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Northern Ireland News for November 2001 : Page 3
Northern Ireland News, Nov 26, 2001
Belfast primary school targeted in arson attack
More than 100 primary six and primary seven pupils at a Belfast school have been told not to attend school after an arson attack at the weekend damaged classrooms. In all three classrooms at St Anne...
Belfast primary school targeted in arson attack
More than 100 primary six and primary seven pupils at a Belfast school have been told not to attend school after an arson attack at the weekend damaged classrooms. In all three classrooms at St Anne...
Business News, Nov 26, 2001
CBI predicts rough ride before UK recovers
The CBI has predicted a painful year ahead for British businesses even if the UK manages to avoid a fully-fledged recession. Revealing their projections for the forthcoming year, the CBI forecasts a...
CBI predicts rough ride before UK recovers
The CBI has predicted a painful year ahead for British businesses even if the UK manages to avoid a fully-fledged recession. Revealing their projections for the forthcoming year, the CBI forecasts a...
Business News, Nov 26, 2001
Survey suggests UK economy is still resilient
A new survey from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has suggested that the UK’s economy is out-performing those of most other developed countries. While still emphasi...
Survey suggests UK economy is still resilient
A new survey from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has suggested that the UK’s economy is out-performing those of most other developed countries. While still emphasi...
Business News, Nov 26, 2001
Consignia’s pre-tax losses climb to £100 million
Consignia has announced a half-year operating loss of £100 million before tax and exceptional items. This compares to a loss of £20 million for the same period a year ago, and after accounting for e...
Consignia’s pre-tax losses climb to £100 million
Consignia has announced a half-year operating loss of £100 million before tax and exceptional items. This compares to a loss of £20 million for the same period a year ago, and after accounting for e...
Business News, Nov 26, 2001
Partnership aims to bring intranet to local government
Antrim-based Consilium Technologies has announced the signing of a partnership agreement with a leading supplier of Intranet solutions Definitive Applications. Under the agreement, Definitive has ap...
Partnership aims to bring intranet to local government
Antrim-based Consilium Technologies has announced the signing of a partnership agreement with a leading supplier of Intranet solutions Definitive Applications. Under the agreement, Definitive has ap...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 26, 2001
Empey to promote NI business in China
Stormont trade minister Sir Reg Empey will be in China next week in support of the biggest ever trade mission to Hong Kong and China organised by Trade International Northern Ireland, the export and t...
Empey to promote NI business in China
Stormont trade minister Sir Reg Empey will be in China next week in support of the biggest ever trade mission to Hong Kong and China organised by Trade International Northern Ireland, the export and t...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 26, 2001
Finucane accused case collapses
The case against the man charged with aiding and abetting in the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane 12 years ago has collapsed. Lord Chief Justice Sir Robert Carswell returned a verdict of not...
Finucane accused case collapses
The case against the man charged with aiding and abetting in the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane 12 years ago has collapsed. Lord Chief Justice Sir Robert Carswell returned a verdict of not...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 26, 2001
Lord Cullen speaks out on health and safety issues
Lord Cullen, the Lord Justice-General of Scotland, has opened the first in a series of high profile lectures launched by the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI), in partnership wi...
Lord Cullen speaks out on health and safety issues
Lord Cullen, the Lord Justice-General of Scotland, has opened the first in a series of high profile lectures launched by the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI), in partnership wi...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 26, 2001
Loyalist protest at Holy Cross ends
Catholic children have walked to the Holy Cross primary school in north Belfast without running the gauntlet of loyalist protestors for the first time in three months. Residents in the Glenbryn esta...
Loyalist protest at Holy Cross ends
Catholic children have walked to the Holy Cross primary school in north Belfast without running the gauntlet of loyalist protestors for the first time in three months. Residents in the Glenbryn esta...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 26, 2001
Tenants to benefit from landlord licensing scheme
A new scheme is to be introduced that will see standards of accommodation raised for thousands of tenants in Northern Ireland. Launched by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE) on Monday 26 ...
Tenants to benefit from landlord licensing scheme
A new scheme is to be introduced that will see standards of accommodation raised for thousands of tenants in Northern Ireland. Launched by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE) on Monday 26 ...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 26, 2001
Mixed marriages in NI are becoming more acceptable
Mixed marriages between Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland are becoming more acceptable and popular according to new research from the University of Ulster. The findings, part of the Life...
