UK and Republic to seal borders Jul 26, 2008
UK and Republic to seal borders - Local nal, News - Belfasttelegraph ... In submitting a comment to the site, you agree to be bound by BelfastTelegraph ... It is already in place to travel to England/Scotland/Wales from belfast by boat or plane you need a driving license/passport, it's been like that for years. (Belfast Telegraph)
Men charged after police injured Jul 13, 2008
In Belfast a police officer was injured during a riot in the New Lodge area ... Meanwhile five people were injured during clashes between rival groups at the Broadway roundabout in Belfast. (BBC News -- UK)
Orange rebrand Jul 13, 2008
New face of Belfast's Orangemen ... They are trying to rebrand their Belfast parade as 'Orangefest ... Outside Belfast some supermarkets and shopping centres now open on the Twelfth, but in the city centre, where the parade takes place, the shops will remain closed. (BBC News -- UK)
Man remanded over Belfast murder Jul 13, 2008
A 28-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the murder of a man in south Belfast ... Neil Wilson, of Orchard Mews in Belfast, denied murder. (BBC News -- UK)
How is it possible to tag a jellyfish? Jul 13, 2008
Experts from Swansea, Belfast and Cork will also examine how long they live ... Researchers from three universities, Swansea, Cork and Queen's University Belfast, will target four sites - Rosslare and Dublin on the Irish coast and Carmarthen and Tremadog Bays in Wales ... Dr Houghton from Queen's University in Belfast told the Radio Four programme World on the Move that even though jellyfish are 98% water, researchers can attach the dive tags or time depth recorders to the jellyfish using a... (BBC News -- Science)
Sodexo Announces Organic Growth of 8.4% For the First Nine Months of Fiscal 2008 Jul 2, 2008
Jacobs Engineering Ltd, Immingham (600 employees, Foodservices); Transport for London, London (4 sites, 3,000 employees, Foodservices); J. Sainsbury Distribution Centre, Sherburn (1,000 employees, Foodservices); J&E E Davy, Dublin, Ireland (350 employees, Foodservices); Montupet UK Ltd, Belfast, Ireland (650 employees, Foodservices). Sports & Leisure. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Even the Queen is feeling the crunch as Jun 28, 2008
The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II only with The Times today. Navigation - link to other main sections from here. (Times Online)
Cheap Flights: Geneva Airport GVA Jun 25, 2008
EasyJet flies from Geneva Airport (GVA) to Belfast, Berlin-Sch. nefeld, Birmingham, Bristol, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Liverpool, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, London-Stansted, and Newcastle. (Suite101.com)
EU to encourage cross-border e-commerce Jun 22, 2008
Put your IT questions to our experts and win a 2000 laptop. SEARCH Computing Jobs White papers Google. (Computing)
Ireland's New PM Offers Plain Talking Jun 14, 2008
Brian Cowen's first full day as Ireland's new Taoiseach (Prime Minister) this week found him on the hoof lunching with his British counterpart, , and donning a tux to schmooze U.S. investors at a grand Georgian mansion on the outskirts of Belfast. It was an elegant turn that belied Cowen's long-standing nickname: Biffo. (Time.com)
Gordon Brown buys time with deals on terror Jun 12, 2008
Sources in Belfast said that there had been discussions about a peerage for Mr Paisley. It was also said that Shaun Woodward, the Northern Ireland Secretary, had given a firm promise that the 1967 Abortion Act would not be extended to Northern Ireland through the embryology Bill that is currently passing through Parliament. (Times Online)
Parents of ill vegan girl may face police Jun 11, 2008
Nyphur, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Making a child go vegetarian from birth may be a viable option, but depriving a child of animal milk is just plain idiocy. (Times Online)
Sir Jonathan Miller hits out at West End theatres putting ... Jun 10, 2008
Sir Jonathan Miller hits out at West End theatres putting celebrity ahead of quality - Times Online. Book now for What Ever Happened to Baby Jane. (Times Online)
Belfast Visitors Center gets new flags Jun 10, 2008
BELFAST Chamber of Commerce officials hoisted two new flags over the Visitors Center on Monday and said the tourist season may get a boost from the weak U.S. dollar. State Rep. (Courier Publications, ME)
UK couple 'abandoned IVF twins because they May 30, 2008
" He added that sex selection of embryos for social reasons was illegal in the UK, and surveys showed that 80 per cent of people were opposed to the practice. IVF treatment on the NHS is subject to guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice), which recommend a mother judged eligible should be offered up to three cycles of IVF if she is between 23 and 39-years-old at the time of treatment. Can sex selection be justified? Have your say below Can we believe the... (Times Online)
