Northern Ireland News for November 2001 : Page 8
Northern Ireland News, Nov 13, 2001
Cavan and Monaghan vote to scrap GAA’s Rule 21
Cavan and Monaghan Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) county committees have backed the proposal to delete the GAA’s controversial Rule 21, which bans members of the British Army from playing Gaelic ga...
Cavan and Monaghan vote to scrap GAA’s Rule 21
Cavan and Monaghan Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) county committees have backed the proposal to delete the GAA’s controversial Rule 21, which bans members of the British Army from playing Gaelic ga...
Business News, Nov 13, 2001
Scottish job shock as BP sheds jobs
In a devastating jobs blow for Scotland, BP Amoco has announced that it is to restructure operations at its Grangemouth refining complex, leading to the loss of almost 1,000 jobs. The petrochemical ...
Scottish job shock as BP sheds jobs
In a devastating jobs blow for Scotland, BP Amoco has announced that it is to restructure operations at its Grangemouth refining complex, leading to the loss of almost 1,000 jobs. The petrochemical ...
Business News, Nov 12, 2001
Output prices indicate further fall in interest rates
Interest rates could be heading for a cut as figures reveal that UK output prices have fallen by the biggest level since records began. The cost of goods leaving UK factories during October has falle...
Output prices indicate further fall in interest rates
Interest rates could be heading for a cut as figures reveal that UK output prices have fallen by the biggest level since records began. The cost of goods leaving UK factories during October has falle...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 12, 2001
Two men in court over rape charge
Two men have appeared in court in Belfast charged in connection with the rape of a teenage girl in the city at the weekend. Robert Andrew Adams, 19, from Manor Court, Belfast, appeared before Belfast...
Two men in court over rape charge
Two men have appeared in court in Belfast charged in connection with the rape of a teenage girl in the city at the weekend. Robert Andrew Adams, 19, from Manor Court, Belfast, appeared before Belfast...
Business News, Nov 12, 2001
New legislation aims to paralyse terrorist finance
The UK Government has introduced new measures aimed at combating the use of bureaux de change for the purposes of money laundering. The move is designed to prevent terrorists from using bureaux de ch...
New legislation aims to paralyse terrorist finance
The UK Government has introduced new measures aimed at combating the use of bureaux de change for the purposes of money laundering. The move is designed to prevent terrorists from using bureaux de ch...
Business News, Nov 12, 2001
Sir Reg reveals importance of ‘green’ profits
Enterprise Minister Sir Reg Empey has stressed the need for greater recognition of the link between environmental awareness and increased profits. Addressing an audience of senior figures from indust...
Sir Reg reveals importance of ‘green’ profits
Enterprise Minister Sir Reg Empey has stressed the need for greater recognition of the link between environmental awareness and increased profits. Addressing an audience of senior figures from indust...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 12, 2001
New campaign aims to educate about debt
A new campaign has been launched to urge consumers not to borrow more than they can reasonably repay. The Office of Fair Trading is responding to fears that the current economic climate of low intere...
New campaign aims to educate about debt
A new campaign has been launched to urge consumers not to borrow more than they can reasonably repay. The Office of Fair Trading is responding to fears that the current economic climate of low intere...
Business News, Nov 12, 2001
Bytes Project launches appeal for sponsors
A project set up to help jobless young people has mounted a campaign to attract further corporate sponsorship to increase the work of the agency in Northern Ireland. Partly funded by the government,...
Bytes Project launches appeal for sponsors
A project set up to help jobless young people has mounted a campaign to attract further corporate sponsorship to increase the work of the agency in Northern Ireland. Partly funded by the government,...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 12, 2001
Teenager dies during Remembrance Day rioting
A 16-year-old youth has died after a pipe bomb exploded in his hand during sectarian clashes in north Belfast. Glen Hugh Branagh, a Protestant, from Mountcollyer Avenue, suffered serious head and arm...
Teenager dies during Remembrance Day rioting
A 16-year-old youth has died after a pipe bomb exploded in his hand during sectarian clashes in north Belfast. Glen Hugh Branagh, a Protestant, from Mountcollyer Avenue, suffered serious head and arm...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 12, 2001
Spate of gun attacks in Belfast and Londonderry
A number of people have escaped injury in separate gun attacks in Belfast and Londonderry. Two masked men, armed with shotguns, forced their way into a house in the Markets area of Belfast in the ear...
