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Northern Ireland News for January 2003 : Page 7
Northern Ireland News, Jan 9, 2003
Lurgan man guilty of blast bomb killing
A man has been found guilty of manslaughter after a bomb attack in Portadown, Co Armagh, three years ago. Philip Joseph Blaney, 37, of Shimna Walk in Lurgan, was convicted for his role in the killing...
Lurgan man guilty of blast bomb killing
A man has been found guilty of manslaughter after a bomb attack in Portadown, Co Armagh, three years ago. Philip Joseph Blaney, 37, of Shimna Walk in Lurgan, was convicted for his role in the killing...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 9, 2003
New legislation aims to support young people leaving care
The Minister with responsibility for Health, Social Services and Public Safety, Des Browne, has announced today that the Children (Leaving Care) Act (Northern Ireland) had received Royal Assent. The ...
New legislation aims to support young people leaving care
The Minister with responsibility for Health, Social Services and Public Safety, Des Browne, has announced today that the Children (Leaving Care) Act (Northern Ireland) had received Royal Assent. The ...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 9, 2003
Regional airlines reveal record NI passenger numbers
Two of the UK's leading regional airlines have revealed record passenger numbers for their Northern Ireland operations in 2002. Both bmi and easyJet recorded an upsurge in passenger numbers flying to...
Regional airlines reveal record NI passenger numbers
Two of the UK's leading regional airlines have revealed record passenger numbers for their Northern Ireland operations in 2002. Both bmi and easyJet recorded an upsurge in passenger numbers flying to...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 9, 2003
Six men remanded in custody following attempted bank robbery
Six men from west Belfast have been remanded in custody following the attempted robbery of a bank in Antrim on Tuesday. Denis Dorian, 36, of Springfield Park, Seamus Cunningham, 30, of Colinwell in P...
Six men remanded in custody following attempted bank robbery
Six men from west Belfast have been remanded in custody following the attempted robbery of a bank in Antrim on Tuesday. Denis Dorian, 36, of Springfield Park, Seamus Cunningham, 30, of Colinwell in P...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 9, 2003
SDLP and Sinn Féin in London for fresh talks
Delegations from the SDLP and Sinn Féin have met with the British Prime Minister Tony Blair today in London for another round of high level talks aimed at breaking the political impasse in Northern Ir...
SDLP and Sinn Féin in London for fresh talks
Delegations from the SDLP and Sinn Féin have met with the British Prime Minister Tony Blair today in London for another round of high level talks aimed at breaking the political impasse in Northern Ir...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 9, 2003
Peace process is 'under threat' according to IRA
In a tersely worded statement, the IRA has warned that the peace process is "under threat" in their traditional New Year message. The statement, which has been published in the republican magazine A...
Peace process is 'under threat' according to IRA
In a tersely worded statement, the IRA has warned that the peace process is "under threat" in their traditional New Year message. The statement, which has been published in the republican magazine A...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 9, 2003
Methodist church destroyed by overnight fire
A church has been destroyed by an overnight fire in north Belfast which is suspected to have started in a faulty boiler. The fire at Jennymount Methodist Church in North Queen Street resulted in 40 f...
Methodist church destroyed by overnight fire
A church has been destroyed by an overnight fire in north Belfast which is suspected to have started in a faulty boiler. The fire at Jennymount Methodist Church in North Queen Street resulted in 40 f...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 9, 2003
Hospice review team to deliver in six months
The Northern Ireland Hospice Review Team have met in Belfast this week to begin their investigation into the management of the bitterly divided Northern Ireland Hospice. Sir Graham Hart, a former Per...
Hospice review team to deliver in six months
The Northern Ireland Hospice Review Team have met in Belfast this week to begin their investigation into the management of the bitterly divided Northern Ireland Hospice. Sir Graham Hart, a former Per...
Business News, Jan 9, 2003
Majority of UK bodies do not carry out equal pay audits
Interim findings from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development's (CIPD) Annual Reward Survey of over 500 UK organisations suggest that less than one fifth of organisations have carried out...
Majority of UK bodies do not carry out equal pay audits
Interim findings from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development's (CIPD) Annual Reward Survey of over 500 UK organisations suggest that less than one fifth of organisations have carried out...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 9, 2003
CIRA firebomb defused in Keady
A firebomb has been defused by army technical officers in Keady, Co Armagh. The device was placed at waterworks on the Castleblaney Road in Keady and was dealt with following calls said to be from di...
