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Northern Ireland News for October 2002 : Page 2
Northern Ireland News, Oct 29, 2002
Driver killed as car collides with lamppost
A 22-year-old man has been killed in a road traffic accident in Belfast. The accident occurred on the King's Road in Knock area shortly before midnight on Monday October 28. The man, who has not yet...
Driver killed as car collides with lamppost
A 22-year-old man has been killed in a road traffic accident in Belfast. The accident occurred on the King's Road in Knock area shortly before midnight on Monday October 28. The man, who has not yet...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 29, 2002
Bomb alerts hit Belfast shoppers and city traffic
A number of bomb hoaxes across Belfast on Tuesday October 29 were being blamed on dissident republicans. Shoppers and staff were moved out of the Castlecourt Mall in Belfast city centre and the Fores...
Bomb alerts hit Belfast shoppers and city traffic
A number of bomb hoaxes across Belfast on Tuesday October 29 were being blamed on dissident republicans. Shoppers and staff were moved out of the Castlecourt Mall in Belfast city centre and the Fores...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 29, 2002
Dissident republicans linked to mortar device find
A man has been arrested after a mortar bomb and launcher tube where found in the garage of a house in the mainly nationalist Bogside area of Londonderry. Police are linking the horizontally-fired Mar...
Dissident republicans linked to mortar device find
A man has been arrested after a mortar bomb and launcher tube where found in the garage of a house in the mainly nationalist Bogside area of Londonderry. Police are linking the horizontally-fired Mar...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 28, 2002
Road works seminar aims to address safety issues
Greenmount College in Antrim is to be the venue for an upcoming seminar on road safety issues. The seminar will address a number of key road safety issues facing designers, planning supervisors and c...
Road works seminar aims to address safety issues
Greenmount College in Antrim is to be the venue for an upcoming seminar on road safety issues. The seminar will address a number of key road safety issues facing designers, planning supervisors and c...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 28, 2002
Northern Ireland firms forecast large sales increases
Firms in Northern Ireland have forecast sales growth of up to 8.1% during the coming year, outstripping the 3.5% national average, according to the latest Marketing Trends Survey (MTS) from The Charte...
Northern Ireland firms forecast large sales increases
Firms in Northern Ireland have forecast sales growth of up to 8.1% during the coming year, outstripping the 3.5% national average, according to the latest Marketing Trends Survey (MTS) from The Charte...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 28, 2002
Sinn Féin meet with Police Ombudsman over Stormont raid
The Police Ombudsman Nuala O'Loan will meet with Sinn Fein's Conor Murphy today over the PSNI raid on the party's Stormont offices last week. The meeting was called after police swooped on Sinn Fein...
Sinn Féin meet with Police Ombudsman over Stormont raid
The Police Ombudsman Nuala O'Loan will meet with Sinn Fein's Conor Murphy today over the PSNI raid on the party's Stormont offices last week. The meeting was called after police swooped on Sinn Fein...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 28, 2002
USPCA condemns 'appalling' death of four kittens
The USPCA has described the deaths of four kittens which were crushed in a bin lorry as "an act of appalling malice". The four apparently unwanted kittens were crushed to death in the refuse lorry's ...
USPCA condemns 'appalling' death of four kittens
The USPCA has described the deaths of four kittens which were crushed in a bin lorry as "an act of appalling malice". The four apparently unwanted kittens were crushed to death in the refuse lorry's ...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 28, 2002
Former Agriculture minister hits out at possible Irish Sea cod ban
Former Minister of Agriculture Brid Rodgers has reacted angrily to news that European ministers are considering banning cod fishing in the Irish Sea. Mrs Rodgers said the proposals would have a devas...
Former Agriculture minister hits out at possible Irish Sea cod ban
Former Minister of Agriculture Brid Rodgers has reacted angrily to news that European ministers are considering banning cod fishing in the Irish Sea. Mrs Rodgers said the proposals would have a devas...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 28, 2002
Car thieves attempted to burn down Catholic school
A Catholic secondary school in Co Down has been damaged this morning after a stolen car was driven through perimeter fencing before an attempt was made to ram the car into the school's reception area....
Car thieves attempted to burn down Catholic school
A Catholic secondary school in Co Down has been damaged this morning after a stolen car was driven through perimeter fencing before an attempt was made to ram the car into the school's reception area....
Northern Ireland News, Oct 28, 2002
Business consortium urges proactive approach toward eLearning
The Knowledge Management Exchange has urged local businesses to be more proactive when it comes to eLearning within their own organisations. The Exchange, founded by a consortium of public and privat...
