Northern Ireland News for August 2001

Northern Ireland News, Aug 31, 2001
Man arrested following shooting attack in Dungannon
Police in Dungannon are investigating the circumstances of the shooting of a 31-year-old man at Bellavale Terrace in Coalisland shortly before 8.00pm on Thursday evening. Police later arrested the w...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 31, 2001
UUP leader requests Chief Constable to attribute attacks
Ulster Unionist Party leader David Trimble has asked the RUC Chief Constable to make known those groups responsible for recent terrorist attacks in Northern Ireland. Mr Trimble said that police had b...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 31, 2001
Trimble maintains republican credibility is ‘seriously damaged’
Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble has said that republicans will have to try harder if they are going to rebuild their credibility and achieve a resolution to the Northern Ireland political crisis....
Northern Ireland News, Aug 31, 2001
Slovakia trio are extradited to the UK
Three men have been extradited from Slovakia to the UK charged with terrorist offences. The men, named as Fintan Paul O'Farrell (35), Declan John Rafferty (41), and Michael Christopher McDonald (44),...
Business News, Aug 31, 2001
World’s largest online broker cuts more jobs
Charles Schwab, the world's largest online share broker, is set cut more jobs as falling stock markets continue to depress trading. The company plans cut up to 2,400 jobs, or 11 per cent of its workf...
Business News, Aug 31, 2001
New Deal scheme shows continuing promise
The government's flagship New Deal for Young People has proved to be a continuing success after new figures showed that 312,000 young people in the UK had moved from benefits to employment. Approxima...
Business News, Aug 31, 2001
Mobile phone sales fall for the first time
Research group Gartner Dataquest have revealed that global sales of mobile phones have fallen for the first time. Sales of handsets dropped during the second quarter of this year to 89.76 million uni...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 31, 2001
Consultation paper launched on railway line closure
The Department for Regional Development has issued an Equality Impact Assessment (EQIA) consultation paper on the proposed discontinuance of the Antrim to Knockmore railway line. Commenting on the pa...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 31, 2001
Injury hit Northern Ireland prepare to battle Danes
Northern Ireland captain Jim Magilton is set to lead his country out in front of the imposing Parken Stadium in Copenhagen against Denmark on Saturday night. Magilton is back after missing the last t...
Business News, Aug 31, 2001
Hitachi confirms global jobs cuts
Electronics manufacturer, Hitachi has confirmed it will slash its global workforce by 14,700. While some 4,500 of the job losses are likely to be take place outside Japan, the firm said that the cuts...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 31, 2001
Harland & Wolff boss faces possible jail term
The Norwegian boss of Harland and Wolff, Brynjulv Mugaas is facing a jail threat over claims that ex-employees were black listed because they took their cases to an industrial tribunal. A ruling by a...
Business News, Aug 31, 2001
Consumer optimism drops to three-year low
A Mori poll published in the Times newspaper has revealed that consumer optimism in the UK dropped to a three-year low in August. Mori's economic optimism index, which measures how people expect the ...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 31, 2001
Belfast Giants face-off against London Knights
Northern Ireland has welcomed back the Harp Lager Belfast Giants as the team prepares to open their ice hockey Superleague account on Saturday. The Giants face the London Knights in what could be a f...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 31, 2001
MEP questions why EU funds went to republican group
An Ulster Unionist MEP has called for an official EU investigation into how thousands of pounds from the EU’s peace and reconciliation fund were allocated to a group for former republican prisoners. ...
Business News, Aug 31, 2001
Government to probe Equitable Life fiasco
The UK government is set to launch an in-depth investigation into the life assurance company Equitable Life. The move was confirmed by the government after thousands of policy holders saw their inves...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 31, 2001
Masked gang rob elderly couple at gunpoint
An elderly couple have been robbed at gunpoint in their County Antrim home in Ballymena. A police spokesperson said that four masked men, one armed with a handgun and the others wielding baseball bat...
Business News, Aug 31, 2001
Dow Jones closes at five-month low
The Dow Jones has closed below the 10,000 level for the first time in nearly five months, at 9963.3. The result was further gloomy news on the economy for US companies and pulled Asian markets down i...
Business News, Aug 31, 2001
UK consumer lending grows by record amount
Latest figures from the Bank of England has shown that consumer lending to individuals through mortgages, credit cards and other loans has grown by a record £6.1 billion in July. This figure left the...
Business News, Aug 31, 2001
Number plate change is expected to boost car sales
The change to the UK’s car registration plates is expected to boost flagging sales in new cars. As interest rates have come down and new car prices are around six per cent cheaper than last year deal...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 30, 2001
Government begins consultation on school prospectus information
The Department of Education is inviting comment on the information which schools are required to provide by law in prospectuses and in Board of Governors’ Annual Reports. Launching the consultation p...
Business News, Aug 30, 2001
Open + Direct secures three local contract deals
Open + Direct Fleet Solutions has recently signed contracts with three local firms to supply and service a range of vehicles including tipper trucks, HGVs and fleet cars. McKeown Services Group, base...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 30, 2001
First Trust Bank announces £10m investment in branch network
The First Trust Bank has announced a £10 million investment in its branch network over the next three years, including a £3 million super branch in Belfast. The investment will involve a major buildi...
Business News, Aug 30, 2001
nevada tele.com ‘logs’ on to eco energy
Leading business telecommunications and Internet provider nevada tele.com have become Northern Ireland’s first ‘e-nvironmentally’ friendly telecoms and internet company by logging onto green electrici...
Business News, Aug 30, 2001
Jefferson Smurfit Group report rise in sales
Jefferson Smurfit Group (JSG), the paper-based packaging group based in Dublin, have reported its interim pre-tax profit unchanged year-on-year at £116 million and EPS of 9.1 per cent. Third party sa...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 30, 2001
Ulster Unionists called on to join Policing Board
Ulster Unionist assembly member Duncan Shipley-Dalton has called on his party to take its seats on the new Policing Board. Mr Shipley Dalton said it was now time to end the uncertainty and back the P...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 30, 2001
Sheep sales resume under strict supervision
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Bríd Rodgers, has announced her intention to permit the farm-to-farm collection of livestock and the resumption of commercial sheep sales under strict ve...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 30, 2001
RUC officers aid Colombian investigation in Bogota
Two senior RUC officers have flown into Bogota to aid Colombian authorities with their investigation of the three IRA suspects facing terrorist charges. The officers will support ongoing inquiries by...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 30, 2001
Road accident claims the life of Newtownabbey woman
A road accident near Toomebridge has claimed the life of a woman from Newtownabbey. The woman who was killed has been named as 68-year-old Elizabeth Glasgow from Shore Road, Newtownabbey. The accide...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 30, 2001
Police appeal for information following sex assault
Police have launched an appeal for information following the rape of a 20-year-old woman in the Newtownabbey area. A police spokesperson said they were seeking information about a man seen in the Bel...
Business News, Aug 30, 2001
Lloyd’s of London project £2bn loss
The world’s oldest insurer, Lloyd's of London has been forced to increase its projected loss for the last two years to £2 billion. A combination of the dot.com collapse and a Brazilian oil rig disast...