http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/northern_ireland/ The latest stories from the Northern Ireland section of the BBC News web site. en-gb Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:56:36 GMT Copyright: (C) British Broadcasting Corporation, see http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/help/rss/4498287.stm for terms and conditions of reuse. http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/nol/shared/img/bbc_news_120x60.gif http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/northern_ireland/ 120 60 15 A man in his 20s has shot himself in a hairdressers in Dungannon, County Tyrone. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-northern-ireland-16880961 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-16880961 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:43:27 GMT A man accused of murdering Constable Stephen Carroll tried to collect information on another policeman for republicans, a court hears. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-northern-ireland-16879002 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-16879002 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:04:53 GMT Keith Earls withdraws from Ireland's team for Sunday's Six Nations clash against Wales for family reasons and is replaced by Fergus McFadden. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/16789638 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/16789638 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:55:41 GMT A 58-year-old man is arrested in relation to an overnight house fire in Newtownabbey, County Antrim. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-northern-ireland-16866954 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-16866954 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:16:04 GMT Ulster Bank staff are given details of redundancy terms on offer but they have been rejected by the finance union, the Irish Bank Officials' Association. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-northern-ireland-16873680 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-16873680 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:28:38 GMT A man previously accused of murdering the Sunday World journalist Martin O'Hagan has been jailed for three years. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-northern-ireland-16867872 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-16867872 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:05:01 GMT Belfast's new £18m Metropolitan Arts centre - MAC - is prepares to open its doors in the city's Cathedral Quarter. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-northern-ireland-16873061 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-16873061 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:15:44 GMT The daughter of a man charged with the murder of Philip Strickland in Comber appears in court charged with withholding information relating to the case. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-northern-ireland-16873685 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-16873685 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:35:21 GMT A former Indian international cricketer is convicted of sexually abusing a teenage boy more than 30 years ago. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-northern-ireland-16879008 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-16879008 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:46:01 GMT Police are trying to identify a man involved in a number of "flashing" incidents in the Poleglass area in recent months. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-northern-ireland-16879001 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-16879001 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:11:11 GMT A County Tyrone man is charged with trying to import £265,000 worth of drugs into Northern Ireland. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-northern-ireland-16879274 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-16879274 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:26:17 GMT A County Armagh haulage company closes with the loss of more than 50 jobs. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-northern-ireland-16867875 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-16867875 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:55:10 GMT Justice Minister David Ford publishes proposals to recover legal aid costs from wealthy defendants in the Crown Court. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-northern-ireland-16875682 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-16875682 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:36:32 GMT A bomb alert in County Down is declared a hoax http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-northern-ireland-16867880 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-16867880 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:50:17 GMT Northern Ireland's bowel cancer screening programme is to be extended with more people being targeted across all of the health trusts. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-northern-ireland-16861939 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-16861939 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:15:47 GMT Police are investigating the suspected poisoning of two cats found dead by a member of the public in Lisburn. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-northern-ireland-16872957 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-16872957 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:49:48 GMT Two people are treated in hospital following an aggravated burglary in east Belfast. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-northern-ireland-16866970 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-16866970 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:51:55 GMT Water sample results carried out on taps that have been replaced at Altnagelvin's neonatal unit have shown no trace of the bacteria infection pseudomonas. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-16874492 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-16874492 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:14:55 GMT The Policing Board has urged the PSNI to do more to protect children and young people from paramilitary-style attacks. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-16867455 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-16867455 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:00:00 GMT A man with 225 previous convictions has been remanded in custody, accused of assaulting his partner on Thursday. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-16874489 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-16874489 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:39:02 GMT The court service spent around £120,000 refurbishing Strabane courthouse, which has been earmarked for possible closure. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-16850338 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-16850338 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:14:01 GMT A Dublin solicitor appears in court charged with a 50m euro (£42m) fraud. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-europe-16875686 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16875686 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:11:56 GMT Irish justice minister Alan Shatter is considering calls for an investigation of the former Protestant-run Bethany Home in Dublin. