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Northern Ireland News for February 2002
Business News, Feb 28, 2002
Consilium ends year of growth on high note
Consilium Technologies has ended one of their most successful financial years to date by winning a major consulting contract from Birmingham City Council, one of the UK's largest public authorities. ...
Consilium ends year of growth on high note
Consilium Technologies has ended one of their most successful financial years to date by winning a major consulting contract from Birmingham City Council, one of the UK's largest public authorities. ...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 28, 2002
Spending watchdog attempts to turn tide on Water Service
Northern Ireland's Water Service has been brought to book by a public spending watchdog to explain why it has the worst record in the UK for wasting water. The Stormont Assembly's Public Accounts Com...
Spending watchdog attempts to turn tide on Water Service
Northern Ireland's Water Service has been brought to book by a public spending watchdog to explain why it has the worst record in the UK for wasting water. The Stormont Assembly's Public Accounts Com...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 28, 2002
Ormeau Bakery taken over by Mother's Pride
Mothers Pride Northern Ireland have announced the takeover of the south Belfast-based Ormeau Bakery. The contracts setting out the move have already been exchanged and the deal is set to be completed...
Ormeau Bakery taken over by Mother's Pride
Mothers Pride Northern Ireland have announced the takeover of the south Belfast-based Ormeau Bakery. The contracts setting out the move have already been exchanged and the deal is set to be completed...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 28, 2002
Cross-border agreement gives access to Internet health library
The Dail's Minister for Health and Children, Micheál Martin, and Stormont Assembly's Minister for Health, Social Services and Public Safety, Bairbre de Brún have announced a unique agreement to allow ...
Cross-border agreement gives access to Internet health library
The Dail's Minister for Health and Children, Micheál Martin, and Stormont Assembly's Minister for Health, Social Services and Public Safety, Bairbre de Brún have announced a unique agreement to allow ...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 28, 2002
Police arrest 18 people in crackdown on heroin
Drugs Squad officers have arrested a total of 18 people in one of the most significant operations mounted against heroin dealers in Northern Ireland. The swoop codenamed ‘Operation Galiot’ involved o...
Police arrest 18 people in crackdown on heroin
Drugs Squad officers have arrested a total of 18 people in one of the most significant operations mounted against heroin dealers in Northern Ireland. The swoop codenamed ‘Operation Galiot’ involved o...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 28, 2002
Passengers stranded on Enterprise offered compensation
Almost 50 passengers on the Enterprise train from Dublin to Belfast have been offered either £100 or two nights in Dublin with rail travel as compensation for being stranded for over three hours 100 y...
Passengers stranded on Enterprise offered compensation
Almost 50 passengers on the Enterprise train from Dublin to Belfast have been offered either £100 or two nights in Dublin with rail travel as compensation for being stranded for over three hours 100 y...
Business News, Feb 28, 2002
Vodafone Ireland to deliver faster network service
Cramer, Europe's leading provider of inventory management and provisioning automation software, has joined forces with Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Group to provide Vodafone Ireland with faster transport ...
Vodafone Ireland to deliver faster network service
Cramer, Europe's leading provider of inventory management and provisioning automation software, has joined forces with Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Group to provide Vodafone Ireland with faster transport ...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 28, 2002
Ulster Bank profits boost in 2001
The Ulster Bank has reported profits of £242m for 2001. The figure is an increase of 21 per cent on the previous year, while net interest income rose by 19 per cent to £351m due to strong growth in c...
Ulster Bank profits boost in 2001
The Ulster Bank has reported profits of £242m for 2001. The figure is an increase of 21 per cent on the previous year, while net interest income rose by 19 per cent to £351m due to strong growth in c...
Business News, Feb 28, 2002
Construction slowdown curtails Readymix profits
Irish concrete and cement group Readymix, has revealed that pre-tax profits were flat at €25.7m euro last year, mainly because of a 'considerable slowdown' in construction activity in the Republic of ...
Construction slowdown curtails Readymix profits
Irish concrete and cement group Readymix, has revealed that pre-tax profits were flat at €25.7m euro last year, mainly because of a 'considerable slowdown' in construction activity in the Republic of ...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 28, 2002
Hanna attends educational policy conference in Paris
The Stormont Minister for Employment and Learning Carmel Hanna has attended an international conference on educational policy making for the 21st Century” in Paris. Speaking after the ‘Reforming Educ...
Hanna attends educational policy conference in Paris
The Stormont Minister for Employment and Learning Carmel Hanna has attended an international conference on educational policy making for the 21st Century” in Paris. Speaking after the ‘Reforming Educ...
