Northern Ireland News for November 2001 : Page 10
Business News, Nov 7, 2001
Strategy framework unveiled for Derry city centre
“A Strategy for the City Centre - Derry Londonderry provides a framework for continuing the re- building of the city as a vibrant and outward looking place with a strong regional role and a distinctiv...
Strategy framework unveiled for Derry city centre
“A Strategy for the City Centre - Derry Londonderry provides a framework for continuing the re- building of the city as a vibrant and outward looking place with a strong regional role and a distinctiv...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 7, 2001
Conference discusses Ulster’s environmental heritage
Environmentalists have been discussing the merits of Northern Ireland’s conservation areas at a conference organised by the Department of Environment in County Down this week. Launching the conferen...
Conference discusses Ulster’s environmental heritage
Environmentalists have been discussing the merits of Northern Ireland’s conservation areas at a conference organised by the Department of Environment in County Down this week. Launching the conferen...
Business News, Nov 7, 2001
Carphone Warehouse report first-half profits rise
Europe's largest mobile-phone retailer, Carphone Warehouse has reported a surge in first-half profits with pre-tax profit climbing by 20 per cent to £9.6m in the six months to end-September. Turnove...
Carphone Warehouse report first-half profits rise
Europe's largest mobile-phone retailer, Carphone Warehouse has reported a surge in first-half profits with pre-tax profit climbing by 20 per cent to £9.6m in the six months to end-September. Turnove...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 7, 2001
NI Industrial Court awards first Trade Union recognition
The Industrial Court, which adjudicates on trade union recognition issues, has awarded its first statutory recognition. The decision, made on Tuesday November 6, gives the AEEU (the Amalgamated Engi...
NI Industrial Court awards first Trade Union recognition
The Industrial Court, which adjudicates on trade union recognition issues, has awarded its first statutory recognition. The decision, made on Tuesday November 6, gives the AEEU (the Amalgamated Engi...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 7, 2001
Minister opens Praxis ‘Having Your Say’ conference
The Minister for Health, Social Services and Public Safety, Bairbre de Brún, has opened a mental health conference in Belfast. The forum, hosted at the Balmoral Conference Centre in south Belfast by...
Minister opens Praxis ‘Having Your Say’ conference
The Minister for Health, Social Services and Public Safety, Bairbre de Brún, has opened a mental health conference in Belfast. The forum, hosted at the Balmoral Conference Centre in south Belfast by...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 7, 2001
NI Policing Board meet for the first time
The first meeting of the new Northern Ireland Policing Board has taken place in Belfast. Replacing the Northern Ireland Police Authority, the 19-strong Policing Board met on Wednesday November 7 at ...
NI Policing Board meet for the first time
The first meeting of the new Northern Ireland Policing Board has taken place in Belfast. Replacing the Northern Ireland Police Authority, the 19-strong Policing Board met on Wednesday November 7 at ...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 7, 2001
FP McCann invests £3m and provides new jobs
FP McCann has invested £3 million to develop pre-cast concrete products for civil engineering projects in target markets such as the Republic of Ireland in an expansion that has already provided 26 ne...
FP McCann invests £3m and provides new jobs
FP McCann has invested £3 million to develop pre-cast concrete products for civil engineering projects in target markets such as the Republic of Ireland in an expansion that has already provided 26 ne...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 6, 2001
NI electrical trade represented at Seoul skills event
The 36th World Skills Competition in Seoul, South Korea has seen a strong all-round performance from Northern Ireland in the electrical sector. Alex Lockhart, from Craigavon firm Cameron Electrics, ...
NI electrical trade represented at Seoul skills event
The 36th World Skills Competition in Seoul, South Korea has seen a strong all-round performance from Northern Ireland in the electrical sector. Alex Lockhart, from Craigavon firm Cameron Electrics, ...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 6, 2001
Major contract for Bombardier Aerospace
Belfast aerospace company Shorts is to take a major role in the design and construction of five new Bombardier 5000 business jets for TAG Aeronautics in the Middle East. The deal was announced at th...
Major contract for Bombardier Aerospace
Belfast aerospace company Shorts is to take a major role in the design and construction of five new Bombardier 5000 business jets for TAG Aeronautics in the Middle East. The deal was announced at th...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 6, 2001
Road safety play tours Northern Ireland
A play aimed at highlighting the consequences of dangerous driving to young people and the pain and the life changes following a serious car collision is currently touring secondary schools across Nor...