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-northern-ireland-16866956 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-16866956 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:14:03 GMT The family of Fermanagh businessman Sean Quinn begin a legal challenge to a claim they owe the former Anglo Irish Bank over 2.3bn euros. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-northern-ireland-16854331 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-16854331 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:11:03 GMT An investment company closely associated with U2 singer Bono stands to make up to $800m (£506m) as a result of Facebook's stock market flotation. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-europe-16852514 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16852514 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:03:21 GMT Hollywood actor Martin Sheen says he is proud of his uncle's IRA past. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-northern-ireland-16875750 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-16875750 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:15:05 GMT The Comber Greenway cycle route is to be extended through east Belfast to link up with the Titanic Quarter. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-northern-ireland-16866963 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-16866963 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:41:33 GMT A conflict resolution centre built on the site of the Maze prison will be no shrine to IRA, says DUP MP. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-northern-ireland-16866960 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-16866960 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:23:52 GMT Justice Minister David Ford says the number of people going to prison for unpaid fines is "not acceptable". http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-northern-ireland-16866966 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-16866966 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:21:35 GMT Strangford assembly member David McNarry is set to face disciplinary action by the Ulster Unionist Party. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-northern-ireland-16861936 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-16861936 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:00:10 GMT One of Northern Ireland's largest hotel groups reports a pre-tax loss of £229,000 for the financial year to April 2011. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-northern-ireland-16878735 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-16878735 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:35:07 GMT Gas prices are set to fall for many households in Northern Ireland later this spring. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-northern-ireland-16856842 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-16856842 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:17:37 GMT Administrators of a failed Belfast property firm take control of antique paintings and a 500 acre Scottish estate. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-northern-ireland-16838773 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-16838773 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:27:49 GMT A County Fermanagh housing developer, Fider Homes, confirms that its bank loans have been moved to Nama. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-northern-ireland-16824413 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-16824413 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:18:38 GMT Paddy Barnes is on course to make the Olympic Games after retaining his Irish light-flyweight title on Friday night. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/boxing/16868706 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/boxing/16868706 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:13:37 GMT Linfield goalkeeper Alan Blayney is predicting a tight tussle with inform Crusaders in Saturday's Premiership encounter at Windsor Park. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/16877557 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/16877557 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:38:44 GMT Armagh boss Paddy O'Rourke names five National League debutants for Sunday's Division 1 opener against Cork at the Athletic Grounds http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/northern-ireland/16869989 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/northern-ireland/16869989 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:08:49 GMT Health Minister Edwin Poots gave an update on the pseudomonas bacterial infection in the neo-natal unit at Belfast's Royal Jubliee Maternity Hospital, on 31 January 2012. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/democracylive/hi/northern_ireland/newsid_9689000/9689712.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/northern_ireland/newsid_9689000/9689712.stm Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:29:48 GMT Eighteen million pounds of European funding is approved for building the contentious conflict transformation centre on the site of the former Maze prison. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-northern-ireland-16858435 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-16858435 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:59:02 GMT Belfast City Council releases details of what it says amounts to a £150m investment programme in the city over the next three years. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-northern-ireland-16845490 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-16845490 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:58:30 GMT Lord Saville tells BBC Newsline that he is pleased his report into the events of Bloody Sunday seems to have advanced the cause of peace. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-northern-ireland-16824406 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-16824406 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:13:43 GMT BBC Newsline's political correspondent Martina Purdy has been assessing the fallout at Stormont after Strangford MLA David McNarry walked away from the Ulster Unionist's assembly team. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-northern-ireland-16801799 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-16801799 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:58:57 GMT A new photography exhibition immortalizes the drawing offices where the Titanic was designed. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-northern-ireland-16840275 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-16840275 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:32:50 GMT BBC NI marks 30th anniversary of the Belfast drama http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-northern-ireland-16875745 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-16875745 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:17:41 GMT HET report helps shot soldier's family http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-northern-ireland-16852509 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-16852509 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:03:28 GMT Darran McCann celebrates the highs and lows of his first novel. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-northern-ireland-16871197 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-16871197 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:35:53 GMT The Irish soldiers who fought for Britain during World War II http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-northern-ireland-16860217 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-16860217 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:20:01 GMT