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Northern Ireland News for October 2001 : Page 5
Northern Ireland News, Oct 22, 2001
Road accidents claim three lives
Three people have been killed on Northern Ireland’s roads over the weekend. Two teenage girls were killed in a car crash in County Down early on Sunday morning. Tammy Towers, 16, from Clagan Park, D...
Road accidents claim three lives
Three people have been killed on Northern Ireland’s roads over the weekend. Two teenage girls were killed in a car crash in County Down early on Sunday morning. Tammy Towers, 16, from Clagan Park, D...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 22, 2001
Second wave of police recruitment advertising launched
The second recruitment campaign for the new Police Service of Northern Ireland has been broadcast. The first showings of the commercial, which were launched by the Consensia Partnership, have already...
Second wave of police recruitment advertising launched
The second recruitment campaign for the new Police Service of Northern Ireland has been broadcast. The first showings of the commercial, which were launched by the Consensia Partnership, have already...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 22, 2001
Local pork processor has new owner following £35M deal
Northern Ireland's largest pork processing plant has a new owner following the acquisition of Malton Foods by Grampian Country for £35m. The plant in Cookstown, County Tyrone, which employs more than...
Local pork processor has new owner following £35M deal
Northern Ireland's largest pork processing plant has a new owner following the acquisition of Malton Foods by Grampian Country for £35m. The plant in Cookstown, County Tyrone, which employs more than...
Business News, Oct 22, 2001
Job candidates warned to keep their CV realistic
In a recruitment marketplace where the employer is king, job seekers are being warned they are losing touch with reality as they bid to stand out from the crowd. This is according to IT recruitment s...
Job candidates warned to keep their CV realistic
In a recruitment marketplace where the employer is king, job seekers are being warned they are losing touch with reality as they bid to stand out from the crowd. This is according to IT recruitment s...
Business News, Oct 22, 2001
FT launches Mastering People Management series
The eight-part ‘Mastering People Management’ series from the Financial Times has drawn on the combined expertise of the world’s leading business schools, providing an invaluable guide to the concepts ...
FT launches Mastering People Management series
The eight-part ‘Mastering People Management’ series from the Financial Times has drawn on the combined expertise of the world’s leading business schools, providing an invaluable guide to the concepts ...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 22, 2001
McGuinness under fire to end 11-plus
The Stormont Education minister Martin McGuinness has come under renewed pressure to scrap the controversial ‘11-plus’ examination system in Northern Ireland. A committee report on the Review of the ...
McGuinness under fire to end 11-plus
The Stormont Education minister Martin McGuinness has come under renewed pressure to scrap the controversial ‘11-plus’ examination system in Northern Ireland. A committee report on the Review of the ...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 22, 2001
Paisley leads DUP walkout of NI Assembly
DUP Leader Ian Paisley has taken his Democratic Unionist party out of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Dr Paisley led the walkout after he accused the British government of "double standards". In a pr...
Paisley leads DUP walkout of NI Assembly
DUP Leader Ian Paisley has taken his Democratic Unionist party out of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Dr Paisley led the walkout after he accused the British government of "double standards". In a pr...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 19, 2001
Politicians launch £18.5m children’s fund consultation
A major consultation into how an £18.5million fund for children in need and young people at risk should be operated, has been launched by Sir Reg Empey, Deputy First Minister Séamus Mallon, and Minist...
Politicians launch £18.5m children’s fund consultation
A major consultation into how an £18.5million fund for children in need and young people at risk should be operated, has been launched by Sir Reg Empey, Deputy First Minister Séamus Mallon, and Minist...
Business News, Oct 19, 2001
NIE nominated for ‘Business Oscars’
Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE) has reached the national finals of the UK Business Excellence Award for the second year running. A shortlist of seven companies will be competing for the award, kno...
NIE nominated for ‘Business Oscars’
Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE) has reached the national finals of the UK Business Excellence Award for the second year running. A shortlist of seven companies will be competing for the award, kno...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 19, 2001
Durkan addresses youth forum on making new law
A Youth Forum, aimed at encouraging young people to give their views on physical punishment of children in the home, has been opened by the Minister of Finance and Personnel, Mark Durkan. The forum, ...
Durkan addresses youth forum on making new law
A Youth Forum, aimed at encouraging young people to give their views on physical punishment of children in the home, has been opened by the Minister of Finance and Personnel, Mark Durkan. The forum, ...
Business News, Oct 19, 2001
Assembly member welcomes Unipork takeover
Ulster Unionist Assembly Member for Mid-Ulster, Billy Armstrong, has welcomed plans for the purchase of Unipork by Grampian Country Foods Group. Mr Armstrong said any fresh ideas and new investment i...
