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Northern Ireland News for June 2002 : Page 4
Business News, Jun 21, 2002
Musgrave announce pre-tax profits of €47m
Food retail and distribution company, Musgrave Group have announced record financial results for the year ended 31 December 2001 with turnover up €258 million or 12.8% at €2.27 billion from €2.01 bill...
Musgrave announce pre-tax profits of €47m
Food retail and distribution company, Musgrave Group have announced record financial results for the year ended 31 December 2001 with turnover up €258 million or 12.8% at €2.27 billion from €2.01 bill...
Business News, Jun 21, 2002
Absenteeism at work remains a 'significant' cost burden
England may be out of the World Cup, but when the team played Argentina, it was estimated that absenteeism at work cost the English economy £1.3 billion. Yet according to a report in the latest editi...
Absenteeism at work remains a 'significant' cost burden
England may be out of the World Cup, but when the team played Argentina, it was estimated that absenteeism at work cost the English economy £1.3 billion. Yet according to a report in the latest editi...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 21, 2002
Voluntary and community sector receives £9m boost
New arrangements will make £9 million available to the voluntary and community sector for projects supporting children and young people. Support from the Children's Fund will enable the voluntary and...
Voluntary and community sector receives £9m boost
New arrangements will make £9 million available to the voluntary and community sector for projects supporting children and young people. Support from the Children's Fund will enable the voluntary and...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 21, 2002
Plan gives Harland & Wolff a 'fighting chance'
Sir Reg Empey, the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment, has said plans to sell off land at Harland & Wolff in Belfast gives the shipbuilding company its best opportunity for survival. The h...
Plan gives Harland & Wolff a 'fighting chance'
Sir Reg Empey, the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment, has said plans to sell off land at Harland & Wolff in Belfast gives the shipbuilding company its best opportunity for survival. The h...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 21, 2002
HSENI warn contractors are 'accountable'
In the run up to an inspection campaign next week, the Health and Safety Executive Northern Ireland (HSENI) have warned contractors: "Risk employees and you will be held accountable." The HSENI say t...
HSENI warn contractors are 'accountable'
In the run up to an inspection campaign next week, the Health and Safety Executive Northern Ireland (HSENI) have warned contractors: "Risk employees and you will be held accountable." The HSENI say t...
Business News, Jun 21, 2002
Musgrave Group offers £175m to acquire Budgens
Musgrave Group, Ireland’s largest food distributor, has announced a £175million (275 million euro) offer to buy up the remaining shares in Budgens. The agreed deal will see Musgrave offer of 135 penc...
Musgrave Group offers £175m to acquire Budgens
Musgrave Group, Ireland’s largest food distributor, has announced a £175million (275 million euro) offer to buy up the remaining shares in Budgens. The agreed deal will see Musgrave offer of 135 penc...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 20, 2002
200 jobs go at Nortel's Monkstown plant
Nortel's Monkstown plant is to suffer 200 job cuts following the management's decision to swing the jobs axe across its entire business. The County Antrim factory will see its 1,000-strong workforce...
200 jobs go at Nortel's Monkstown plant
Nortel's Monkstown plant is to suffer 200 job cuts following the management's decision to swing the jobs axe across its entire business. The County Antrim factory will see its 1,000-strong workforce...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 20, 2002
Trimble and Durkan forge links with Scottish executive
First Minister David Trimble and Deputy First Minister Mark Durkan have met with their Scottish counterparts in a bid to strengthen links between the two devolved executives. The meetings with Scotti...
Trimble and Durkan forge links with Scottish executive
First Minister David Trimble and Deputy First Minister Mark Durkan have met with their Scottish counterparts in a bid to strengthen links between the two devolved executives. The meetings with Scotti...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 20, 2002
Case for Enniskillen hospital remains strong
The case for situating a new hospital in the Enniskillen area is as strong as ever Ulster Unionist assembly member Sam Foster has said. Fermanagh and South Tyrone Assembly member Sam Foster said he w...
Case for Enniskillen hospital remains strong
The case for situating a new hospital in the Enniskillen area is as strong as ever Ulster Unionist assembly member Sam Foster has said. Fermanagh and South Tyrone Assembly member Sam Foster said he w...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 20, 2002
Blair pledges to look into collusion allegations
British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, says he is determined to get to the bottom of the allegations of collusion raised in last night's BBC Panorama programme. The programme claimed elements within the...
