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Northern Ireland News for October 2002 : Page 8
Northern Ireland News, Oct 8, 2002
Man shot and seriously wounded in east Belfast loyalist feud
A 22-year-old man was shot and seriously wounded in the second of two gun attacks which occurred within a few hours of each other in east Belfast last night. The man was shot in the head as he sat in...
Man shot and seriously wounded in east Belfast loyalist feud
A 22-year-old man was shot and seriously wounded in the second of two gun attacks which occurred within a few hours of each other in east Belfast last night. The man was shot in the head as he sat in...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 7, 2002
Chief Constable apologises for 'manner' of police raids
PSNI Chief Constable Hugh Orde has made an apology for the manner in which the raid on Sinn Féin's Stormont office was carried out. The Chief Constable said that he had reviewed footage of the raid a...
Chief Constable apologises for 'manner' of police raids
PSNI Chief Constable Hugh Orde has made an apology for the manner in which the raid on Sinn Féin's Stormont office was carried out. The Chief Constable said that he had reviewed footage of the raid a...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 7, 2002
Power-sharing assembly nears collapse
Today was the first assembly meeting since police raids against republican terrorism last week, and it could prove to the last as pressure mounted on the authors of the Good Friday Agreement to collap...
Power-sharing assembly nears collapse
Today was the first assembly meeting since police raids against republican terrorism last week, and it could prove to the last as pressure mounted on the authors of the Good Friday Agreement to collap...
Business News, Oct 7, 2002
Cookstown company praise Invest NI help
Cookstown-based TES (NI) has praised the work of Invest NI after the company benefited from expert advice during the installation of a new networked computer system. The company, which employs 32 peo...
Cookstown company praise Invest NI help
Cookstown-based TES (NI) has praised the work of Invest NI after the company benefited from expert advice during the installation of a new networked computer system. The company, which employs 32 peo...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 7, 2002
Nesbitt lifts planning restrictions caused by sewage problems
Environment Minister Dermot Nesbitt has confirmed that widespread planning restrictions caused by sewage problems across Northern Ireland have been lifted. The Minister informed the Executive on Mond...
Nesbitt lifts planning restrictions caused by sewage problems
Environment Minister Dermot Nesbitt has confirmed that widespread planning restrictions caused by sewage problems across Northern Ireland have been lifted. The Minister informed the Executive on Mond...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 7, 2002
Man charged after loyalists open fire on police
A 30-year-old man has been arrested after police vehicles were fired on in north Belfast last night. Three police vehicles – with eight officers on board – were hit by gunfire after responding to rep...
Man charged after loyalists open fire on police
A 30-year-old man has been arrested after police vehicles were fired on in north Belfast last night. Three police vehicles – with eight officers on board – were hit by gunfire after responding to rep...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 7, 2002
Shotgun murder victim is buried
The funeral of Jeffery 'Greyhound' Thomas Gray has taken place at a private service in Lurgan today. Mr Gray was shot dead on Friday night by a lone gunman as he walked along the Ravenhill Road in ea...
Shotgun murder victim is buried
The funeral of Jeffery 'Greyhound' Thomas Gray has taken place at a private service in Lurgan today. Mr Gray was shot dead on Friday night by a lone gunman as he walked along the Ravenhill Road in ea...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 7, 2002
Harland & Wolff confirm 265 jobs set to be axed
Harland & Wolff have today confirmed media reports circulating over the weekend that jobs are to go at the east Belfast shipbuilder. The company announced that 265 redundancies will be made. It also ...
Harland & Wolff confirm 265 jobs set to be axed
Harland & Wolff have today confirmed media reports circulating over the weekend that jobs are to go at the east Belfast shipbuilder. The company announced that 265 redundancies will be made. It also ...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 7, 2002
Sinn Fein official charged at special court sitting
A Sinn Fein official arrested on Friday has been charged with having information likely to be of use to terrorists at a special sitting of Belfast Magistrates Court last night. The charges were brou...
Sinn Fein official charged at special court sitting
A Sinn Fein official arrested on Friday has been charged with having information likely to be of use to terrorists at a special sitting of Belfast Magistrates Court last night. The charges were brou...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 7, 2002
Bank of Ireland confirms overtures to Abbey National
Bank of Ireland have confirmed a takeover of Abbey National is on the cards. A statement made to the London stock exchange confirmed earlier weekend press reports that while no formal discussions had...
