Northern Ireland News for October 2001 : Page 11
Business News, Oct 4, 2001
Further jobs shed at BMI British Midland
BMI British Midland is the latest major airline to confirm that it is to axe jobs in the wake of the US terror attacks on 11 September. The Derby-based company is to shed 600 jobs and ground eight o...
Further jobs shed at BMI British Midland
BMI British Midland is the latest major airline to confirm that it is to axe jobs in the wake of the US terror attacks on 11 September. The Derby-based company is to shed 600 jobs and ground eight o...
Business News, Oct 4, 2001
Bill Gates to speak at CBI business awards
One of the world’s most successful entrepreneurs, the Chairman of Microsoft, Bill Gates, will deliver the keynote address at this year’s Real Business/CBI Growing Business Awards. The event, which t...
Bill Gates to speak at CBI business awards
One of the world’s most successful entrepreneurs, the Chairman of Microsoft, Bill Gates, will deliver the keynote address at this year’s Real Business/CBI Growing Business Awards. The event, which t...
Business News, Oct 4, 2001
B&Q confirm 370 jobs in new retail expansion
DIY superstore B&Q chain has confirmed that it is to create over 350 jobs in the creation of two new retail warehouses in Craigavon and Newtownabbey. The news, announced on Wednesday 3 October, sees...
B&Q confirm 370 jobs in new retail expansion
DIY superstore B&Q chain has confirmed that it is to create over 350 jobs in the creation of two new retail warehouses in Craigavon and Newtownabbey. The news, announced on Wednesday 3 October, sees...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 4, 2001
Finance Minister says “devolution is working well”
Finance Minister Mark Durkan has said that the achievements of Northern Ireland’s newly installed government show that devolution is working well. The Minister, who was speaking at the 10th Annual C...
Finance Minister says “devolution is working well”
Finance Minister Mark Durkan has said that the achievements of Northern Ireland’s newly installed government show that devolution is working well. The Minister, who was speaking at the 10th Annual C...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 4, 2001
Report calls for reduced cardiac waiting lists
New consultation proposals released by the Department of Health have recommended that no heart patients in Northern Ireland should have to wait more than 12 months for an operation. The £11 million ...
Report calls for reduced cardiac waiting lists
New consultation proposals released by the Department of Health have recommended that no heart patients in Northern Ireland should have to wait more than 12 months for an operation. The £11 million ...
Business News, Oct 4, 2001
Strangford Lough Information Network scoops top prize
The Strangford Lough Information Network website has picked up the top prize in this year’s Northern Ireland Web Awards. Greg McConnell, the Deputy Secretary of the Department of Enterprise, Trade a...
Strangford Lough Information Network scoops top prize
The Strangford Lough Information Network website has picked up the top prize in this year’s Northern Ireland Web Awards. Greg McConnell, the Deputy Secretary of the Department of Enterprise, Trade a...
Business News, Oct 4, 2001
UK interest rate receives further cut
The UK interest rate has been cut for the sixth time as economies around the world attempt to stem the effects of the current global climate of uncertainty. On Thursday October 4, the Bank of Englan...
UK interest rate receives further cut
The UK interest rate has been cut for the sixth time as economies around the world attempt to stem the effects of the current global climate of uncertainty. On Thursday October 4, the Bank of Englan...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 4, 2001
Trimble calls for end to terrorism distinctions
UUP leader David Trimble has said that the British Government must end the distinction between domestic and international terrorism. Speaking during a special debate in Parliament on October 4, he a...
Trimble calls for end to terrorism distinctions
UUP leader David Trimble has said that the British Government must end the distinction between domestic and international terrorism. Speaking during a special debate in Parliament on October 4, he a...
Business News, Oct 4, 2001
Countdown begins for illegal software users in NI
Watchdog group Business Software Alliance (BSA) is to hold the first ever software legalisation campaign in Northern Ireland. Representing the world’s leading software manufacturers in a campaign to...
Countdown begins for illegal software users in NI
Watchdog group Business Software Alliance (BSA) is to hold the first ever software legalisation campaign in Northern Ireland. Representing the world’s leading software manufacturers in a campaign to...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 4, 2001
Protests over new nuclear plant at Sellafield
The British Government’s new plutonium plant at Sellafield has been given the operational go-ahead despite protests by environmentalists. The protestors say that the decision is unlawful and are afr...
Protests over new nuclear plant at Sellafield
The British Government’s new plutonium plant at Sellafield has been given the operational go-ahead despite protests by environmentalists. The protestors say that the decision is unlawful and are afr...
