Northern Ireland News for July 2002 : Page 6

Northern Ireland News, Jul 11, 2002
SF to meet Parades Commission over Twelfth parades
A meeting is to take place between Sinn Fein and the Parades Commission over a number of controversial Orange Order parades that are to take place in north Belfast on July 12. A delegation from the p...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 11, 2002
Catholic church damaged in blaze
Police have launched an investigation into the cause of a fire at a Catholic church in County Antrim. The police and fire service were alerted to the blaze at the Aughnahoy Church near Portglanone ju...
Business News, Jul 10, 2002
IDA Ireland annual report reveals 2001 to be 'a tough year'
In its latest annual report, the investment and development agency IDA Ireland has said that last year was one of the toughest because of the downturn in global economies. In its report, the agency r...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 10, 2002
Empey makes appeals for calm to safeguard jobs
The Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment, Sir Reg Empey, has appealed to "locally elected representatives and the wider community" of north Belfast to help stop further sectarian violence tha...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 10, 2002
Government urged to 'get a grip' on paramilitaries
The Ulster Unionist Party leader David Trimble has told the House Of Commons that the government must "get a grip" on paramilitary violence and "recreate some confidence in the community". Mr Trimbl...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 10, 2002
Figures reveal shortage in NI theatre nurses
Figures have revealed that there is a shortage of theatre nurses in Northern Ireland, which is leading to the short notice cancellation of some operations for patients. The figures, which showed ther...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 10, 2002
Antrim home attacked by petrol bombers
The home of a Protestant family has been attacked by petrol bombers at Dromain Drive in Antrim. The attack took place shortly before 1am on Wednesday when two petrol bombs were thrown at a window. O...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 10, 2002
Police remain vigilant despite plans to reclassify cannabis
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Dr John Reid, has said that new Home Office proposals on the reclassification of cannabis does not represent a softening of the government’s attitude towards i...
Business News, Jul 10, 2002
Élan to review $60m investment in Macroom plant
Élan are to review their plans to invest $60 million at the former GSI plant at Macroom in County Cork. Élan announced in April that it planned to create 300 jobs in the town through the development ...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 10, 2002
Omagh sisters die in car crash
Two sisters from Omagh have been killed in a car crash in the Republic of Ireland. Tara Heaney, 30, and her 18-year-old sister Cheryl, also from Omagh, died after their car was involved in a head-on...
Business News, Jul 10, 2002
CAB welcome 'landmark' Court of Appeal judgment
The Northern Ireland Court of Appeal has upheld a case taken by the Citizens' Advice Bureau (CAB) on behalf of a CAB client whose claim for funeral expenses from the Social Fund was originally rejecte...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 10, 2002
Reid confident war graves will remain undisturbed
Secretary of State, Dr John Reid, has said that he is confident the French government will not go ahead with the proposal to build a new airport for Paris on the site of World War One war graves. Dr ...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 10, 2002
Gunmen open fire on CCTV camera in north Belfast
Police have said that gunshots were fired at a security camera in north Belfast on Tuesday evening. A PSNI spokesperson confirmed that a Closed Circuit Television Camera (CCTV) had been hit by "high-...
Business News, Jul 9, 2002
MIA launches management development programme
The Meetings Industry Association (MIA) has announced the launch of the first certified training programme in management development in the UK specially designed for the meetings industry. In direct ...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 9, 2002
Interface areas receive millions to combat legacy of conflict
Some of the province’s most deprived areas are set to benefit from a £12 million funding package to help tackle the legacy of Northern Ireland’s thirty years of conflict. Twelve communities, includin...
Business News, Jul 9, 2002
ICS Computing appoint new HR manager
Belfast-based ICS Computing, one of the UK's leading software solutions providers, has appointed Claire Bonar as head of Human Resources. Claire will oversee the development of the company's 175 staf...
Business News, Jul 9, 2002
Flextronics to close Limerick at cost of 250 jobs
Around 250 jobs are to be axed by electronic manufacturer Flextronics after the company announced it is to close it’s manufacturing plant in Limerick. The company, which supplies networking products ...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 9, 2002
SDLP meet Security Minister over attacks
A senior SDLP delegation has met the Security Minister Jane Kennedy to discuss ongoing sectarian attacks throughout the province. John Dallat, (MLA East Derry), Newtownabbey councillor Noreen McClell...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 9, 2002
£1m buy-out secures 170 Mallusk jobs
Around 170 jobs appear to have been saved at Mallusk-based Leaf Technologies after a buy-out from one of its major shareholders. The company, which went into administration last month, has been saved...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 9, 2002
Twelve arrested after Drumcree riots
The number of people arrested following Sunday afternoon’s vicious attacks on police officers following the Orange Order service at Drumcree Parish Church now stands at twelve. Ten have appeared in c...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 9, 2002
NI religious attitudes hardening
There is an increasing hardening of attitudes by both Protestants and Catholics towards living, working and learning together according to new research. The research conducted by the University of Ul...
Business News, Jul 9, 2002
Bereaved families call for changes to safety laws
Families bereaved and injured from work-related deaths and disasters have called for tougher enforcement of health and safety laws at a conference held by the TUC and the Centre for Corporate Accounta...
Business News, Jul 9, 2002
Financial sector report unexpected pick-up
The financial services sector saw an unexpected pick-up in business volumes, according to the latest quarterly survey by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and PricewaterhouseCoopers. The su...
Business News, Jul 9, 2002
Strathfoyle Village receives funding boost
John Hunter, Permanent Secretary at the Department for Social Development, has announced a funding package of more than £515,000 to develop Strathfoyle village centre in Londonderry. Unveiling the pa...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 9, 2002
Family home comes under gun and bomb attack
Police are investigating an attack on a family in County Londonderry. The family of six were in their home in Coleraine when it came under gun and bomb attack. Five shots were fired into the living ...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 9, 2002
Two injured in shooting incident
A teenage boy and a man have been treated in hospital after a shooting in County Down. The attack happened at about 7.30pm on Monday at Barcroft Park, Newry, when four shots from a shotgun were fired...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 9, 2002
Belfast July 12th parades given go ahead
As the twelfth of July approaches, two more Orange Parades have been given the go ahead in Belfast. One march is due to pass the mainly nationalist Ardoyne area although with no music, while the seco...
Business News, Jul 8, 2002
Karting championship makes Ferry welcome return
The cream of British karting will be converging at Nutt’s Corner this summer for the fourth round of the British Karting Championship sponsored by leading ferry company Stena Line. Hundreds of compet...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 8, 2002
Illegal fuel plant closed down in County Down
Customs and police shut down an illegal fuel laundering plant in Rathfriland, County Down on Sunday. The factory, which police officers said was hidden in remote farm buildings, had the capacity to l...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 8, 2002
Drumcree violence condemned by First Minister
Northern Ireland First Minister David Trimble has condemned yesterday’s violence at an Orange Order’s protest at Drumcree in which 24 police officers were injured as “appalling”. Speaking after visit...