Assembly member welcomes Unipork takeover
Ulster Unionist Assembly Member for Mid-Ulster, Billy Armstrong, has welcomed plans for the purchase of Unipork by Grampian Country Foods Group. Mr Armstrong said any fresh ideas and new investment i...
Business News, Oct 19, 2001
Tourism Ireland confident of raising standards
Andrew Coppel, Chairman of Tourism Ireland, the new all island tourism body, has said that the tourism industry in Ireland can overcome the events and effects of the September 11 attacks on the United...
Tourism Ireland confident of raising standards
Andrew Coppel, Chairman of Tourism Ireland, the new all island tourism body, has said that the tourism industry in Ireland can overcome the events and effects of the September 11 attacks on the United...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 19, 2001
Start date announced for £13.6 million Toome Bypass
In his capacity as Regional Development Minister on Thursday, Gregory Campbell, announced an April 2002 start date for the £13.6 million Toome Bypass. The DUP member said that the contract for the de...
Start date announced for £13.6 million Toome Bypass
In his capacity as Regional Development Minister on Thursday, Gregory Campbell, announced an April 2002 start date for the £13.6 million Toome Bypass. The DUP member said that the contract for the de...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 19, 2001
Sinn Féin retain Westminster seat
A legal bid to oust Sinn Féin MP Michelle Gildernew from her Westminster seat has been rejected at Northern Ireland’s High Court. Ulster Unionist James Cooper’s had brought the case against Sinn Fein...
Sinn Féin retain Westminster seat
A legal bid to oust Sinn Féin MP Michelle Gildernew from her Westminster seat has been rejected at Northern Ireland’s High Court. Ulster Unionist James Cooper’s had brought the case against Sinn Fein...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 19, 2001
Cross border school and youth cooperation to receive major boost
Education Minister, Martin McGuinness, and Dr Michael Woods TD, Minister for Education and Science in Dublin, have announced EU funding of over five million euro to support cross-border school and you...
Cross border school and youth cooperation to receive major boost
Education Minister, Martin McGuinness, and Dr Michael Woods TD, Minister for Education and Science in Dublin, have announced EU funding of over five million euro to support cross-border school and you...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 19, 2001
RUC sick bill pushes up cost of policing province
It has been revealed that the £17 million figure for sickness leave in the RUC is the bill for just one third of the total sickness costs for the year. However, it is thought that this figure is only...
RUC sick bill pushes up cost of policing province
It has been revealed that the £17 million figure for sickness leave in the RUC is the bill for just one third of the total sickness costs for the year. However, it is thought that this figure is only...
Business News, Oct 19, 2001
Rolls-Royce axe 5,000 jobs worldwide
Aero-engine manufacturer Rolls Royce has announced the loss of 5,000 jobs as the company attempts to deal with a fall in demand throughout the aviation industry. Roll-Royce is cutting back almost 10 ...
Rolls-Royce axe 5,000 jobs worldwide
Aero-engine manufacturer Rolls Royce has announced the loss of 5,000 jobs as the company attempts to deal with a fall in demand throughout the aviation industry. Roll-Royce is cutting back almost 10 ...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 19, 2001
Talks centre on UUP’s withdrawal from Assembly
The Minister for Foreign Affairs Brian Cowen and the Northern Ireland Secretary Dr John Reid have said they welcomed statements by the Ulster Unionist Party that their ministers will return to the Exe...
Talks centre on UUP’s withdrawal from Assembly
The Minister for Foreign Affairs Brian Cowen and the Northern Ireland Secretary Dr John Reid have said they welcomed statements by the Ulster Unionist Party that their ministers will return to the Exe...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 19, 2001
Marks and Spencer reopens revamped Belfast store
Marks and Spencer have reopened their store at Donegall Place following a £1.5 million revamp of the outlet that first opened its doors in 1967. In a bid to rekindle Marks and Sparks image for the 21...
Marks and Spencer reopens revamped Belfast store
Marks and Spencer have reopened their store at Donegall Place following a £1.5 million revamp of the outlet that first opened its doors in 1967. In a bid to rekindle Marks and Sparks image for the 21...
Business News, Oct 19, 2001
Jobs redundancies as Lamont pull out of NI
The textiles group Lamont Holdings has announced that it has formally withdrawn from Northern Ireland. The pull out follows news of the replacement of current CEO Dick Milliken with Bill Gleave who i...
Jobs redundancies as Lamont pull out of NI
The textiles group Lamont Holdings has announced that it has formally withdrawn from Northern Ireland. The pull out follows news of the replacement of current CEO Dick Milliken with Bill Gleave who i...
Business News, Oct 19, 2001
Northern Ireland Equality Challenge Unit launched
Alan Shannon, Permanent Secretary at the Department for Employment and Learning, has launched the Northern Ireland Equality Challenge Unit. It is hoped that the Unit, which has been set up within the...
