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Northern Ireland News for July 2002 : Page 5
Northern Ireland News, Jul 17, 2002
Courtney expresses alarm at drugs survey finding
SDLP Health spokesperson Annie Courtney has spoken of her concerns at the level of drug abuse amongst the province's young people, following the publication of a survey on the issue by the Union of St...
Courtney expresses alarm at drugs survey finding
SDLP Health spokesperson Annie Courtney has spoken of her concerns at the level of drug abuse amongst the province's young people, following the publication of a survey on the issue by the Union of St...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 17, 2002
Hanna praises role of New Deal in securing jobs
A report on the New Deal for 18-24 year olds has revealed that the scheme has made unemployed people aged 18-24 more likely to find a job or secure a place in education and training. The research, pu...
Hanna praises role of New Deal in securing jobs
A report on the New Deal for 18-24 year olds has revealed that the scheme has made unemployed people aged 18-24 more likely to find a job or secure a place in education and training. The research, pu...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 17, 2002
Police officers escape County Down bomb attack
It is thought that dissident republicans were behind today's attack on two police officers in the Downpatrick area in County Down. The officers were travelling on the Killough Road at around 2am, whe...
Police officers escape County Down bomb attack
It is thought that dissident republicans were behind today's attack on two police officers in the Downpatrick area in County Down. The officers were travelling on the Killough Road at around 2am, whe...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 16, 2002
Rodgers hits out at foot-and-mouth vaccination recommendation
A government-commissioned report published on Tuesday has recommended that vaccination should be used to control any future foot-and-mouth outbreaks in the UK. While the Royal Society inquiry said an...
Rodgers hits out at foot-and-mouth vaccination recommendation
A government-commissioned report published on Tuesday has recommended that vaccination should be used to control any future foot-and-mouth outbreaks in the UK. While the Royal Society inquiry said an...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 16, 2002
Alliance slam Trimble's 'border poll' suggestion
Alliance Party General Secretary, Stephen Farry, has slammed suggestions of holding a 'border poll' on the same day as the Assembly Election as crazy. Mr Farry hit out at the suggestion, which has be...
Alliance slam Trimble's 'border poll' suggestion
Alliance Party General Secretary, Stephen Farry, has slammed suggestions of holding a 'border poll' on the same day as the Assembly Election as crazy. Mr Farry hit out at the suggestion, which has be...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 16, 2002
Girl found dead in County Donegal took overdose
A teenage girl who was found dead in a field near Lifford in County Donegal, is thought to have taken a lethal mixture of vodka and morphine tablets. The body of Geraldine Chambers, 14, was found at ...
Girl found dead in County Donegal took overdose
A teenage girl who was found dead in a field near Lifford in County Donegal, is thought to have taken a lethal mixture of vodka and morphine tablets. The body of Geraldine Chambers, 14, was found at ...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 16, 2002
Education Minister makes working visit to America
Education Minister, Martin McGuinness, has left Northern Ireland for a four-day study visit to the United States, where he will meet with leading American educationalists to share ideas. Speaking bef...
Education Minister makes working visit to America
Education Minister, Martin McGuinness, has left Northern Ireland for a four-day study visit to the United States, where he will meet with leading American educationalists to share ideas. Speaking bef...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 16, 2002
Minister’s response to Energy Inquiry report published
Sir Reg Empey, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment, has published his written response to the report of the Enterprise, Trade and Investment Assembly Committee on its Energy Inquiry. The re...
Minister’s response to Energy Inquiry report published
Sir Reg Empey, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment, has published his written response to the report of the Enterprise, Trade and Investment Assembly Committee on its Energy Inquiry. The re...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 16, 2002
Residents protest outside Water Service following flooding
Residents from the lower Ormeau area of Belfast have held a protest outside the Water Service building on Tuesday morning. The residents were protesting at the continuous flooding of homes in the are...
Residents protest outside Water Service following flooding
Residents from the lower Ormeau area of Belfast have held a protest outside the Water Service building on Tuesday morning. The residents were protesting at the continuous flooding of homes in the are...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 16, 2002
Farren says Executive will deliver with public service funding
Finance Minister, Dr Sean Farren has welcomed the additional money for public services in Northern Ireland, as announced yesterday by Chancellor Gordon Brown in his Spending Review. The province has ...