Business News, Oct 4, 2001
Consignia could axe further jobs over ‘financial crisis’
Consignia, the firm that operates the Royal Mail services, could be about to cut hundreds more jobs in an attempt to avoid moving into the red. An internal memo has revealed that Consignia is to imp...
Consignia could axe further jobs over ‘financial crisis’
Consignia, the firm that operates the Royal Mail services, could be about to cut hundreds more jobs in an attempt to avoid moving into the red. An internal memo has revealed that Consignia is to imp...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 4, 2001
T&EA chairman praises Modern Apprentice achievers
Apprentices from across Northern Ireland have been presented with their Modern Apprenticeship Awards in Vehicle Body Repair and Refinishing at a ceremony in Blackwater House, Mallusk. The Agency-bac...
T&EA chairman praises Modern Apprentice achievers
Apprentices from across Northern Ireland have been presented with their Modern Apprenticeship Awards in Vehicle Body Repair and Refinishing at a ceremony in Blackwater House, Mallusk. The Agency-bac...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 4, 2001
Court dismisses Sinn Féin’s Union flag discrimination case
A Belfast High Court has dismissed a bid by Sinn Féin to prevent the flying of the Union flag on designated days outside government buildings in Northern Ireland. The ruling was made on Thursday 4 O...
Court dismisses Sinn Féin’s Union flag discrimination case
A Belfast High Court has dismissed a bid by Sinn Féin to prevent the flying of the Union flag on designated days outside government buildings in Northern Ireland. The ruling was made on Thursday 4 O...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 4, 2001
Food industry is at a crossroads
A group tasked with making a report on Northern Ireland’s agricultural sector has presented their findings to Agricultural Minister Bríd Rodgers. Mrs Rodgers said: “In many ways, the agri-food indust...
Food industry is at a crossroads
A group tasked with making a report on Northern Ireland’s agricultural sector has presented their findings to Agricultural Minister Bríd Rodgers. Mrs Rodgers said: “In many ways, the agri-food indust...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 4, 2001
Easyjet applies to run Belfast-Heathrow service
Easyjet has stepped in with a proposal to run the Belfast to London route which is being abandoned by British Airways on October 27. British Airways announced its intention to pull out of the six-fl...
Easyjet applies to run Belfast-Heathrow service
Easyjet has stepped in with a proposal to run the Belfast to London route which is being abandoned by British Airways on October 27. British Airways announced its intention to pull out of the six-fl...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 4, 2001
Alliance Party poised to elect new leader
The Alliance Party will elect a new leader this weekend to replace Sean Neeson, who stepped down as party leader last month. Two candidates have put themselves forward to fill the position of party l...
Alliance Party poised to elect new leader
The Alliance Party will elect a new leader this weekend to replace Sean Neeson, who stepped down as party leader last month. Two candidates have put themselves forward to fill the position of party l...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 4, 2001
Devenny report finds RUC at fault
The Police Ombudsman of Northern Ireland has upheld a complaint made against the RUC following the death of a Londonderry man 32 years ago. Samuel Devenny (42) died three months after he and his fam...
Devenny report finds RUC at fault
The Police Ombudsman of Northern Ireland has upheld a complaint made against the RUC following the death of a Londonderry man 32 years ago. Samuel Devenny (42) died three months after he and his fam...
Business News, Oct 3, 2001
Spotlight falls on hackers in the war against terrorism
UK e-minister Douglas Alexander has called for UK businesses to take security more seriously following an increase in politically fuelled hacking activity. In the light of recent attacks on US world...
Spotlight falls on hackers in the war against terrorism
UK e-minister Douglas Alexander has called for UK businesses to take security more seriously following an increase in politically fuelled hacking activity. In the light of recent attacks on US world...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 3, 2001
Local contractors fined for serious safety breach
The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) has prosecuted two local contractors following an accident in February which saw seven men injured when a first floor support structure col...
Local contractors fined for serious safety breach
The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) has prosecuted two local contractors following an accident in February which saw seven men injured when a first floor support structure col...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 3, 2001
Newry-Dundalk dual carriageway hailed as important gateway
The proposed £20 million scheme for dualling the Northern section of the Newry-Dundalk Road has been hailed as an important infrastructure development by acting first and deputy first minister Sir Reg...
Newry-Dundalk dual carriageway hailed as important gateway
The proposed £20 million scheme for dualling the Northern section of the Newry-Dundalk Road has been hailed as an important infrastructure development by acting first and deputy first minister Sir Reg...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 3, 2001
Reid announces new legislation on sectarianism
Northern Ireland Secretary of State Dr John Reid has announced that new legislation will be introduced to criminalize sectarianism. Dr Reid made the announcement as part of his closing speech to del...
