Northern Ireland News for November 2001 : Page 7
Business News, Nov 15, 2001
Northern Ireland population expected to increase
The Northern Ireland population is projected to increase by around 115,000 by 2025 according to new figures released published by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. The latest figur...
Northern Ireland population expected to increase
The Northern Ireland population is projected to increase by around 115,000 by 2025 according to new figures released published by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. The latest figur...
Business News, Nov 15, 2001
Overseas property exhibition set for Belfast
Republic of Ireland-based Aquarius Properties is to host a property exhibition at The Express Holiday Inn, Belfast at the weekend. The overseas property company are hosting the event in response to t...
Overseas property exhibition set for Belfast
Republic of Ireland-based Aquarius Properties is to host a property exhibition at The Express Holiday Inn, Belfast at the weekend. The overseas property company are hosting the event in response to t...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 15, 2001
Rodgers attends meeting of UK agriculture Ministers
The Stormont Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development has met with other UK Agriculture Ministers in London as part of the regular programme of meetings to discuss matters of common concern and t...
Rodgers attends meeting of UK agriculture Ministers
The Stormont Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development has met with other UK Agriculture Ministers in London as part of the regular programme of meetings to discuss matters of common concern and t...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 15, 2001
Scottish Radio Holdings snap up Ireland’s Today FM station
A major Scottish media group, which controls two Ulster radio stations and a local newspaper group, have become the majority stakeholder in Ireland’s Today FM radio station. Scottish Radio Holdings (...
Scottish Radio Holdings snap up Ireland’s Today FM station
A major Scottish media group, which controls two Ulster radio stations and a local newspaper group, have become the majority stakeholder in Ireland’s Today FM radio station. Scottish Radio Holdings (...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 15, 2001
Queen pays one-day visit to Province
The Queen has paid a one-day visit to Northern Ireland accompanied by her husband the Duke of Edinburgh. They attended a number of events, which began in County Londonderry on Thursday morning. It is...
Queen pays one-day visit to Province
The Queen has paid a one-day visit to Northern Ireland accompanied by her husband the Duke of Edinburgh. They attended a number of events, which began in County Londonderry on Thursday morning. It is...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 14, 2001
Environmental Management conference opens in Belfast
The first Energy and Environmental Management Conference and Exhibition to be held in Belfast has been broadly welcomed by the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment Sir Reg Empey. The three-...
Environmental Management conference opens in Belfast
The first Energy and Environmental Management Conference and Exhibition to be held in Belfast has been broadly welcomed by the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment Sir Reg Empey. The three-...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 14, 2001
Economic downturn affects unemployment figures
The latest unemployment figures for Northern Ireland reveal that the downturn in the global economy is beginning to make its presence felt throughout local industry. According to the seasonally adju...
Economic downturn affects unemployment figures
The latest unemployment figures for Northern Ireland reveal that the downturn in the global economy is beginning to make its presence felt throughout local industry. According to the seasonally adju...
Business News, Nov 14, 2001
Merlin Communications bought for £95 million
Merlin Communications have announced that the company has been acquired by Vosper Thornycroft Holdings (VT) for £95 million. VT are one of the leading civil and defence contractors focusing on suppo...
Merlin Communications bought for £95 million
Merlin Communications have announced that the company has been acquired by Vosper Thornycroft Holdings (VT) for £95 million. VT are one of the leading civil and defence contractors focusing on suppo...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 14, 2001
Northern Ireland hailed as leader in training
Minister for Employment and Learning Sean Farren has announced the Northern Ireland winners of this year’s National Training Awards. Organised by the Training and Employment Agency (T&EA), the UK-wi...
Northern Ireland hailed as leader in training
Minister for Employment and Learning Sean Farren has announced the Northern Ireland winners of this year’s National Training Awards. Organised by the Training and Employment Agency (T&EA), the UK-wi...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 14, 2001
Galen report buoyant trading for year ending 2001
Galen Holdings, the international speciality pharmaceuticals company based in Craigavon, has posted buoyant profit figures. In the last trading year the company reported a turnover of £183 million f...
Galen report buoyant trading for year ending 2001
Galen Holdings, the international speciality pharmaceuticals company based in Craigavon, has posted buoyant profit figures. In the last trading year the company reported a turnover of £183 million f...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 14, 2001
Murder attempt pinned on loyalists
A man who escaped injury in a gun attack in County Antrim had previously been warned he could be targeted by loyalists according to a local councillor. The man, a fomer republican prisioner, believe...