Business consortium urges proactive approach toward eLearning
The Knowledge Management Exchange has urged local businesses to be more proactive when it comes to eLearning within their own organisations. The Exchange, founded by a consortium of public and privat...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 28, 2002
Elderly couple 'physically and mentally abused' during robbery
Police have appealed for information after armed robbers "physically and mentally abused" an elderly couple in their Aughnacloy home over the weekend. The couple were in their isolated farmhouse in t...
Elderly couple 'physically and mentally abused' during robbery
Police have appealed for information after armed robbers "physically and mentally abused" an elderly couple in their Aughnacloy home over the weekend. The couple were in their isolated farmhouse in t...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 28, 2002
£6m package for voluntary services announced
The NIO Finance Minister has unveiled plans for the allocation of up to £6m to provide support to vital services in the community and voluntary sector. The Minister, Ian Pearson, explained that just ...
£6m package for voluntary services announced
The NIO Finance Minister has unveiled plans for the allocation of up to £6m to provide support to vital services in the community and voluntary sector. The Minister, Ian Pearson, explained that just ...
Business News, Oct 28, 2002
Mallusk-based office supplies company marks double celebration
Denis Smyth Office Supplies and Business Furniture have recently celebrated their twentieth year in the business. However, a double celebration is in order as the Mallusk-based company have been awar...
Mallusk-based office supplies company marks double celebration
Denis Smyth Office Supplies and Business Furniture have recently celebrated their twentieth year in the business. However, a double celebration is in order as the Mallusk-based company have been awar...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 28, 2002
Adams foresees a 'future without the IRA'
Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams has told a meeting of party faithful that he envisages a "future without the IRA". Mr Adams made his comments during a meeting in the Hillgrove Hotel, Co Monaghan, on...
Adams foresees a 'future without the IRA'
Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams has told a meeting of party faithful that he envisages a "future without the IRA". Mr Adams made his comments during a meeting in the Hillgrove Hotel, Co Monaghan, on...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 25, 2002
Local council to call for inquiry into army death
Castlereagh Borough Council is set to call on the Ministry of Defence to set up an independent inquiry into the death of a Royal Irish Regiment soldier. Councillors passed the motion on Thursday nigh...
Local council to call for inquiry into army death
Castlereagh Borough Council is set to call on the Ministry of Defence to set up an independent inquiry into the death of a Royal Irish Regiment soldier. Councillors passed the motion on Thursday nigh...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 25, 2002
NIO considers raising more revenue through rates
The NIO has been warned to conduct careful consultation after the minister responsible for the finance portfolio, Ian Pearson, raised the prospect of garnering revenues for public administration throu...
NIO considers raising more revenue through rates
The NIO has been warned to conduct careful consultation after the minister responsible for the finance portfolio, Ian Pearson, raised the prospect of garnering revenues for public administration throu...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 25, 2002
Three in court for withholding evidence over beating
Three people have appeared in court today charged with withholding evidence following a serious assault in County Antrim on Wednesday morning. The 41-year-old man and two women, aged 22 and 44, appea...
Three in court for withholding evidence over beating
Three people have appeared in court today charged with withholding evidence following a serious assault in County Antrim on Wednesday morning. The 41-year-old man and two women, aged 22 and 44, appea...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 25, 2002
NI fishing industry could collapse if European ban gets go-ahead
Over 2,000 jobs could go within the Northern Ireland fishing industry if cod fishing is banned in the Irish Sea. This was the stark message sent out by Dick James of the Northern Ireland Fish Produce...
NI fishing industry could collapse if European ban gets go-ahead
Over 2,000 jobs could go within the Northern Ireland fishing industry if cod fishing is banned in the Irish Sea. This was the stark message sent out by Dick James of the Northern Ireland Fish Produce...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 25, 2002
McLaughlin says IRA may 'eventually' be removed from equation
The continuation of the peace process and the return of the devolved assembly may mean that the IRA would eventually be "removed from the equation" according to Sinn Féin Chairman Mitchel McLaughlin. ...
McLaughlin says IRA may 'eventually' be removed from equation
The continuation of the peace process and the return of the devolved assembly may mean that the IRA would eventually be "removed from the equation" according to Sinn Féin Chairman Mitchel McLaughlin. ...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 25, 2002
Safeway announce £100m investment programme for NI
Safeway has announced plans for a £100 million investment programme in Northern Ireland which could results in hundreds of jobs for the province. The UK retailer, which currently employs 2,500 people...
Safeway announce £100m investment programme for NI
Safeway has announced plans for a £100 million investment programme in Northern Ireland which could results in hundreds of jobs for the province. The UK retailer, which currently employs 2,500 people...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 25, 2002
Murphy starts first day as NI Secretary of State
Northern Ireland's new Secretary of State, Paul Murphy, has met local political leaders on his first day of office. Mr Murphy, who replaced Dr John Reid following a Cabinet reshuffle on Thursday, spe...
