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Northern Ireland News for November 2001 : Page 6
Business News, Nov 19, 2001
MMO2 trading sees confident start
Monday saw a confident start to share trading in MMO2, the demerged mobile phone subsidiary of telecommunications company BT. Now trading as a separate company, shares in MMO2 opened at a starting p...
MMO2 trading sees confident start
Monday saw a confident start to share trading in MMO2, the demerged mobile phone subsidiary of telecommunications company BT. Now trading as a separate company, shares in MMO2 opened at a starting p...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 19, 2001
Arrests follow arms find in Lurgan
A number of people have been arrested following a police operation which uncovered a quantity of arms and explosives in County Armagh. Police have said they believe the guns found in the nationalist...
Arrests follow arms find in Lurgan
A number of people have been arrested following a police operation which uncovered a quantity of arms and explosives in County Armagh. Police have said they believe the guns found in the nationalist...
Business News, Nov 19, 2001
Ireland Freight Services win national honour
A Northern Ireland company, Ireland Freight Services (IFS) Global Logistics, have been recognised by a national award. IFS were the national winners of the Manufacturing Logistics category at the an...
Ireland Freight Services win national honour
A Northern Ireland company, Ireland Freight Services (IFS) Global Logistics, have been recognised by a national award. IFS were the national winners of the Manufacturing Logistics category at the an...
Business News, Nov 16, 2001
Sx3 announce £23 million partnership contract
Newtownabbey-based technology company, Sx3, has signed a £23 million partnership contract with Hartlepool Borough Council to provide and manage all of the Council’s IT services over the next 10 years....
Sx3 announce £23 million partnership contract
Newtownabbey-based technology company, Sx3, has signed a £23 million partnership contract with Hartlepool Borough Council to provide and manage all of the Council’s IT services over the next 10 years....
Northern Ireland News, Nov 16, 2001
Funds allocated to upgrade security in pharmacies
The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS) Minister Bairbre de Brún has announced a government funding package that will assist local pharmacists upgrade the current security...
Funds allocated to upgrade security in pharmacies
The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS) Minister Bairbre de Brún has announced a government funding package that will assist local pharmacists upgrade the current security...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 16, 2001
Man shot while waiting for lift to work
A man who was waiting for a lift to his place of work in Londonderry has been shot in the hand. The Catholic man is being treated for a bullet wound to his hand after two masked men drove up in a re...
Man shot while waiting for lift to work
A man who was waiting for a lift to his place of work in Londonderry has been shot in the hand. The Catholic man is being treated for a bullet wound to his hand after two masked men drove up in a re...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 16, 2001
Farren opens Jobscene exhibition at the Odyssey
Minister for Employment and Learning, Dr Sean Farren has officially opened the two-day Jobscene exhibition at the Odyssey Arena, Belfast. Speaking at the event Minister Farren said: “The two days pr...
Farren opens Jobscene exhibition at the Odyssey
Minister for Employment and Learning, Dr Sean Farren has officially opened the two-day Jobscene exhibition at the Odyssey Arena, Belfast. Speaking at the event Minister Farren said: “The two days pr...
Business News, Nov 16, 2001
Learning at work is vital to the NI economy
Continuous opportunities to learn at work are vital to the future growth of the Northern Ireland economy, according to Dr Sean Farren, Minister for Employment and Learning. The Minister was speaking ...
Learning at work is vital to the NI economy
Continuous opportunities to learn at work are vital to the future growth of the Northern Ireland economy, according to Dr Sean Farren, Minister for Employment and Learning. The Minister was speaking ...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 16, 2001
Deputy First Minister meets Irish Taoiseach
The newly elected Deputy First Minister of the Northern Ireland Executive Mark Durkan has met with the Irish Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern at Government Buildings in Dublin. The meeting which took place o...
Deputy First Minister meets Irish Taoiseach
The newly elected Deputy First Minister of the Northern Ireland Executive Mark Durkan has met with the Irish Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern at Government Buildings in Dublin. The meeting which took place o...
Business News, Nov 16, 2001
Minister welcomes views on the Programme for Government
Mr Denis Haughey, Minister in the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister, has praised representatives from social partnership group Concordia for making their views known on the draft ...
Minister welcomes views on the Programme for Government
Mr Denis Haughey, Minister in the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister, has praised representatives from social partnership group Concordia for making their views known on the draft ...