Big Brother database for phones and e-mails May 21, 2008
Pick up a copy of Fleming's classic spy thriller today, free with The Times. Navigation - link to other main sections from here. (Times Online)
Madonna, Radio 1 Big Weekend - review May 12, 2008
Adam Watson, Belfast, Northern Ireland. oh give up with the sniping. (Times Online)
Gordon Brown's 1bn boost to Ulster May 9, 2008
"I believe that huge opportunities exist here competitive operating costs, excellent infrastructure, enhanced connections internationally. These are just some of the factors that have combined to make Belfast only second to London in attracting foreign investment projects.". The news came after the New York Stock Exchange announced it was expanding the Belfast-based financial software company Wombat, which it bought for 100 million in March. (Telegraph.co.uk)
Personnel Announcement Apr 23, 2008
President George W. Bush today announced the designation of a Presidential Delegation to Belfast to attend the U.S. - Northern Ireland Investment Conference in Northern Ireland. The Honorable Paula J. Dobriansky, Special Envoy to Northern Ireland, who also serves as the Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs, will lead the delegation. (White House News Releases)
Mature Galaxies Found in Early Cosmos Apr 19, 2008
Hartley and others presented the findings last week in Belfast, Northern Ireland, during a Royal Astronomical Society meeting. A service of YellowBrix, Inc.. (SkyAndTelescope.com)
Gradian Awarded RSA Partner's Achievement Award 2007 Apr 11, 2008
" Damian Acklam, Managing Director from Gradian said: This award represents a significant milestone of accomplishment in our drive towards recognition as a world-class solution delivery centre. This is a strategic investment from where we will extend regional sales and support infrastructure to both existing and new relationships. Chris Cooper, IT Security Manager, Flybe commented: We are delighted that Gradian has been recognized for their work with us. This re-inforces the value they have... (BusinessWire)
10th Anniversary Of Belfast Peace Deal Apr 11, 2008
BELFAST, Northern Ireland, Apr ... The trouble is, while London and Dublin seem content to have any coalition in Belfast, locals complain that the system is bloated and indecisive ... The Scotland summit specified next month as a deadline for the Belfast administration to receive the most politically sensitive powers _ overseeing the police and courts. (CBS News -- World)
Solar System Similar to Ours, Discovered by Scientists Apr 11, 2008
He has presented the new findings to the Royal Astronomical Society s National Astronomy Meeting, which has been held in Belfast. Many researchers are happy with these findings as it is rare to find a solar system that has more than one planet. (TechShout!)
With 10 years of peace, N. Ireland strives for more Apr 10, 2008
In Belfast, 25-foot-high steel "peace walls" attest to lingering sectarian divisions. "There was a plan to remove some of these barriers for the 10th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, but it won't happen because people ... won't feel safe without [them]," says Martin Melaugh, who directs the University of Ulster's online archive on the conflict. (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
Astronomers View Distant Galaxies Evolving One Billion Years After The Big Bang Apr 7, 2008
Some of the first results from this project will be presented by Dr Sebastien Foucaud from the University of Nottingham on 4th April at the RAS National Astronomy Meeting in Belfast. See also. (Science Daily)
Old Galaxies Stick Together In The Young Universe Apr 6, 2008
University of Nottingham PhD student Will Hartley, who led the study, described this research at the RAS National Astronomy Meeting in Belfast on Tuesday 1 April. The distant galaxies identified in the UKIRT images are considered elderly because they are rich in old, red stars. (Science Daily)
Stars Burst Into Life In Early Universe Apr 2, 2008
In his talk at the RAS National Astronomy Meeting in Belfast on Tuesday 1 April, team member Dr Scott Chapman from the Institute of Astronomy in Cambridge will present observations of five of these galaxies that are forming stars at a tremendous rate and have large reservoirs of gas that will power the star formation for hundreds of millions of years. Dr Chapman s work is supported by a parallel study made by PhD student Caitlin Casey, who finds that the star formation in the new galaxies is... (Science Daily)
Europeanmakeovers Mar 23, 2008
Belfast: The British Army has finally pulled out of Northern Ireland (after 38 years mired in the "Troubles"), a healthy sign that the region's worst days are in the past and tourism will no longer be such a tough sell in Ulster. As if to celebrate, Belfast has opened a 196-foot-high Ferris wheel, similar to the London Eye. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Europe deals beyond airfare Mar 22, 2008
