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Northern Ireland News for July 2001 : Page 8
Business News, Jul 16, 2001
"COWBOY" BUILDERS HELPED BY QUALITY MARK
THE Government’s heralded anti-cowboy builder initiative, the Quality Mark, has been launched amidst criticism that the measure does not do enough to combat the growing problem of rogue traders in the...
"COWBOY" BUILDERS HELPED BY QUALITY MARK
THE Government’s heralded anti-cowboy builder initiative, the Quality Mark, has been launched amidst criticism that the measure does not do enough to combat the growing problem of rogue traders in the...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 16, 2001
LISBURN WOMAN FALLS TO HER DEATH IN MALTA
A LISBURN woman has died after falling from a hotel balcony while on holiday in Malta. Linda Hampton was staying at the San Anton hotel with her family when she fell from the third floor of the build...
LISBURN WOMAN FALLS TO HER DEATH IN MALTA
A LISBURN woman has died after falling from a hotel balcony while on holiday in Malta. Linda Hampton was staying at the San Anton hotel with her family when she fell from the third floor of the build...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 16, 2001
HOUSE OF COMMONS CONSIDERS ELECTIONS FOR NI
LEGISLATION to allow elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly has been introduced in the House of Commons on Monday 16 July. Legal procedures for Northern Ireland’s devolved government have to be i...
HOUSE OF COMMONS CONSIDERS ELECTIONS FOR NI
LEGISLATION to allow elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly has been introduced in the House of Commons on Monday 16 July. Legal procedures for Northern Ireland’s devolved government have to be i...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 16, 2001
COUNTY ANTRIM MOTHER REUNITED WITH ABANDONED BABY
AN ABANDONED BABY found near a Gaelic Athletic Association football pitch in Ballymena has been reunited with her mother. The newborn baby was discovered outside All Saints GAC on the Woodside Road a...
COUNTY ANTRIM MOTHER REUNITED WITH ABANDONED BABY
AN ABANDONED BABY found near a Gaelic Athletic Association football pitch in Ballymena has been reunited with her mother. The newborn baby was discovered outside All Saints GAC on the Woodside Road a...
Business News, Jul 16, 2001
EUROPEAN FUNDING BOOSTS UK IT BUSINESSES
UK businesses currently receiving European funding for innovative IT projects have urged others to follow their example, by contacting the Department of Trade and Industry’s (DTI) support initiative U...
EUROPEAN FUNDING BOOSTS UK IT BUSINESSES
UK businesses currently receiving European funding for innovative IT projects have urged others to follow their example, by contacting the Department of Trade and Industry’s (DTI) support initiative U...
Business News, Jul 16, 2001
McGUINNESS STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY SPIRIT
EDUCATION Minister, Martin McGuinness has met with a group of Canadian university students to discuss ways of creating a greater sense of community among young people in Northern Ireland. The studen...
McGUINNESS STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY SPIRIT
EDUCATION Minister, Martin McGuinness has met with a group of Canadian university students to discuss ways of creating a greater sense of community among young people in Northern Ireland. The studen...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 16, 2001
POLICE LAUNCH APPEAL OVER COMA VICTIM
IT is thought that a man who was found in a coma in a north Belfast flat on Saturday evening was beaten up and left for dead several days prior to his discovery. The man, named locally as Mark McAfee...
POLICE LAUNCH APPEAL OVER COMA VICTIM
IT is thought that a man who was found in a coma in a north Belfast flat on Saturday evening was beaten up and left for dead several days prior to his discovery. The man, named locally as Mark McAfee...
Business News, Jul 16, 2001
CO ANTRIM CENTRE TO CREATE 100 HI-TECH JOBS
UP to 100 hi-tech jobs are likely to be created thanks to a new technology centre being established by the University of Ulster. Based at the University’s Jordanstown campus in County Antrim, the cen...
CO ANTRIM CENTRE TO CREATE 100 HI-TECH JOBS
UP to 100 hi-tech jobs are likely to be created thanks to a new technology centre being established by the University of Ulster. Based at the University’s Jordanstown campus in County Antrim, the cen...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 13, 2001
IRELAND BEATEN BY DUTCH IN CRICKET WORLD CUP GAME
IRISH World Cup Cricket finals hopes have been dashed after Ireland were knocked out of the ICC Trophy in a gripping Super League match against Holland. The Irish fell an agonising two-runs short of ...
IRELAND BEATEN BY DUTCH IN CRICKET WORLD CUP GAME
IRISH World Cup Cricket finals hopes have been dashed after Ireland were knocked out of the ICC Trophy in a gripping Super League match against Holland. The Irish fell an agonising two-runs short of ...
Business News, Jul 13, 2001
SURVEY REVEALS HIGH FLYERS HUNGRY FOR INTERNATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
YOUNG, higher-educated professionals across Europe are hungry for international experience, according to the results of a new survey. Jobline and Cranfield School of Management questioned over 6,500 ...
