Northern Ireland News for November 2001 : Page 9
Northern Ireland News, Nov 9, 2001
Survey reveals car safety taking a back seat
It has been claimed that 60 per cent of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) are failing to ensure that their staff are fit to drive while on company business. This is just one of the findings ...
Survey reveals car safety taking a back seat
It has been claimed that 60 per cent of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) are failing to ensure that their staff are fit to drive while on company business. This is just one of the findings ...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 9, 2001
Ambulance Services consultation begins
The Minister for Health, Social Services and Public Safety Minister, Bairbre de Brún, has announced the commencement of a consultation on the proposed implementation plans for improving ambulance serv...
Ambulance Services consultation begins
The Minister for Health, Social Services and Public Safety Minister, Bairbre de Brún, has announced the commencement of a consultation on the proposed implementation plans for improving ambulance serv...
Business News, Nov 9, 2001
Industry first for NI advertising agency
AV Browne, Northern Ireland’s longest established advertising agency, has achieved an advertising first by sweeping the boards at this year’s prestigious Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA...
Industry first for NI advertising agency
AV Browne, Northern Ireland’s longest established advertising agency, has achieved an advertising first by sweeping the boards at this year’s prestigious Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA...
Business News, Nov 9, 2001
BT issue pension fund shortfall statement
Telecommunications giant BT has issued a warning that its pension fund will show a shortfall of £4 billion for 2002 due to “a different way” of presenting financial information. According to new acco...
BT issue pension fund shortfall statement
Telecommunications giant BT has issued a warning that its pension fund will show a shortfall of £4 billion for 2002 due to “a different way” of presenting financial information. According to new acco...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 9, 2001
Residents resume school protest in Ardoyne
Protestant residents in the Glenbryn area of north Belfast have resumed their protest outside the Holy Cross Primary School in Ardoyne on Friday afternoon.reacted angrily to a decision by parents of l...
Residents resume school protest in Ardoyne
Protestant residents in the Glenbryn area of north Belfast have resumed their protest outside the Holy Cross Primary School in Ardoyne on Friday afternoon.reacted angrily to a decision by parents of l...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 9, 2001
Dissidents brought before UUP disciplinary committee
Ulster Unionist Party dissident Peter Weir has been expelled from the party and fellow dissident Pauline Armitage suspended following appearances before the Ulster Unionist Council as a result of thei...
Dissidents brought before UUP disciplinary committee
Ulster Unionist Party dissident Peter Weir has been expelled from the party and fellow dissident Pauline Armitage suspended following appearances before the Ulster Unionist Council as a result of thei...
Business News, Nov 8, 2001
Waterford Crystal job losses confirmed as inevitable
It has emerged that it will be impossible to save any of the 1,400 jobs set to go at Waterford Crystal factories throughout Ireland and the UK. The redundancies, set to be implemented as part of a p...
Waterford Crystal job losses confirmed as inevitable
It has emerged that it will be impossible to save any of the 1,400 jobs set to go at Waterford Crystal factories throughout Ireland and the UK. The redundancies, set to be implemented as part of a p...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 8, 2001
Ministers join to boost cross-border tourism
Senior ministers from both sides of the border came together to launch a joint tourism initiative for the island of Ireland. Tourism Ireland Limited is the realisation of close North-South co-operat...
Ministers join to boost cross-border tourism
Senior ministers from both sides of the border came together to launch a joint tourism initiative for the island of Ireland. Tourism Ireland Limited is the realisation of close North-South co-operat...
Business News, Nov 8, 2001
Career expert stresses need for personal reward schemes
A leading author of career development titles has claimed that the best way to maximise staff performance is to pay more attention to personally tailored rewards and recognition. Michael Rose, compa...
Career expert stresses need for personal reward schemes
A leading author of career development titles has claimed that the best way to maximise staff performance is to pay more attention to personally tailored rewards and recognition. Michael Rose, compa...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 8, 2001
Police revisit scene of murder in east Belfast
Police investigating the murder of a man in east Belfast last week have made a fresh appeal for information after revisiting the scene of the killing. Arthur Berryman, 46, was stabbed to death in fro...
Police revisit scene of murder in east Belfast
Police investigating the murder of a man in east Belfast last week have made a fresh appeal for information after revisiting the scene of the killing. Arthur Berryman, 46, was stabbed to death in fro...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 8, 2001
Lorry driver escapes gun attack
The police are treating a gun attack on a man sitting in his lorry in Londonderry as attempted murder. The 35-year-old man narrowly escaped injury when a masked gunman fired a number of shots at the ...
