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Snooker Scene blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Stephen Maguire faces a rematch with Fergal O’Brien, who he beat in the final of last year’s Northern Ireland Trophy, in his opening match of this year’s Belfast event. Maguire, whose preparation for the tournament has been affected by a suspected cracked rib , won the title at the Waterfront Hall in 2007 with a 9-5 defeat of O’Brien and will face him again if the Dubliner comes through his first round...
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Slugger O'Toole (Free subscription) | yesterday
Fascinating stuff from the Ofcom seminar in Belfast about the future of public service broadcasting in Northern Ireland, posted by Mick . I've long since left the inside track on this, so sorry not to be able to offer special insight but Here are the headlines: There's a real threat to the present level of public service broadcasting stemming from ITV’s need to go ever more relentlessly commercial...
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SAOIRSE32 (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Belfast Telegraph Friday, 18 July 2008 Northern Ireland’s prisons are bursting at the seams, putting officers under pressure. Crime Correspondent Deborah McAleese reports. Prison guards are struggling to cope with swelling prisoner numbers as Ulster’s jail population reaches an all time high, a union official warned yesterday. A total of 1,535 sentenced and remand prisoners are currently behind bars...
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SAOIRSE32 (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Belfast Telegraph Thursday, 17 July 2008 The role of informers in Northern Ireland’s dirty war remains a story of half-truths. Brian Rowan wonders if the pieces of the jigsaw will ever be completed Full disclosure has its repercussions and no community would be left unscathed.” That comment, some weeks old now, is about informers and was made in a speech by the Eames/Bradley Consultative Group on...
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Environmental Leader (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
Bombardier Aerospace has slashed CO2 emissions in Northern Ireland by 69 percent since 2001, the Belfast Telegraph reports. In 2007 alone, CO2 emissions were reduced by 14,000 tones and total energy consumption was reduced by 13% from 2006 to 2007, an equivalent of $2.6 million in savings. Here’s how the company’s Northern Ireland facilities reached their targets: 1. [...]
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TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
Jump to the full entry & travel map Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom No time to write.... I'm in Belfast and saw the scenic parts of the North today. We got an hour and a half at the Giant's Causeway (I could have done a full day) and we crossed the Carrick-a-rede bridge. Sadly the tour will end tomorrow but seeing all this green is motivating me to start my hiking. ...
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Slugger O'Toole (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
As reported in the Belfast Telegraph, the predictable backlash has started over the disclosure that Northern Ireland women may have been ordering abortion drugs via the Women on Web website. Apart from registering shock at being able to sign up for appropriate drugs in just fifteen minutes, neither the Bel Tel’s reporter nor any other have been able to track down a real live client. This is s surely...
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The engineer (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
Northern Ireland’s aerospace industry has received a significant boost with the announcement from Bombardier that it will design and manufacture wings for the new CSeries passenger aircraft in Belfast.
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Evening Star 24 (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
YOU can take the boy out Belfast, but as Jim Magilton demonstrates, you can't take Belfast out of the boy and football writer Derek Davis is with the Ipswich Town manager as he proudly shows off his promotion-chasing squad to the Northern Ireland believers, hoping his players can absorb something of the Belfast spirit.
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SAOIRSE32 (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
GERRY MORIARTY, Northern Editor Irish Times 14 July 2008 FIRST MINISTER Peter Robinson has described as “the most important investment in Northern Ireland for a generation” the decision by Canadian aircraft manufacturer Bombardier to invest £500 million (€625 million) in its Northern Ireland operation for a new series of aircraft. The investment, which Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness said was...
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Brand Avenue (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
On a quest to redefine itself, the city of Belfast, Northern Ireland unveiled a new branding campaign this week, from the London-based branding consultancy Lloyd Northover. (via) Shedding the associations with strife that have long defined it, Belfast positions itself...
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Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | 07/13/2008
Northern Ireland Secretary Shaun Woodward and Business Secretary John Hutton have welcomed Bombardier’s investment of more than £500 million in Northern Ireland that will see Belfast design and manufacture the wings for the aerospace company’s new aircraft. The UK Government has also agreed in principle to provide £52 million to the project, part of a [...]
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Daily Star (Free subscription) | 07/13/2008
An investment of over £500 million is being made in Northern Ireland by Canadian aerospace company Bombardier, which is to use its Belfast plant for the design and manufacture of wings for a new generation of commuter aircraft.
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Metro.co.uk (Free subscription) | 07/13/2008
An investment of over £500 million is being made in Northern Ireland by Canadian aerospace company Bombardier, which is to use its Belfast plant for the design and manufacture of wings for a new generation of commuter aircraft.