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Northern Ireland News for October 2001 : Page 4
Northern Ireland News, Oct 24, 2001
Out-of-schools project opens in Londonderry
The Permanent Secretary at the Department for Social Development John Hunter has officially opened the Creggan Early Years Network (CEYN) ‘Out-of-Schools’ project at Rath Mor in County Londonderry. T...
Out-of-schools project opens in Londonderry
The Permanent Secretary at the Department for Social Development John Hunter has officially opened the Creggan Early Years Network (CEYN) ‘Out-of-Schools’ project at Rath Mor in County Londonderry. T...
Business News, Oct 24, 2001
NI Civil Service boss addresses banking conference
The Head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service Gerry Loughran has told the Irish Bank Officials Association’s Conference that the new institutions created by the devolved power-sharing executive in No...
NI Civil Service boss addresses banking conference
The Head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service Gerry Loughran has told the Irish Bank Officials Association’s Conference that the new institutions created by the devolved power-sharing executive in No...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 24, 2001
Call for abolition of 11-plus welcomed
The Burns report has recommended an end to post-primary education selection on the basis of an 11-plus test. The report was ordered by Education Minister Martin McGuinness following criticism of the ...
Call for abolition of 11-plus welcomed
The Burns report has recommended an end to post-primary education selection on the basis of an 11-plus test. The report was ordered by Education Minister Martin McGuinness following criticism of the ...
Business News, Oct 24, 2001
Northern Ireland is Best for Business in the UK
The Business to Business Bridge Programme, part of the Northern Ireland Business in the Community initiative, has been voted Best for Business in the UK. The programme picked up the top award at the ...
Northern Ireland is Best for Business in the UK
The Business to Business Bridge Programme, part of the Northern Ireland Business in the Community initiative, has been voted Best for Business in the UK. The programme picked up the top award at the ...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 24, 2001
Rescue bid mounted for Ulster Aerospace firm
A rescue bid to save the troubled aerospace plant run by B/E Aerospace and 320 jobs in Kilkeel has been put together by trade groups in Northern Ireland. The package proposed by the Department of Ent...
Rescue bid mounted for Ulster Aerospace firm
A rescue bid to save the troubled aerospace plant run by B/E Aerospace and 320 jobs in Kilkeel has been put together by trade groups in Northern Ireland. The package proposed by the Department of Ent...
Business News, Oct 23, 2001
Vehicle manufacturing sector under threat
Car-makers have warned British MPs of the huge financial costs threatening the economic future of vehicle manufacturers if a European Union directive about scrapping old cars is implemented. Under th...
Vehicle manufacturing sector under threat
Car-makers have warned British MPs of the huge financial costs threatening the economic future of vehicle manufacturers if a European Union directive about scrapping old cars is implemented. Under th...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 23, 2001
Key witness disappears in Colombia
It has been revealed that a key witness in the case against three Irish republicans detained in Colombia has disappeared. The news comes in the wake of an admission from Sinn Féin President Gerry Ada...
Key witness disappears in Colombia
It has been revealed that a key witness in the case against three Irish republicans detained in Colombia has disappeared. The news comes in the wake of an admission from Sinn Féin President Gerry Ada...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 23, 2001
Anthrax alert at US Consulate in Belfast
Two employees at the American Consulate in Belfast have been taken to hospital after coming into contact with a white powder contained in the post. A package was being taken for x-ray when one of the...
Anthrax alert at US Consulate in Belfast
Two employees at the American Consulate in Belfast have been taken to hospital after coming into contact with a white powder contained in the post. A package was being taken for x-ray when one of the...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 23, 2001
Health chiefs warn of increase in syphilis
Health chiefs have warned that there has been a five-fold increase in the number of people infected with syphilis in the province. Chief Medical Officer, Dr Henrietta Campbell, said that so far this ...
Health chiefs warn of increase in syphilis
Health chiefs have warned that there has been a five-fold increase in the number of people infected with syphilis in the province. Chief Medical Officer, Dr Henrietta Campbell, said that so far this ...
Business News, Oct 23, 2001
SkyBlue sets out to exploit ex-Service personnel skills
SkyBlue, one of the UK’s leading specialist recruitment agencies, is aiming to target up to 15,000 servicemen and women who leave the UK armed forces each year, to help meet the growing demand for ski...
SkyBlue sets out to exploit ex-Service personnel skills
SkyBlue, one of the UK’s leading specialist recruitment agencies, is aiming to target up to 15,000 servicemen and women who leave the UK armed forces each year, to help meet the growing demand for ski...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 23, 2001
Shorts acted hastily on jobs cuts say unions
Union representatives at Shorts in Belfast have hit out angrily at senior management who they said acted hastily in announcing compulsory redundancies. The unions were incensed at news that Canadian ...