The card also gets you two-for-one admission at attractions such as the London Aquarium, the London Dungeon, Shakespeare's Globe Tour and Exhibition, tours at the HMS Belfast, the Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms, the London Bridge Experience and Madame Tussauds ... Just over an hour from Belfast is the Antrim Coast, possibly one of the most scenic in all of Northern Ireland, with dramatic beaches and the ruins of castles. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
From troubles to the Celtic Tiger Mar 20, 2008
On my first visit to Northern Ireland in the 1995, I met separately with Catholics and Protestants on both sides of "the Peace Line." It's a wall, in some sections as high as 30 feet, in others topped with barbed wire, that has long divided Belfast ... In his final act as first minister, Paisley will host an investor conference in Belfast on the first anniversary of the power-sharing government. (Boston Globe)
Doubts for N. Ireland as Paisley leaves Mar 6, 2008
Peter Morrison / APNorthern Ireland's First Minister Ian Paisley arrives at the Parliament in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on Wednesday ... BELFAST, Northern Ireland - The hot favorite to become the new Protestant leader in Northern Ireland is Peter Robinson, who first gained international attention two decades ago by leading a mob attack on an Irish border village. (MSNBC -- International)
N. Ireland awaits successor to Paisley Mar 6, 2008
BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) -- Peter Robinson, a savvy and steely longtime deputy to Protestant political icon Ian Paisley, emerged Wednesday as the overwhelming favorite to succeed the preacher as leader of Northern Ireland's power-sharing government. Ian Paisley has been a leading figure in Northern Irish politics for more than 40 years. (CNN -- World)
Jilted lover uses eBay to hit back at Mar 5, 2008
Fury of a woman scorned on Wikipedia - Times Online. Now live: The Times report on your mobile. (Times Online)
Focus turns to Paisley succession Mar 5, 2008
The clear favourite is current DUP deputy leader and East Belfast MP Peter Robinson, with Nigel Dodds expected to fill the deputy position. Mr Robinson would not be drawn on his future plans. (BBC News -- UK)
Paisley retires from N. Ireland politics Mar 5, 2008
Belfast Ian Paisley, the fiery Protestant preacher who reversed a lifetime of stubbornness to embrace an unlikely peace, announced his retirement Tuesday as leader of Northern Ireland's power-sharing government with Roman Catholics. Mr. Paisley said he would quit in May as first minister of the 10-month-old coalition and as leader of the Democratic Unionists, the party he founded 37 years ago on a platform of thwarting compromise with the Catholic minority in this British territory. (Globe and Mail -- International)
Closing The Ring Feb 28, 2008
The script, by Peter Woodward - son of the actor Edward Woodward - was inspired by a news report about a wedding ring found on Belfast's Cave Hill amid the debris of an old plane crash ... The modern-day Belfast scenes are edgier, helped along by two stalwarts of British film, Pete Postlethwaite and Brenda Fricker. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Students in touch with world Feb 23, 2008
Next week, Brookline's third-graders will present the "Whacky World of Weather" to students in New Mexico, and sixth-graders will get to know students in Belfast, Ireland, with whom they later will share a writing assignment. The two-way connections are made possible by expertise, a receptive school and a well-equipped classroom. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Ryanair warns on outlook after profits plunge Feb 4, 2008
Secondary Navigation. Mon Feb 4, 4:47 AM ET. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
Ships on legs Jan 31, 2008
It was taken to Belfast to undergo checks and the Resolution was drafted in. The barge itself is a major piece of construction to overcome the difficulties of working at sea. (BBC News -- UK)
Britain upgrades its number cruncher Jan 15, 2008
"It is probably the first machine for the past six or seven years that really has lived up to expectations," says Ken Taylor of Queens University in Belfast, who will use the computer to model the movement of electrons in high-frequency laser light. Other groups, including some of Britain's biggest supercomputer users, already outsource their computing needs to international machines. (Nature News Service)
HIF2A Mutation in Familial Erythrocytosis Jan 10, 2008
From Belfast City Hospital (M.J.P.) and the Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology, Queen's University (T.R.J.L., M.F.M.) both in Belfast, Northern Ireland; University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia (P.W.F., X.L., F.S.L.); and Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, United Kingdom (G.S.L.). Address reprint requests to Dr. Percy at the Department of Haematology, Floor C, Tower Block, Belfast City Hospital, Lisburn Rd., Belfast BT9 7AB, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, or... (New England Journal of Medicine)
