Northern Ireland News for November 2002 : Page 7
Northern Ireland News, Nov 11, 2002
NI Security Minister visits US on fact-finding mission
Security Minister Jane Kennedy is visiting Canada and the US this week as part of a fact-finding mission in the fight against organised crime. The Minister, who is also the chairperson of Northern Ir...
NI Security Minister visits US on fact-finding mission
Security Minister Jane Kennedy is visiting Canada and the US this week as part of a fact-finding mission in the fight against organised crime. The Minister, who is also the chairperson of Northern Ir...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 11, 2002
Counterfeit goods seized at local markets
Police have seized counterfeit goods worth an estimated £40,000 at markets over the weekend. At Nutt's Corner market on Sunday police seized counterfeit goods worth an estimated £31,000, including mu...
Counterfeit goods seized at local markets
Police have seized counterfeit goods worth an estimated £40,000 at markets over the weekend. At Nutt's Corner market on Sunday police seized counterfeit goods worth an estimated £31,000, including mu...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 11, 2002
Serious assault victim dies from injuries
A 24-year-old man left critically ill after an assault in west Belfast over the weekend has died in hospital. Police were already treating the brutal attack on the young man as attempted murder. The...
Serious assault victim dies from injuries
A 24-year-old man left critically ill after an assault in west Belfast over the weekend has died in hospital. Police were already treating the brutal attack on the young man as attempted murder. The...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 11, 2002
Police believe rape three were from local community
Police believe that the three men who subjected a woman to a brutal rape in north Belfast on Friday night were from the local community. The woman was attacked as she walked through waste ground off...
Police believe rape three were from local community
Police believe that the three men who subjected a woman to a brutal rape in north Belfast on Friday night were from the local community. The woman was attacked as she walked through waste ground off...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 8, 2002
Shorts halve planned Christmas redundancies
The Belfast-based aerospace company Shorts has said half of the redundancies planned to take effect this December will not now go ahead. After the terrorist attacks of September 11 2001 the firm, whi...
Shorts halve planned Christmas redundancies
The Belfast-based aerospace company Shorts has said half of the redundancies planned to take effect this December will not now go ahead. After the terrorist attacks of September 11 2001 the firm, whi...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 8, 2002
Three NI courthouses set to close
Three of the Province's courthouses are set to close at the end of this year following a review of Northern Ireland's public court system by the government. The decision announced yesterday by Rosie ...
Three NI courthouses set to close
Three of the Province's courthouses are set to close at the end of this year following a review of Northern Ireland's public court system by the government. The decision announced yesterday by Rosie ...
Business News, Nov 8, 2002
Northern Bank posts record annual results
The annual results from the Northern Bank have revealed pre-tax profits of £111m up 13% on the previous corresponding year-end figures. The results include a £19.9m profit in relation to the disposal...
Northern Bank posts record annual results
The annual results from the Northern Bank have revealed pre-tax profits of £111m up 13% on the previous corresponding year-end figures. The results include a £19.9m profit in relation to the disposal...
Business News, Nov 8, 2002
Independent NI mobile phone retailer launches website
Northern Ireland’s largest locally owned independent mobile phone retailer, Fonezone has launched it’s website at www.fonezoneni.com. Fonezone, with branches in Larne, Carrick, Londonderry, Cookstown...
Independent NI mobile phone retailer launches website
Northern Ireland’s largest locally owned independent mobile phone retailer, Fonezone has launched it’s website at www.fonezoneni.com. Fonezone, with branches in Larne, Carrick, Londonderry, Cookstown...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 8, 2002
Public debate on site for maternity unit
The hotly debated issue over where Belfast's central maternity unit should be based reached another chapter today with the launch of a government consultation document. The Minister for Health, Socia...
Public debate on site for maternity unit
The hotly debated issue over where Belfast's central maternity unit should be based reached another chapter today with the launch of a government consultation document. The Minister for Health, Socia...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 8, 2002
Irish Government to reconvene Peace Forum
Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has announced his intention to reconvene the cross-border Forum for Peace and Reconciliation in an attempt to restore confidence in the political process. Mr Ahern said the dec...
Irish Government to reconvene Peace Forum
Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has announced his intention to reconvene the cross-border Forum for Peace and Reconciliation in an attempt to restore confidence in the political process. Mr Ahern said the dec...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 8, 2002
Civil servant released following police questioning
The civil servant arrested in connection with police inquiries into IRA intelligence gathering at Stormont has been released following questioning. The man was arrested on Wednesday afternoon followi...