Bank of Ireland confirms overtures to Abbey National
Bank of Ireland have confirmed a takeover of Abbey National is on the cards. A statement made to the London stock exchange confirmed earlier weekend press reports that while no formal discussions had...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 7, 2002
Family escape injury in gun attack
A family have escaped injury following a gun attack on a house in Co Down over the weekend. The incident happened at about 11pm on Saturday night in the White City area of Holywood. A man, his mothe...
Family escape injury in gun attack
A family have escaped injury following a gun attack on a house in Co Down over the weekend. The incident happened at about 11pm on Saturday night in the White City area of Holywood. A man, his mothe...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 7, 2002
Elite sports school will 'develop potential'
Sports Minister, Michael McGimpsey, has launched 'Sports Institute Northern Ireland’. This sports excellence initiative aims to help the province's elite sportsmen, sportswomen and coaches to reach t...
Elite sports school will 'develop potential'
Sports Minister, Michael McGimpsey, has launched 'Sports Institute Northern Ireland’. This sports excellence initiative aims to help the province's elite sportsmen, sportswomen and coaches to reach t...
Business News, Oct 7, 2002
Stena Line rewarded at Transport and Logistic Awards
Stena Line Freight has been declared the Irish Sea Shipping Line of the Year at the Export & Freight Transport and Logistic Awards 2002. The company was selected from the list of finalists on the str...
Stena Line rewarded at Transport and Logistic Awards
Stena Line Freight has been declared the Irish Sea Shipping Line of the Year at the Export & Freight Transport and Logistic Awards 2002. The company was selected from the list of finalists on the str...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 4, 2002
Minister vows to restore salmon runs
Culture, Arts and Leisure Minister, Michael McGimpsey, today emphasised his determination to restore salmon runs in the River Bush. The Minister visited the River Bush Salmon Station where he viewed ...
Minister vows to restore salmon runs
Culture, Arts and Leisure Minister, Michael McGimpsey, today emphasised his determination to restore salmon runs in the River Bush. The Minister visited the River Bush Salmon Station where he viewed ...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 4, 2002
Local partnerships can ease sectarian tensions says Farren
The Minister of Finance and Personnel has said that local partnerships set up to channel PEACE II funding to cross-community projects have a "vital role to play in helping defuse many of the tensions ...
Local partnerships can ease sectarian tensions says Farren
The Minister of Finance and Personnel has said that local partnerships set up to channel PEACE II funding to cross-community projects have a "vital role to play in helping defuse many of the tensions ...
Business News, Oct 4, 2002
Irish IT group secure email distribution contract
Irish IT company, e-blana enterprise group, has been appointed distributor of the Tovaris Email Security Solution (TESS) in the EMEA (Europe Middle East Africa) region. American-based software compan...
Irish IT group secure email distribution contract
Irish IT company, e-blana enterprise group, has been appointed distributor of the Tovaris Email Security Solution (TESS) in the EMEA (Europe Middle East Africa) region. American-based software compan...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 4, 2002
Shipyard job cuts announcement likely on Monday
The outlook for over 200 workers jobs at Harland and Wolff remained bleak on Friday. Despite a meeting between East Belfast MLA, Sir Reg Empey and trade union leaders, there was no further comment on...
Shipyard job cuts announcement likely on Monday
The outlook for over 200 workers jobs at Harland and Wolff remained bleak on Friday. Despite a meeting between East Belfast MLA, Sir Reg Empey and trade union leaders, there was no further comment on...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 4, 2002
NI Secretary 'must act' against republicans says Trimble
The First Minister has told Secretary of State John Reid that "he must act" against Sinn Fein following today's police raid on the party's assembly offices this morning. Mr Trimble was speaking after...
NI Secretary 'must act' against republicans says Trimble
The First Minister has told Secretary of State John Reid that "he must act" against Sinn Fein following today's police raid on the party's assembly offices this morning. Mr Trimble was speaking after...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 4, 2002
Sinn Fein offices raided in 'anti-terrorism' operation
Sinn Fein's assembly offices in Stormont have been raided this morning and the head of their Stormont administration team has been arrested following a police operation. The police have said that the...
Sinn Fein offices raided in 'anti-terrorism' operation
Sinn Fein's assembly offices in Stormont have been raided this morning and the head of their Stormont administration team has been arrested following a police operation. The police have said that the...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 4, 2002
'Colombia Three' trial begins in Bogota
UPDATE: The trial of the three suspected IRA men arrested at an airport in Colombia for allegedly training Marxist Farc guerrillas last year was postponed on Friday when the three accused men refused ...
