Month: March 2009

Two Post Office branches in County Tyrone have been successfully shortlisted for the prestigious award of Best Post Office in Northern Ireland in the 2009 People’s Post Office Awards, in association with NS&I. Customers’ have voted them the best in the region because of the exceptional service offered by the Post Office teams in providing…

Research published by the Health Promotion Agency for Northern Ireland (HPA) details for the first time the extent to which children here are exposed to second-hand smoke. The study, which investigated children’s exposure before and after the April 2007 smoke-free legislation, found that the legislation has had some important impacts on children’s exposure to second-hand…

The Denny Irish Junior Surf Team to compete at the 2009 Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championship is scheduled to depart Dublin airport on Wednesday 25th March. The team will be travelling to Salinas, Ecuador to join over forty surfing nations form around the World for this prestigious surfing event. A team of twelve will…

RSPB CALLS ON GOVERNMENT TO INCREASE COMMITMENT TO ONSHORE WIND BWEA, the UK’s leading renewable energy association, welcomed today RSPB’s “Positive Planning for Onshore Wind” report, which sets out how to significantly expand UK’s onshore wind capacity. Evidence shows that it is possible to develop onshore wind farms, without damage to wildlife. Maria McCaffery, Chief…

Loving sons and daughters in Strabane can see their mothers jump for joy this Mother’s Day (Sunday 22 March 2009) by giving the uniquely exhilarating gift of an RNID skydive on the weekend of her choice. RNID Northern Ireland, the largest charity representing the 219,000 people in Northern Ireland who are deaf or hard of…

More than 100 MPs (106 at the last count) have now signed Early Day Motion 123, calling on the government to put its weight behind the development of concentrating solar power (CSP) in desert regions and a ‘supergrid’ of low-loss transmission lines spanning the whole of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. Dr Howard…

The Ulster Cancer Foundation (UCF) is holding a one-day conference entitled ‘Living Well with Cancer’ to provide information and support to all those affected by cancer. The conference will take place on Saturday 28th March at the Glenavon House Hotel, Drum Road, Cookstown.  The conference has been devised to provide relevant and up-to-date information for…

Alliance Party European Election Candidate Ian James Parsley today addressed a meeting of Alliance activists. He said that given recent events Northern Ireland needs unity and positive leadership here, and in the European Parliament. Ian James Parsley stated: “People across the community have hope for a better future. They want leadership that will show this…

The Western Health and Social Care Trust (Western Trust) are raising awareness of its Smoke Free Policy for this year’s National No Smoking Day on 11 March 2009. From 10 March 2009, the Western Trust became a totally smoke free Trust. That means that smoking is no longer permitted on any of the Western Trust’s…

PLM Promotions has just released the full line-up for Live In The Park in Newcastle on Friday 19th June. A collection of some of the most individually creative, genre-defying and original acts in electronic music will support headline act The Prodigy in the Co. Down town. They are Hot Chip (DJ set), Zane Lowe (Radio…