SURVEY REVEALS HIGH FLYERS HUNGRY FOR INTERNATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
YOUNG, higher-educated professionals across Europe are hungry for international experience, according to the results of a new survey. Jobline and Cranfield School of Management questioned over 6,500 ...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 13, 2001
AGREEMENT POSSIBLE IF ORDER TALK: HOLLAND
THE Head of the Northern Ireland Parades Commission has said he believes Portadown Orangemen will eventually walk down the Garvaghy Road. In a radio interview following the ban of the Orange Order in...
AGREEMENT POSSIBLE IF ORDER TALK: HOLLAND
THE Head of the Northern Ireland Parades Commission has said he believes Portadown Orangemen will eventually walk down the Garvaghy Road. In a radio interview following the ban of the Orange Order in...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 13, 2001
POLITICAL TALKS RESUME AT WESTON PARK
THE British and Irish prime ministers have returned to Weston Park in Shropshire for further talks aimed at saving the Good Friday Agreement. Tony Blair and Bertie Ahern met Northern Ireland's main p...
POLITICAL TALKS RESUME AT WESTON PARK
THE British and Irish prime ministers have returned to Weston Park in Shropshire for further talks aimed at saving the Good Friday Agreement. Tony Blair and Bertie Ahern met Northern Ireland's main p...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 13, 2001
ORANGE ORDER DISMISSIVE OF STAFFORDSHIRE TALKS
ORANGE Order leaders across the province showed elements of hardening attitudes towards the ongoing peace talks in Weston Park at their 12 July speeches. Speaking at Benburb in County Tyrone, Orange ...
ORANGE ORDER DISMISSIVE OF STAFFORDSHIRE TALKS
ORANGE Order leaders across the province showed elements of hardening attitudes towards the ongoing peace talks in Weston Park at their 12 July speeches. Speaking at Benburb in County Tyrone, Orange ...
Business News, Jul 13, 2001
JURY’S PROFITS UNTOUCHED BY FMD
THE impact of foot-and-mouth disease seems to have had little bearing on the success of the Jury’s Doyle Group which on Thursday recorded an increase in pre-tax profits of 11 percent. The company, wh...
JURY’S PROFITS UNTOUCHED BY FMD
THE impact of foot-and-mouth disease seems to have had little bearing on the success of the Jury’s Doyle Group which on Thursday recorded an increase in pre-tax profits of 11 percent. The company, wh...
Business News, Jul 13, 2001
Tánaiste announces 150 jobs for Dundalk
TANAISTE Mary Harney has announced that 150 jobs are to be created in Dundalk, following the decision of Irish Life (Retail) to establish a new Customer Services facility in the town. The new facilit...
Tánaiste announces 150 jobs for Dundalk
TANAISTE Mary Harney has announced that 150 jobs are to be created in Dundalk, following the decision of Irish Life (Retail) to establish a new Customer Services facility in the town. The new facilit...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 13, 2001
MOTORCYCLE RECOVERED IN ANTRIM MURDER CASE
FOLLOWING an appeal for further information surrounding the murder of Antrim teenager Ciaran Cummings, police have recovered a motorcycle which they believe may have been used in the shooting. The mo...
MOTORCYCLE RECOVERED IN ANTRIM MURDER CASE
FOLLOWING an appeal for further information surrounding the murder of Antrim teenager Ciaran Cummings, police have recovered a motorcycle which they believe may have been used in the shooting. The mo...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 13, 2001
HIGHLAND GAMES OPENS IN GLENARM
THE Earl of Antrim has performed the Opening Ceremony for the World Grand Prix Series Highland Games. Telecast from Glenarm Castle, the event takes place every 13 and 14 July. Crowds of people gathe...
HIGHLAND GAMES OPENS IN GLENARM
THE Earl of Antrim has performed the Opening Ceremony for the World Grand Prix Series Highland Games. Telecast from Glenarm Castle, the event takes place every 13 and 14 July. Crowds of people gathe...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 13, 2001
‘RADICAL’ ARTS PLAN WINS INCREASED FUNDING
ARTS Council Executive, Roisin McDonough, has welcomed the government’s commitment of an additional £337,000 to support the Council’s new arts plan which was launched this week. The Council’s new pla...
‘RADICAL’ ARTS PLAN WINS INCREASED FUNDING
ARTS Council Executive, Roisin McDonough, has welcomed the government’s commitment of an additional £337,000 to support the Council’s new arts plan which was launched this week. The Council’s new pla...
Business News, Jul 13, 2001
UK REPORT SHOWS E-BUSINESS FAILS TO CATER FOR ALL
THE Usability Company has issued a report highlighting the potential dangers faced by UK business if they fail to ensure that their web sites are accessible to all. Produced in collaboration with the...
UK REPORT SHOWS E-BUSINESS FAILS TO CATER FOR ALL
THE Usability Company has issued a report highlighting the potential dangers faced by UK business if they fail to ensure that their web sites are accessible to all. Produced in collaboration with the...
Business News, Jul 13, 2001
VISITOR INCREASE TO TOURISM CENTRE
NEW figures from the Belfast Visitor and Convention Bureau (BVCB) show a significant increase in traffic through the city’s tourist information centre. More than 44,000 people have visited the BVCB’s...