Irish Royal visit is 'inevitable' Dec 25, 2007
Power is now being shared between unionists and nationalists in a revived Northern Ireland Assembly in Belfast. For years, Ireland's Belfast-born President Mary McAleese has strongly supported the prospect of a visit by Queen Elizabeth. (BBC News -- UK)
Essilor Acquires Prescription Laboratories in the United Kingdom and the United States Dec 6, 2007
United Optical is located in Belfast, North Ireland. It also operates a subsidiary in Athlone, Ireland that specializes in the edging and mounting of prescription safety lenses. (PR Newswire)
Belfast's psychological barriers Nov 28, 2007
There are thought to be 41 deliberate barriersacross Belfast today. As part of its Walls of Shame series, Al Jazeera explores the physical and psychological barriers that continue to separate Belfast's Catholic and Protestant communities ... " The first of the so-called peace lines began as a length of barbed wire, rolled out by the British army to separate the warring communities in 1969. From then on, they became more common and more complex. Today there are thought to be 41 deliberate... (Aljazeera.Net)
Protestant paramilitary group renounces violence in N. Ireland Nov 12, 2007
UDA representatives made the announcement in front of hundreds of supporters in a hard-line Protestant part of Belfast yesterday, Remembrance Sunday, the solemn British holiday that honors the dead from two world wars ... McDonald said the vast majority of people in the poorest Protestant districts of Belfast don't want the UDA to disarm because they remain fearful that a new IRA generation could rearm and resume bloodshed. (Boston Globe)
Barclays Bank Backs Mugabe Regime Nov 12, 2007
mike chipere, belfast, northern ireland. Who are the owners of Barclay's bank. (Newsmax)
Be fair, give devolution to England Nov 4, 2007
Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland now have elected parliaments or assemblies that ensure Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast can have the final say on decisions that affect their own communities and do not apply to the rest of the kingdom. England has become the exception to this rule. (Times Online)
The 'mystery sage' Nov 2, 2007
" An investigation into salvia divinorum was broadcast on the BBC's Inside Out on Wednesday 31 October at 1930 GMT. Send us your comments using the form below. More prohibition? Why are we, the people of this country, forever being treated as if we are children, or too stupid to decide how we want to live our lives? What makes some minister more of a judge of my life and the effects of my actions on myself and those around me than me? This arrogant, patronising attitude is but one of the pebbles... (BBC News -- UK)
Caesarian sections may increase asthma risk Oct 30, 2007
So Suren Thavagnanam at the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children in Northern Ireland and his colleagues conducted a meta-analysis of the results from 22 previous studies on the subject, to see whether they could get a firmer answer from more data. The data were highly conflicting, we didnt know what to expect, says co-author Mike Shields, a respiratory paediatrician at Queens University Belfast. (Nature News Service)
Britons join Kurdish rebels to fight Turks Oct 29, 2007
Jennifer, Belfast, Northern Ireland ... Jennifer, Belfast, Northern Ireland. (Yahoo News -- Turkey)
Experts produce new report on Northern Ireland militants Oct 25, 2007
Police have blamed the major outlawed Protestant gang, the Ulster Defense Association, for stoking riots in two Northern Ireland towns and pursuing a bloody internal feud in the Belfast suburb of Carrickfergus ... Police also have recovered guns, ammunition, explosives and other weaponry in several recent raids on hard-line Catholic districts in the towns of Lurgan and Craigavon, southwest of Belfast. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Rudy Bombs in London Oct 23, 2007
Though it would be 13 years before the Good Friday Agreement was reached in Belfast, Thatcher s initiative was the first step on the long road to some sort of peace. That peace, of course, would not have been possible had the Thatcher government not implicitly accepted that Irish nationalists had legitimate or at least understandable grievances that could, at least partially, be satisfied. (The American Conservative)
Divorce is like hell, says Sir Paul Oct 17, 2007
s mckeown, belfast, northern ireland. yesterday. (Times Online)
Turkish ambassador recalled from US amid fury at genocide claims Oct 14, 2007