Spate of gun attacks in Belfast and Londonderry
A number of people have escaped injury in separate gun attacks in Belfast and Londonderry. Two masked men, armed with shotguns, forced their way into a house in the Markets area of Belfast in the ear...
Business News, Nov 12, 2001
Euro to have detrimental effect on border region
Concerns have been raised that the imminent introduction of the euro in the Republic of Ireland could have a detrimental effect on the economy of Northern Ireland’s border regions. This is according ...
Euro to have detrimental effect on border region
Concerns have been raised that the imminent introduction of the euro in the Republic of Ireland could have a detrimental effect on the economy of Northern Ireland’s border regions. This is according ...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 12, 2001
Northern Ireland commemorates war heroes
Thousands of people gathered across Northern Ireland on Sunday to observe a two-minute silence to remember those who laid down their lives in two world wars and other conflicts. The main remembrance ...
Northern Ireland commemorates war heroes
Thousands of people gathered across Northern Ireland on Sunday to observe a two-minute silence to remember those who laid down their lives in two world wars and other conflicts. The main remembrance ...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 12, 2001
Province warned about pyramid scheme
People in Northern Ireland are being urged to be wary of a new “get rich quick” scheme that is spreading across the province. The scam - known as the “Money Tree” - takes the form of a pyramid scheme...
Province warned about pyramid scheme
People in Northern Ireland are being urged to be wary of a new “get rich quick” scheme that is spreading across the province. The scam - known as the “Money Tree” - takes the form of a pyramid scheme...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 12, 2001
Huge police presence criticised at Holy Cross
Both nationalists and loyalists have spoken out about a huge security operation - the largest mounted to date - outside Holy Cross Primary School in north Belfast. It followed another night of riotin...
Huge police presence criticised at Holy Cross
Both nationalists and loyalists have spoken out about a huge security operation - the largest mounted to date - outside Holy Cross Primary School in north Belfast. It followed another night of riotin...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 12, 2001
Durkan and Rodgers elected as new heads of SDLP
Mark Durkan has been officially confirmed as leader of the nationalist SDLP at the annual party conference at the weekend. Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Bríd Rodgers was also elected as deput...
Durkan and Rodgers elected as new heads of SDLP
Mark Durkan has been officially confirmed as leader of the nationalist SDLP at the annual party conference at the weekend. Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Bríd Rodgers was also elected as deput...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 12, 2001
Devolution of powers on policing and justice set for 2003
The British Government has published an intensive implementation plan to enable the transfer of powers responsible for policing and justice in Northern Ireland from Westminster to Stormont by May 2003...
Devolution of powers on policing and justice set for 2003
The British Government has published an intensive implementation plan to enable the transfer of powers responsible for policing and justice in Northern Ireland from Westminster to Stormont by May 2003...
Business News, Nov 12, 2001
NHBC best builders score unique success
Northern Ireland has scored a unique success in the National House Building Council (NHBC) Pride in the Job campaign with all three of last year’s winners succeeding in retaining their title in 2001. ...
NHBC best builders score unique success
Northern Ireland has scored a unique success in the National House Building Council (NHBC) Pride in the Job campaign with all three of last year’s winners succeeding in retaining their title in 2001. ...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 12, 2001
Durkan reallocates £33 million within Executive
Stormont Minister of Finance and Personnel, Mark Durkan has announced the immediate re-allocation of £33 million within Executive Departments. Addressing the Assembly on Monday November 12 Mr Durkan ...
Durkan reallocates £33 million within Executive
Stormont Minister of Finance and Personnel, Mark Durkan has announced the immediate re-allocation of £33 million within Executive Departments. Addressing the Assembly on Monday November 12 Mr Durkan ...
Business News, Nov 12, 2001
Congress presents local opportunity for property developers
Delegates to the International Development Research Council's (IDRC) World Congress have been shown that the partnership approach of Northern Ireland's central and local government can offer an unriva...
Congress presents local opportunity for property developers
Delegates to the International Development Research Council's (IDRC) World Congress have been shown that the partnership approach of Northern Ireland's central and local government can offer an unriva...
Business News, Nov 9, 2001
Video and data conferencing seen as vital for business
Following the events of September 11 in the United States, business have begun turning to video and data conferencing as a cost effective way of successfully communicating with colleagues, customers a...
