:00:00 Northern Ireland agriculture minister Michelle Gildernew has announced...
By: FWi - All News
Northern Ireland investors to benefit from extra flights
2007-12-11 00:00:00 Overseas property investors in Northern Ireland are set to benefit from a raft of accessibility improvements.Aer Lingus is establishing a base at Belfast International Airport and rolling out services to places such as Barcelona, Malaga and Rome....
Northern Ireland investors to benefit from extra flights
2007-12-11 00:00:00 Overseas property investors in Northern Ireland are set to benefit from a raft of accessibility improvements.Aer Lingus is establishing a base at Belfast International Airport and rolling out services to places such as Barcelona, Malaga and Rome....
Still a very low takeup for the free B&B listings in Northern Ireland
2007-11-27 09:42:00 I was a bit taken aback by the very high takeup from our e-mail to Scottish B&Bs and self-catering places a couple of weeks ago. So many took it up in fact that I’m going to have to implement a redesign of the site for Scotland that I’d not planned on doing ’til next year ...
Your house as your current account: chequebook mortgages
2007-11-24 14:10:00 Perhaps one of the most interesting developments in the mortgage market in recent years is the arrival of chequebook mortgages. That’s interesting in the Chinese sense of the term in their curse “may you live in interesting times”. A key aspect of a mortgage is that it’s a very, very long term committment. Typically the term ...
The first of the Northern Ireland B&B entries
2007-11-24 13:06:00 As regular readers will know, I’ve been getting going on my direct mail campaign aimed at increasing the number of entries on the B&B and self-catering listings sites. The second use of the mailing list for Scotland pulled in quite a considerable number of properties over the last two weeks. So much so that I’m going ...
The changing mortgage market in Northern Ireland
2007-11-24 12:59:00 Not so long ago, the mortgage market in Northern Ireland was really simple. The majority of UK mortgages weren’t on offer there and there were none of the products available at the really sophisticated end of the scale. Nowadays, it’s quite a different landscape though. Almost all of the types of mortgages are on offer now ...
Northern Ireland : Rounding Up the Arsenals
2007-11-12 08:52:00 The recent new deal for N. Ireland brokered in part by Tony Blair, created the impression that with the IRA stand-down the paramilitary threat facing N. Ireland was a concern of the past. This isn't altogether the case, as a number of loyalist organizations and factions still retain possession of their arsenals, but there are signs that most are willing to lay the past to rest.The oldest loyalist paramilitary organization in N. Ireland, the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), has agreed to place its arsenal in sealed dumps.The leadership of the UVF refuses to hand over weapons to a third party however, and there is still some question about who exactly will oversee the sealing of the weapons. Nonetheless the organization seems determined that their arsenal will be put out of reach.The UVF was responsible for approximately 425 killings during the N.Irish Troubles. They were involved in attacks on utilities installations in the 1960's and later engaged in bombings and assassinations of re...
By: Aidan Maconachy
Bono Urged U.S. To Look At Northern Ireland Before Invading Iraq
2007-11-03 06:00:00 U2 star Bono urged America’s top politicians to speak with British soldiers who had occupied Northern Ireland before choosing to extend the war in Iraq. Read more!
By: Celebrity News
United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales) Upgraded!
2007-10-31 17:30:00 By: Martin Lemieux
Northern Ireland keeps wages board
2007-10-16 19:29:00 The Ulster Farmers Union has accused Northern Ireland agriculture minister Michelle Gildernew of ?retaining unnecessary red tape? in the industry, following her decision to keep the Agricultural Wages Board.
By: FWi - All News
Northern Ireland farmers can spread more manure
2007-10-16 17:35:00 Northern Ireland?s livestock producers have been awarded a special derogation by Brussels that will enable them to spread more slurry and farmyard manure on their land each year.
