Northern Ireland News for January 2003 : Page 4

Northern Ireland News, Jan 21, 2003
Families flee homes as loyalist feud escalates
Seven families were forced to flee their homes in north Belfast yesterday as the loyalist feud continued. The families said they were forced to leave their Alliance Avenue homes after members of the ...
Business News, Jan 21, 2003
Logica announce over 300 jobs losses
Troubled telecommunications firm Logica, which recently merged with CMG, has announced that around 315 workers are to be made redundant in the next few weeks. A spokesperson for the company confirmed...
Business News, Jan 21, 2003
Northern Bank parent awards £317m insurance contract
Northern Bank customers, along with those of National Australia Bank Group (NABG) other UK-based banks, Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank, will benefit from more flexible and customer-focused adminis...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 21, 2003
Minister praises input of NICCI to local economy
NIO Minister Ian Pearson has praised the Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NICCI) for its commitment to supporting efforts to modernise the local economy. The Minister made his comme...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 21, 2003
Firefighters return to picket lines for 24-hour strike
Tens of thousands of firefighters across the UK stopped work this morning to begin the latest 24-hour strike as part of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) ongoing dispute over pay. Almost 2,000 firefighte...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 21, 2003
NI football's governing bodies set to merge
Northern Ireland's football's two ruling bodies have agreed to amalgamate in a move that is expected to open up millions of pounds worth of financial aid for the ailing local game. The decision to me...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 21, 2003
Belfast sex shops under threat
Six sex shops in the centre of Belfast were under threat today after Belfast City Council's Health and Safety Committee rejected their applications for operating licences. The shop owners were also w...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 21, 2003
Sinn Féin say talks at ‘critical’ stage
The importance of this week’s series of British-Irish talks aimed at breaking the logjam in the Northern Ireland peace process has been highlighted by senior members of Sinn Féin. Speaking in Dublin,...
Business News, Jan 21, 2003
Belfast marketing lecturer voted top of the class
The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) has announced the winner of the 2003 Marketing Lecturer of the year award. Ms Frances Smyth who lectures at Belfast Institute of Further & Higher Education ...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 21, 2003
SDLP expects post-primary announcement by June
Following on from a meeting with the NIO at Castle Buildings yesterday, the SDLP's education spokesperson Tommy Gallagher has said that he expects alternatives to the current selection process to be o...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 21, 2003
Two die in Co Antrim road accident
Two people have died following a road accident in Co Antrim this morning. At around 9.45am, a car, which had six people on board, was travelling along the M5 motorway near Newtownabbey when it left ...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 20, 2003
Road accident claims second family death
The funeral of a 14-year-old boy killed in a road accident in north Antrim at the weekend was held this morning. Aiden McIlhatton, from Martinstown, died alongside 17-year-old Shane Delargy when thei...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 20, 2003
IRA denies targeting Protestant community workers
The IRA has denied it is targeting loyalist community workers after the Protestant Community Workers Association today said it was breaking off contact with republican groups following the revelations...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 20, 2003
Big turnout for Jeanie Johnston famine ship
A replica famine ship which sailed into Belfast on Friday as part of a four day visit to the city has attracted three times as many visitors in Belfast as it did when it was in Dublin. The Jeanie Joh...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 20, 2003
UUP slam Stormont talks as a 'smokescreen'
The UUP has refused to take part in implementation talks in Stormont today, saying that the discussions would act as a "smokescreen" for the more serious issue of paramilitarism, according to party le...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 20, 2003
Police appeal after Bangor murder
Police have launched a murder enquiry following an early morning shooting incident in Bangor, Co Down. Twenty-eight-year-old Richard Hamill from Cleland Park Central in Bangor, died from gunshot woun...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 20, 2003
Union officials meet over east Belfast job cuts
Shop stewards and union officials have met today following the news that just under 300 workers are to lose their jobs in east Belfast. Staff at seatbelt manufacturers TK-ECC Limited where told on Fr...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 20, 2003
Eight remanded in custody over terrorism charges
Eight men have been remanded in custody until February 17 after appearing at Belfast Magistrates Court today to face charges related to terrorist activity. The eight men were arrested on Saturday in...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 20, 2003
Life term given for OAP murderer
A man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of a pensioner more than 21 years ago. With the aid of DNA checks and testing Steven Shepherd, 47, from Portstewart, Co Londonderry, was t...
Business News, Jan 20, 2003
Meridio MD named IT award winner
The managing director of award-winning document management company Meridio Limited has been named IT Professional of the Year Award by the British Computer Society (Belfast Branch). Dr Brian Baird wa...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 20, 2003
Man injured in paramilitary-style shooting
A man has been treated in hospital for a gunshot wound to his leg following a paramilitary-style shooting in Co Down. At around 9pm last night, the 55-year-old victim was walking his dog at the bus ...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 20, 2003
PSNI and victims group team up to tackle car crime
The PSNI's Auto Crime Team and Families Bereaved Through Car Crime have joined forces in an effort to reduce car crime in west Belfast and Dunmurry. Starting today, leaflets promoting the Auto Crime...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 17, 2003
Woman dies in Co Londonderry road collision
A woman has died in a road accident in Co Londonderry – the third such death in the county in the past 24 hours. At around 2pm today, a Citroen car and a Toyota jeep were in collision on the Maghera...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 17, 2003
End of an era for Harland & Wolff
The last vessel likely to be built at the Belfast shipyard Harland and Wolff was officially named today. The 22,000 tonne Anvil Point, the second of two roll-on roll-off ferries built at the yard for...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 17, 2003
Social Need report highlights inequality says O'Hagan
The Social Need report, which was launched today, highlights the continued discrimination and social deprivation experienced by the Catholic community, according to Sinn Fein's equality spokesperson D...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 17, 2003
UVF and Red Hand Commando break off IICD contact
The loyalist paramilitary Ulster Volunteer Force and the Red Hand Commando have broken off contact with the international decommissioning body in Belfast. At a news conference today, the Progressive ...
Business News, Jan 17, 2003
Search commences for Invest NI HQ
NIO Minister Ian Pearson is to set up a procurement process for a new headquarters building for Invest Northern Ireland in the Greater Belfast area. It is envisaged that the new headquarters will pro...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 17, 2003
Adair granted leave for review of jail decision
Notorious loyalist Johnny Adair’s legal bid to overturn an order by the Secretary of State sending him back to prison passed its first hurdle in the Belfast High Court today. After hearing legal argu...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 17, 2003
300 jobs could go at east Belfast manufacturer
It has been reported that nearly 300 workers are to be made redundant at a seatbelt manufacturing plant in east Belfast. Staff at the European Components Corporation factory in Dundonald were told of...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 17, 2003
SF councillor's personal details found on UDA disc
The personal details of a west Belfast Sinn Fein councillor have been found on a computer disc which was recovered from a house search in Carrickfergus last week. Upper Falls Sinn Fein councillor Mic...