"Jon, Channel Islands, UK, If you have any doubts that this was indeed a genocide you need to read the book United States Official Records on the Armenian Genocide, 1915-1917, published by the Gomidas Institute in 2004. Arnold Weeks Jr., Fleming Island, Florida/USAI would have thought a fitting reaction would have been for Turkey to label American action in Vietnam and Iraq as genocide.Andrea, Manchester, UK I am having problems with the timing of this resolution. Yes, Turkey needs to take... (Yahoo News -- Turkey)
Perry finishes off trip to London with 2 goals in Ducks' 4-1 win over Kings Oct 1, 2007
But besides the jerseys of the Ducks, Kings, Boston Bruins, Montreal Canadiens and Colorado Avalanche, there were plenty of Manchester Phoenix and Belfast Giants shirts two of the 10 teams in Britain's Elite Ice Hockey League. This is the fourth time the league has opened its season outside North America, the other times in Japan (1997, 1998 and 2000). (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
N. Ireland imparts lessons learned Sep 20, 2007
Next month, an organization formed 10 years ago in Belfast to prevent ethnic and sectarian violence will convene a meeting of Israelis and Palestinians designed to draw lessons from Northern Ireland's experience ... "After years of giving the world a seemingly endless stream of headlines, the North is now giving something of great potential value back," says Bob Townes, American representative of Intercomm, a Belfast community group that is working with Palestinians and Israelis. (USA Today)
Still smarting, Belfast peace talks aside Sep 16, 2007
Today's Globe Local Politics Opinion Magazine Education NECN Special reports Obituaries. YOUR SEPT. 9 Short Fuse editorial is a disservice to your readers, many of whom are Irish-Americans. (Boston Globe -- Editorial)
Get the messageIt's time to switch off reality TV and tune into the real world Aug 29, 2007
Abby Jackson, Belfast. In talking of biofuels, I haven't heard anyone on TV say anything about the fact that if the EU press ahead with their quotas for biofuels - this will cause even more suffering for the orang-utans in the pursuit of palm oil and the devastation of their habitat. (BBC News -- Science)
Google launches 'virtual space telescope' Aug 26, 2007
Google launches 'virtual space telescope' - Technology - News - Belfast Telegraph ... Belfast Telegraph - IPR Website of the Year ... Reports from the festival at Belfast's Ormeau Park. (Belfast Telegraph)
Belfast becomes 'City of Ember' Aug 10, 2007
com - Belfast becomes 'City of Ember ... Belfast becomes 'City of Ember ... A few years back, no one would have dreamed of bringing Bill Murray and Tim Robbins to make a children's fantasy movie in strife-torn Belfast. (Variety)
* World News Quick Take Aug 9, 2007
Officers were targeted by crowds of youths hurling petrol bombs, stones and fireworks in Craigavon, south-west of Belfast. Police officers, acting after reports of suspicious activity, said about 180kg of what was understood to be home-made explosives was recovered and removed for further examination. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Almac Diagnostics announces pioneering genetic research on ductal carcinoma in situ Aug 9, 2007
said Paul Harkin, BSc, PhD, Professor of Molecular Oncology at the Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology, Queens University, Belfast and MD and President of Almac Diagnostics. This particular study aims to generate a gene signature to identify the subset of DCIS patients who are likely to suffer a recurrence, he added. (EurekAlert!)
Aer Lingus to open hub in Northern Ireland Aug 8, 2007
Before a news conference with Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness, the Protestant and Roman Catholic leaders of Northern Ireland's government, Aer Lingus said it planned as many as eight European routes from Belfast by the end of the year. The chief executive, Dermot Mannion, said Aer Lingus would end its longstanding route between Shannon Airport and London Heathrow and replace it with a Belfast-Heathrow route, expected to operate three times daily ... Belfast will be its first hub outside the... (International Herald Tribune)
Sinn Fein has hijacked the history of Ulster Aug 5, 2007
Driving up west Belfast s Divis Street last week, the scene of the fierce sectarian rioting that triggered the deployment of British troops 38 years ago, I noticed a gap in the murals that have adorned its walls for so many years, a visual barometer of the changing climate of the times ... What about Bloody Friday in 1972, when IRA car bombs in Belfast killed nine ... But Basra is not Belfast. (Times Online)
A death unmourned: the lonely end of the failed bomb-maker Aug 4, 2007
Kafeel had spent much of his youth in Bangalore, India's IT hub which is seen as a broadly secular city, and studied aeronautics at Cambridge and Belfast. However, examination of their background showed that the family had always been followers of a hardline, albeit non-violent, form of Islam. (Independent)