CIRA firebomb defused in Keady
A firebomb has been defused by army technical officers in Keady, Co Armagh. The device was placed at waterworks on the Castleblaney Road in Keady and was dealt with following calls said to be from di...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 8, 2003
FBI 'most wanted' may be in Ireland
Police have been warned that one of America's most wanted men may be hiding out in the British Isles, and possibly with Irish republicans. Irish-America gangster James 'Whitey' Bulger, 73, who is wan...
FBI 'most wanted' may be in Ireland
Police have been warned that one of America's most wanted men may be hiding out in the British Isles, and possibly with Irish republicans. Irish-America gangster James 'Whitey' Bulger, 73, who is wan...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 8, 2003
Man remanded in custody following Portrush murder
A Coleraine man has been remanded in custody charged with the murder of 24-year-old Brian Caskey outside a Portrush nightclub on Tuesday morning. Mark James Morrison, 23, of Milburn Road, Coleraine w...
Man remanded in custody following Portrush murder
A Coleraine man has been remanded in custody charged with the murder of 24-year-old Brian Caskey outside a Portrush nightclub on Tuesday morning. Mark James Morrison, 23, of Milburn Road, Coleraine w...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 8, 2003
Man seriously ill in hospital following death of woman
A man remains seriously ill in hospital today following the murder of woman at a house in Co Antrim. Police have launched a murder inquiry after the woman was stabbed to death at the house in Ballyca...
Man seriously ill in hospital following death of woman
A man remains seriously ill in hospital today following the murder of woman at a house in Co Antrim. Police have launched a murder inquiry after the woman was stabbed to death at the house in Ballyca...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 8, 2003
Security Minister announces £39.5m policing boost
Security Minister, Jane Kennedy has announced an additional £39.5m in police spending today. The Minister's announcement brings total spending in police resources to £654.5m for the current financial...
Security Minister announces £39.5m policing boost
Security Minister, Jane Kennedy has announced an additional £39.5m in police spending today. The Minister's announcement brings total spending in police resources to £654.5m for the current financial...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 8, 2003
Pipe-bomb found at 'Mad Dog' Adair's home
Army technical officers have been tasked to examine a device found at the home of UDA 'C' Company leader Johnny Adair. A close associate of the notorious UDA commander and former UDP spokesperson Joh...
Pipe-bomb found at 'Mad Dog' Adair's home
Army technical officers have been tasked to examine a device found at the home of UDA 'C' Company leader Johnny Adair. A close associate of the notorious UDA commander and former UDP spokesperson Joh...
Business News, Jan 8, 2003
Construction tender prices outstrip inflation
The price of new construction work rose in excess of five times the rate of general inflation in the year to third quarter 2002, according to the latest tender price index compiled by the Building Cos...
Construction tender prices outstrip inflation
The price of new construction work rose in excess of five times the rate of general inflation in the year to third quarter 2002, according to the latest tender price index compiled by the Building Cos...
Business News, Jan 8, 2003
Strabane seeks to forge commerce links with Malmo
Representatives from Strabane Chamber of Commerce and Industry will travel to Sweden later this month to attend the 'Entrepreneur Gala Awards of the Year Ceremony' as special guests of the City of Mal...
Strabane seeks to forge commerce links with Malmo
Representatives from Strabane Chamber of Commerce and Industry will travel to Sweden later this month to attend the 'Entrepreneur Gala Awards of the Year Ceremony' as special guests of the City of Mal...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 8, 2003
Work at Toome Bypass unearths ancient artefacts
It has been revealed that a series of important archaeological finds have been made as work continues in the construction of the Toome Bypass. The Roads Service has reported that a wealth of importa...
Work at Toome Bypass unearths ancient artefacts
It has been revealed that a series of important archaeological finds have been made as work continues in the construction of the Toome Bypass. The Roads Service has reported that a wealth of importa...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 8, 2003
DUP U-turn on Sinn Féin policy slammed
A former Northern Ireland Executive minister has claimed the Democratic Unionist Party are “grappling with a split in their ranks” over their policy on sharing government with Sinn Féin. The accusati...
DUP U-turn on Sinn Féin policy slammed
A former Northern Ireland Executive minister has claimed the Democratic Unionist Party are “grappling with a split in their ranks” over their policy on sharing government with Sinn Féin. The accusati...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 8, 2003
Alliance make fresh calls for a better society
The Alliance Party have launched a new social policy document which calls for more of an effort to stamp out naked sectarianism and instead promote communal integration within Northern Ireland society...
Alliance make fresh calls for a better society
The Alliance Party have launched a new social policy document which calls for more of an effort to stamp out naked sectarianism and instead promote communal integration within Northern Ireland society...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 8, 2003
Victim critical after Co Antrim shooting
A man was rushed to hospital last night after a shooting incident in Co Antrim. At around 8.30pm, two masked men burst into the victim's Dunluskin Gardens home in Carrickfergus before shooting him s...
