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Northern Ireland News for July 2001 : Page 7
Northern Ireland News, Jul 17, 2001
SECRETARY OF STATE CALLS FOR COMMUNITY LEADERS TO TALK
SECRETARY of State Dr John Reid has called on residents to stand up against “sectarian hooligans” as violence took a turn for the worse on another successive night with several reports of gunmen takin...
SECRETARY OF STATE CALLS FOR COMMUNITY LEADERS TO TALK
SECRETARY of State Dr John Reid has called on residents to stand up against “sectarian hooligans” as violence took a turn for the worse on another successive night with several reports of gunmen takin...
Business News, Jul 17, 2001
CAMPBELL SEEKS COMMENTS ON RAILWAY SAFETY BILL
REGIONAL Development Minister, Gregory Campbell has highlighted the need for public discussion regarding the issue of proposed legislation on railway safety. Legislation governing the operations of r...
CAMPBELL SEEKS COMMENTS ON RAILWAY SAFETY BILL
REGIONAL Development Minister, Gregory Campbell has highlighted the need for public discussion regarding the issue of proposed legislation on railway safety. Legislation governing the operations of r...
Business News, Jul 17, 2001
DERRY HARBOUR CELEBRATES ISO ACCREDITATION
DERRY Port and Harbour Commissioners are celebrating following their attainment of the internationally recognised quality standard, the ISO 14001 accreditation. Designed to demonstrate an organisatio...
DERRY HARBOUR CELEBRATES ISO ACCREDITATION
DERRY Port and Harbour Commissioners are celebrating following their attainment of the internationally recognised quality standard, the ISO 14001 accreditation. Designed to demonstrate an organisatio...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 17, 2001
RUC ACTIONS UNDER OMBUDSMAN’S PROBE
TV FOOTAGE of an RUC vehicle apparently mounting a pavement and driving at a group of children is to be examined in an investigation by the Northern Ireland Police Ombudsman. Ombudsman Nuala O`Loan h...
RUC ACTIONS UNDER OMBUDSMAN’S PROBE
TV FOOTAGE of an RUC vehicle apparently mounting a pavement and driving at a group of children is to be examined in an investigation by the Northern Ireland Police Ombudsman. Ombudsman Nuala O`Loan h...
Business News, Jul 17, 2001
NTL SCRAP NI INVESTMENT PLANS
NTL is reported to have scrapped plans to proceed with a proposed £20 million investment in Northern Ireland. The US communications group announced plans two years ago to build a call centre in Belfa...
NTL SCRAP NI INVESTMENT PLANS
NTL is reported to have scrapped plans to proceed with a proposed £20 million investment in Northern Ireland. The US communications group announced plans two years ago to build a call centre in Belfa...
Business News, Jul 17, 2001
MOBILE PHONE COMPANIES TO REVEAL RADIATION DATA
MOBILE PHONE manufacturers are to start publishing details of radiation levels in handset user manuals following increasing pressure from consumer groups over related health issues. Motorola, Nokia a...
MOBILE PHONE COMPANIES TO REVEAL RADIATION DATA
MOBILE PHONE manufacturers are to start publishing details of radiation levels in handset user manuals following increasing pressure from consumer groups over related health issues. Motorola, Nokia a...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 17, 2001
FERGUSON FITNESS BOOST FOR LINFIELD VS GEORGIA MATCH
LINFIELD striker Glenn Ferguson has declared himself fit to face Georgia’s Torpedo Kutaisi on Wednesday in the first round, second leg Champions League qualifier in Georgia. The Northern Ireland inte...
FERGUSON FITNESS BOOST FOR LINFIELD VS GEORGIA MATCH
LINFIELD striker Glenn Ferguson has declared himself fit to face Georgia’s Torpedo Kutaisi on Wednesday in the first round, second leg Champions League qualifier in Georgia. The Northern Ireland inte...
