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Northern Ireland News for May 2002 : Page 8
Business News, May 15, 2002
Construction conference visits Northern Ireland
As part of an ongoing programme of information conferences, the British Woodworking Federation (BWF) is holding its first ever event in Northern Ireland. The half-day conference - which is being orga...
Construction conference visits Northern Ireland
As part of an ongoing programme of information conferences, the British Woodworking Federation (BWF) is holding its first ever event in Northern Ireland. The half-day conference - which is being orga...
Northern Ireland News, May 15, 2002
Johnny Adair released from prison
The loyalist paramilitary chief Johnny ‘mad dog’ Adair, has been released from prison. The prominent Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF) chief walked free from Maghaberry prison on Wednesday morning to a c...
Johnny Adair released from prison
The loyalist paramilitary chief Johnny ‘mad dog’ Adair, has been released from prison. The prominent Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF) chief walked free from Maghaberry prison on Wednesday morning to a c...
Northern Ireland News, May 14, 2002
University of Ulster spearhead Carolina trip
A University of Ulster team will this week lead a delegation of top UK University opinion-formers on a US fact-finding mission that could transform the relationship between higher education and the wi...
University of Ulster spearhead Carolina trip
A University of Ulster team will this week lead a delegation of top UK University opinion-formers on a US fact-finding mission that could transform the relationship between higher education and the wi...
Business News, May 14, 2002
Public Private Partnership review to be published
The Executive’s review of how some public services might be financed using private sector investment will be published shortly, the Minister of Finance & Personnel, Dr Seán Farren told senior business...
Public Private Partnership review to be published
The Executive’s review of how some public services might be financed using private sector investment will be published shortly, the Minister of Finance & Personnel, Dr Seán Farren told senior business...
Business News, May 14, 2002
Banks challenged to end customer rip-off
Consumer magazine group Which? has issued a call to the "big four" banks to address what it describes as the "£500 million rip-off" of customers on the high street. As the latest move in the consumer...
Banks challenged to end customer rip-off
Consumer magazine group Which? has issued a call to the "big four" banks to address what it describes as the "£500 million rip-off" of customers on the high street. As the latest move in the consumer...
Business News, May 14, 2002
British firms resorting to bribery abroad
Campaign group Transparency International (TI) has claimed that British companies are using bribes to win business abroad, in direct contravention of international law. According to the Bribe Payers ...
British firms resorting to bribery abroad
Campaign group Transparency International (TI) has claimed that British companies are using bribes to win business abroad, in direct contravention of international law. According to the Bribe Payers ...
Northern Ireland News, May 14, 2002
Body of missing man found in Moyola river
The Police Service of Northern Ireland are investigating the death of a young man whose body was recovered from a river in County Londonderry. Barry John McBride, 21, from Cloane Road in Draperstown ...
Body of missing man found in Moyola river
The Police Service of Northern Ireland are investigating the death of a young man whose body was recovered from a river in County Londonderry. Barry John McBride, 21, from Cloane Road in Draperstown ...
Business News, May 14, 2002
Employers endorse screen test for candidates
Filling a job vacancy or selecting a member of staff for promotion is an important part of the HR or personnel management function. Getting it wrong can cost a company money, but get it right and bot...
Employers endorse screen test for candidates
Filling a job vacancy or selecting a member of staff for promotion is an important part of the HR or personnel management function. Getting it wrong can cost a company money, but get it right and bot...
Business News, May 14, 2002
IoD chairman calls for greater emphasis on economy
The new Chairman of the Institute of Directors (IoD) in Northern Ireland, Denis Rooney, has called for a greater emphasis on economic development as the "paymaster" for social improvement in the provi...
IoD chairman calls for greater emphasis on economy
The new Chairman of the Institute of Directors (IoD) in Northern Ireland, Denis Rooney, has called for a greater emphasis on economic development as the "paymaster" for social improvement in the provi...
Northern Ireland News, May 14, 2002
Johnny Adair set to be released from jail
The loyalist paramilitary chief Johnny ‘mad dog’ Adair, who is due to be freed from jail on Wednesday May 15, will be a force for good, it was claimed today. One of Mr Adair’s closest associates John...
Johnny Adair set to be released from jail
The loyalist paramilitary chief Johnny ‘mad dog’ Adair, who is due to be freed from jail on Wednesday May 15, will be a force for good, it was claimed today. One of Mr Adair’s closest associates John...
Business News, May 14, 2002
Sun powers NI's largest pharmaceutical wholesaler
Northern Ireland's largest pharmaceutical wholesaler, Sangers (NI), has recently upgraded its technology infrastructure with the addition of an Enterprise 3500 server from Sun Microsystems. Sangers, ...