Road safety play tours Northern Ireland
A play aimed at highlighting the consequences of dangerous driving to young people and the pain and the life changes following a serious car collision is currently touring secondary schools across Nor...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 6, 2001
Teenagers shot in paramilitary style attacks
Two teenagers have been shot in separate paramilitary-style attacks in County Antrim. A 19-year-old man was treated in hospital after being shot in the legs in Newtownabbey. He was found on Monday, ...
Teenagers shot in paramilitary style attacks
Two teenagers have been shot in separate paramilitary-style attacks in County Antrim. A 19-year-old man was treated in hospital after being shot in the legs in Newtownabbey. He was found on Monday, ...
Business News, Nov 6, 2001
Open + Direct expand operations in insurance sector
Financial services firm Open + Direct has launched a new online service designed provide a range of solutions for the insurance brokerage sector throughout Ireland and the UK. The package, branded P...
Open + Direct expand operations in insurance sector
Financial services firm Open + Direct has launched a new online service designed provide a range of solutions for the insurance brokerage sector throughout Ireland and the UK. The package, branded P...
Business News, Nov 6, 2001
M&S announce surprise rise in profits
Marks & Spencer has announced a surprise rise in profits for the first half of the financial year. The beleaguered retail store published profit figures of £220 million, a figure much higher than ini...
M&S announce surprise rise in profits
Marks & Spencer has announced a surprise rise in profits for the first half of the financial year. The beleaguered retail store published profit figures of £220 million, a figure much higher than ini...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 6, 2001
Conference opens book on future of NI Library Service
A three-day conference on the future of the Public Library Service in Northern Ireland is currently taking place. Part of ‘Tomorrow’s Libraries’, an ongoing review of the Public Library Service in No...
Conference opens book on future of NI Library Service
A three-day conference on the future of the Public Library Service in Northern Ireland is currently taking place. Part of ‘Tomorrow’s Libraries’, an ongoing review of the Public Library Service in No...
Business News, Nov 6, 2001
Infinet Design scoops Princes Trust award
Infinet Design has been named as The Prince’s Trust “Business of the Year 2001” for Northern Ireland in a recent presentation in Lagan Valley Island in Lisburn. Despite recent difficulties in the gl...
Infinet Design scoops Princes Trust award
Infinet Design has been named as The Prince’s Trust “Business of the Year 2001” for Northern Ireland in a recent presentation in Lagan Valley Island in Lisburn. Despite recent difficulties in the gl...
Business News, Nov 6, 2001
Halifax survey heralds fall in house prices
It has been revealed that house prices in the UK have fallen by 0.5 per cent in October in what is being heralded as the first signs of a slowdown in the UK property market. The latest survey from t...
Halifax survey heralds fall in house prices
It has been revealed that house prices in the UK have fallen by 0.5 per cent in October in what is being heralded as the first signs of a slowdown in the UK property market. The latest survey from t...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 6, 2001
Holy Cross policing attracts complaints
The security operation at the Holy Cross Girls Primary School has attracted further complaints about the security operation. This time the complaints came from the Governor of the Catholic Girls Prim...
Holy Cross policing attracts complaints
The security operation at the Holy Cross Girls Primary School has attracted further complaints about the security operation. This time the complaints came from the Governor of the Catholic Girls Prim...
Business News, Nov 6, 2001
NI commits to future vision of e-government
Connection to government services will be as simple as changing a TV channel, claimed the Director of the Central Information Technology Unit NI, Mr Des Vincent, as he pledged “total commitment” in br...
NI commits to future vision of e-government
Connection to government services will be as simple as changing a TV channel, claimed the Director of the Central Information Technology Unit NI, Mr Des Vincent, as he pledged “total commitment” in br...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 6, 2001
Minister praises achievements of childcare workers
Three childcare workers from Northern Ireland have received special praise and recognition from Dr Sean Farren, Minister for Employment and Learning at a special awards ceremony at Belfast City Hall. ...
Minister praises achievements of childcare workers
Three childcare workers from Northern Ireland have received special praise and recognition from Dr Sean Farren, Minister for Employment and Learning at a special awards ceremony at Belfast City Hall. ...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 6, 2001
Belfast set to benefit from PFI development
Belfast will soon see the completion of work on the award-winning Laganside Courts Complex, one of the first developments of its sort to be built under the Private Finance Initiative (PFI). Construct...
Belfast set to benefit from PFI development
Belfast will soon see the completion of work on the award-winning Laganside Courts Complex, one of the first developments of its sort to be built under the Private Finance Initiative (PFI). Construct...
