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Northern Ireland News for June 2002 : Page 5
Northern Ireland News, Jun 19, 2002
Reid praises trade union movement in NI
The Secretary of State, Dr John Reid has said Northern Ireland’s trade unions have been a significant force in the drive to remove the “scourge of sectarianism” from Northern Ireland’s society. Addre...
Reid praises trade union movement in NI
The Secretary of State, Dr John Reid has said Northern Ireland’s trade unions have been a significant force in the drive to remove the “scourge of sectarianism” from Northern Ireland’s society. Addre...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 19, 2002
Delegation visit Sellafield on fact-finding tour
The MP for South Down Eddie McGrady is leading a delegation from the East Border Region of Ireland to Sellafield today. Mr McGrady said that the delegation of councillors from Down, Newry & Mourne, B...
Delegation visit Sellafield on fact-finding tour
The MP for South Down Eddie McGrady is leading a delegation from the East Border Region of Ireland to Sellafield today. Mr McGrady said that the delegation of councillors from Down, Newry & Mourne, B...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 19, 2002
Causeway and Belfast top National Trust agenda
The National Trust's ongoing campaign to protect the landscape of the Giant's Causeway and its work with community groups in Belfast will be on the agenda when the charity's governing Council visits N...
Causeway and Belfast top National Trust agenda
The National Trust's ongoing campaign to protect the landscape of the Giant's Causeway and its work with community groups in Belfast will be on the agenda when the charity's governing Council visits N...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 19, 2002
Seven-year-old stabbed during robbery bid
A seven-year-old boy has been stabbed in the arm during an attempted armed robbery in north Belfast. The incident happened in the New Lodge area between 8.30-9pm on Monday night. The child was stabb...
Seven-year-old stabbed during robbery bid
A seven-year-old boy has been stabbed in the arm during an attempted armed robbery in north Belfast. The incident happened in the New Lodge area between 8.30-9pm on Monday night. The child was stabb...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 19, 2002
BBC programme sparks public inquiry calls
The SDLP's Alex Attwood has said there now needs to be a full international independent inquiry into the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane. He was speaking after it was revealed that a BBC Pan...
BBC programme sparks public inquiry calls
The SDLP's Alex Attwood has said there now needs to be a full international independent inquiry into the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane. He was speaking after it was revealed that a BBC Pan...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 19, 2002
Social workers go on strike over funding
Up to 1,000 Northern Ireland social workers have gone on strike today in a dispute over funding and staffing levels in family and childcare services. Northern Ireland's Public Service Alliance (NIPSA...
Social workers go on strike over funding
Up to 1,000 Northern Ireland social workers have gone on strike today in a dispute over funding and staffing levels in family and childcare services. Northern Ireland's Public Service Alliance (NIPSA...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 18, 2002
Cancellations bite as EU air-traffic controllers strike
British-based airlines have been forced to curtail flights in Europe as an EU air-traffic controllers strike plays havoc with carriers throughout the continent. Despite British unions not being invol...
Cancellations bite as EU air-traffic controllers strike
British-based airlines have been forced to curtail flights in Europe as an EU air-traffic controllers strike plays havoc with carriers throughout the continent. Despite British unions not being invol...
Business News, Jun 18, 2002
Inaugral Shannon to Moscow service jets off
The new Irish airline - SkyNet - launched their inaugural flight yesterday at Shannon Aerospace facility in the Republic of Ireland. The new carrier, which will operate out of Shannon, aims to provid...
Inaugral Shannon to Moscow service jets off
The new Irish airline - SkyNet - launched their inaugural flight yesterday at Shannon Aerospace facility in the Republic of Ireland. The new carrier, which will operate out of Shannon, aims to provid...
Business News, Jun 18, 2002
Budget airline safety called into question
A new safety report has revealed that pilots working for a number of low-cost airlines have been accused of disobeying instructions from air traffic controllers. According to the report, some pilots ...
Budget airline safety called into question
A new safety report has revealed that pilots working for a number of low-cost airlines have been accused of disobeying instructions from air traffic controllers. According to the report, some pilots ...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 18, 2002
Lord’s reserve judgement on DUP bid to overturn election
The House of Lords has reserved judgement in a legal challenge to the election of Northern Ireland's first and deputy first ministers last year. The Democratic Unionist Party’s Peter Robinson is chal...
Lord’s reserve judgement on DUP bid to overturn election
The House of Lords has reserved judgement in a legal challenge to the election of Northern Ireland's first and deputy first ministers last year. The Democratic Unionist Party’s Peter Robinson is chal...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 18, 2002
NI Hospice require £1m to avert funding crisis
The Northern Ireland Hospice has asked the Northern Ireland Executive’s Health Minister Bairbre de Brún to step in and avert a major funding crisis. The hospice said they needed an “immediate injecti...