Shorts acted hastily on jobs cuts say unions
Union representatives at Shorts in Belfast have hit out angrily at senior management who they said acted hastily in announcing compulsory redundancies. The unions were incensed at news that Canadian ...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 23, 2001
IRA move on decommissioning welcomed
The Ulster Unionist Leader David Trimble has announced that he is to recommend to his party the reconstituting of the Northern Ireland executive after the IRA confirmed it had put weapons beyond use. ...
IRA move on decommissioning welcomed
The Ulster Unionist Leader David Trimble has announced that he is to recommend to his party the reconstituting of the Northern Ireland executive after the IRA confirmed it had put weapons beyond use. ...
Business News, Oct 23, 2001
Belfast tech company gets share of multi-million pound deal
One of Europe’s leading customer relationship management (CRM) software players, Amacis is set to share in a deal worth £650 million. The Belfast company, which has sales offices in London, Boston an...
Belfast tech company gets share of multi-million pound deal
One of Europe’s leading customer relationship management (CRM) software players, Amacis is set to share in a deal worth £650 million. The Belfast company, which has sales offices in London, Boston an...
Business News, Oct 23, 2001
Open + Direct hails best ever Internet credit success
Belfast-based financial services company Open + Direct has celebrated its best ever month of retail credit business carried out over the Internet. Brushing aside gloomy predictions by some analysts, ...
Open + Direct hails best ever Internet credit success
Belfast-based financial services company Open + Direct has celebrated its best ever month of retail credit business carried out over the Internet. Brushing aside gloomy predictions by some analysts, ...
Business News, Oct 23, 2001
Northbrook Technology confirmed as Lanyon Place tenant
The landmark Lanyon Place development in Belfast has confirmed IT company Northbrook Technology as its second major tenant. The company, which has acquired 70,000 sq ft of office space, is currently ...
Northbrook Technology confirmed as Lanyon Place tenant
The landmark Lanyon Place development in Belfast has confirmed IT company Northbrook Technology as its second major tenant. The company, which has acquired 70,000 sq ft of office space, is currently ...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 23, 2001
Strangford ferry completes sea trials
The new £2.7 million Strangford Lough ferry – the MV Portaferry II – was formally handed over to the Department for Regional Development’s Roads Service on Tuesday October 23 by shipbuilders McTay Mar...
Strangford ferry completes sea trials
The new £2.7 million Strangford Lough ferry – the MV Portaferry II – was formally handed over to the Department for Regional Development’s Roads Service on Tuesday October 23 by shipbuilders McTay Mar...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 23, 2001
Trimble accepts commencement of IRA decommissioning
Following the IRA statement on decommissioning made on Tuesday and a meeting with the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning (IICD), the Ulster Unionists have accepted that the IRA ha...
Trimble accepts commencement of IRA decommissioning
Following the IRA statement on decommissioning made on Tuesday and a meeting with the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning (IICD), the Ulster Unionists have accepted that the IRA ha...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 23, 2001
Debenhams poised to open Londonderry store
Department store chain Debenhams is set to create 500 jobs by opening two new stores in Bradford and Londonderry. The new stores are part of the company’s ongoing expansion programme which will finis...
Debenhams poised to open Londonderry store
Department store chain Debenhams is set to create 500 jobs by opening two new stores in Bradford and Londonderry. The new stores are part of the company’s ongoing expansion programme which will finis...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 23, 2001
Six NI towns apply for prestigious city status
Six towns in Northern Ireland have applied for the highly esteemed city status in a competition to mark the Queen’s golden jubilee next year. The Lord Chancellor’s Department said a total of 42 towns...
Six NI towns apply for prestigious city status
Six towns in Northern Ireland have applied for the highly esteemed city status in a competition to mark the Queen’s golden jubilee next year. The Lord Chancellor’s Department said a total of 42 towns...
Business News, Oct 23, 2001
Unions brand BT demerger as “insane”
The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has mounted an eleventh hour bid to save BT from inflicting “insane” damage on the company by a demerger. The union lobbied Tuesday’s extraordinary meeting of BT...
Unions brand BT demerger as “insane”
The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has mounted an eleventh hour bid to save BT from inflicting “insane” damage on the company by a demerger. The union lobbied Tuesday’s extraordinary meeting of BT...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 23, 2001
Police investigate sexual assault in West Belfast
The RUC in Belfast are looking for two men and two women in connection with an alleged sexual assault in the west of the city early on Tuesday morning. At around midnight residents in the Slieveban D...