Sun powers NI's largest pharmaceutical wholesaler
Northern Ireland's largest pharmaceutical wholesaler, Sangers (NI), has recently upgraded its technology infrastructure with the addition of an Enterprise 3500 server from Sun Microsystems. Sangers, ...
Business News, May 14, 2002
Spanish Properties Direct to launch in Ireland
After several years on the international market Bangor-based Spanish Properties Direct have announce the impending launch of the company in Ireland. Managing Director of Spanish Properties Direct, Ti...
Spanish Properties Direct to launch in Ireland
After several years on the international market Bangor-based Spanish Properties Direct have announce the impending launch of the company in Ireland. Managing Director of Spanish Properties Direct, Ti...
Northern Ireland News, May 14, 2002
RVH high dependency beds out of action
Five high dependency beds at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast have been out of use for the past two months, due to a shortage of nursing staff the hospital has confirmed. The high dependency be...
RVH high dependency beds out of action
Five high dependency beds at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast have been out of use for the past two months, due to a shortage of nursing staff the hospital has confirmed. The high dependency be...
Northern Ireland News, May 14, 2002
Freedom of Information Act will take effect 2005
Legislation which allows for freedom of information in Northern Ireland will not be fully implemented until 2005 Stormont officials have said. James Leslie and Denis Haughey, Ministers in the Office ...
Freedom of Information Act will take effect 2005
Legislation which allows for freedom of information in Northern Ireland will not be fully implemented until 2005 Stormont officials have said. James Leslie and Denis Haughey, Ministers in the Office ...
Northern Ireland News, May 14, 2002
Safety chiefs issue warning on 'corporate killing'
Company directors could face an unlimited fine, imprisonment and disqualification if one of their employees dies as a result of an accident at work. This was the stark warning given by Wilson Lambe, ...
Safety chiefs issue warning on 'corporate killing'
Company directors could face an unlimited fine, imprisonment and disqualification if one of their employees dies as a result of an accident at work. This was the stark warning given by Wilson Lambe, ...
Northern Ireland News, May 14, 2002
NI small businesses show increased confidence
Economic confidence among Northern Ireland’s small and medium sized business sector is returning following the shock of the September 11 attacks. According to a new survey from accountants and busine...
NI small businesses show increased confidence
Economic confidence among Northern Ireland’s small and medium sized business sector is returning following the shock of the September 11 attacks. According to a new survey from accountants and busine...
Northern Ireland News, May 14, 2002
Mother and son beaten in paramilitary attack
A mother and her son have been beaten in an overnight paramilitary attack in west Belfast. A husband, wife, son and their daughter were in a house in Rock Grove when three masked men entered the hous...
Mother and son beaten in paramilitary attack
A mother and her son have been beaten in an overnight paramilitary attack in west Belfast. A husband, wife, son and their daughter were in a house in Rock Grove when three masked men entered the hous...
Northern Ireland News, May 14, 2002
Aldergrove strike over pay resumes
The strike by security staff at Belfast International Airport over pay and working conditions has resumed. Staff went on strike last Wednesday but called off further action following fresh negotiatio...
Aldergrove strike over pay resumes
The strike by security staff at Belfast International Airport over pay and working conditions has resumed. Staff went on strike last Wednesday but called off further action following fresh negotiatio...
Northern Ireland News, May 14, 2002
Queen pays visit to site of Omagh bombing
The Queen has paid a visit to the site of Omagh bombing during her second day in the province as she continues her Golden Jubilee tour. Described as a "last minute decision", the unscheduled visit to...
Queen pays visit to site of Omagh bombing
The Queen has paid a visit to the site of Omagh bombing during her second day in the province as she continues her Golden Jubilee tour. Described as a "last minute decision", the unscheduled visit to...
Business News, May 13, 2002
Major jobs loss as Irish dairy producer shuts plant
Over 700 jobs are to go in England as Irish food producer Glanbia announced plans to close it’s sliced cooked meats business in the UK. The Irish firm blamed “continuing and deteriorating trading dif...
Major jobs loss as Irish dairy producer shuts plant
Over 700 jobs are to go in England as Irish food producer Glanbia announced plans to close it’s sliced cooked meats business in the UK. The Irish firm blamed “continuing and deteriorating trading dif...
Business News, May 13, 2002
Freeserve team up with NTL to offer broadband
Internet service provider Freeserve has announced an agreement to deliver its Freeserve Broadband service via NTL’s next-generation cable network. This is the first time a UK ISP and a broadband cabl...