Blair pledges to look into collusion allegations
British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, says he is determined to get to the bottom of the allegations of collusion raised in last night's BBC Panorama programme. The programme claimed elements within the...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 20, 2002
Road traffic collision victim named
The man who died in a road crash near Armoy, County Antrim last night has been named. The man was 47-year-old William Mooney from Riverview Park in Armoy. He died in a car collision on Drones Road, A...
Road traffic collision victim named
The man who died in a road crash near Armoy, County Antrim last night has been named. The man was 47-year-old William Mooney from Riverview Park in Armoy. He died in a car collision on Drones Road, A...
Business News, Jun 20, 2002
UK shopping spree falters in May
The UK shopping spree is showing signs of slowing down as retail sales slid by 0.6% in May. The latest figures released by the Office for National Statistics indicate that the fall was mainly attribu...
UK shopping spree falters in May
The UK shopping spree is showing signs of slowing down as retail sales slid by 0.6% in May. The latest figures released by the Office for National Statistics indicate that the fall was mainly attribu...
Business News, Jun 20, 2002
Weber Shandwick launches new Design Innovation award
Weber Shandwick Design has formally launched its ‘Visual Communications Award for Innovation’, in partnership with the University of Ulster. The award, to be held annually, recognises the new wave of...
Weber Shandwick launches new Design Innovation award
Weber Shandwick Design has formally launched its ‘Visual Communications Award for Innovation’, in partnership with the University of Ulster. The award, to be held annually, recognises the new wave of...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 20, 2002
Private Finance boosts house building
Minister for Social Development Nigel Dodds has praised the financial services industry at the Council of Mortgage Lenders' annual lunch in the Culloden Hotel today. The Minister told delegates that...
Private Finance boosts house building
Minister for Social Development Nigel Dodds has praised the financial services industry at the Council of Mortgage Lenders' annual lunch in the Culloden Hotel today. The Minister told delegates that...
Business News, Jun 20, 2002
Economic development forum outline key priorities
A Framework Document launched today by the Economic Development Forum has outlined the key priorities to be addressed if Northern Ireland Economy is to be significantly strengthened by 2010. The docu...
Economic development forum outline key priorities
A Framework Document launched today by the Economic Development Forum has outlined the key priorities to be addressed if Northern Ireland Economy is to be significantly strengthened by 2010. The docu...
Business News, Jun 20, 2002
Energy Bill 'priority' for Enterprise Minister
Sir Reg Empey the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment, has taken the process of introducing new legislation governing the electricity and gas industries in Northern Ireland closer by launchi...
Energy Bill 'priority' for Enterprise Minister
Sir Reg Empey the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment, has taken the process of introducing new legislation governing the electricity and gas industries in Northern Ireland closer by launchi...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 20, 2002
Oftel proposals aim to cut telephone bills
Oftel have announced a radical package of measures to boost competition and protect the interests of residential consumers. The package announced today effectively aims to allow competition in a mark...
Oftel proposals aim to cut telephone bills
Oftel have announced a radical package of measures to boost competition and protect the interests of residential consumers. The package announced today effectively aims to allow competition in a mark...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 20, 2002
Police surrounded by hostile crowd fire warning shots
Police officers attempting to make an arrest near to a community interface area Londonderry were forced to fire warning shots into the air. The officers fired shots into the air when they were surrou...
Police surrounded by hostile crowd fire warning shots
Police officers attempting to make an arrest near to a community interface area Londonderry were forced to fire warning shots into the air. The officers fired shots into the air when they were surrou...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 20, 2002
Message on seatbelts hits home
The latest seatbelt survey, carried out in April 2002, shows that seatbelt wearing rates in Northern Ireland have reached an all-time high. Statistics released by the Department of the Environment sh...
Message on seatbelts hits home
The latest seatbelt survey, carried out in April 2002, shows that seatbelt wearing rates in Northern Ireland have reached an all-time high. Statistics released by the Department of the Environment sh...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 20, 2002
Amicus acquisition of Adria promises growth
A syndicate led by Chairman Terry McCartney, which includes Amicus Partners, a Northern Ireland private equity company, and other Adria directors, has acquired hosiery company Adria. The company is t...
Amicus acquisition of Adria promises growth
A syndicate led by Chairman Terry McCartney, which includes Amicus Partners, a Northern Ireland private equity company, and other Adria directors, has acquired hosiery company Adria. The company is t...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 20, 2002
Bomb alert at Maghaberry prison over
Visits to a jail in Northern Ireland resumed this morning following a bomb alert earlier in the day. Staff at Maghaberry prison, near Lisburn, County Antrim became concerned this morning after they r...
Bomb alert at Maghaberry prison over
Visits to a jail in Northern Ireland resumed this morning following a bomb alert earlier in the day. Staff at Maghaberry prison, near Lisburn, County Antrim became concerned this morning after they r...