Business News, Nov 6, 2001
BA announce first profit loss since privatisation
British Airways has announced profits of only £5 million for the second quarter of the financial year, representing a drop of 98 per cent on the figure for the same period last year. The news follow...
BA announce first profit loss since privatisation
British Airways has announced profits of only £5 million for the second quarter of the financial year, representing a drop of 98 per cent on the figure for the same period last year. The news follow...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 6, 2001
Trimble and Durkan elected amid fracas
UUP leader David Trimble and the SDLP's Mark Durkan have been elected as First and Deputy First ministers by the Northern Ireland Assembly amid a fracas at Stormont. In all 99 members voted after the...
Trimble and Durkan elected amid fracas
UUP leader David Trimble and the SDLP's Mark Durkan have been elected as First and Deputy First ministers by the Northern Ireland Assembly amid a fracas at Stormont. In all 99 members voted after the...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 6, 2001
Archbishop Desmond Tutu visits Northern Ireland
South African peace and human rights campaigner, Archbishop Desmond Tutu has paid a two-day visit to Northern Ireland. On the invitation of the Committee for the Administration of Justice (CAJ) and t...
Archbishop Desmond Tutu visits Northern Ireland
South African peace and human rights campaigner, Archbishop Desmond Tutu has paid a two-day visit to Northern Ireland. On the invitation of the Committee for the Administration of Justice (CAJ) and t...
Business News, Nov 6, 2001
Blair stresses vital need for economic confidence
At the Confederation of British Industry annual conference, Tony Blair has spoken about the need to win the battle against international terrorism in order to restore vital confidence in the UK econom...
Blair stresses vital need for economic confidence
At the Confederation of British Industry annual conference, Tony Blair has spoken about the need to win the battle against international terrorism in order to restore vital confidence in the UK econom...
Business News, Nov 5, 2001
UK Chancellor dismisses speculation of “early entry” into eurozone
Chancellor Gordon Brown has dismissed speculation about the possible introduction of the Euro by insisting that the UK would accept the currency only after a process of stringent tests to prove its su...
UK Chancellor dismisses speculation of “early entry” into eurozone
Chancellor Gordon Brown has dismissed speculation about the possible introduction of the Euro by insisting that the UK would accept the currency only after a process of stringent tests to prove its su...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 5, 2001
Students celebrate successful business study in US
Around 130 local students, who have successfully completed a year of study in the United States, celebrated their success at the weekend at a graduation dinner at Belfast’s Hilton Hotel. The students...
Students celebrate successful business study in US
Around 130 local students, who have successfully completed a year of study in the United States, celebrated their success at the weekend at a graduation dinner at Belfast’s Hilton Hotel. The students...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 5, 2001
Soldiers go to High Court to challenge Saville
Former British soldiers who had been ordered to give their evidence to the Bloody Sunday Inquiry in Derry have challenged the order at the High Court in London. The legal challenge which is expected ...
Soldiers go to High Court to challenge Saville
Former British soldiers who had been ordered to give their evidence to the Bloody Sunday Inquiry in Derry have challenged the order at the High Court in London. The legal challenge which is expected ...
Business News, Nov 5, 2001
Ryanair profits soar despite airline industry depression
Low cost airline Ryanair has reported that its profits for the first half of 2001 have increased by 39 per cent, representing the company’s ability to overcome the negative aspect currently afflicting...
Ryanair profits soar despite airline industry depression
Low cost airline Ryanair has reported that its profits for the first half of 2001 have increased by 39 per cent, representing the company’s ability to overcome the negative aspect currently afflicting...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 5, 2001
Tuesday vote will decide the future of NI Assembly
The election of a First and Deputy First Minister in the Northern Ireland Assembly has been postponed until Tuesday November 6. On Monday a DUP legal action was dismissed against Secretary of State D...
Tuesday vote will decide the future of NI Assembly
The election of a First and Deputy First Minister in the Northern Ireland Assembly has been postponed until Tuesday November 6. On Monday a DUP legal action was dismissed against Secretary of State D...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 5, 2001
Northern Ireland police launch two murder inquiries
Northern Ireland police have launched two separate investigations into the murder of two men in Counties Londonderry and Tyrone at the weekend. The two men, both in their fifties, were found dead in ...
Northern Ireland police launch two murder inquiries
Northern Ireland police have launched two separate investigations into the murder of two men in Counties Londonderry and Tyrone at the weekend. The two men, both in their fifties, were found dead in ...
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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.