Business News, Jul 17, 2001
LAGAN TECHNOLOGIES SEEKS CAPITAL FOR EXPANSION
BELFAST-based software developer Lagan Technologies is currently involved in discussions to raise £3.5 million from venture capital sources to enable the company to expand its business. The e-custome...
LAGAN TECHNOLOGIES SEEKS CAPITAL FOR EXPANSION
BELFAST-based software developer Lagan Technologies is currently involved in discussions to raise £3.5 million from venture capital sources to enable the company to expand its business. The e-custome...
Business News, Jul 17, 2001
UK INFLATION REMAINS AT TWO YEAR HIGH
UK inflation has remained at a two-year high, official figures have revealed. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed prices were 2.4 per cent higher in June than the same month a year bef...
UK INFLATION REMAINS AT TWO YEAR HIGH
UK inflation has remained at a two-year high, official figures have revealed. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed prices were 2.4 per cent higher in June than the same month a year bef...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 17, 2001
ASSEMBLY CREATE AWARD TO HONOUR FIRE SERVICE
THE Northern Ireland Fire Service is to receive the first ever award given by the province's devolved assembly. An illuminated scroll is to be presented to Chief Fire Officer John McClelland on Tuesd...
ASSEMBLY CREATE AWARD TO HONOUR FIRE SERVICE
THE Northern Ireland Fire Service is to receive the first ever award given by the province's devolved assembly. An illuminated scroll is to be presented to Chief Fire Officer John McClelland on Tuesd...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 17, 2001
ASSEMBLY TO APPOINT CHILDREN’S COMMISSIONER
TWO ministers from the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister have met with politicians in Dublin to discuss and examine childcare strategies deployed in the Republic of Ireland. Mr H...
ASSEMBLY TO APPOINT CHILDREN’S COMMISSIONER
TWO ministers from the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister have met with politicians in Dublin to discuss and examine childcare strategies deployed in the Republic of Ireland. Mr H...
Business News, Jul 17, 2001
NEW TARGETS ANNOUNCED FOR VALUATION AND LANDS AGENCY
NEW performance targets for the Valuation and Lands Agency, (VLA) have been announced by the Minister of Finance and Personnel, Mark Durkan, MLA. Commenting on the move, Mr Durkan said: "The Executi...
NEW TARGETS ANNOUNCED FOR VALUATION AND LANDS AGENCY
NEW performance targets for the Valuation and Lands Agency, (VLA) have been announced by the Minister of Finance and Personnel, Mark Durkan, MLA. Commenting on the move, Mr Durkan said: "The Executi...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 17, 2001
ULSTER RUGBY TEAM FINALISED
ULSTER coach Alan Solomons announced four new signings on Monday July 16 to complete their 30-player panel for the forthcoming season. The four fresh faces are Robbie Brink, Adam Larkin, David Allen...
ULSTER RUGBY TEAM FINALISED
ULSTER coach Alan Solomons announced four new signings on Monday July 16 to complete their 30-player panel for the forthcoming season. The four fresh faces are Robbie Brink, Adam Larkin, David Allen...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 17, 2001
FRESH ROW BREAKS OUT OVER DRUMCREE MARCH
THE Parades Commission has responded to comments made by a senior Portadown Orangeman over the issue of last-minute bid to march along the nationalist Garvaghy Road. On Sunday 15 July, Nigel Dawson, ...
FRESH ROW BREAKS OUT OVER DRUMCREE MARCH
THE Parades Commission has responded to comments made by a senior Portadown Orangeman over the issue of last-minute bid to march along the nationalist Garvaghy Road. On Sunday 15 July, Nigel Dawson, ...
Business News, Jul 17, 2001
Research reveals key managerial skills
EXCELLENT ‘people skills’ are now considered a more important managerial asset than ability in financial management, according to career development research revealed by the Institute of Management (I...
Research reveals key managerial skills
EXCELLENT ‘people skills’ are now considered a more important managerial asset than ability in financial management, according to career development research revealed by the Institute of Management (I...