Northern Ireland Equality Challenge Unit launched
Alan Shannon, Permanent Secretary at the Department for Employment and Learning, has launched the Northern Ireland Equality Challenge Unit. It is hoped that the Unit, which has been set up within the...
Business News, Oct 19, 2001
Shareholders to get say on directors' pay
In a bid to strengthen the link between boardroom pay and a company’s performance, the UK government has unveiled proposals to give shareholders the right to block ‘fat-cat’ pay rises. Trade and Indu...
Shareholders to get say on directors' pay
In a bid to strengthen the link between boardroom pay and a company’s performance, the UK government has unveiled proposals to give shareholders the right to block ‘fat-cat’ pay rises. Trade and Indu...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 19, 2001
Couple remanded in custody after major bomb find
A County Tyrone husband and wife have appeared in court charged in connection with the discovery of a 130lb-primed bomb. Unemployed joiner Steven John Daly, 28, and his 25-year-old wife Helen Marie D...
Couple remanded in custody after major bomb find
A County Tyrone husband and wife have appeared in court charged in connection with the discovery of a 130lb-primed bomb. Unemployed joiner Steven John Daly, 28, and his 25-year-old wife Helen Marie D...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 19, 2001
Fresh anthrax alert in County Antrim
A fresh anthrax alert has been reported in Northern Ireland in the wake of five cases which were identified as hoaxes this week. The Royal Ulster Constabulary have said a household at Windsor Crescen...
Fresh anthrax alert in County Antrim
A fresh anthrax alert has been reported in Northern Ireland in the wake of five cases which were identified as hoaxes this week. The Royal Ulster Constabulary have said a household at Windsor Crescen...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 18, 2001
Midnight withdrawal of UUP ministers
Ulster Unionist Party leader David Trimble has announced the resignation of the three UUP ministers in the Northern Ireland’s power sharing executive. Mr Trimble made the announcement at Stormont aro...
Midnight withdrawal of UUP ministers
Ulster Unionist Party leader David Trimble has announced the resignation of the three UUP ministers in the Northern Ireland’s power sharing executive. Mr Trimble made the announcement at Stormont aro...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 18, 2001
Father Troy meets with Irish President and Taoiseach
The chairman of the Board of Governors of Holy Cross Primary School Father Aidan Troy has met with the Irish Taoiseach and Irish President in an effort to end the dispute surrounding the school. Fath...
Father Troy meets with Irish President and Taoiseach
The chairman of the Board of Governors of Holy Cross Primary School Father Aidan Troy has met with the Irish Taoiseach and Irish President in an effort to end the dispute surrounding the school. Fath...
Business News, Oct 18, 2001
Travel and tourism sector faces skills shortage
The travel and tourism industry has a strong demand for well-qualified staff and expects a skills shortage in the longer term, said Sir Ian Prosser the Chairman of the Six Continents Group that owns 3...
Travel and tourism sector faces skills shortage
The travel and tourism industry has a strong demand for well-qualified staff and expects a skills shortage in the longer term, said Sir Ian Prosser the Chairman of the Six Continents Group that owns 3...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 18, 2001
Translink director appeals for end to attacks on buses
At a Northern Ireland Translink Holding Company meeting delegates heard Managing Director Ted Hesketh publicly appeal for an end to the increasing attacks on buses throughout the province. Speaking o...
Translink director appeals for end to attacks on buses
At a Northern Ireland Translink Holding Company meeting delegates heard Managing Director Ted Hesketh publicly appeal for an end to the increasing attacks on buses throughout the province. Speaking o...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 18, 2001
Minister welcomes tourism blueprint
Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment, Sir Reg Empey, has commended the Northern Ireland Hotels Federation (NIHF) on the production of the ‘Blueprint for Tourism’, a report commissioned by the...
Minister welcomes tourism blueprint
Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment, Sir Reg Empey, has commended the Northern Ireland Hotels Federation (NIHF) on the production of the ‘Blueprint for Tourism’, a report commissioned by the...
Business News, Oct 18, 2001
Retail sales report reveals spending slowdown
The latest report on retail sales shows that High Street sales growth slowed in September. The monthly report produced by the UK Office of National Statistics (ONS) revealed that sales grew by a mode...
Retail sales report reveals spending slowdown
The latest report on retail sales shows that High Street sales growth slowed in September. The monthly report produced by the UK Office of National Statistics (ONS) revealed that sales grew by a mode...
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Northern Ireland WeatherToday:A rather cloudy but mainly dry day with just the odd shower. Best chance of any brightness will be across northern and eastern counties. Mild. Maximum temperature 11 °C.Tonight:Another cloudy and mild night with the odd spot of rain. More widespread outbreaks of rain will spread southeast late in the night. Minimum temperature 7 °C.