Police investigate sexual assault in West Belfast
The RUC in Belfast are looking for two men and two women in connection with an alleged sexual assault in the west of the city early on Tuesday morning. At around midnight residents in the Slieveban D...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 22, 2001
Two young girls caught in north Belfast bomb blast
Two young girls are recovering in hospital after being injured by blast bomb in north Belfast on Sunday. The attack which left an eight-year-old girl with a shrapnel wound to her back and an 11-year-...
Two young girls caught in north Belfast bomb blast
Two young girls are recovering in hospital after being injured by blast bomb in north Belfast on Sunday. The attack which left an eight-year-old girl with a shrapnel wound to her back and an 11-year-...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 22, 2001
Local companies top Irish design awards success
Northern Ireland companies came out tops at the Designers in Ireland Design Awards held for the first time in the Waterfront Hall, Belfast at the weekend. Local designers took the top prize in seven ...
Local companies top Irish design awards success
Northern Ireland companies came out tops at the Designers in Ireland Design Awards held for the first time in the Waterfront Hall, Belfast at the weekend. Local designers took the top prize in seven ...
Business News, Oct 22, 2001
Construction industry critical to growth of local economy
The construction industry is critically important for the future growth of our economy, Minister for Employment and Learning, Dr Sean Farren, has said at the finals of the prestigious Skillbuild UK co...
Construction industry critical to growth of local economy
The construction industry is critically important for the future growth of our economy, Minister for Employment and Learning, Dr Sean Farren, has said at the finals of the prestigious Skillbuild UK co...
Business News, Oct 22, 2001
British bosses are the "hardest working in Europe"
Britain’s bosses are the hardest working in Europe, according to a report which was commissioned by business printer manufacturer Lexmark. The report found that 33 per cent of UK bosses work every we...
British bosses are the "hardest working in Europe"
Britain’s bosses are the hardest working in Europe, according to a report which was commissioned by business printer manufacturer Lexmark. The report found that 33 per cent of UK bosses work every we...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 22, 2001
Belfast City Hall embraces eco-friendly energy policy
Belfast City Council has officially launched its new environment friendly Energy Policy that will see services carried out throughout the city gradually switching to renewable energy supply. Launchin...
Belfast City Hall embraces eco-friendly energy policy
Belfast City Council has officially launched its new environment friendly Energy Policy that will see services carried out throughout the city gradually switching to renewable energy supply. Launchin...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 22, 2001
Sinn Féin call on IRA to decommission
Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams has delivered a “significant speech” in the wake of growing speculation over IRA disarmament. At a press conference in Conway Mills in West Belfast Mr Adams, in what a...
Sinn Féin call on IRA to decommission
Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams has delivered a “significant speech” in the wake of growing speculation over IRA disarmament. At a press conference in Conway Mills in West Belfast Mr Adams, in what a...
Business News, Oct 22, 2001
Shoppers credited with UK economic resilience
The latest quarterly report by the Ernst & Young Item Club indicates that the UK should be able to avoid falling into recession despite the slowdown affecting other countries around the world. The re...
Shoppers credited with UK economic resilience
The latest quarterly report by the Ernst & Young Item Club indicates that the UK should be able to avoid falling into recession despite the slowdown affecting other countries around the world. The re...
Business News, Oct 22, 2001
Education Board hosts Special Careers Convention
The Belfast Education and Library Board, in partnership with Northern Ireland Business Education Partnership (NIBEP), has hosted the second Special Schools Careers Convention. As the only event of it...
Education Board hosts Special Careers Convention
The Belfast Education and Library Board, in partnership with Northern Ireland Business Education Partnership (NIBEP), has hosted the second Special Schools Careers Convention. As the only event of it...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 22, 2001
Adams admits Sinn Fein link with Colombian trio
Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has admitted one of three Irishmen detained in Colombia was Sinn Fein's representative in Cuba. Mr Adams revealed on Monday October 22 that Niall Connolly’s appointmen...
Adams admits Sinn Fein link with Colombian trio
Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has admitted one of three Irishmen detained in Colombia was Sinn Fein's representative in Cuba. Mr Adams revealed on Monday October 22 that Niall Connolly’s appointmen...
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Northern Ireland WeatherThis Evening and Tonight:Apart from a little patchy drizzle it will be a dry evening and night with variable amounts of cloud. A few mist and fog patches forming. Minimum temperature 7 °C.