NI Hospice require £1m to avert funding crisis
The Northern Ireland Hospice has asked the Northern Ireland Executive’s Health Minister Bairbre de Brún to step in and avert a major funding crisis. The hospice said they needed an “immediate injecti...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 18, 2002
East Belfast riots lead to house blaze
A house has been set on fire in a petrol bomb attack in the flashpoint area of east Belfast. The attack took place at Cluan Place in the loyalist Albertbridge Road area, beside nationalist Short Stra...
East Belfast riots lead to house blaze
A house has been set on fire in a petrol bomb attack in the flashpoint area of east Belfast. The attack took place at Cluan Place in the loyalist Albertbridge Road area, beside nationalist Short Stra...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 18, 2002
Fears for jobs at Nortel plant in Monkstown
With the recent announcement of global cutbacks from Canadian telecommunication giant Nortel fears are mounting about the safety of jobs at the company’s County Antrim plant in Monkstown. At the end ...
Fears for jobs at Nortel plant in Monkstown
With the recent announcement of global cutbacks from Canadian telecommunication giant Nortel fears are mounting about the safety of jobs at the company’s County Antrim plant in Monkstown. At the end ...
Business News, Jun 18, 2002
Unionist MLAs hold talks on Warners closure
Ulster Unionist MLAs Ivan Davis and Billy Bell have held urgent talks with Economy Minister Sir Reg Empey over the decision to close the Warners factory in Dromore with the loss of 100 jobs. The Laga...
Unionist MLAs hold talks on Warners closure
Ulster Unionist MLAs Ivan Davis and Billy Bell have held urgent talks with Economy Minister Sir Reg Empey over the decision to close the Warners factory in Dromore with the loss of 100 jobs. The Laga...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 18, 2002
Viridian champion all-island energy market
Economies of scale and new generation will bring greater choice, and competitive prices for customers in an all-Ireland energy market, according to Dr Patrick Haren, Chief Executive of Viridian Group....
Viridian champion all-island energy market
Economies of scale and new generation will bring greater choice, and competitive prices for customers in an all-Ireland energy market, according to Dr Patrick Haren, Chief Executive of Viridian Group....
Business News, Jun 18, 2002
Tyrone wind blows in £15 million power deal
Energia, Ireland’s largest independent electricity supplier, recently announced the signing of a contract worth £15 million to buy energy from a wind farm in County Tyrone. Energia has contracted wit...
Tyrone wind blows in £15 million power deal
Energia, Ireland’s largest independent electricity supplier, recently announced the signing of a contract worth £15 million to buy energy from a wind farm in County Tyrone. Energia has contracted wit...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 18, 2002
NI Memorial Fund appoint new Chairman
The Managing Director of First Trust Bank, Dennis Licence, has been appointed Chairman of the Northern Ireland Memorial Fund, the charity that provides support to victims of the Troubles in Northern I...
NI Memorial Fund appoint new Chairman
The Managing Director of First Trust Bank, Dennis Licence, has been appointed Chairman of the Northern Ireland Memorial Fund, the charity that provides support to victims of the Troubles in Northern I...
Business News, Jun 18, 2002
UK inflation rate falls below two per cent
Official figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed that the UK inflation rate fell sharply last month to 1.8% in May from 2.3% in April. The fall, the steepest month-on-month...
UK inflation rate falls below two per cent
Official figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed that the UK inflation rate fell sharply last month to 1.8% in May from 2.3% in April. The fall, the steepest month-on-month...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 18, 2002
Sinn Féin table debate on emblems in Stormont
Sinn Féin has tabled a motion in the Assembly today calling for debate on the use of symbols and emblems in Stormont. Tabled by Sinn Féin Newry Armagh assembly member Conor Murphy, the motion calls f...
Sinn Féin table debate on emblems in Stormont
Sinn Féin has tabled a motion in the Assembly today calling for debate on the use of symbols and emblems in Stormont. Tabled by Sinn Féin Newry Armagh assembly member Conor Murphy, the motion calls f...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 18, 2002
Teachers praised at annual BT awards
The Education Minister Martin McGuinness paid tribute to the work of local teachers and classroom assistants across the province at a special ‘Oscar’ style ceremony for teachers held in Belfast yester...
