Recently added articles from Antrim Times (Antrim, Ireland):

Archers target success at Greenmount.

Jul 03, 2008 ... GREENMOUNT Agricultural College will welcome archery teams from England, Scotland, Wales, Irish Republic, Northern Ireland, Holland, Jersey and Guernsey to the 25th Euronations Archery Championships this Saturday and Sunday. The Northern Ireland Archery Society (NIAS) last ...

Laptop theft warning.

Jul 01, 2008 ... THE PSNI is urging local people to take steps to help prevent the theft of laptops. Laptops are small and light, making them convenient to use but also easy to steal. By taking these simple steps, you can help prevent this from happening. Inspector David Connery, ...

Teen critical after accident.

Jul 01, 2008 ... AN 18-year-old man is critically ill following an accident involving two cars in outside Antrim at the weekend. The accident happened on the Quarterland Road at Dundrod on Saturday afternoon. ...

Local ladies champion Alzheimer's Society in Cambodia.

Jul 01, 2008 ... A DUO of business directors have raised a significant sum for the Alzheimer's Society via a 'wheely' big adventure in the Far East. Naomi Carey and Janet Montgomery, from Randalstown, directors of Hutchinson Homes, are renowned charity champions for the Society and have made a ...

Health Minister launches new children's service in Antrim.

Jul 01, 2008 ... HEALTH Minister Michael McGimpsey has 'laid the foundations' for a new children's service in Antrim. ?? The minister cut the first sod on the eight-bed residential facility at Springfarm, which received [pounds sterling]1.1 million of investment from his department. ...

Bath burglary.

Jul 01, 2008 ... POLICE are appealing for information after a bathroom suite was stolen from a new build dwelling under construction at Straidhavern Road, Nutts Corner. The burglary is believed to have occurred ...

Grammar students are real computer whizz kids.

Jul 01, 2008 ... YEAR 10 students at Antrim Grammar School have been investigating how ICT is used in various industries with groups of pupils asked to create a website and set up a display board to illustrate their findings. Company representatives from the ICT industry including Mr K ...

Randalstown enjoys festival fever.

Jul 01, 2008 ... IN spite of mixed weather conditions last week, Randalstown's annual Arches Festival managed to run all their events with the minimum of interruption by the weather. In fact some events like the Festival Gymkhana were run in unbroken sunshine to the delight of both organisers ...

McCrea hits out at wind turbine 'fiasco'.

Jul 01, 2008 ... SOUTH Antrim DUP MLA William McCrea has said that there are a number of serious questions to be answered by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development after it was revealed that a number of DARD-approved wind turbines, purchased by farmers with the assistance of the department, ...

Action needed to tackle poultry waste issue - Clarke.

Jul 01, 2008 ... DUP MLA for South Antrim Trevor Clarke has expressed concern over, what he claims is inaction by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development in relation to the need for off-farm solutions to disposal of poultry waste. Speaking after raising the issue at Question Time in ...

Logue welcomes allowance for nursing students.

Jul 01, 2008 ... LOCAL Sinn Fein councillor Annemarie Logue has welcomed the Health Minister, Michael McGimpsey's announcement of the introduction of a childcare allowance for nursing students in the north or Ireland. Nursing and Midwifery students with dependent children will now be entitled to ...

Police appeal over site thefts.

Jul 01, 2008 ... POLICE in Antrim are investigating a number of thefts from building sites and commercial premises, particularly in the Nutts Corner and Crumlin areas. If you see suspicious activity at these type of locations, for ...

Window damaged.

Jul 01, 2008 ... A WINDOW of a property at Loughview Apartments in Stiles Farm was damaged at the weekend. Police were called to the house at around 12.40am to find double glazed window ...

Burns welcomes facelift for Antrim station.

Jul 01, 2008 ... SDLP South Antrim MLA Thomas Burns has said work to refurbish Antrim Train station, which started this week, was very welcome, but added that local people felt it was 'long overdue'. Mr Burns said that most residents in Antrim would agree that the station is in need of a major ...

Lead stolen from houses.

Jul 01, 2008 ... A QUANTITY of lead has been stolen from properties in the Ballycraigy estate. Thieves struck at Heather Close on Thursday night, making off with nine metres of lead from a yard at the dwelling. Then on Friday night, ...

Vehicles seized in Randalstown.

Jul 01, 2008 ... CUSTOMS swooped on a property in Randalstown on Tuesday morning after police were alerted to two vehicles making ...

Car taken from Portglenone Rd.

Jul 01, 2008 ... A BLUE Vauxhall Astra has been stolen from the driveway of a dwellingon the Portglenone Road, Randalstown. The vehicle was taken from time between 7.30am and 6pm on Thursday. It is believed ...

Copper lighting stolen in Crumlin.

Jul 01, 2008 ... COPPER lighting protection strips have been stolen during a theft in Crumlin. Police were contacted on Wednesday morning to the Ballydonaghy Road, ...

Diesel stolen from building site.

Jul 01, 2008 ... A QUANTITY of diesel has been stolen from a building site in Antrim. The compound at the Craighill, Ballycraigy, site, was entered some time on Monday night and 250 ...

Golf clubs stolen from van.

Jul 01, 2008 ... TWO sets of golf clubs have been stolen from a vehicle parked at a hotel in Templepatrick. A camper van was broken into some time on Thursday night and the two sets of ...