'Colombia Three' trial begins in Bogota
UPDATE: The trial of the three suspected IRA men arrested at an airport in Colombia for allegedly training Marxist Farc guerrillas last year was postponed on Friday when the three accused men refused ...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 4, 2002
Crime day delivers stark message to students
No one likes to think that they will end up in prison but get mixed up in crime and this is where it could lead. This was the stark message delivered today to over 300 students at Craigavon Senior Hi...
Crime day delivers stark message to students
No one likes to think that they will end up in prison but get mixed up in crime and this is where it could lead. This was the stark message delivered today to over 300 students at Craigavon Senior Hi...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 4, 2002
Trimble calls for maximum benefits from investment
Expertise from both the public and private sectors should be utilised to ensure maximum benefit is obtained from public investment. This was the message from First Minister, David Trimble, who was sp...
Trimble calls for maximum benefits from investment
Expertise from both the public and private sectors should be utilised to ensure maximum benefit is obtained from public investment. This was the message from First Minister, David Trimble, who was sp...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 4, 2002
Minister announces £2m townscape package
A £2 million European Union package, to help town and city centres in Northern Ireland that have suffered seriously from the violence of the past 30 years, was announced today by Minister for Social D...
Minister announces £2m townscape package
A £2 million European Union package, to help town and city centres in Northern Ireland that have suffered seriously from the violence of the past 30 years, was announced today by Minister for Social D...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 4, 2002
Petrol bomb attack on Catholic church condemned
Ulster Unionist Assembly member for East Antrim, Ken Robinson has condemned the latest attack on a Catholic Church in Newtownabbey on Thursday evening. Hitting out at those who petrol bombed St Mary'...
Petrol bomb attack on Catholic church condemned
Ulster Unionist Assembly member for East Antrim, Ken Robinson has condemned the latest attack on a Catholic Church in Newtownabbey on Thursday evening. Hitting out at those who petrol bombed St Mary'...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 3, 2002
Job fears at Harland and Wolff
It has been reported today that up to half the remaining jobs at east Belfast-based shipbuilder Harland and Wolff are under threat. The company has not yet commented on the cuts but efforts by both ...
Job fears at Harland and Wolff
It has been reported today that up to half the remaining jobs at east Belfast-based shipbuilder Harland and Wolff are under threat. The company has not yet commented on the cuts but efforts by both ...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 3, 2002
Republicans urged to 'complete journey' to democracy
In his speech to the Labour Party Conference this afternoon, the Northern Ireland Secretaryof State, Dr John Reid made a plea to republicans to "complete your journey to democracy" and put an end to v...
Republicans urged to 'complete journey' to democracy
In his speech to the Labour Party Conference this afternoon, the Northern Ireland Secretaryof State, Dr John Reid made a plea to republicans to "complete your journey to democracy" and put an end to v...
Business News, Oct 3, 2002
Netcom celebrates a winning formula
Netcom Communications continues to go from strength to strength as the company marked its 15th Anniversary in October. Against all the trends, Netcom – one of Ireland’s leading independent telecommun...
Netcom celebrates a winning formula
Netcom Communications continues to go from strength to strength as the company marked its 15th Anniversary in October. Against all the trends, Netcom – one of Ireland’s leading independent telecommun...
Business News, Oct 3, 2002
FG Wilson's 'innovation' hailed by Trade Minister
During a visit to FG Wilson's Larne facility today, Trade Minister Sir Reg Empey hailed the local company for its use of innovative techniques in its production processes, products and employee traini...
FG Wilson's 'innovation' hailed by Trade Minister
During a visit to FG Wilson's Larne facility today, Trade Minister Sir Reg Empey hailed the local company for its use of innovative techniques in its production processes, products and employee traini...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 3, 2002
McIlroy names squad for opening Euro 2004 qualifier
Northern Ireland manager Sammy McIlroy has named his squad for the opening Euro 2004 qualifier against Spain in Albacete on October 12. McIlroy has named what is probably his strongest squad of playe...
McIlroy names squad for opening Euro 2004 qualifier
Northern Ireland manager Sammy McIlroy has named his squad for the opening Euro 2004 qualifier against Spain in Albacete on October 12. McIlroy has named what is probably his strongest squad of playe...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 3, 2002
Reid to rule on IRA ceasefire after Derry shooting
The Northern Ireland secretary is expected to rule later today on whether the IRA was involved in the shooting of a bus driver in Co Londonderry last weekend – and so breach its ceasefire. Dr Reid is...
Reid to rule on IRA ceasefire after Derry shooting
The Northern Ireland secretary is expected to rule later today on whether the IRA was involved in the shooting of a bus driver in Co Londonderry last weekend – and so breach its ceasefire. Dr Reid is...
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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.