Business News, Nov 16, 2001
Fruit of the Loom to invest in the North West
Fruit of the Loom has announced investment plans for its operations in Ireland. The first stage of the investment programme will see the company, which employs 830 people in Londonderry (Campsie) an...
Fruit of the Loom to invest in the North West
Fruit of the Loom has announced investment plans for its operations in Ireland. The first stage of the investment programme will see the company, which employs 830 people in Londonderry (Campsie) an...
Business News, Nov 16, 2001
Energy Efficiency workshop set for Portadown
The Energy Efficiency Best Practice Programme is set it launch its ‘Essential skills and techniques for managing energy’ workshops in Portadown on December 4. The workshops, which will target the pr...
Energy Efficiency workshop set for Portadown
The Energy Efficiency Best Practice Programme is set it launch its ‘Essential skills and techniques for managing energy’ workshops in Portadown on December 4. The workshops, which will target the pr...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 16, 2001
Down GAA breaks with tradition on Rule 21
County Down is the first Northern Ireland Gaelic Athletic Association board to vote to scrap Rule 21, which prevents members of the security forces joining. The county’s GAA board made the decision ...
Down GAA breaks with tradition on Rule 21
County Down is the first Northern Ireland Gaelic Athletic Association board to vote to scrap Rule 21, which prevents members of the security forces joining. The county’s GAA board made the decision ...
Business News, Nov 16, 2001
UK Chancellor promise help for manufacturing sector
Gordon Brown, the UK Chancellor, has promised to introduce revised tax breaks for the UK’s struggling manufacturing sector. During a speech to the Institute of Directors, the Chancellor said that he...
UK Chancellor promise help for manufacturing sector
Gordon Brown, the UK Chancellor, has promised to introduce revised tax breaks for the UK’s struggling manufacturing sector. During a speech to the Institute of Directors, the Chancellor said that he...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 16, 2001
Children in Need raises a smile
With a huge number of local fundraising events under way, the province will again be gripped with Pudsey fever on Friday as the BBC hold their annual Children in Need appeal. In Belfast city centre,...
Children in Need raises a smile
With a huge number of local fundraising events under way, the province will again be gripped with Pudsey fever on Friday as the BBC hold their annual Children in Need appeal. In Belfast city centre,...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 16, 2001
Soldiers allowed to give evidence by video link
The High Court in London has overturned the decision that soldiers involved in giving evidence at the Bloody Sunday tribunal should appear in person at the inquiry being held in Londonderry. The 36 ...
Soldiers allowed to give evidence by video link
The High Court in London has overturned the decision that soldiers involved in giving evidence at the Bloody Sunday tribunal should appear in person at the inquiry being held in Londonderry. The 36 ...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 16, 2001
Trimble bids to quell unrest in party
Ulster Unionist leaders are to attempt to convince the party’s hard line members not to call a meeting of the Ulster Unionist Party’s ruling council. At the party’s Glengall Street headquarters in B...
Trimble bids to quell unrest in party
Ulster Unionist leaders are to attempt to convince the party’s hard line members not to call a meeting of the Ulster Unionist Party’s ruling council. At the party’s Glengall Street headquarters in B...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 16, 2001
Man charged with attempted murder
A man has appeared in court in Belfast charged with attempting to murder two women in a knife attack in the city centre. The man 28-year-old Kenneth John Scott, unemployed and of no fixed abode appe...
Man charged with attempted murder
A man has appeared in court in Belfast charged with attempting to murder two women in a knife attack in the city centre. The man 28-year-old Kenneth John Scott, unemployed and of no fixed abode appe...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 16, 2001
NIE challenged to answer price control review
Electricity regulator Douglas McIldoon has said that the current review of NIE's Transmission and Distribution (T&D) Price Control must address the problem of the continuing divergence of Northern Ire...
NIE challenged to answer price control review
Electricity regulator Douglas McIldoon has said that the current review of NIE's Transmission and Distribution (T&D) Price Control must address the problem of the continuing divergence of Northern Ire...
Business News, Nov 16, 2001
Empey launches consultation on limited liability partnerships
The Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment Sir Reg Empey has announced the publication of a consultation document containing legislative proposals to provide Limited Liability Partnerships (LLP...
Empey launches consultation on limited liability partnerships
The Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment Sir Reg Empey has announced the publication of a consultation document containing legislative proposals to provide Limited Liability Partnerships (LLP...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 15, 2001
New Deal evaluation reports released
The Department for Employment and Learning has published the first stage of a major independent survey of 1560 New Deal participants that reveals a generally positive view of the scheme. The researc...