Business News, Jul 17, 2001
INLAND REVENUE TO CONSIDER NAME CHANGE
IN a latest attempt to revamp their image, the Inland Revenue is considering a name change. In an effort to be seen as more user-friendly and less forbidding, the government department has embarked u...
INLAND REVENUE TO CONSIDER NAME CHANGE
IN a latest attempt to revamp their image, the Inland Revenue is considering a name change. In an effort to be seen as more user-friendly and less forbidding, the government department has embarked u...
Business News, Jul 17, 2001
Minister seeks to encourage leadership potential
MINISTER of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment, Dr Sean Farren has spoken out about the need to encourage the development of leadership potential in the young people of Northern Ire...
Minister seeks to encourage leadership potential
MINISTER of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment, Dr Sean Farren has spoken out about the need to encourage the development of leadership potential in the young people of Northern Ire...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 17, 2001
POLICE CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE SPRUCEFIELD CRASH
POLICE are investigating the possibility that one of the vehicles involved in the recent fatal road crash at Sprucefield had taken part in another crash just minutes before the tragic event. The he...
POLICE CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE SPRUCEFIELD CRASH
POLICE are investigating the possibility that one of the vehicles involved in the recent fatal road crash at Sprucefield had taken part in another crash just minutes before the tragic event. The he...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 17, 2001
POLICE SAY BELT UP OR PAY UP
PEOPLE found not wearing their seatbelts are to be issued with a £30 fixed penalty notice instead of a warning, in a new RUC initiative designed to save lives and reduce serious injury. Every year al...
POLICE SAY BELT UP OR PAY UP
PEOPLE found not wearing their seatbelts are to be issued with a £30 fixed penalty notice instead of a warning, in a new RUC initiative designed to save lives and reduce serious injury. Every year al...
Business News, Jul 16, 2001
SLUMP IN PROFITABILITY HITS UK JOBS AND INVESTMENT
BRITISH industry could be teetering on the brink of recession as profitability has fallen for the seventh consecutive quarter in the 12 months to December 2000, according to information solutions comp...
SLUMP IN PROFITABILITY HITS UK JOBS AND INVESTMENT
BRITISH industry could be teetering on the brink of recession as profitability has fallen for the seventh consecutive quarter in the 12 months to December 2000, according to information solutions comp...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 16, 2001
CATHOLICS TARGETED IN SERIES OF INCENDIARY ATTACKS
LOYALISTS have been blamed for a petrol bomb attack on the home of a catholic pensioner in the Short Strand area of East Belfast. The incident, which occurred at around 1am on Monday, 16 July, saw se...
CATHOLICS TARGETED IN SERIES OF INCENDIARY ATTACKS
LOYALISTS have been blamed for a petrol bomb attack on the home of a catholic pensioner in the Short Strand area of East Belfast. The incident, which occurred at around 1am on Monday, 16 July, saw se...
Business News, Jul 16, 2001
PROVINCE’S HOUSEBUILDERS TAKE PRIDE IN THE JOB
THIRTY-TWO building site managers have won Quality Awards in the first round of the National House-Building Council (NHBC) 2001 Pride in the Job campaign. Those singled out for their competence in ho...
PROVINCE’S HOUSEBUILDERS TAKE PRIDE IN THE JOB
THIRTY-TWO building site managers have won Quality Awards in the first round of the National House-Building Council (NHBC) 2001 Pride in the Job campaign. Those singled out for their competence in ho...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 16, 2001
HOPES RAISED FOR REOPENING OF NAVAN CENTRE
NAVAN FORT is to be the focus of a concerted campaign of events designed to bring about the reopening of the County Armagh heritage centre, widely considered to be one of the most important Celtic her...