VISITOR INCREASE TO TOURISM CENTRE
NEW figures from the Belfast Visitor and Convention Bureau (BVCB) show a significant increase in traffic through the city’s tourist information centre. More than 44,000 people have visited the BVCB’s...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 13, 2001
CHIEF CONSTABLE CONDEMNS RIOTING
RUC CHIEF CONSTABLE Sir Ronnie Flanagan has condemned those behind nationalist rioting which flared in the Ardoyne area on Thursday night, which saw a petrol station destroyed and more than 100 office...
CHIEF CONSTABLE CONDEMNS RIOTING
RUC CHIEF CONSTABLE Sir Ronnie Flanagan has condemned those behind nationalist rioting which flared in the Ardoyne area on Thursday night, which saw a petrol station destroyed and more than 100 office...
Business News, Jul 13, 2001
Post Office to shed staff in cost-cutting strategy
THE POST OFFICE is to make over 2,000 staff redundant as part of a UK-wide strategy to improve cost efficiency and to combat growing competition. The job losses, which are estimated to affect around ...
Post Office to shed staff in cost-cutting strategy
THE POST OFFICE is to make over 2,000 staff redundant as part of a UK-wide strategy to improve cost efficiency and to combat growing competition. The job losses, which are estimated to affect around ...
Business News, Jul 13, 2001
MOBILE NETWORK CONTROL REDUCED TO ‘BIG FIVE’ BY 2015
FORRESTER Research, one of the world’s leading research and consulting companies, has revealed that five dominant players will control Europe’s mobile phone networks by 2015. The research revealed th...
MOBILE NETWORK CONTROL REDUCED TO ‘BIG FIVE’ BY 2015
FORRESTER Research, one of the world’s leading research and consulting companies, has revealed that five dominant players will control Europe’s mobile phone networks by 2015. The research revealed th...
Business News, Jul 13, 2001
CONFIDENCE FALLS IN MANUFACTURING SECTOR
CONFIDENCE in the manufacturing sector is continuing to decline, with recession closing in and the service sector losing its grip on growth. This new crisis of confidence in the sector has been uncov...
CONFIDENCE FALLS IN MANUFACTURING SECTOR
CONFIDENCE in the manufacturing sector is continuing to decline, with recession closing in and the service sector losing its grip on growth. This new crisis of confidence in the sector has been uncov...
Business News, Jul 13, 2001
DIAGEO FIGURES SHOW BURGER KING LOSSES
GIANT drinks company Diageo have announced the release of their year-end trading update. The report showed that the company’s premium drinks business, Guinness UDV, continued to perform strongly. How...
DIAGEO FIGURES SHOW BURGER KING LOSSES
GIANT drinks company Diageo have announced the release of their year-end trading update. The report showed that the company’s premium drinks business, Guinness UDV, continued to perform strongly. How...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 13, 2001
FIRE SERVICES COME UNDER ATTACK IN LONDONDERRY
FIRE services came under attack in Londonderry during a night of disturbances in the city. In the most serious incident, a community centre was destroyed in what is believed to be an arson attack. T...
FIRE SERVICES COME UNDER ATTACK IN LONDONDERRY
FIRE services came under attack in Londonderry during a night of disturbances in the city. In the most serious incident, a community centre was destroyed in what is believed to be an arson attack. T...
Recruitment News, Jul 13, 2001
Irish entrepreneurs to benefit from new guide
A NEW publication has been launched in the Republic of Ireland that aims to advise those thinking of starting a business venture on the best ways to turn entrepreneurial ideas into reality. The purpo...
Irish entrepreneurs to benefit from new guide
A NEW publication has been launched in the Republic of Ireland that aims to advise those thinking of starting a business venture on the best ways to turn entrepreneurial ideas into reality. The purpo...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 13, 2001
POLICE OFFICERS INJURED IN NORTH BELFAST RIOTS
ONE hundred and thirteen police officers were injured after serious rioting in North Belfast on Thursday night. Blast and petrol bombs were thrown during the violence in the nationalist district of A...
POLICE OFFICERS INJURED IN NORTH BELFAST RIOTS
ONE hundred and thirteen police officers were injured after serious rioting in North Belfast on Thursday night. Blast and petrol bombs were thrown during the violence in the nationalist district of A...
Business News, Jul 11, 2001
GOVERNMENT BLOCKS LLOYDS TSB MERGER
THE Government has blocked Lloyds TSB’s £18.2bn takeover bid for rival Abbey National, saying that the merger would be against the public interest. Trade Secretary Patricia Hewitt said she accepted t...
GOVERNMENT BLOCKS LLOYDS TSB MERGER
THE Government has blocked Lloyds TSB’s £18.2bn takeover bid for rival Abbey National, saying that the merger would be against the public interest. Trade Secretary Patricia Hewitt said she accepted t...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 11, 2001
NEW ID CARDS TO END ELECTORAL FRAUD
THE introduction of a photographic identity card is one of the measures being considered as part of a new drive to combat electoral fraud in Northern Ireland. The key element of the new Electoral Fra...
NEW ID CARDS TO END ELECTORAL FRAUD
THE introduction of a photographic identity card is one of the measures being considered as part of a new drive to combat electoral fraud in Northern Ireland. The key element of the new Electoral Fra...
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