Mixed marriages in NI are becoming more acceptable
Mixed marriages between Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland are becoming more acceptable and popular according to new research from the University of Ulster. The findings, part of the Life...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 26, 2001
National Trust celebrates view of Northern Ireland
Some of the province’s most famous landmarks have been celebrated in the first-ever Northern Ireland calendar from the National Trust. Featuring images of Trust properties from across the province, ...
National Trust celebrates view of Northern Ireland
Some of the province’s most famous landmarks have been celebrated in the first-ever Northern Ireland calendar from the National Trust. Featuring images of Trust properties from across the province, ...
Business News, Nov 26, 2001
Minister consults on open-ended investment companies
The Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment has pledged a commitment from his department to providing a modern financial services regulatory framework in Northern Ireland relevant to the needs o...
Minister consults on open-ended investment companies
The Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment has pledged a commitment from his department to providing a modern financial services regulatory framework in Northern Ireland relevant to the needs o...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 26, 2001
Pipe bomb defused in north Belfast
The army have defused a pipe bomb type device in Alliance Avenue in north Belfast. The device was discovered around 10am on Monday morning in the back garden of a house about 600 yards from the Cath...
Pipe bomb defused in north Belfast
The army have defused a pipe bomb type device in Alliance Avenue in north Belfast. The device was discovered around 10am on Monday morning in the back garden of a house about 600 yards from the Cath...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 26, 2001
Safeway reaffirm relationship with local college
Loughry College has been chosen by supermarket outlet Safeway as the venue for its Annual Conference, further emphasising the special relationship between the educational institution and the retail ch...
Safeway reaffirm relationship with local college
Loughry College has been chosen by supermarket outlet Safeway as the venue for its Annual Conference, further emphasising the special relationship between the educational institution and the retail ch...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 23, 2001
Lobby group vows to fight for free nursing care
A new lobby group has been launched in Northern Ireland to pressure for free nursing care for the elderly to be included in the Executive’s forthcoming budget. The group, called Northern Ireland Rig...
Lobby group vows to fight for free nursing care
A new lobby group has been launched in Northern Ireland to pressure for free nursing care for the elderly to be included in the Executive’s forthcoming budget. The group, called Northern Ireland Rig...
Business News, Nov 23, 2001
Survey reveals growing pay disparity
A new survey by human resource consultancy William M Mercer has revealed a growing disparity in pay between the boardroom and the shop floor. While chief executives in the UK retail sector can expect...
Survey reveals growing pay disparity
A new survey by human resource consultancy William M Mercer has revealed a growing disparity in pay between the boardroom and the shop floor. While chief executives in the UK retail sector can expect...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 23, 2001
Row erupts after fraudulent farmers escape prosecution
A row has arisen following the revelation that several farmers who fraudulently claimed for subsidies during the foot-and-mouth crisis are to escape prosecution thanks to a “technical deficiency” in t...
Row erupts after fraudulent farmers escape prosecution
A row has arisen following the revelation that several farmers who fraudulently claimed for subsidies during the foot-and-mouth crisis are to escape prosecution thanks to a “technical deficiency” in t...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 23, 2001
First Trust continue investment in online services
First Trust Bank have announced that they have made a major six figure investment in their online and telephone banking service. Announcing the substantial investment, Kieran Bennett, Head of Retail ...
First Trust continue investment in online services
First Trust Bank have announced that they have made a major six figure investment in their online and telephone banking service. Announcing the substantial investment, Kieran Bennett, Head of Retail ...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 23, 2001
Four men charged with possession of guns
Four County Londonderry men have been charged with possessing guns found in a car in Coleraine on Wednesday November 21. The men, who are all from Coleraine, appeared in court in Larne on Friday Nov...
Four men charged with possession of guns
Four County Londonderry men have been charged with possessing guns found in a car in Coleraine on Wednesday November 21. The men, who are all from Coleraine, appeared in court in Larne on Friday Nov...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 23, 2001
Ulster Grand Prix axed for 2002
The organisers of one of Northern Ireland’s biggest sporting attractions, the Ulster Grand Prix have announced they will not be running the event next year. The organisers of the annual Dundrod race...