Murder attempt pinned on loyalists
A man who escaped injury in a gun attack in County Antrim had previously been warned he could be targeted by loyalists according to a local councillor. The man, a fomer republican prisioner, believe...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 14, 2001
Specialist printing firm to create 20 jobs in Lisburn
Following the announcement of £1.25 million investment to expand its specialist printing operations in Lisburn, Communisis is poised to create 20 new jobs. Bill Harris, Executive in the Industrial P...
Specialist printing firm to create 20 jobs in Lisburn
Following the announcement of £1.25 million investment to expand its specialist printing operations in Lisburn, Communisis is poised to create 20 new jobs. Bill Harris, Executive in the Industrial P...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 14, 2001
Minister encourages cancer patients to air their views
The Health Minister, Bairbre de Brún, has encouraged patients to air their views on the provision of cancer services in the province. At the opening of the second Living with Cancer Conference in th...
Minister encourages cancer patients to air their views
The Health Minister, Bairbre de Brún, has encouraged patients to air their views on the provision of cancer services in the province. At the opening of the second Living with Cancer Conference in th...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 14, 2001
Partnerships to benefit from £15m EU funding
The names of the four local partnership groups selected to receive a share of £15 million from the EU sponsored Natural Resource Rural Tourism Initiative have been announced. Minister for Agricultur...
Partnerships to benefit from £15m EU funding
The names of the four local partnership groups selected to receive a share of £15 million from the EU sponsored Natural Resource Rural Tourism Initiative have been announced. Minister for Agricultur...
Business News, Nov 14, 2001
Road works set to begin on busiest section of M1
A £3.85 million road works scheme will see the busiest section of the M1, which carries around 64,000 vehicles per day, reduced to two narrow lanes over the Black’s Road and Kingsway Bridges. The wo...
Road works set to begin on busiest section of M1
A £3.85 million road works scheme will see the busiest section of the M1, which carries around 64,000 vehicles per day, reduced to two narrow lanes over the Black’s Road and Kingsway Bridges. The wo...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 14, 2001
Call for redress of religious balance within Housing Executive
The East Londonderry MP Gregory Campbell has claimed that an internal Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE) document reveals Protestants are under represented in some areas of its workforce. In ...
Call for redress of religious balance within Housing Executive
The East Londonderry MP Gregory Campbell has claimed that an internal Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE) document reveals Protestants are under represented in some areas of its workforce. In ...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 14, 2001
Two Citybus services suspended following attacks
Following a spate of recent attacks two Belfast Citybus services has been suspended in the hours of darkness. The number 39 service to Carrs Glen and the number 57 service to north Belfast’s Ligoniel...
Two Citybus services suspended following attacks
Following a spate of recent attacks two Belfast Citybus services has been suspended in the hours of darkness. The number 39 service to Carrs Glen and the number 57 service to north Belfast’s Ligoniel...
Business News, Nov 14, 2001
B&Q announce plans to expand throughout UK
DIY retail superstore B&Q is to open over 170 new warehouses in a move that could create 4,000 new jobs throughout the UK over the next five years. The news was announced after B&Q’s parent company,...
B&Q announce plans to expand throughout UK
DIY retail superstore B&Q is to open over 170 new warehouses in a move that could create 4,000 new jobs throughout the UK over the next five years. The news was announced after B&Q’s parent company,...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 13, 2001
Londonderry Mayor backs Afghanistan aid appeal
The Mayor of Londonderry, Alderman Mildred Garfield has called on people in the Northern Ireland to help prevent a humanitarian nightmare this winter and support the North West Afghanistan Appeal. S...
Londonderry Mayor backs Afghanistan aid appeal
The Mayor of Londonderry, Alderman Mildred Garfield has called on people in the Northern Ireland to help prevent a humanitarian nightmare this winter and support the North West Afghanistan Appeal. S...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 13, 2001
Accountants warned to be vigilant for Euro laundering
John Hansen, Chairman of the Ulster Society of Chartered Accountants, has warned that criminals are likely to try and exploit the introduction of the Euro currency by ‘cleaning’ the proceeds of their ...
Accountants warned to be vigilant for Euro laundering
John Hansen, Chairman of the Ulster Society of Chartered Accountants, has warned that criminals are likely to try and exploit the introduction of the Euro currency by ‘cleaning’ the proceeds of their ...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 13, 2001
Rodgers launches £80m Rural Development Programme
The Stormont Agriculture Minister Bríd Rodgers has launched a major development programme aimed at injecting £80 million into the heart of Northern Ireland’s rural society. Announcing The Rural Deve...