Farren says Executive will deliver with public service funding
Finance Minister, Dr Sean Farren has welcomed the additional money for public services in Northern Ireland, as announced yesterday by Chancellor Gordon Brown in his Spending Review. The province has ...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 16, 2002
Local house builders win quality awards
Thirty building site managers in Northern Ireland have won Quality Awards in the first round of the National House Building Council's (NHBC) 2002 Pride in the Job campaign. Now in its twenty-second y...
Local house builders win quality awards
Thirty building site managers in Northern Ireland have won Quality Awards in the first round of the National House Building Council's (NHBC) 2002 Pride in the Job campaign. Now in its twenty-second y...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 16, 2002
Enterprising students represent NI in business final
Seven student entrepreneurs from St Malachy's College are to represent Northern Ireland in the UK finals of the HSBC Young Enterprise Innovation Awards. The Awards, which are to be held next week in ...
Enterprising students represent NI in business final
Seven student entrepreneurs from St Malachy's College are to represent Northern Ireland in the UK finals of the HSBC Young Enterprise Innovation Awards. The Awards, which are to be held next week in ...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 16, 2002
Couple escape in East Belfast petrol bomb attack
Two people have escaped injury after a petrol bomb was thrown at their East Belfast house in the early hours of this morning. The couple were in their house, on Uniondale Street, when the device was ...
Couple escape in East Belfast petrol bomb attack
Two people have escaped injury after a petrol bomb was thrown at their East Belfast house in the early hours of this morning. The couple were in their house, on Uniondale Street, when the device was ...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 15, 2002
Climate Change Levy will cost businesses says FSB
A Federation of Small Business report, published on Monday July 15, has said that the Climate Change Levy represents a significant increase to business costs despite Government claims that it is "fisc...
Climate Change Levy will cost businesses says FSB
A Federation of Small Business report, published on Monday July 15, has said that the Climate Change Levy represents a significant increase to business costs despite Government claims that it is "fisc...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 15, 2002
Government urged to intervene in pay strike threat
The government must intervene to prevent a one-day strike by council workers in several regions throughout the UK, the public service union, Unison, has said. The strike by workers in Northern Irelan...
Government urged to intervene in pay strike threat
The government must intervene to prevent a one-day strike by council workers in several regions throughout the UK, the public service union, Unison, has said. The strike by workers in Northern Irelan...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 15, 2002
Post Office reforms threaten rural economies, warns ACCA
The livelihoods of people running small businesses in rural communities are being put at risk by government reforms, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has warned. New proposal...
Post Office reforms threaten rural economies, warns ACCA
The livelihoods of people running small businesses in rural communities are being put at risk by government reforms, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has warned. New proposal...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 15, 2002
Teenage girl found dead in County Donegal
A teenage girl has been found dead, and another girl unconscious, in a field near Lifford in County Donegal. The alarm was raised at around 10am, when police received a call that two girls were lying...
Teenage girl found dead in County Donegal
A teenage girl has been found dead, and another girl unconscious, in a field near Lifford in County Donegal. The alarm was raised at around 10am, when police received a call that two girls were lying...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 15, 2002
Chancellor unveils funding boost for province
Chancellor Gordon Brown has unveiled a multi-million funding increase for Northern Ireland as part of his three year spending review, which has seen him pledge a total of £90 billion on improving publ...
Chancellor unveils funding boost for province
Chancellor Gordon Brown has unveiled a multi-million funding increase for Northern Ireland as part of his three year spending review, which has seen him pledge a total of £90 billion on improving publ...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 15, 2002
NI tender prices rise in uncertain market
Building tender prices in Northern Ireland are forecast to rise by 1.5% by the second quarter of 2003, according to the latest forecast by international consultancy EC Harris. The forecast – which is...
NI tender prices rise in uncertain market
Building tender prices in Northern Ireland are forecast to rise by 1.5% by the second quarter of 2003, according to the latest forecast by international consultancy EC Harris. The forecast – which is...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 15, 2002
Investigation launched after newborn baby found dead
Gardaí have launched an investigation after the body of a newborn baby was discovered near a beach in the Dublin area. The baby was found in the Ringsend area by a passer-by at around 4pm on Sunday. ...
Investigation launched after newborn baby found dead
Gardaí have launched an investigation after the body of a newborn baby was discovered near a beach in the Dublin area. The baby was found in the Ringsend area by a passer-by at around 4pm on Sunday. ...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 15, 2002
Lord Mayor criticises Water Service following flooding
Belfast Lord Mayor, and Sinn Fein Councillor for Laganbank, Alex Maskey has criticised the Water and Roads Service's for the flooding of a number of homes in the lower Ormeau area of Belfast on Friday...