By: FWi - All News
Northern Ireland to perform badger survey
2007-10-16 12:24:00 Northern Ireland?s department of agriculture and rural development (DARD) is to perform a badger population survey to inform future policy in the battle against bovine tuberculosis in the province
By: FWi - All News
Northern Ireland, South Africa in Secret Iran Peace Talks
2007-09-29 18:34:00 The Nation Sunni and Shi'a leaders began a potential peace process at secret meetings with leaders of the new Northern Ireland and South Africa one month, signing draft set of principles which resemble the protocols that guided the peace settlements in those two countries. Chairing the closed meetings near Helsinki were Martin McGuinness, the former Irish Republican Army commander, lead negotiator with the British, and now Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland, and Roelf Meyer, former leader of the pro-apartheid National Party in South Africa's peace negotiations. The Irish delegation also included former IRA hunger striker Leo Green, minister Jeffrey Donaldson, former Stormont speaker Lord Alderdice, and former loyalist paramilitary leader Billy Hutchison. South African participants included ANC leaders Mac Maharaj and Rashid Ismail, key participants in the military and political negotiations in South Africa. [Read more "here.] Names of the Iraq delegations' have not b...
Amnesty International faces ban in Northern Ireland?s Catholic schools
2007-09-18 20:10:00 Amnesty's policy that rape and incest victims should be entitled to abortions has led to calls from senior members of the Catholic church in Britain and Rome for a withdrawal of support from the organisation.
Northern Ireland: A Very Short Introduction
2007-09-14 00:05:00 Marc Mulholland, Northern Ireland: A Very Short Introduction Oxford University Press | ISBN 0192801562 | 2003 | PDF | 1 MB | 184 pages
Harvest Highlights: progress in Northern Ireland, but rain elsewhere
2007-08-21 18:45:00 Harvest continued to be delayed by wet weather in most parts of the UK today (21 August), although some regions seem to be faring much better than others
By: FWi - All News
Northern Ireland foot and mouth restrictions lifted
2007-08-17 02:00:00 Livestock can now be exported from Northern Ireland to Great Britain for slaughter, following the lifting of restrictions.
By: FWi - All News
Arsenal 2-1 Sanchez's Northern Ireland
2007-08-13 10:25:00 This game brought back some painful and familiar memories. It looked like all the optimism of the preseason was about to get two-flushed down the toilet up until the 83 minute mark. Now it might appear like Tony Warner had an unbelievable game but we?re Arsenal and we?re in the business of making average goalies look great, so we did that again. We created 36584 chances in this game and probably should?ve scored on 12587 of them, but it?s good for us we managed two. Lehmann had a brainfart that reverberated the entire stadium, instead of just clearing the ball, the fucker decided to be cute and cuddly and play it back to Clichy while doing a sort of fucked up German dance, it didn?t work and the 65,000 at the Emirates plus the 100,000 watching on Sopcast were in shock disbelief. How could he fuck this up so early in the season? We had barely gotten underway.We can?t finish worth shit but we can create chances, that?s been our story the last two years and it looks like that disease h...
Beyond The Troubles: Murals of Belfast, Northern Ireland
2007-08-10 06:32:00 Beyond The Troubles: Murals of Belfast, Northern Ireland
Local government strikes across England, Northern Ireland and Wales a step
2007-08-09 17:30:00 The threat of local government strikes across England, Northern Ireland and Wales has moved closer after workers voted overwhelmingly to reject a below-inflation pay offer of 2%. In a consultation with members, public sector union Unison said 81% voted to reject the offer, giving a major thumbs-down to the deal on the table. The union now looks set to proceed to an industrial action ballot. The GMB and Unite unions are also preparing to ballot their local government members on industrial action. The three unions, who between them represent more than one million council workers, registered a formal dispute over pay on 16 July. They are continuing to press for urgent talks with communities secretary Hazel Blears after pay talks stalled last week. Unison's head of local government, Heather Wakefield, said: "These low-paid women who are providing school dinners, home and residential care, are at the very bottom of the public sector pay scale. "Yet they, and all the other...