Lorry driver escapes gun attack
The police are treating a gun attack on a man sitting in his lorry in Londonderry as attempted murder. The 35-year-old man narrowly escaped injury when a masked gunman fired a number of shots at the ...
Business News, Nov 8, 2001
Rodgers expresses concern at job losses in Lurgan
SDLP MLA for Upper Bann and Minister for Agriculture Brid Rodgers has expressed concern at the announcement of job losses at carpet tile manufacturers Interface Europe based in Lurgan. She said: “Th...
Rodgers expresses concern at job losses in Lurgan
SDLP MLA for Upper Bann and Minister for Agriculture Brid Rodgers has expressed concern at the announcement of job losses at carpet tile manufacturers Interface Europe based in Lurgan. She said: “Th...
Business News, Nov 8, 2001
Report highlights ‘apartheid’ training provision
A new report from The Industrial Society predicts that British business will face increasing pressure from the government to revise the current approach to staff training. The report exposes what it...
Report highlights ‘apartheid’ training provision
A new report from The Industrial Society predicts that British business will face increasing pressure from the government to revise the current approach to staff training. The report exposes what it...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 8, 2001
Parent of Holy Cross child takes legal action
The mother of a pupil at Holy Cross School where loyalists are holding daily protests is taking court action against the police and the government. The parent, who has not been identified for her an...
Parent of Holy Cross child takes legal action
The mother of a pupil at Holy Cross School where loyalists are holding daily protests is taking court action against the police and the government. The parent, who has not been identified for her an...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 8, 2001
Heaney urges support for Queen’s University
Seamus Heaney has backed an ambitious campaign by Queen’s University Belfast to raise £150 million by 2011 in order to pay for a massive expansion and upgrade plan of the existing facilities in the un...
Heaney urges support for Queen’s University
Seamus Heaney has backed an ambitious campaign by Queen’s University Belfast to raise £150 million by 2011 in order to pay for a massive expansion and upgrade plan of the existing facilities in the un...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 8, 2001
Farren announces £21 million in European funding
The Minister for Employment and Learning, Dr Sean Farren, has announced European Social Funding totalling £21 million for employment and training projects. Issued a call for applications for the fund...
Farren announces £21 million in European funding
The Minister for Employment and Learning, Dr Sean Farren, has announced European Social Funding totalling £21 million for employment and training projects. Issued a call for applications for the fund...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 8, 2001
Empey welcomes enterprise agencies' annual reports
The Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment has welcomed the simultaneous publication of the annual reports from IDB, LEDU and IRTU. Sir Reg Empey described the synchronized publishing as “sym...
Empey welcomes enterprise agencies' annual reports
The Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment has welcomed the simultaneous publication of the annual reports from IDB, LEDU and IRTU. Sir Reg Empey described the synchronized publishing as “sym...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 8, 2001
Minister calls for wider accessibility to education
A major conference has been held in the Republic of Ireland aimed at exploring education opportunities north and south of the border. The conference, ‘Education Across Barriers’ was held in Westport ...
Minister calls for wider accessibility to education
A major conference has been held in the Republic of Ireland aimed at exploring education opportunities north and south of the border. The conference, ‘Education Across Barriers’ was held in Westport ...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 8, 2001
DUP gets go ahead to challenge Reid
A High Court judge has ruled that the Democratic Unionist Party can press ahead with a legal challenge to a decision not to call assembly elections in Northern Ireland until 2003. Making his decision...
DUP gets go ahead to challenge Reid
A High Court judge has ruled that the Democratic Unionist Party can press ahead with a legal challenge to a decision not to call assembly elections in Northern Ireland until 2003. Making his decision...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 8, 2001
Computer virus hits government departments
Three Northern Ireland Government Departments have been hit by a computer virus. The virus known as NIMDA E has closed down the computer systems in the Department of the Environment (DOE), the Depart...
Computer virus hits government departments
Three Northern Ireland Government Departments have been hit by a computer virus. The virus known as NIMDA E has closed down the computer systems in the Department of the Environment (DOE), the Depart...
Business News, Nov 8, 2001
BT reports second quarter losses of 1.3bn
Telecommunication giant BT has announced its results for the second quarter of the financial year, revealing losses of around £1.3 billion to the end of September. While the sharp decline in the com...