Civil servant released following police questioning
The civil servant arrested in connection with police inquiries into IRA intelligence gathering at Stormont has been released following questioning. The man was arrested on Wednesday afternoon followi...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 8, 2002
Blair urges IRA to save peace process
The British Prime Minister Tony Blair has issued a fresh call for IRA to take a big step forward in order to save the Northern Ireland peace process. In an interview in Friday's Irish Times newspaper...
Blair urges IRA to save peace process
The British Prime Minister Tony Blair has issued a fresh call for IRA to take a big step forward in order to save the Northern Ireland peace process. In an interview in Friday's Irish Times newspaper...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 8, 2002
Durkan slams parades body review as 'unworkable'
SDLP leader Mark Durkan has slammed Sir George Quigley's review of the Northern Ireland Parades Commission as "ill-conceived and unworkable." The review that was published on Thursday effectively rec...
Durkan slams parades body review as 'unworkable'
SDLP leader Mark Durkan has slammed Sir George Quigley's review of the Northern Ireland Parades Commission as "ill-conceived and unworkable." The review that was published on Thursday effectively rec...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 8, 2002
Murphy calls on society to help tackle criminal gangs
No civilised society can tolerate criminal gangs who terrorise their own communities. This was the message from Secretary of State Paul Murphy who was speaking following the second meeting of the Law...
Murphy calls on society to help tackle criminal gangs
No civilised society can tolerate criminal gangs who terrorise their own communities. This was the message from Secretary of State Paul Murphy who was speaking following the second meeting of the Law...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 8, 2002
Police investigate dead man's illness link
Police are to carry out a post-mortem examination on the body of a young man found dead at Garvagh in County Londonderry. They believe death of the man, who was in his 20's and from the Garvagh area,...
Police investigate dead man's illness link
Police are to carry out a post-mortem examination on the body of a young man found dead at Garvagh in County Londonderry. They believe death of the man, who was in his 20's and from the Garvagh area,...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 8, 2002
Semtex discovered following Real IRA suspect's arrest
Police in the Republic of Ireland have discovered Semtex explosive in a house where they arrested a suspected Real IRA man earlier this week. The man was one of two people arrested in Limerick on Wed...
Semtex discovered following Real IRA suspect's arrest
Police in the Republic of Ireland have discovered Semtex explosive in a house where they arrested a suspected Real IRA man earlier this week. The man was one of two people arrested in Limerick on Wed...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 7, 2002
Future of Parades Commission up for discussion
The Northern Ireland Office has published a consultation report that recommends replacing the Parades Commission with two new bodies. Sir George Quigley who was appointed by the former Secretary of S...
Future of Parades Commission up for discussion
The Northern Ireland Office has published a consultation report that recommends replacing the Parades Commission with two new bodies. Sir George Quigley who was appointed by the former Secretary of S...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 7, 2002
Real IRA suspect held in Republic after arms find
A man suspected of being a member of the Real IRA is currently being questioned by police in the Irish Republic. The man was one of two people arrested in Limerick on Wednesday evening when police ra...
Real IRA suspect held in Republic after arms find
A man suspected of being a member of the Real IRA is currently being questioned by police in the Irish Republic. The man was one of two people arrested in Limerick on Wednesday evening when police ra...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 7, 2002
Strabane firm to construct 'intelligent' building for Baileys
A Strabane ICT firm has won a £100,000 contract to help create a state-of-the-art 'e-enabled' complex at Newtownabbey for Baileys, which will manufacture Irish cream liqueur for international market. ...
Strabane firm to construct 'intelligent' building for Baileys
A Strabane ICT firm has won a £100,000 contract to help create a state-of-the-art 'e-enabled' complex at Newtownabbey for Baileys, which will manufacture Irish cream liqueur for international market. ...
Business News, Nov 7, 2002
Labour Turnover survey shows marked slowdown
The latest Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development's (CIPD) Labour Turnover survey has shown a marked decrease in labour turnover in 2001. The survey found an overall labour turnover rate of...
Labour Turnover survey shows marked slowdown
The latest Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development's (CIPD) Labour Turnover survey has shown a marked decrease in labour turnover in 2001. The survey found an overall labour turnover rate of...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 7, 2002
Assembly members wages cut
The Northern Ireland Secretary of State Paul Murphy has ordered a pay cut for Assembly members. The 108 members of the Stormont Assembly are paid around £41,000 a year, but from next week that will b...