Carrickfergus Castle
2007-08-02 09:19:00 Carrickfergus is on the coast just 20 minutes or so north of Belfast so it’s easy to get to. The castle is, of course, the main attraction of the town. Whilst it’s open all year with exhibitions depicting the history from the 1100s, it’s best to catch it during one of the Summer celebrations that are held. ...
Motiveless Crime News Headlines
2007-08-01 06:52:00 After 38-years the British Army is leaving Northern Ireland after having supported the police in their longest military operation ever. Flash back to nearly forty years ago and Northern Ireland was riddled with fierce clashes between Republican gunmen and British forces. British troops were initially sent to Northern Ireland in 1969 to help stop rebellions that were a response to civil rights infractions caused by Catholic and Protestant differences in opinion concerning Britain's role in the area. The period of time that resulted in the death of 3,600 people's deaths has been known as "The Troubles". At least Britain knows how to pull out of situation eventually. Does that mean we have over 30 years left in Iraq?Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has been visiting with Russian officials which has caused a major change in Russian connection to the Islamic group known as Hamas. Last month Hamas took over Palestianian territories such as the Gaza Strip in an effort to over throw the g...
By: Motiveless Crime
Find businesses in Northern Ireland
2007-07-26 10:50:00 Search or browse our directory of contact details for over40,000 companies located throughout Northern Ireland.Our companies directory will enable you to do a quick search for companies by name or perform an advanced search using a combination of business name, location, business type, number of employees, turnover and industry sector.To search our directory of Northern Ireland businesses visit nibusinessinfo.co.uk
Belfast City Hall
2007-07-25 22:41:00 Planning for Belfast’s City Hall began, naturally enough, in 1888 when it was awarded the status of city by Queen Victoria (hence the relatively large number of things in the city named after her, of course) with building competed in 1906. The city centre location makes the grounds a very popular area for lunch in the ...
Northern Ireland nationals wooed back in Home for the Holidays campaign
2007-07-24 14:30:00 A campaign has been launched to encourage Northern Irish nationals who have pursued careers outside the country to consider returning on a permanent basis. The 'Home for the Holidays' initiative, run by consultancy Grafton Recruitment, is targeting individuals who attended university abroad, as well as those with international business experience. "For years, Northern Ireland has leaked some of its best talent, with young people leaving due to a lack of career prospects at home," a Grafton Recruitment spokesman said. "It is these individuals who are eagerly required back home."
Spain 1-0 Northern Ireland
2007-07-24 12:27:00 Northern Ireland v Spain HighlightsUploaded by funkyaz
The leaning tower of Belfast
2007-07-22 16:49:00 The Albert Clock is one of many Belfast monuments that were named after aspects of Queen Victoria’s reign, in this case after her late consort, Prince Albert. As you can see there’s a life-size statue of him right there on the west face of the monument which was completed in 1853. Whilst many would blame the ...
Sainsbury?s anti-family and anti-customer policies
2007-07-11 16:19:00 Sainsbury likes to portray itself as a customer oriented family-friendly store but one policy that they’ve recently introduced in the Forestside store in Belfast is distinctly anti-family and the implementation of it is very anti-customer. I spent around an hour shopping in the store with both my two and five year old in the trolley, passing ...
Do you really need to post anything to keep the hits up on a blog?
2007-07-08 10:10:00 As you’ll have noticed, I’ve posted next to nothing over the last month. A total of seven posts vs what would have been a more normal 30 in fact. That’s because I’ve been over in Northern Ireland trying to sort out some administration since June 5th and only got back home on Friday evening. Now, I wasn’t ...
Indicators of peace
2007-07-08 09:55:00 Northern Ireland hasn’t been in the international news much lately but that’s not really an indication of peace as such, more an indication that violence isn’t happening which isn’t quite the same thing (welcome as non-violence always is, of course). In fact the first indications of the arrival of peace was on its way started quite ...
Is it right to support terrorism when you?re just trying to protect people?