Business News, Jun 19, 2002
Audit report slams NI Events Company
An investigation conducted by the Northern Ireland Audit Office has revealed that around £24,000 of hospitality was given away at events last year. Deputy Chairperson of the Assembly Public Accounts ...
Audit report slams NI Events Company
An investigation conducted by the Northern Ireland Audit Office has revealed that around £24,000 of hospitality was given away at events last year. Deputy Chairperson of the Assembly Public Accounts ...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 19, 2002
Website set to be first destination for travellers
A new research tool for Irish holidaymakers has been launched on the web by two Internet consultants from Northern Ireland which is designed to allow the user to become their own travel agent. Jim Ke...
Website set to be first destination for travellers
A new research tool for Irish holidaymakers has been launched on the web by two Internet consultants from Northern Ireland which is designed to allow the user to become their own travel agent. Jim Ke...
Business News, Jun 19, 2002
Nortel taskforce proposed to counteract jobs losses
A new move aimed at building success out of the predicted loss of more than 100 jobs in Nortel’s Northern Ireland operations has been put forward by an East Antrim Assembly member. UUP MLA Ken Robins...
Nortel taskforce proposed to counteract jobs losses
A new move aimed at building success out of the predicted loss of more than 100 jobs in Nortel’s Northern Ireland operations has been put forward by an East Antrim Assembly member. UUP MLA Ken Robins...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 19, 2002
Coleraine Mayor condemns ‘punishment style’ attacks
A ‘punishment’ style attack on three men at Oakvale Park in the Ballysally area of Coleraine has been condemned by the SDLP Mayor of Coleraine John Dallat. The incident, in which a 20-year-old man wa...
Coleraine Mayor condemns ‘punishment style’ attacks
A ‘punishment’ style attack on three men at Oakvale Park in the Ballysally area of Coleraine has been condemned by the SDLP Mayor of Coleraine John Dallat. The incident, in which a 20-year-old man wa...
Business News, Jun 19, 2002
Northern Ireland finance pledge from Minister
No stone will be left unturned in the search for solutions to the current infrastructure deficit in Northern Ireland, the Minister of Finance & Personnel, Dr Seán Farren, has promised. The Minister d...
Northern Ireland finance pledge from Minister
No stone will be left unturned in the search for solutions to the current infrastructure deficit in Northern Ireland, the Minister of Finance & Personnel, Dr Seán Farren, has promised. The Minister d...
Business News, Jun 19, 2002
Debate over future structure of BBC heats up
Shadow culture secretary Tim Yeo has called for a radical restructuring of the BBC as part of the next charter review in 2006, and slammed the licence fee as "a regressive television tax". Mr Yeo, wh...
Debate over future structure of BBC heats up
Shadow culture secretary Tim Yeo has called for a radical restructuring of the BBC as part of the next charter review in 2006, and slammed the licence fee as "a regressive television tax". Mr Yeo, wh...
Business News, Jun 19, 2002
Sir Reg puts the spotlight on Londonderry’s economy
Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment was in the North West today to address the Londonderry Chamber of Commerce and Industry on a range of economic issues, including investment, tourism and e...
Sir Reg puts the spotlight on Londonderry’s economy
Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment was in the North West today to address the Londonderry Chamber of Commerce and Industry on a range of economic issues, including investment, tourism and e...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 19, 2002
Ofreg submit proposals for electricity price changes
Electricity regulator, Ofreg has offered Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE) an alternative option in its original five yearly review which would cut average electricity bills by £6 a year. Ofreg regu...
Ofreg submit proposals for electricity price changes
Electricity regulator, Ofreg has offered Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE) an alternative option in its original five yearly review which would cut average electricity bills by £6 a year. Ofreg regu...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 19, 2002
Cool rustic theme to rule over 2002 Ideal Home Exhibition
This year’s Belfast Telegraph Ideal Home Exhibition staged at the Kings Hall in Belfast is sure to attract its usual throng of visitors this year. Running from 6-13 September this year, the exhibitio...
Cool rustic theme to rule over 2002 Ideal Home Exhibition
This year’s Belfast Telegraph Ideal Home Exhibition staged at the Kings Hall in Belfast is sure to attract its usual throng of visitors this year. Running from 6-13 September this year, the exhibitio...
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Northern Ireland WeatherThis Evening and Tonight:Rain clearing away east by early evening with some clear spells but a few showers likely to affect the North coast and other areas towards dawn, remaining breezy and mild overnight. Minimum temperature 9 °C.