Rodgers launches £80m Rural Development Programme
The Stormont Agriculture Minister Bríd Rodgers has launched a major development programme aimed at injecting £80 million into the heart of Northern Ireland’s rural society. Announcing The Rural Deve...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 13, 2001
DUP get go ahead on joint legal bids
The Democratic Unionist Party has been granted permission by the High Court to proceed with legal action against Northern Ireland First Minister David Trimble. On Tuesday November 13, Mr Justice Ker...
DUP get go ahead on joint legal bids
The Democratic Unionist Party has been granted permission by the High Court to proceed with legal action against Northern Ireland First Minister David Trimble. On Tuesday November 13, Mr Justice Ker...
Business News, Nov 13, 2001
Vodafone announces huge loss
Over-ambitious acquisitions during the late 1990's by UK mobile operator Vodafone has resulted in company posting losses of £8.45bn over the same period. The bulk of the loss stems from the company’...
Vodafone announces huge loss
Over-ambitious acquisitions during the late 1990's by UK mobile operator Vodafone has resulted in company posting losses of £8.45bn over the same period. The bulk of the loss stems from the company’...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 13, 2001
Viridian Group report slight fall in operating profit
The interim report from Viridian Group has shown a slight fall in the Group’s operating profit. Reporting on business activity during the six months to September 30, 2001, the Viridian Group have an...
Viridian Group report slight fall in operating profit
The interim report from Viridian Group has shown a slight fall in the Group’s operating profit. Reporting on business activity during the six months to September 30, 2001, the Viridian Group have an...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 13, 2001
Giant’s Causeway Visitor Centre plan is unveiled
THE National Trust has revealed details of its plans for a state-of-the-art multi-million pound visitor centre at the Giant’s Causeway. The plans for the £8 to £10 million Visitor Centre were presen...
Giant’s Causeway Visitor Centre plan is unveiled
THE National Trust has revealed details of its plans for a state-of-the-art multi-million pound visitor centre at the Giant’s Causeway. The plans for the £8 to £10 million Visitor Centre were presen...
Business News, Nov 13, 2001
IT labour market survey predicts slight slowdown
The National Computing Centre (NCC) annual trends survey for 2002 has revealed expectations of a slowdown in the IT labour market. The NCC reported that measures of IT labour market activity during ...
IT labour market survey predicts slight slowdown
The National Computing Centre (NCC) annual trends survey for 2002 has revealed expectations of a slowdown in the IT labour market. The NCC reported that measures of IT labour market activity during ...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 13, 2001
Glasgow’s IKEA ‘travels’ closer to Province
Seacat and local tour operator Travelbreak are offering people in Northern Ireland the opportunity to visit the UK’s newest and largest IKEA store near Glasgow for just £10. Well known for its innov...
Glasgow’s IKEA ‘travels’ closer to Province
Seacat and local tour operator Travelbreak are offering people in Northern Ireland the opportunity to visit the UK’s newest and largest IKEA store near Glasgow for just £10. Well known for its innov...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 13, 2001
Commission calls for redress of older people’s rights
The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (HRC) has published a report which identifies the rights of older people in Northern Ireland are being ignored. The report, ‘Enhancing the Rights of Olde...
Commission calls for redress of older people’s rights
The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (HRC) has published a report which identifies the rights of older people in Northern Ireland are being ignored. The report, ‘Enhancing the Rights of Olde...
Business News, Nov 13, 2001
Report reveals rising home internet use
New research has found that the number of people accessing the internet from home has increased by 50 percent over the past twelve months. The findings are revealed in a report published by Continen...
Report reveals rising home internet use
New research has found that the number of people accessing the internet from home has increased by 50 percent over the past twelve months. The findings are revealed in a report published by Continen...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 13, 2001
Empey welcomes Regional Innovation Strategy development
Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment Sir Reg Empey has welcomed a statement from the NI Economic Council (NIEC) on ‘Developing a Regional Innovation Strategy for Northern Ireland.’ The Mini...
Empey welcomes Regional Innovation Strategy development
Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment Sir Reg Empey has welcomed a statement from the NI Economic Council (NIEC) on ‘Developing a Regional Innovation Strategy for Northern Ireland.’ The Mini...
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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.