New Deal evaluation reports released
The Department for Employment and Learning has published the first stage of a major independent survey of 1560 New Deal participants that reveals a generally positive view of the scheme. The researc...
Business News, Nov 15, 2001
No decision from non-members but OPEC agree cut
Oil production cartel, the Organisation of Oil Producing Countries (OPEC), have conditionally agreed a production cut of 1.5m barrels a day following a 30 per cent drop in oil prices since September 1...
No decision from non-members but OPEC agree cut
Oil production cartel, the Organisation of Oil Producing Countries (OPEC), have conditionally agreed a production cut of 1.5m barrels a day following a 30 per cent drop in oil prices since September 1...
Business News, Nov 15, 2001
UK retail sales fall in October
The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed that UK retail sales fell by 0.1 per cent in October. Despite the fall in high street sales in October the ONS said the ...
UK retail sales fall in October
The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed that UK retail sales fell by 0.1 per cent in October. Despite the fall in high street sales in October the ONS said the ...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 15, 2001
Funds allocated for RUC garden of remembrance
The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland John Reid has announced funding of over £1 million for the construction of a Royal Ulster Constabulary Garden of Remembrance and Museum. With the RUC now ...
Funds allocated for RUC garden of remembrance
The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland John Reid has announced funding of over £1 million for the construction of a Royal Ulster Constabulary Garden of Remembrance and Museum. With the RUC now ...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 15, 2001
Man arrested in connection with “frenzied” stabbing attack
Two women were viciously attacked and stabbed by a man in Belfast City Centre as they were walking home. The attack happened in Winecellar entry in High Street around 1am on November 15 when two wome...
Man arrested in connection with “frenzied” stabbing attack
Two women were viciously attacked and stabbed by a man in Belfast City Centre as they were walking home. The attack happened in Winecellar entry in High Street around 1am on November 15 when two wome...
Business News, Nov 15, 2001
BAA adopts Burns online e-Commerce system
BAA, one of the world's leading airport companies, has announced the adoption of a Business Exchange (beX) electronic purchase-to-pay system from Burns e-Commerce Solutions. The system will be used ...
BAA adopts Burns online e-Commerce system
BAA, one of the world's leading airport companies, has announced the adoption of a Business Exchange (beX) electronic purchase-to-pay system from Burns e-Commerce Solutions. The system will be used ...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 15, 2001
A healthy lifestyle can help prevent diabetes
The Minister for Health, Social Services and Public Safety, Bairbre de Brún marked the occasion of World Diabetes Day by urging people to take regular exercise and pay careful attention to what they e...
A healthy lifestyle can help prevent diabetes
The Minister for Health, Social Services and Public Safety, Bairbre de Brún marked the occasion of World Diabetes Day by urging people to take regular exercise and pay careful attention to what they e...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 15, 2001
Trimble and Durkan attempt to end Holy Cross dispute
The First and Deputy First Ministers have announced they will be meeting with assembly members from north Belfast in a bid to end the protest at Holy Cross Primary School. Following the Wednesday No...
Trimble and Durkan attempt to end Holy Cross dispute
The First and Deputy First Ministers have announced they will be meeting with assembly members from north Belfast in a bid to end the protest at Holy Cross Primary School. Following the Wednesday No...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 15, 2001
Live animal and meat movement restrictions eased
The European Commission (EC) has recently agreed to ease certain restrictions imposed as part of the Foot & Mouth Disease (FMD) controls on the movement of live animals and meat to and from the provin...
Live animal and meat movement restrictions eased
The European Commission (EC) has recently agreed to ease certain restrictions imposed as part of the Foot & Mouth Disease (FMD) controls on the movement of live animals and meat to and from the provin...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 15, 2001
New £23m Lisburn Square complex opens
Lisburn Square, the £23 million retail and residential development in the heart of Lisburn which will create around 300 jobs, recently opened with a street party in the Square before the switching on ...
New £23m Lisburn Square complex opens
Lisburn Square, the £23 million retail and residential development in the heart of Lisburn which will create around 300 jobs, recently opened with a street party in the Square before the switching on ...
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Northern Ireland WeatherToday:A cloudy day with a little light rain or drizzle at times, but some spells of drier weather too. The north coast may become somewhat brighter later this afternoon. Maximum temperature 11 °C.Tonight:Cloudy and patchy light rain will slowly clear away this evening. Then the rest of the night will be dry with broken cloud. Westerly winds freshening in the early hours. Minimum temperature 6 °C.
