April 2015

“turning attacks on flags into a tax on flags” – launch of FlagIt app for Apple & Android

Alan Meban (Alan in Belfast) on April 1, 2015, 7:41 am | Readers 1553

Responding to sustained protests over the absence of the Union Flag above many Northern Ireland public buildings, the FlagIt app has been released in Apple and Android online stores this morning, priced £2.29. Users of FlagIt can add a missing flag to any picture or video that contains an empty flagpole. And if they hold up their mobile device and look through it in front of a public building, the app will seamlessly insert a fluttering Union Flag. FlagIt relies …

Northern Ireland Water charges to rise…

Pete Baker on April 1, 2015, 12:44 am | Readers 911

As the BBC reported on 27 March Northern Ireland Water is putting up charges to its 80,000 non-domestic customers from April – the first price rise in three years. The company said the increase would average out at 2.4%. The main factor “dictating this increase” is a £14m rise, or doubling, of its rates bill, following a revaluation carried out of all local businesses last year. In the previous two financial years, Northern Ireland Water cut its tariffs. Businesses and …