Ulster Grand Prix axed for 2002
The organisers of one of Northern Ireland’s biggest sporting attractions, the Ulster Grand Prix have announced they will not be running the event next year. The organisers of the annual Dundrod race...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 23, 2001
Human Rights Commissioners appointments criticised
The Secretary of State has appointed of four new Human Rights Commissioners. The new Commissioners, appointed by the Northern Ireland Office, are Lady Christine Eames, outgoing world President of the...
Human Rights Commissioners appointments criticised
The Secretary of State has appointed of four new Human Rights Commissioners. The new Commissioners, appointed by the Northern Ireland Office, are Lady Christine Eames, outgoing world President of the...
Business News, Nov 23, 2001
Lastminute.com holds on despite increased losses
Online holiday retailer Lastminute.com is holding on despite reporting increasing profit losses from this time last year. Figures for the financial year ending in September show Lastminute.com exper...
Lastminute.com holds on despite increased losses
Online holiday retailer Lastminute.com is holding on despite reporting increasing profit losses from this time last year. Figures for the financial year ending in September show Lastminute.com exper...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 23, 2001
Minister praises work of Mater Hospital
Health Minister Bairbre de Brún has paid a visit to the Mater Infirmorum Hospital in Belfast to see the new McAuley Building, built at a cost of £17 million. Opened in June this year, the new McAule...
Minister praises work of Mater Hospital
Health Minister Bairbre de Brún has paid a visit to the Mater Infirmorum Hospital in Belfast to see the new McAuley Building, built at a cost of £17 million. Opened in June this year, the new McAule...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 23, 2001
Irish bound scholars recognised in Washington
United States students, who are bidding to secure the prestigious and much sought after George Mitchell Scholarships, have had their efforts recognised at an event hosted in Washington DC by Alan Shan...
Irish bound scholars recognised in Washington
United States students, who are bidding to secure the prestigious and much sought after George Mitchell Scholarships, have had their efforts recognised at an event hosted in Washington DC by Alan Shan...
Business News, Nov 23, 2001
Russia announce minimal oil production cut
Russia have announced they will cut their oil exports by 50,000 barrels a day, a figure short of the amount requested by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). Officials in Moscow...
Russia announce minimal oil production cut
Russia have announced they will cut their oil exports by 50,000 barrels a day, a figure short of the amount requested by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). Officials in Moscow...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 23, 2001
Robinson outlines future of transport
Northern Ireland’s Regional Development Minister has outlined his vision for the future of transportation in Northern Ireland. Addressing the Transportation Sub Committee of the EU Committee of the ...
Robinson outlines future of transport
Northern Ireland’s Regional Development Minister has outlined his vision for the future of transportation in Northern Ireland. Addressing the Transportation Sub Committee of the EU Committee of the ...
Business News, Nov 23, 2001
RTÉ to join the Sky Digital platform
RTÉ have announced the signing of contracts to join the Sky Digital platform, with effect from April 2002. As a result RTÉ One, Network 2 and TG4 and four radio channels will be available to all Sky ...
RTÉ to join the Sky Digital platform
RTÉ have announced the signing of contracts to join the Sky Digital platform, with effect from April 2002. As a result RTÉ One, Network 2 and TG4 and four radio channels will be available to all Sky ...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 23, 2001
Devolution brings opportunities in Europe for NI
Two Stormont Ministers have hailed the opportunities devolution has brought to Northern Ireland. Denis Haughey and Dermot Nesbitt, Ministers in the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minis...
Devolution brings opportunities in Europe for NI
Two Stormont Ministers have hailed the opportunities devolution has brought to Northern Ireland. Denis Haughey and Dermot Nesbitt, Ministers in the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minis...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 22, 2001
Church of Ireland appoint new bishop of Clogher
The Church of Ireland has elected a new bishop of Clogher during a special meeting held in Dublin. The Very Reverend Michael Jackson, who is currently the Dean of Cork, was appointed on Wednesday Nov...
Church of Ireland appoint new bishop of Clogher
The Church of Ireland has elected a new bishop of Clogher during a special meeting held in Dublin. The Very Reverend Michael Jackson, who is currently the Dean of Cork, was appointed on Wednesday Nov...
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Northern Ireland WeatherToday:A cloudy day with outbreaks of mainly light rain at times, although there may be the odd heavier burst. Driest in the south and east during the afternoon. Moderate southwesterly winds. Maximum temperature 11 °C.Tonight:Staying cloudy throughout the evening and overnight period with a little rain or drizzle at times. Mild overnight with light winds. Minimum temperature 7 °C.