Victim critical after Co Antrim shooting
A man was rushed to hospital last night after a shooting incident in Co Antrim. At around 8.30pm, two masked men burst into the victim's Dunluskin Gardens home in Carrickfergus before shooting him s...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 8, 2003
Two women shaken in Co Down robbery
Two women have been left badly shaken following a robbery at a home in Co Down last night. The women were in the kitchen of a house in Dunbarton Street, Gilford when two men burst in and demanded mon...
Two women shaken in Co Down robbery
Two women have been left badly shaken following a robbery at a home in Co Down last night. The women were in the kitchen of a house in Dunbarton Street, Gilford when two men burst in and demanded mon...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 7, 2003
NIO rejects criticism of road service
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Angela Smith, has defended the DRD Road Service response to the current spate of cold weather which has affected Northern Ireland's road network. The Minister ...
NIO rejects criticism of road service
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Angela Smith, has defended the DRD Road Service response to the current spate of cold weather which has affected Northern Ireland's road network. The Minister ...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 7, 2003
Tearful plea over boyfriend's murder
The distraught girlfriend of murdered Jonathan Stewart who was shot just days after Christmas has made an emotional appeal to the public to help the police catch his killer. Speaking at a press confe...
Tearful plea over boyfriend's murder
The distraught girlfriend of murdered Jonathan Stewart who was shot just days after Christmas has made an emotional appeal to the public to help the police catch his killer. Speaking at a press confe...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 7, 2003
NI drink-driving detections up on previous year
The number of motorists caught drink-driving over the Christmas period in Northern Ireland has seen a sharp rise compared to the previous year. A total of 396 drivers were found to be over the limit ...
NI drink-driving detections up on previous year
The number of motorists caught drink-driving over the Christmas period in Northern Ireland has seen a sharp rise compared to the previous year. A total of 396 drivers were found to be over the limit ...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 7, 2003
Minister urged to set up advisory panel for 11-plus
The UUP have brought the issue of the 11-plus exam sharply into focus again with calls for an education advisory panel on the controversial matter to be established. A UUP party delegation met with t...
Minister urged to set up advisory panel for 11-plus
The UUP have brought the issue of the 11-plus exam sharply into focus again with calls for an education advisory panel on the controversial matter to be established. A UUP party delegation met with t...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 7, 2003
Safeway reveals massive jobs boost for NI
It has been reported that Safeway will create 1,000 jobs in the province as part of an expansion programme to be phased in over the next three years. The move will see the retailer increase its headc...
Safeway reveals massive jobs boost for NI
It has been reported that Safeway will create 1,000 jobs in the province as part of an expansion programme to be phased in over the next three years. The move will see the retailer increase its headc...
Business News, Jan 7, 2003
Students get a better deal from Sx3
Newtownabbey-based IT services company, Sx3 has been awarded a three-year extension to its current IT services contract at the University of Ulster. The company, which has held the contract since 199...
Students get a better deal from Sx3
Newtownabbey-based IT services company, Sx3 has been awarded a three-year extension to its current IT services contract at the University of Ulster. The company, which has held the contract since 199...
Business News, Jan 7, 2003
APT's export achievements recognised
The Institute of Export for Northern Ireland has chosen Belfast-based data compression specialist, Audio Processing Technology (APT), as the recipient of its prestigious Exporter of the Year Award for...
APT's export achievements recognised
The Institute of Export for Northern Ireland has chosen Belfast-based data compression specialist, Audio Processing Technology (APT), as the recipient of its prestigious Exporter of the Year Award for...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 7, 2003
Maskey believes Agreement 'can grow in strength'
Sinn Fein have restated their commitment to the peace process at a meeting in Monaghan, with the party's Lord Mayor of Belfast Alex Maskey stating his belief that the agreement can once again move out...
Maskey believes Agreement 'can grow in strength'
Sinn Fein have restated their commitment to the peace process at a meeting in Monaghan, with the party's Lord Mayor of Belfast Alex Maskey stating his belief that the agreement can once again move out...
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Northern Ireland WeatherToday:A very mild, but mostly cloudy day, although with some bright or sunny spells. It will be mostly dry in the morning, but a little patchy light rain or drizzle at times in the afternoon. Maximum temperature 14 °C.Tonight:A band of heavier rain will move east during the evening before clearing eastwards after midnight. then mostly dry through the early hours, but a little rain towards dawn. Minimum temperature 8 °C.