Video and data conferencing seen as vital for business
Following the events of September 11 in the United States, business have begun turning to video and data conferencing as a cost effective way of successfully communicating with colleagues, customers a...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 9, 2001
SDLP race for top positions opens
The ballot box was officially opened this weekend for the election of the SDLP’s new leader and deputy leader. About 500 delegates are expected to cast their votes at the SDLP’s annual conference tak...
SDLP race for top positions opens
The ballot box was officially opened this weekend for the election of the SDLP’s new leader and deputy leader. About 500 delegates are expected to cast their votes at the SDLP’s annual conference tak...
Business News, Nov 9, 2001
Researchers expose weaknesses in financial security
Concerns have been raised over potential security flaws in the system used by banks to protect PIN numbers from attack by fraudsters. Researchers from Cambridge University have warned that the comput...
Researchers expose weaknesses in financial security
Concerns have been raised over potential security flaws in the system used by banks to protect PIN numbers from attack by fraudsters. Researchers from Cambridge University have warned that the comput...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 9, 2001
Pensioner in wheelchair robbed in home
A 77-year-old woman in a wheelchair has been robbed by two men at her home in County Down. The woman was in her house at Main Street, Moira, at about 3.30pm on Thursday November 8 when a man came in ...
Pensioner in wheelchair robbed in home
A 77-year-old woman in a wheelchair has been robbed by two men at her home in County Down. The woman was in her house at Main Street, Moira, at about 3.30pm on Thursday November 8 when a man came in ...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 9, 2001
Orange Order walk from dialogue on Drumcree
The Protestant Orange Order has withdrawn from an initiative designed to resolve the ongoing dispute at Drumcree in County Armagh. The Order has decided to pull out of discussions with South African ...
Orange Order walk from dialogue on Drumcree
The Protestant Orange Order has withdrawn from an initiative designed to resolve the ongoing dispute at Drumcree in County Armagh. The Order has decided to pull out of discussions with South African ...
Business News, Nov 9, 2001
North West region receives international attention
Delegates from the province’s construction and IT sectors have recently met with representatives from European purchasing companies in an event designed to promote the investment potential of the Nort...
North West region receives international attention
Delegates from the province’s construction and IT sectors have recently met with representatives from European purchasing companies in an event designed to promote the investment potential of the Nort...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 9, 2001
Education Minister announces details of £700,000 package
Education Minister, Martin McGuinness, has announced details of a £700,000 package from the Executive Programme Funds for the creation of a network of teachers to provide translation and support servi...
Education Minister announces details of £700,000 package
Education Minister, Martin McGuinness, has announced details of a £700,000 package from the Executive Programme Funds for the creation of a network of teachers to provide translation and support servi...
Business News, Nov 9, 2001
Empey welcomes appointment of INI chief executive
The post of Chief Executive Designate of Invest Northern Ireland (INI) - the new economic superagency designed to unify the functions of LEDU, IDB and IRTU - has been officially appointed to former JP...
Empey welcomes appointment of INI chief executive
The post of Chief Executive Designate of Invest Northern Ireland (INI) - the new economic superagency designed to unify the functions of LEDU, IDB and IRTU - has been officially appointed to former JP...
Business News, Nov 9, 2001
Faithful & Gould expand into south of Ireland
Cost management consultancy Faithful & Gold has initiated an expansion drive into the south of Ireland in a move that will see its existing Belfast base complemented by new and improved services in Du...
Faithful & Gould expand into south of Ireland
Cost management consultancy Faithful & Gold has initiated an expansion drive into the south of Ireland in a move that will see its existing Belfast base complemented by new and improved services in Du...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 9, 2001
Derry goes on show at global travel exhibition
Representatives of Derry Visitor and Convention Bureau are to promote the city and surrounding region at the forthcoming World Travel Market in London. Catherine O’Connor, Manager of Derry Visitor an...
Derry goes on show at global travel exhibition
Representatives of Derry Visitor and Convention Bureau are to promote the city and surrounding region at the forthcoming World Travel Market in London. Catherine O’Connor, Manager of Derry Visitor an...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 9, 2001
Customs seize record consignment of illegal cigarettes
Customs and Excise officers in Northern Ireland have intercepted what is the largest ever consignment of smuggled cigarettes in the UK following the detainment of a ship at Warrenpoint. Over 37 milli...
Customs seize record consignment of illegal cigarettes
Customs and Excise officers in Northern Ireland have intercepted what is the largest ever consignment of smuggled cigarettes in the UK following the detainment of a ship at Warrenpoint. Over 37 milli...
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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.