HOPES RAISED FOR REOPENING OF NAVAN CENTRE
NAVAN FORT is to be the focus of a concerted campaign of events designed to bring about the reopening of the County Armagh heritage centre, widely considered to be one of the most important Celtic her...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 16, 2001
SOUTH AFRICA’S RETIEF GOOSEN WINS SCOTTISH OPEN
US Open champion Retief Goosen has won the Scottish Open title at Loch Lomond. In a repeat of his Open win last month, the 32-year-old South African led the tournament from start to finish thus secur...
SOUTH AFRICA’S RETIEF GOOSEN WINS SCOTTISH OPEN
US Open champion Retief Goosen has won the Scottish Open title at Loch Lomond. In a repeat of his Open win last month, the 32-year-old South African led the tournament from start to finish thus secur...
Business News, Jul 16, 2001
BELFAST FIRE DETECTION FIRM TARGETS ROI MARKET
CONTRACTS for two prestigious new hospitals are the latest in a line of successes for a growing fire detection and security company in Belfast. Fire Security Ltd, which trades as Gent (NI), Gent (Ire...
BELFAST FIRE DETECTION FIRM TARGETS ROI MARKET
CONTRACTS for two prestigious new hospitals are the latest in a line of successes for a growing fire detection and security company in Belfast. Fire Security Ltd, which trades as Gent (NI), Gent (Ire...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 16, 2001
TALKS RESOLUTION STILL REMAINS OUT OF REACH
THE hardline stance of senior republicans has been blamed by an anti-Agreement Unionist politician for the eventual collapse of the Weston Park talks. MP Jeffrey Donaldson has spoken out about his be...
TALKS RESOLUTION STILL REMAINS OUT OF REACH
THE hardline stance of senior republicans has been blamed by an anti-Agreement Unionist politician for the eventual collapse of the Weston Park talks. MP Jeffrey Donaldson has spoken out about his be...
Business News, Jul 16, 2001
NORTH/SOUTH INITIATIVE TO SUPPORT HOSPITALITY TRADE
TOURISM Training Trust (TTT) and CERT, the bodies responsible for training in the hospitality and tourism sectors in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland respectively, have announced further d...
NORTH/SOUTH INITIATIVE TO SUPPORT HOSPITALITY TRADE
TOURISM Training Trust (TTT) and CERT, the bodies responsible for training in the hospitality and tourism sectors in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland respectively, have announced further d...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 16, 2001
DERRY RETAIN ULSTER SENIOR HURLING TITLE
A POINT by former Tipperary under 21 star, John O'Dwyer, with the last puck of the game, saw Derry retain their Guinness Ulster senior hurling title, as they outscored Down in a thrilling second half ...
DERRY RETAIN ULSTER SENIOR HURLING TITLE
A POINT by former Tipperary under 21 star, John O'Dwyer, with the last puck of the game, saw Derry retain their Guinness Ulster senior hurling title, as they outscored Down in a thrilling second half ...
Business News, Jul 16, 2001
NEW TARGETS ANNOUNCED FOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SERVICE
KEY performance targets for the Business Development Service (BDS), which aim to ensure quality and value for money across public services, have been announced by the Minister of Finance and Personnel...
NEW TARGETS ANNOUNCED FOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SERVICE
KEY performance targets for the Business Development Service (BDS), which aim to ensure quality and value for money across public services, have been announced by the Minister of Finance and Personnel...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 16, 2001
MAN KILLED IN SPRUCEFIELD ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT
ONE man has died and two people have been seriously hurt in a head-on collision involving two cars on the M1 in County Antrim. It is understood the crash, which took place on Sunday July 15 at around...
MAN KILLED IN SPRUCEFIELD ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT
ONE man has died and two people have been seriously hurt in a head-on collision involving two cars on the M1 in County Antrim. It is understood the crash, which took place on Sunday July 15 at around...
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Northern Ireland WeatherThis Evening and Tonight:A dry night, save for a few light showers around the coasts, with prolonged clear spells and light winds bringing a frosty dawn for many in central and southern parts. Minimum temperature -3 °C.