Reid announces new legislation on sectarianism
Northern Ireland Secretary of State Dr John Reid has announced that new legislation will be introduced to criminalize sectarianism. Dr Reid made the announcement as part of his closing speech to del...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 3, 2001
SDLP call for economic reassurance from Empey
SDLP member Annie Courtney has spoken out about her concerns over the possible ‘aftershock’ effect of the Shorts job losses on the economic community in the northwest region. Shorts parent company, ...
SDLP call for economic reassurance from Empey
SDLP member Annie Courtney has spoken out about her concerns over the possible ‘aftershock’ effect of the Shorts job losses on the economic community in the northwest region. Shorts parent company, ...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 3, 2001
Trimble meets Blair to discuss move to exclude Sinn Féin
Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble has met with Prime Minister Tony Blair to discuss his party’s plans to exclude Sinn Fein from government. Mr Blair had returned early to London from the Labour pa...
Trimble meets Blair to discuss move to exclude Sinn Féin
Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble has met with Prime Minister Tony Blair to discuss his party’s plans to exclude Sinn Fein from government. Mr Blair had returned early to London from the Labour pa...
Business News, Oct 3, 2001
Consilium brings Task under its wing
Antrim-based software and IT company Task has been consolidated under the Consilium Technologies brand name. The move, announced on Tuesday October 2, is part of a strategy aimed at reinforcing the ...
Consilium brings Task under its wing
Antrim-based software and IT company Task has been consolidated under the Consilium Technologies brand name. The move, announced on Tuesday October 2, is part of a strategy aimed at reinforcing the ...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 3, 2001
Family Planning Association challenges NI abortion laws
The Family Planning Association of Northern Ireland (fpaNI) has been granted leave to provide more evidence in a judicial review of Northern Ireland's abortion laws. The association had successfully...
Family Planning Association challenges NI abortion laws
The Family Planning Association of Northern Ireland (fpaNI) has been granted leave to provide more evidence in a judicial review of Northern Ireland's abortion laws. The association had successfully...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 3, 2001
Meningitis C immunisation scheme success
Figures released by the Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre (CDSC) this week show a dramatic decrease in the number of cases of meningitis C in Northern Ireland this year. Between 1 January and...
Meningitis C immunisation scheme success
Figures released by the Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre (CDSC) this week show a dramatic decrease in the number of cases of meningitis C in Northern Ireland this year. Between 1 January and...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 3, 2001
Exams body admits to AS level marking blunder
An English examination marking body has admitted that pupils at a Derry school were given the wrong exam results following an administrative blunder. Following a query made by the school questioning ...
Exams body admits to AS level marking blunder
An English examination marking body has admitted that pupils at a Derry school were given the wrong exam results following an administrative blunder. Following a query made by the school questioning ...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 3, 2001
NI house prices rise by an average of £2,000 in Q1
Compared to the same quarter last year, a new report shows there was an increase of £2,000 in the average selling price of National House Building Council (NHBC) registered new houses in Northern Irel...
NI house prices rise by an average of £2,000 in Q1
Compared to the same quarter last year, a new report shows there was an increase of £2,000 in the average selling price of National House Building Council (NHBC) registered new houses in Northern Irel...
Business News, Oct 3, 2001
Mixed signals from UK economy indicators
With the CBI reporting that retail sales in September grew at their fastest rate for five years in addition to other important indicators revealing a fall in activity in the service sector, the UK eco...
Mixed signals from UK economy indicators
With the CBI reporting that retail sales in September grew at their fastest rate for five years in addition to other important indicators revealing a fall in activity in the service sector, the UK eco...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 3, 2001
Nortel announce further job losses worldwide
Concern is mounting for jobs at Monkstown as telecoms giant Nortel has confirmed that it is to cut 20,000 jobs as part of a worldwide restructuring programme. In addition, the company, who also has ...
Nortel announce further job losses worldwide
Concern is mounting for jobs at Monkstown as telecoms giant Nortel has confirmed that it is to cut 20,000 jobs as part of a worldwide restructuring programme. In addition, the company, who also has ...
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Northern Ireland WeatherToday:A sunny but frosty start for many. However cloud increases by midday with a few showers reaching the north coast, these mostly light but spreading inland this afternoon. Chilly. Maximum temperature 8 °C.Tonight:A rather cloudy evening with scattered showers. Becoming drier through the night with some good clear spells developing and a patchy frost away from coasts. Minimum temperature 0 °C.