Assembly members wages cut
The Northern Ireland Secretary of State Paul Murphy has ordered a pay cut for Assembly members. The 108 members of the Stormont Assembly are paid around £41,000 a year, but from next week that will b...
Business News, Nov 7, 2002
Bank of England holds UK interest rate at 4%
The Bank of England has held the main UK interest rate at 4% for the twelfth consecutive month. This is despite a larger than anticipated cut by the US Federal Reserve. Leading economists were split ...
Bank of England holds UK interest rate at 4%
The Bank of England has held the main UK interest rate at 4% for the twelfth consecutive month. This is despite a larger than anticipated cut by the US Federal Reserve. Leading economists were split ...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 7, 2002
Political crisis threatens confidence, investment and jobs
Three-quarters of Northern Ireland business leaders say the collapse of the Good Friday Agreement would destroy business confidence. The unexpected result was part of a BBC Northern Ireland Business ...
Political crisis threatens confidence, investment and jobs
Three-quarters of Northern Ireland business leaders say the collapse of the Good Friday Agreement would destroy business confidence. The unexpected result was part of a BBC Northern Ireland Business ...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 7, 2002
NI business leaders want UK to join Euro
A BBC Northern Ireland commissioned Business Day Poll has revealed that six out of ten Northern Ireland business leaders would support the UK joining the Euro. The specially commissioned BBC poll car...
NI business leaders want UK to join Euro
A BBC Northern Ireland commissioned Business Day Poll has revealed that six out of ten Northern Ireland business leaders would support the UK joining the Euro. The specially commissioned BBC poll car...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 7, 2002
Civil servant's arrest has 'huge implications'
The former first minister David Trimble has confirmed that a man arrested by police yesterday as part of their investigation into an alleged IRA spy ring had access to his office and "sensitive inform...
Civil servant's arrest has 'huge implications'
The former first minister David Trimble has confirmed that a man arrested by police yesterday as part of their investigation into an alleged IRA spy ring had access to his office and "sensitive inform...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 7, 2002
Two horses die in motorway crash
Two horses have been killed in an accident on the M2 motorway in County Antrim. The animals were killed after breaking free from their paddock close to the Rathbeg roundabout at the Antrim Slip Road....
Two horses die in motorway crash
Two horses have been killed in an accident on the M2 motorway in County Antrim. The animals were killed after breaking free from their paddock close to the Rathbeg roundabout at the Antrim Slip Road....
Northern Ireland News, Nov 7, 2002
21-year old woman dies in County Tyrone
A 21-year-old young woman had died following a collision with a lorry this morning. The fatal collision happened at 8.55 am on Thursday morning on the main Ballygawley-Dungannon road in County Tyrone...
21-year old woman dies in County Tyrone
A 21-year-old young woman had died following a collision with a lorry this morning. The fatal collision happened at 8.55 am on Thursday morning on the main Ballygawley-Dungannon road in County Tyrone...
Business News, Nov 7, 2002
CEM contract secures local hospitals and health centres
CEM Systems has secured a contract to supply an integrated access control and badge production system to the facilities of Down Lisburn Trust, Northern Ireland. The order will see CEM secure its firs...
CEM contract secures local hospitals and health centres
CEM Systems has secured a contract to supply an integrated access control and badge production system to the facilities of Down Lisburn Trust, Northern Ireland. The order will see CEM secure its firs...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 7, 2002
Crompton report hailed as a 'breakthrough' in policing
The recommendations of the Crompton Report have been broadly hailed as a "breakthrough" in Northern Ireland policing. SDLP leader Mark Durkan said that the external report by HM Inspector of Constabu...
Crompton report hailed as a 'breakthrough' in policing
The recommendations of the Crompton Report have been broadly hailed as a "breakthrough" in Northern Ireland policing. SDLP leader Mark Durkan said that the external report by HM Inspector of Constabu...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 6, 2002
All-party talks on the agenda following ministerial meeting
Northern Ireland Secretary of State Paul Murphy and Irish Foreign Minister Brian Cowen are expected to announce details of fresh all-party talks next week following their first ever meeting in Dublin ...
All-party talks on the agenda following ministerial meeting
Northern Ireland Secretary of State Paul Murphy and Irish Foreign Minister Brian Cowen are expected to announce details of fresh all-party talks next week following their first ever meeting in Dublin ...