Murphy starts first day as NI Secretary of State
Northern Ireland's new Secretary of State, Paul Murphy, has met local political leaders on his first day of office. Mr Murphy, who replaced Dr John Reid following a Cabinet reshuffle on Thursday, spe...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 25, 2002
Police appeal after two armed robberies in Co Antrim
Police are appealing for information following two robberies in the Newtownabbey area within 24 hours. At around 11.30am this morning, three masked men entered a post office in Doagh, outside Newtown...
Police appeal after two armed robberies in Co Antrim
Police are appealing for information following two robberies in the Newtownabbey area within 24 hours. At around 11.30am this morning, three masked men entered a post office in Doagh, outside Newtown...
Business News, Oct 25, 2002
Invest NI blaze a trail to Asia Pacific
Invest NI is seeking to build on its recent involvement in the Business Summit in Washington with an investment campaign in the Asia Pacific region this week. The campaign, in Japan, South Korea and ...
Invest NI blaze a trail to Asia Pacific
Invest NI is seeking to build on its recent involvement in the Business Summit in Washington with an investment campaign in the Asia Pacific region this week. The campaign, in Japan, South Korea and ...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 25, 2002
AIB fraudster jailed for seven years
A former currency trader has been jailed for seven years for his part in one of the largest bank frauds in history. John Rusnak pleaded guilty to bank fraud over the trading scam that cost Allied Iri...
AIB fraudster jailed for seven years
A former currency trader has been jailed for seven years for his part in one of the largest bank frauds in history. John Rusnak pleaded guilty to bank fraud over the trading scam that cost Allied Iri...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 25, 2002
Van bomb partially explodes before area was cleared
Police have said that the van bomb left in Belfast City centre this morning had partially exploded before the area had been fully cleared. Speaking at the scene, Chief Inspector Bill Brown said: "We ...
Van bomb partially explodes before area was cleared
Police have said that the van bomb left in Belfast City centre this morning had partially exploded before the area had been fully cleared. Speaking at the scene, Chief Inspector Bill Brown said: "We ...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 24, 2002
Stevens Report into collusion is delayed
It has emerged that the publication of Sir John Stevens' report into alleged collusion between paramilitaries and security services has been delayed by six months. Sir John Stevens was scheduled to p...
Stevens Report into collusion is delayed
It has emerged that the publication of Sir John Stevens' report into alleged collusion between paramilitaries and security services has been delayed by six months. Sir John Stevens was scheduled to p...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 24, 2002
Murphy appointment broadly welcomed in NI
Following Dr Reid's departure to take over as chairman of the Labour Party, Northern Ireland's political parties broadly welcomed the announcement that Welsh Secretary Paul Murphy is the new incumbent...
Murphy appointment broadly welcomed in NI
Following Dr Reid's departure to take over as chairman of the Labour Party, Northern Ireland's political parties broadly welcomed the announcement that Welsh Secretary Paul Murphy is the new incumbent...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 24, 2002
Direct rule Minister addresses devolution conference
Public sector reform will continue to play a major part in the government’s priorities for Northern Ireland, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State with responsibility for Finance and Personnel, I...
Direct rule Minister addresses devolution conference
Public sector reform will continue to play a major part in the government’s priorities for Northern Ireland, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State with responsibility for Finance and Personnel, I...
Business News, Oct 24, 2002
Revitalised Marks & Spencer stores reopen
Marks & Spencer have reopened the doors of their Buttercrane Shopping Centre in Newry and Forestside Shopping Centre in Newtownbreda. Following completion work, estimated to have cost over £1.5 milli...
Revitalised Marks & Spencer stores reopen
Marks & Spencer have reopened the doors of their Buttercrane Shopping Centre in Newry and Forestside Shopping Centre in Newtownbreda. Following completion work, estimated to have cost over £1.5 milli...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 24, 2002
Belfast City Council boosts smoke alarm campaign
A potentially lifesaving fire safety campaign received a boost from Belfast City Council today. Councillor Peter O’Reilly, Chairman of the Council’s Health and Environmental Services Committee, prese...
Belfast City Council boosts smoke alarm campaign
A potentially lifesaving fire safety campaign received a boost from Belfast City Council today. Councillor Peter O’Reilly, Chairman of the Council’s Health and Environmental Services Committee, prese...
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Northern Ireland WeatherToday:A showery start with outbreaks most frequent north of Lough Neagh and through the morning, before dwindling during the afternoon as the northwest breezes ease and brighter spells of weak sunshine prosper. Maximum temperature 8 °C.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.