2007-06-26 13:52:00 Kyle over at immigration orange always has thought provoking articles and one of the most thought provoking that he has had recently was his piece on the support of terrorists in Colombia by Chiquita Brands. Chiquita didn’t just decide to support terrorists for the sake of killing people, it justified paying $1.7 million by considering it ...
A playground for Mo
2007-06-16 13:36:00 I’m sure that it’s been there for ages but I just noticed that the playground in the ground of the Stormont Estate had been dedicated to the memory of Mo Mowlam.Mo was one of the many politicians who have fallen by the wayside along the path to peace in Northern Ireland. As Secretary of State ...
The largest inland lake in the British Isles
2007-06-15 21:21:00 As befits its status as the largest inland lake in the British Isles, Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland is host to numerous water activities in the tourist season. What’s on offer varies around the circumferance of the lake with some areas being devoted to nature reserves, others to more active water sports and nearly everywhere various ...
Doctors in Northern Ireland oppose plans to allow actors to smoke on stage
2007-06-08 18:26:00 Doctors in Northern Ireland have condemned plans that would allow actors to smoke on stage. Last week the Northern Ireland Assembly tabled the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill, which contains an amendment that would permit actors to smoke where the "artistic integrity of the performance" made it appropriate to do so. However, BMA chairman Dr Brian Patterson said it was "not a valid argument... when the whole basis of the legislation was to protect the public and all workers from the dangers of passive smoking". ARENAPAL
Lawrie Sanchez Walks Out On Northern Ireland To Stay With Fulham At Craven
2007-05-11 13:47:00 The temporary arrangement that saw Sanchez take charge at Premiership strugglers Fulham which the Irish Football Association were reluctant to agree to has been made permanent. The lure of day to day management and the finances put up by Fulham chairman Mohammed Al Fayed was too much for the former Wycombe Wanderers manager. Sanchez has been put ...
Northern Ireland : Strange Bedfellows
2007-05-09 23:54:00 This week I watched a few of the speeches that heralded a new era in N. Irish politics, and I have to admit, it was an unsettling vision for an ex-Belfast man like myself. One-time fire breathing Protestant rabble rouser Ian Paisley was up on the podium, shoulder to shoulder with Martin McGuinness, one-time provisional IRA commander in Derry. At one point the two of them broke out laughing like two old buddies. You would have thought it was a school reunion.The two former enemies are now team players. Big Ian, as he's known in N.Irish circles, was sworn in as Northern Ireland's first minister, with wee Marty as his deputy. Try painting that future scenario for the boyos back in the Bogside during Sunday Bloody Sunday days, and they'd look at you as though you were insane.The weird part about this about-face in N.Irish politics, is that it isn't even the moderate parties doing the making up. At one time it seemed more likely that a workable arrangement would involve the middle-of...
By: Aidan Maconachy
Northern Ireland Power Sharing Begins
2007-05-08 20:52:00 BELFAST, Northern Ireland -- Protestant firebrand Ian Paisley and IRA veteran Martin McGuinness formed a long-unthinkable alliance Tuesday as Northern Ireland power-sharing went from dream to reality _ and all sides expressed hope that bloodshed over
By: Get rich
Northern Ireland Power Sharing Begins
2007-05-08 20:52:00 BELFAST, Northern Ireland -- Protestant firebrand Ian Paisley and IRA veteran Martin McGuinness formed a long-unthinkable alliance Tuesday as Northern Ireland power-sharing went from dream to reality _ and all sides expressed hope that bloodshed over
By: Get rich
Historic power-sharing government in Northern Ireland
2007-05-08 15:40:00 Belfast/London, May 8 (DPA) Northern Ireland embarked on a new era Tuesday as Protestants and Catholics joined in government in an historic pact between former political arch enemies. Ian Paisley, leader of the main Protestant Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), and Martin McGuinness, of nationalist republican Sinn Fein, were sworn in as leaders of a multi-party executive ...
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