Business News, Feb 28, 2002
UK house prices set to beat growth expectations
UK mortgage lender Nationwide has said that house prices may beat growth expectations for the year ahead. Their expectations were made after their monthly property market review said that average hou...
UK house prices set to beat growth expectations
UK mortgage lender Nationwide has said that house prices may beat growth expectations for the year ahead. Their expectations were made after their monthly property market review said that average hou...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 28, 2002
Royal Navy deploy minesweeper to search off Kilkeel
Following appeals for help, the Royal Navy have assigned a second ship, HMS Bangor, to the search for missing Kilkeel fishing vessel the Tullaghmurray Lass. The Royal Navy withdrew HMS Bridport from ...
Royal Navy deploy minesweeper to search off Kilkeel
Following appeals for help, the Royal Navy have assigned a second ship, HMS Bangor, to the search for missing Kilkeel fishing vessel the Tullaghmurray Lass. The Royal Navy withdrew HMS Bridport from ...
Business News, Feb 28, 2002
Commercial law firm launches 'FORTECH' forum
Commercial law firm, Manches, has launched a new technology forum called 'FORTECH' to provide up to date information and analysis on legal and commercial developments affecting the buyers and supplier...
Commercial law firm launches 'FORTECH' forum
Commercial law firm, Manches, has launched a new technology forum called 'FORTECH' to provide up to date information and analysis on legal and commercial developments affecting the buyers and supplier...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 28, 2002
Fatal stabbing in Newry town centre
Police have arrested two men in connection with a fatal stabbing in a busy shopping street in Newry A young man, named locally as Brendan McCabe, around 18 years old, has died in hospital following t...
Fatal stabbing in Newry town centre
Police have arrested two men in connection with a fatal stabbing in a busy shopping street in Newry A young man, named locally as Brendan McCabe, around 18 years old, has died in hospital following t...
Business News, Feb 28, 2002
Smaller businesses ambivalent about Equal Opportunities
According to a survey published this month nearly two-thirds of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in the UK feel that Equal Opportunities legislation has no impact on their business. The rese...
Smaller businesses ambivalent about Equal Opportunities
According to a survey published this month nearly two-thirds of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in the UK feel that Equal Opportunities legislation has no impact on their business. The rese...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 28, 2002
Devolution helps bring transparency to government
As a result of devolution the government of Northern Ireland is a more transparent and publicly scrutinised process than ever before, the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment Sir Reg Empey ha...
Devolution helps bring transparency to government
As a result of devolution the government of Northern Ireland is a more transparent and publicly scrutinised process than ever before, the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment Sir Reg Empey ha...
Business News, Feb 27, 2002
Baileys confirmed as one of the world's leading liqueurs
Baileys, which will be produced in Belfast from next year, has become one of the world's leading spirits brands according to R&A Bailey & Co, the brand's global marketing company. Growth figures rele...
Baileys confirmed as one of the world's leading liqueurs
Baileys, which will be produced in Belfast from next year, has become one of the world's leading spirits brands according to R&A Bailey & Co, the brand's global marketing company. Growth figures rele...
Recruitment News, Feb 27, 2002
Eye care company creates 30 jobs in Waterford
Bausch & Lomb, a global eye care company, is to create 30 new jobs at its Waterford operation following the announcement of a £10.5 million investment in the site. The company will develop the site i...
Eye care company creates 30 jobs in Waterford
Bausch & Lomb, a global eye care company, is to create 30 new jobs at its Waterford operation following the announcement of a £10.5 million investment in the site. The company will develop the site i...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 27, 2002
Bayview Hotel opens doors in Portballintrae
The Northern Ireland Enterprise Minister Sir Reg Empey officially opened the recently completed Bayview Hotel in Portballintrae. Part of the Hotels and Leisure Division of the Kennedy Group of compan...
Bayview Hotel opens doors in Portballintrae
The Northern Ireland Enterprise Minister Sir Reg Empey officially opened the recently completed Bayview Hotel in Portballintrae. Part of the Hotels and Leisure Division of the Kennedy Group of compan...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 27, 2002
Farren envisions vital role for civil service
The Minister of Finance and Personnel Seán Farren has outlined his vision of the vital role the civil service can play in helping to create an egalitarian and prosperous Northern Ireland workforce. S...
Farren envisions vital role for civil service
The Minister of Finance and Personnel Seán Farren has outlined his vision of the vital role the civil service can play in helping to create an egalitarian and prosperous Northern Ireland workforce. S...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 27, 2002
Tory MP meets loyalist paramilitary chiefs in Belfast
The Conservative spokesman on Northern Ireland Quentin Davies has held face-to-face talks with loyalist paramilitary chiefs. The meeting between Mr Davies and members of the self-named Loyalist Commi...