Lord Mayor criticises Water Service following flooding
Belfast Lord Mayor, and Sinn Fein Councillor for Laganbank, Alex Maskey has criticised the Water and Roads Service's for the flooding of a number of homes in the lower Ormeau area of Belfast on Friday...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 15, 2002
Consignia launch new pilot delivery scheme
The second post has been abolished in 14 areas of the UK, as part of a pilot scheme looking at ways to save delivery firm Consignia. Ballymena is one of the areas included in the scheme, which aims t...
Consignia launch new pilot delivery scheme
The second post has been abolished in 14 areas of the UK, as part of a pilot scheme looking at ways to save delivery firm Consignia. Ballymena is one of the areas included in the scheme, which aims t...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 15, 2002
Newtownabbey man's death is treated as suspicious
Police are treating the death of a 47-year-old man in the Newtownabbey area as suspicious. The body of David Spence was found at his home at King's Drive, Newtownabbey at around midnight on Friday, 1...
Newtownabbey man's death is treated as suspicious
Police are treating the death of a 47-year-old man in the Newtownabbey area as suspicious. The body of David Spence was found at his home at King's Drive, Newtownabbey at around midnight on Friday, 1...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 11, 2002
Policing Board updated on PSNI human resources strategy
The Chairman of the Policing Board has said that progress has been made by the PSNI in developing a plan to resolve problems relating its human resources (HR) programme. Commenting on the progress ma...
Policing Board updated on PSNI human resources strategy
The Chairman of the Policing Board has said that progress has been made by the PSNI in developing a plan to resolve problems relating its human resources (HR) programme. Commenting on the progress ma...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 11, 2002
Republicans blamed for attacks on CCTV cameras
Republicans have been blamed after Closed Circuit Television Cameras (CCTV) were damaged in east Belfast. The security cameras, which were sited at the sectarian interface areas at Madrid Street and...
Republicans blamed for attacks on CCTV cameras
Republicans have been blamed after Closed Circuit Television Cameras (CCTV) were damaged in east Belfast. The security cameras, which were sited at the sectarian interface areas at Madrid Street and...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 11, 2002
NIACT issue guidelines on reverse-billed text messages
The Northern Ireland Advisory Committee on Telecommunications (NIACT) has issued a set off guidelines that aims to protect Northern Ireland consumers from receiving what is known as 'premium-rate reve...
NIACT issue guidelines on reverse-billed text messages
The Northern Ireland Advisory Committee on Telecommunications (NIACT) has issued a set off guidelines that aims to protect Northern Ireland consumers from receiving what is known as 'premium-rate reve...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 11, 2002
Minister criticises North-South body's pension proposes
A recommendation from the North-South Ministerial Council proposing changes to pension legislation in Northern Ireland has no legal authority, the Minister for Social Development, Nigel Dodds, has sai...
Minister criticises North-South body's pension proposes
A recommendation from the North-South Ministerial Council proposing changes to pension legislation in Northern Ireland has no legal authority, the Minister for Social Development, Nigel Dodds, has sai...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 11, 2002
UUP MLA calls for 'coordinated' action on homelessness
An Ulster Unionist Party assembly member has called for "a coordinated, pro-active" campaign to tackle the growing problem of homelessness. Lagan Valley MLA Ivan Davis cited a recent report for the N...
UUP MLA calls for 'coordinated' action on homelessness
An Ulster Unionist Party assembly member has called for "a coordinated, pro-active" campaign to tackle the growing problem of homelessness. Lagan Valley MLA Ivan Davis cited a recent report for the N...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 11, 2002
Empey heads mission to US over TeleTech concerns
The Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment, Sir Reg Empey, is expected to meet TeleTech chiefs in the US over the company's concerns for the future of its north Belfast call centre. The call c...
Empey heads mission to US over TeleTech concerns
The Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment, Sir Reg Empey, is expected to meet TeleTech chiefs in the US over the company's concerns for the future of its north Belfast call centre. The call c...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 11, 2002
FSB hit out at Consignia mail charge plans
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) in Northern Ireland has hit out at plans by Consignia to charge for early morning postal services. According to Consignia proposals revealed yesterday, busine...
FSB hit out at Consignia mail charge plans
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) in Northern Ireland has hit out at plans by Consignia to charge for early morning postal services. According to Consignia proposals revealed yesterday, busine...
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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.