Freeserve team up with NTL to offer broadband
Internet service provider Freeserve has announced an agreement to deliver its Freeserve Broadband service via NTL’s next-generation cable network. This is the first time a UK ISP and a broadband cabl...
Northern Ireland News, May 13, 2002
Mother pens letter to Queen over son’s killers
The mother of a Belfast teenager shot dead by two soldiers has urged the Queen to explain why they have been allowed to remain in the British army. Scots Guardsmen Mark Wright and James Fisher each s...
Mother pens letter to Queen over son’s killers
The mother of a Belfast teenager shot dead by two soldiers has urged the Queen to explain why they have been allowed to remain in the British army. Scots Guardsmen Mark Wright and James Fisher each s...
Business News, May 13, 2002
Car dealer clocks maximum fine
A car dealer from Glengormley has been fined £5,000 for turning a car’s mileage meter back illegally. James McCabe, from 2 St Anne’s Mews, Glengormley, was found guilty at Belfast Magistrates Court o...
Car dealer clocks maximum fine
A car dealer from Glengormley has been fined £5,000 for turning a car’s mileage meter back illegally. James McCabe, from 2 St Anne’s Mews, Glengormley, was found guilty at Belfast Magistrates Court o...
Northern Ireland News, May 13, 2002
SDLP Assembly Member targeted by death threats
An SDLP assembly member has claimed that he has been the subject of death threats daubed on a petrol station near his home. Graffiti attacking the Police Service of Northern Ireland and SDLP assembly...
SDLP Assembly Member targeted by death threats
An SDLP assembly member has claimed that he has been the subject of death threats daubed on a petrol station near his home. Graffiti attacking the Police Service of Northern Ireland and SDLP assembly...
Northern Ireland News, May 13, 2002
Police arrest man in connection with Dromore death
A man has been arrested in connection with the suspicious death in March of a teenager in Dromore, Country Tyrone. The body of the fifteen-year-old boy was found on the evening of 2 March in a house ...
Police arrest man in connection with Dromore death
A man has been arrested in connection with the suspicious death in March of a teenager in Dromore, Country Tyrone. The body of the fifteen-year-old boy was found on the evening of 2 March in a house ...
Northern Ireland News, May 13, 2002
Man set alight during arson attack in Poleglass
A man is thought to have been set on fire during an arson attack on a house in Poleglass on the outskirts of Belfast. The attack on the house in Colinbrook Gardens took place on Sunday night at aroun...
Man set alight during arson attack in Poleglass
A man is thought to have been set on fire during an arson attack on a house in Poleglass on the outskirts of Belfast. The attack on the house in Colinbrook Gardens took place on Sunday night at aroun...
Northern Ireland News, May 13, 2002
Sectarian clashes erupt in east Belfast
Over the weekend serious rioting broke out between rival factions in the Short Strand area. The rioting erupted in Madrid Street in east Belfast in the early hours of Sunday 12 May. Acid bombs, ston...
Sectarian clashes erupt in east Belfast
Over the weekend serious rioting broke out between rival factions in the Short Strand area. The rioting erupted in Madrid Street in east Belfast in the early hours of Sunday 12 May. Acid bombs, ston...
Northern Ireland News, May 13, 2002
Updating business legislation important to the economy
New legislation updating company law was given its first airing today in the Northern Ireland Assembly. The Limited Liability Partnerships (Northern Ireland) Bill offers a further choice to businesse...
Updating business legislation important to the economy
New legislation updating company law was given its first airing today in the Northern Ireland Assembly. The Limited Liability Partnerships (Northern Ireland) Bill offers a further choice to businesse...
Northern Ireland News, May 13, 2002
Queen begins Northern Ireland Jubilee tour
The Queen has flown into Northern Ireland today for the start of a three-day tour to mark her Golden Jubilee. Accompanied by her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh the Queen will attend a garden party at...
Queen begins Northern Ireland Jubilee tour
The Queen has flown into Northern Ireland today for the start of a three-day tour to mark her Golden Jubilee. Accompanied by her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh the Queen will attend a garden party at...
Business News, May 13, 2002
Poor transport could be costing business billions
Increased road congestion and poor standards of public transport could be costing British business around £5 billion, a new survey has revealed. A poll carried out by online recruitment service reed....
Poor transport could be costing business billions
Increased road congestion and poor standards of public transport could be costing British business around £5 billion, a new survey has revealed. A poll carried out by online recruitment service reed....
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Northern Ireland WeatherThis Evening and Tonight:This evening will be dry. Then the rest of the night will be mainly dry and mostly cloudy, although rain may reach the north coast later. Windy. Minimum temperature 7 °C.
