Northern Ireland News for August 2002

Northern Ireland News, Aug 30, 2002
Man dies in road collision
A man has been killed in a collision involving a lorry and a car in Co Londonderry. It happened at about 10.30am this morning on the road between Coleraine and Swatragh near Maghera. Diversions we...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 30, 2002
Archbishop Eames appeals for calm
The Church of Ireland Primate, Archbishop Robin Eames, has called for a period of calm following a further week of violence across north and east Belfast. Archbishop Eames said: “After months of viol...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 30, 2002
UUP meet to schedule council meeting
Ulster Unionist Party officers are meeting in Co Fermanagh today to decide the scheduling of the council meeting forced by hardliners within the party. Hardline elements from within the party gathere...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 30, 2002
Trimble set to attend World Summit
First Minister David Trimble is set to join heads of state from around the world in support of sustainable development at the World Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, later this week. The Summit w...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 30, 2002
Call for IFA to help in Euro match preparation
A leading Irish League footballer has called for help from the Irish Football Association in their preparations for European competitions. Linfield's Russell Kelly made the call after his side were k...
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Business News, Aug 30, 2002
Local company welcomes e-government report
This week's report by the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee, highlighting the risk that the £10 billion being invested by Government in IT projects may be wasted unless more is done to encour...
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Recruitment News, Aug 30, 2002
Tara Mines decision secures 700 jobs
Seven hundred jobs have been secured with the news that the Republic's Tara Mines is to reopen in September, following the decision of the mine's Finnish owners, Outokumpu Oy, to recommence production...
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Business News, Aug 30, 2002
FSB back Macmillan Cancer Relief charity
One of the UK’s largest organisations representing business, the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), has chosen Macmillan Cancer Relief to be its first-ever national charity. The FSB has over 170,0...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 30, 2002
Northern Ireland house crime falls
Newly released figures have revealed that there has been a drop in crime in the Province, with just under one fifth of Northern Ireland household's experiencing a crime during 2001. The figures were ...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 30, 2002
Protestant High School vandalised in north Belfast
A predominantly Protestant High School in north Belfast has been vandalised causing £10,000 worth of damage. Around 200 windows were broken at Castle High School in Fortwilliam Park at around 6pm on ...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 30, 2002
Paramilitaries are behind unrest say PSNI
One of the PSNI's most senior officers has thrown doubt on the status of both loyalist and republican ceasefires, declaring that east Belfast violence is "being orchestrated by paramilitary groups". ...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 30, 2002
Korean Ambassador urged to keep firm links with NI
The Korean Ambassador to the UK has been urged to continue looking towards Northern Ireland as a sound investment location for Korean firms. The Ambassador, Dr Ra Jong-yil, was on his first visit to ...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 30, 2002
Three injured in separate paramilitary-style attacks
There have been several paramilitary-style attacks across the east of the Province last night and this morning which have left three people injured. In north Belfast, a man escaped injury when a devi...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 29, 2002
Search begins for top NI food and drink companies
The search has begun for the best food and drink exporter in Northern Ireland, with the launch of the annual Food from Britain (FFB) and HSBC Food and Drink Export Awards in association with The Groce...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 29, 2002
Furniture company fined for 'misdescribed' doors
Interstyle Fine Furniture have been fined a total of £1,500 for selling bedroom fitted furniture with MDF doors and drawer fronts described as Solid Cherry. Castlereagh Magistrates Court in Newtownar...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 29, 2002
Overspend claims on housing are 'nonsense' says Dodds
Claims that housing in Northern Ireland is over funded to the tune of £95 million have been roundly dismissed by the Minister for Social Development as "nonsense". The figures were contained in a lea...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 29, 2002
Pensioner in shock after robbery
A Co Armagh woman in her 80s has been treated for shock after a robbery last night. The woman was in bed at her home on the Portadown Road in Armagh when she heard a loud banging at her front door. M...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 29, 2002
Sinn Féin may conditionally endorse police
In a softening of their position over policing, Sinn Fein yesterday opened the way for the party to take up their seats on the Policing Board and endorse the new policing arrangements. In an intervi...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 29, 2002
Man dies in road accident on Glenavy Road
A man has died after he was knocked down in Co Antrim on Thursday morning. It is believed the victim, aged 43, was knocked down by a lorry on the Glenavey Road near Maghaberry at around 4.30am. Polic...
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Business News, Aug 29, 2002
Over 80 jobs to be shed in County Meath
County Meath is to see the loss of over 80 jobs following confirmation that Rennicks Plastics is to close its plant in Kilbride at the end of October. A spokesperson for the company, which produces p...
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Business News, Aug 29, 2002
ACCA calls for standards on sustainable development
The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has compiled a report to be presented at the Johannesburg Earth Summit arguing for greater responsibility for accountancy practises in the pur...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 29, 2002
Trimble determined to stay the course
First Minister and leader of the Ulster Unionist Party David Trimble has said that he is determined to stay the course and remain as leader for the forthcoming assembly elections due to be held in May...
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Business News, Aug 29, 2002
Braun cuts 225 jobs at Carlow facility
Over 200 jobs are to go at the Braun electrical appliance plant in Carlow in a move that will see the company lay off a quarter of its workforce in the facility. In a statement released on Wednesday ...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 29, 2002
Downpatrick school blaze treated as arson
Police in Downpatrick are treating a fire at a local Catholic primary school as malicious. The alarm was raised just after 4.30pm last night when it appears papers in a bin at Convent of Mercy Primar...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 29, 2002
Soldiers injured in east Belfast street violence
Security forces in east Belfast came under renewed attack from rioters last night, resulting in injuries to 16 soldiers. Police reported isolated incidents of stone-throwing in the Cluan Place, Mount...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 29, 2002
Funeral tribute for tragic Baby Carrie
A poignant funeral service for Baby Carrie was held at an interdenominational service in east Belfast on Thursday morning. The prayers during the ecumenical service were led by Father Felix McGuckian...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 28, 2002
New advisers added to Ernst & Young NI operation
Northern Ireland's Ernst & Young operation is set to receive a boost following the addition of 15 new business advisers. The expanded NI and Scotland practice is being headed up by Belfast-born Eamo...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 28, 2002
Plaudits flood in for record-breaking Ulster jockey
The tributes have been flooding in for Ulster jockey Tony McCoy who yesterday became the most successful British jump jockey ever after notching up his 1,700 career win. McCoy surpassed Richard Dunw...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 28, 2002
Tobacco sponsorship and advertising ban proposed
A health department consultation plan that sets out proposals designed to reduce smoking contains proposals for a ban on tobacco advertising and sponsorship, it was revealed today. The Action Plan, w...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 28, 2002
Trimble set to face challenge from hardline Unionists
Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble is in for another stern test of his authority after anti-agreement elements succeeded in calling a party council meeting to debate the policy of sharing government...
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