Teachers praised at annual BT awards
The Education Minister Martin McGuinness paid tribute to the work of local teachers and classroom assistants across the province at a special ‘Oscar’ style ceremony for teachers held in Belfast yester...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 18, 2002
Man shot in chest is 'critical'
A man is in a critical condition in hospital after being shot in the chest last night in an incident on the outskirts of west Belfast. The shooting happened on the Good Shepherd Road in Poleglass out...
Man shot in chest is 'critical'
A man is in a critical condition in hospital after being shot in the chest last night in an incident on the outskirts of west Belfast. The shooting happened on the Good Shepherd Road in Poleglass out...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 17, 2002
Sinn Féin launch bid to overturn funding policy
Sinn Féin has launched a bid for a judicial review of a decision by the Electoral Commission to withhold funding from the party. Papers were lodged at Belfast’s High Court today after other Northern ...
Sinn Féin launch bid to overturn funding policy
Sinn Féin has launched a bid for a judicial review of a decision by the Electoral Commission to withhold funding from the party. Papers were lodged at Belfast’s High Court today after other Northern ...
Business News, Jun 17, 2002
TV3 reduces debts in quest for profitability
The Republic's first national independent commercial broadcaster, TV3, is still haemorrhaging around €5 million a year up to August last year but is on the road profitability, according to accounts su...
TV3 reduces debts in quest for profitability
The Republic's first national independent commercial broadcaster, TV3, is still haemorrhaging around €5 million a year up to August last year but is on the road profitability, according to accounts su...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 17, 2002
DUP electoral challenge brought to House of Lords
The House of Lords has heard that the election of David Trimble and Mark Durkan as First and Deputy First Minister of the Northern Ireland Executive last November was “invalid”. The Democratic Unioni...
DUP electoral challenge brought to House of Lords
The House of Lords has heard that the election of David Trimble and Mark Durkan as First and Deputy First Minister of the Northern Ireland Executive last November was “invalid”. The Democratic Unioni...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 17, 2002
Further talks needed on north Belfast peace wall dispute
Legal action has prevented work starting on a peace wall at a north Belfast flashpoint. The Governors of Holy Cross girl’s primary school in Ardoyne had intended to apply for leave to seek a judicial...
Further talks needed on north Belfast peace wall dispute
Legal action has prevented work starting on a peace wall at a north Belfast flashpoint. The Governors of Holy Cross girl’s primary school in Ardoyne had intended to apply for leave to seek a judicial...
Business News, Jun 17, 2002
Rewarding pig's back website reaches NI
Less than two years since a successful introduction into Southern Ireland, Pigsback.com have launched their offers and rewards website in Northern Ireland. The Pigsback.com website is consumer driven...
Rewarding pig's back website reaches NI
Less than two years since a successful introduction into Southern Ireland, Pigsback.com have launched their offers and rewards website in Northern Ireland. The Pigsback.com website is consumer driven...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 17, 2002
OBE awarded to Derry businessman
Derry businessman Paul Diamond has been awarded the OBE in this year's Queen’s Birthday Honours list for services to the packaging industry. The Managing Director of Diamond Corrugated Cases Mr Diamo...
OBE awarded to Derry businessman
Derry businessman Paul Diamond has been awarded the OBE in this year's Queen’s Birthday Honours list for services to the packaging industry. The Managing Director of Diamond Corrugated Cases Mr Diamo...
Business News, Jun 17, 2002
Local graduate gains national recognition
A local civil engineering graduate, Louise Mitchell from Holywood has been commended in the national NCE Graduate Awards at the 'Civils 2002' conference held in Birmingham. The national awards, which...
Local graduate gains national recognition
A local civil engineering graduate, Louise Mitchell from Holywood has been commended in the national NCE Graduate Awards at the 'Civils 2002' conference held in Birmingham. The national awards, which...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 17, 2002
Passenger and car ferry service for Foyle Lough
A £3.6 million ferry service has been launched in the North West to carry passengers and vehicles between Counties Londonderry and Donegal. The new ferry began carrying car and foot passengers betwee...
Passenger and car ferry service for Foyle Lough
A £3.6 million ferry service has been launched in the North West to carry passengers and vehicles between Counties Londonderry and Donegal. The new ferry began carrying car and foot passengers betwee...
Business News, Jun 17, 2002
TUC call for compulsory pensions to end crisis
Britain’s pensions crisis will not end unless employers make compulsory contributions to occupational pensions, and workers join the company scheme as a condition of employment, say the TUC. The call...
TUC call for compulsory pensions to end crisis
Britain’s pensions crisis will not end unless employers make compulsory contributions to occupational pensions, and workers join the company scheme as a condition of employment, say the TUC. The call...
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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.