Tory MP meets loyalist paramilitary chiefs in Belfast
The Conservative spokesman on Northern Ireland Quentin Davies has held face-to-face talks with loyalist paramilitary chiefs. The meeting between Mr Davies and members of the self-named Loyalist Commi...
Business News, Feb 27, 2002
Global accountancy qualification a step closer
Seven of Europe's leading accountancy Institutes have announced a joint project to explore how to bring their professional qualifications closer together within five years. The Institutes hope that t...
Global accountancy qualification a step closer
Seven of Europe's leading accountancy Institutes have announced a joint project to explore how to bring their professional qualifications closer together within five years. The Institutes hope that t...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 27, 2002
Police investigate fatal fire in west Belfast
A police investigation is underway to establish the cause of a fire at a house in west Belfast in which a man in his late fifties died. The man, who was known locally as Gerry Callaghan, aged 58, was...
Police investigate fatal fire in west Belfast
A police investigation is underway to establish the cause of a fire at a house in west Belfast in which a man in his late fifties died. The man, who was known locally as Gerry Callaghan, aged 58, was...
Business News, Feb 27, 2002
Business start-ups at high risk from digital attack
Small businesses are being warned they are ignoring a new and rapidly growing threat from digital perils such as email viruses and hacking attacks. Internet security service McAfee.com said that with...
Business start-ups at high risk from digital attack
Small businesses are being warned they are ignoring a new and rapidly growing threat from digital perils such as email viruses and hacking attacks. Internet security service McAfee.com said that with...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 27, 2002
Top personalities to host 'Imaginative' Belfast debate
Imagine Belfast 2008, the company responsible for delivering Belfast's bid to become European Capital of Culture in 2008, are to host the ‘Belfast Forum’ where representatives from the sporting and ar...
Top personalities to host 'Imaginative' Belfast debate
Imagine Belfast 2008, the company responsible for delivering Belfast's bid to become European Capital of Culture in 2008, are to host the ‘Belfast Forum’ where representatives from the sporting and ar...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 27, 2002
£10m investment for Ulster factory outlet 'village'
Ulster's first factory outlet 'village', The Linen Green has announced the creation of 500 full and part-time jobs as a result of a £10 million investment in its "leisure" shopping complex. Located a...
£10m investment for Ulster factory outlet 'village'
Ulster's first factory outlet 'village', The Linen Green has announced the creation of 500 full and part-time jobs as a result of a £10 million investment in its "leisure" shopping complex. Located a...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 27, 2002
Naturelle announces £1m expansion in Omagh
Omagh-based Naturelle Consumer Products is to invest over £1 million to develop sales of its high visibility garments and hygiene products in an expansion that is expected to provide 27 new jobs. Anno...
Naturelle announces £1m expansion in Omagh
Omagh-based Naturelle Consumer Products is to invest over £1 million to develop sales of its high visibility garments and hygiene products in an expansion that is expected to provide 27 new jobs. Anno...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 27, 2002
Sx3 to axe around 150 jobs throughout British Isles
Newtownabbey-based technology company Sx3 is set to axe around 150 jobs at its numerous sites across the UK and Ireland. Although an exact figure is uncertain at present, it is thought that up to 150...
Sx3 to axe around 150 jobs throughout British Isles
Newtownabbey-based technology company Sx3 is set to axe around 150 jobs at its numerous sites across the UK and Ireland. Although an exact figure is uncertain at present, it is thought that up to 150...
Business News, Feb 27, 2002
Minister challenges ‘throwaway’ attitudes to waste
The Environment Minister Dermot Nesbitt has opened a conference in Londonderry designed to challenge a throwaway mentality towards waste. The two-day conference, which opened on Wednesday February 27...
Minister challenges ‘throwaway’ attitudes to waste
The Environment Minister Dermot Nesbitt has opened a conference in Londonderry designed to challenge a throwaway mentality towards waste. The two-day conference, which opened on Wednesday February 27...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 27, 2002
Seaport Investments submit plan for Causeway Centre
Seaport Investments is to push ahead with its plans to build a tourist centre near the Giant's Causeway in spite of a Moyle Council vote to turn down its bid to do so earlier this month. The new prop...
Seaport Investments submit plan for Causeway Centre
Seaport Investments is to push ahead with its plans to build a tourist centre near the Giant's Causeway in spite of a Moyle Council vote to turn down its bid to do so earlier this month. The new prop...
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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.