BT reports second quarter losses of 1.3bn
Telecommunication giant BT has announced its results for the second quarter of the financial year, revealing losses of around £1.3 billion to the end of September. While the sharp decline in the com...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 7, 2001
Province to benefit from M&S investment
Northern Ireland is to receive a jobs boost following the news that Marks & Spencer is to overhaul three of its major outlets in the province. It is thought that the restructuring plan will concentr...
Province to benefit from M&S investment
Northern Ireland is to receive a jobs boost following the news that Marks & Spencer is to overhaul three of its major outlets in the province. It is thought that the restructuring plan will concentr...
Business News, Nov 7, 2001
Irish IT sector reels from recent redundancies
The Irish IT sector has received a double blow in the form of two separate announcements of job losses in the industry. On Monday, Swords-based electronic manufacturer Celestica Technologies announc...
Irish IT sector reels from recent redundancies
The Irish IT sector has received a double blow in the form of two separate announcements of job losses in the industry. On Monday, Swords-based electronic manufacturer Celestica Technologies announc...
Business News, Nov 7, 2001
Job losses shock at The Irish Times
One of Ireland’s leading daily newspapers is set to lose 250 staff over the next nine months in a move that has ended speculation about the future of many of the firm’s employees. Fears of extensive...
Job losses shock at The Irish Times
One of Ireland’s leading daily newspapers is set to lose 250 staff over the next nine months in a move that has ended speculation about the future of many of the firm’s employees. Fears of extensive...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 7, 2001
Lurgan based manufacturer to shed 95 jobs
Up to 95 jobs are expected to go at carpet tile manufacturers Interface Europe’s factory in Lurgan within the next six months. The company has announced the commencement a 30-day consultation with e...
Lurgan based manufacturer to shed 95 jobs
Up to 95 jobs are expected to go at carpet tile manufacturers Interface Europe’s factory in Lurgan within the next six months. The company has announced the commencement a 30-day consultation with e...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 7, 2001
Holy Cross families pursue legal avenues to stop dispute
Parents of Catholic children at a north Belfast school at the centre of a loyalist protest have said they are to take legal action in an attempt to end the long-running dispute. Two of the children’...
Holy Cross families pursue legal avenues to stop dispute
Parents of Catholic children at a north Belfast school at the centre of a loyalist protest have said they are to take legal action in an attempt to end the long-running dispute. Two of the children’...
Business News, Nov 7, 2001
New £700,000 Enterprise Park opens in Creggan
A new £700,000 Enterprise Park in Creggan has been officially opened by John Hunter, Permanent Secretary, Department for Social Development, and Mr William McCarter, Chairman of the International Fund...
New £700,000 Enterprise Park opens in Creggan
A new £700,000 Enterprise Park in Creggan has been officially opened by John Hunter, Permanent Secretary, Department for Social Development, and Mr William McCarter, Chairman of the International Fund...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 7, 2001
DUP lodge bid to overturn 2003 election date
The Democratic Unionist Party has launched a legal bid to challenge the Secretary of State’s decision not to call fresh elections before 2003. On Wednesday November 7 the DUP lodged an application w...
DUP lodge bid to overturn 2003 election date
The Democratic Unionist Party has launched a legal bid to challenge the Secretary of State’s decision not to call fresh elections before 2003. On Wednesday November 7 the DUP lodged an application w...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 7, 2001
Donegal GAA County Board vote to scrap Rule 21
Donegal has become the first Ulster County to back the abolition of the Gaelic Athletic Association’s controversial Rule 21 which bans members of the British Army from playing Gaelic games. While, t...
Donegal GAA County Board vote to scrap Rule 21
Donegal has become the first Ulster County to back the abolition of the Gaelic Athletic Association’s controversial Rule 21 which bans members of the British Army from playing Gaelic games. While, t...
Business News, Nov 7, 2001
Craigavon firm finds American orders on the increase
A Craigavon contract furniture company has been lending a helping hand in the restoration of normality in New York in the wake of the recent attacks of September 11. Market leaders in Ireland, Derry...
Craigavon firm finds American orders on the increase
A Craigavon contract furniture company has been lending a helping hand in the restoration of normality in New York in the wake of the recent attacks of September 11. Market leaders in Ireland, Derry...
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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.