Northern Ireland News for December 2001 : Page 7
Northern Ireland News, Dec 5, 2001
Translink wins European design award
Translink the Northern Ireland public transport company has won a major European design accolade. The European Commission’s Breaking Barriers Award recognises outstanding ‘Design for All’ achievement...
Translink wins European design award
Translink the Northern Ireland public transport company has won a major European design accolade. The European Commission’s Breaking Barriers Award recognises outstanding ‘Design for All’ achievement...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 5, 2001
Province's students rate highly in survey of literacy levels
Results from a major international survey of student achievement show that the reading abilities of young students in Northern Ireland ranks alongside their counterparts in England and the Republic of...
Province's students rate highly in survey of literacy levels
Results from a major international survey of student achievement show that the reading abilities of young students in Northern Ireland ranks alongside their counterparts in England and the Republic of...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 5, 2001
Environment Minister not consulted over Sellafield MOX plant
Environment Minister Sam Foster has revealed he was not consulted before a licence was issued for a controversial mixed oxide plant at Sellafield. Mr Foster told the Northern Ireland Assembly on Tues...
Environment Minister not consulted over Sellafield MOX plant
Environment Minister Sam Foster has revealed he was not consulted before a licence was issued for a controversial mixed oxide plant at Sellafield. Mr Foster told the Northern Ireland Assembly on Tues...
Business News, Dec 5, 2001
Minister congratulates firm on training commitment
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Bríd Rodgers has congratulated Mourne Country Meats on their commitment to training The Minister distributed Supervisory Management Certificates to eight...
Minister congratulates firm on training commitment
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Bríd Rodgers has congratulated Mourne Country Meats on their commitment to training The Minister distributed Supervisory Management Certificates to eight...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 5, 2001
Maybin secure £20 million NI Court Service contract
Maybin Property Support Services (Northern Ireland) has been awarded a £20m contract to provide security in Northern Ireland's courts. As a result of the contract the Ballymena-based firm is set to r...
Maybin secure £20 million NI Court Service contract
Maybin Property Support Services (Northern Ireland) has been awarded a £20m contract to provide security in Northern Ireland's courts. As a result of the contract the Ballymena-based firm is set to r...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 5, 2001
21st Belfast City Marathon launched
The Belfast City Council has announced that next year’s date for the city’s marathon is to take place on May 6, 2002. The annual sporting event which attracted 7,000 competitors last year, has taken ...
21st Belfast City Marathon launched
The Belfast City Council has announced that next year’s date for the city’s marathon is to take place on May 6, 2002. The annual sporting event which attracted 7,000 competitors last year, has taken ...
Business News, Dec 5, 2001
UK interest rates remain unchanged
The Bank of England has left interest rates unchanged at four per cent, in line with analysts' forecasts. The Bank's decision was widely predicted by City analysts, who said that having reduced inter...
UK interest rates remain unchanged
The Bank of England has left interest rates unchanged at four per cent, in line with analysts' forecasts. The Bank's decision was widely predicted by City analysts, who said that having reduced inter...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 5, 2001
Boost for South Armagh as Flurrybridge Enterprise Centre opens
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ms Brid Rodgers, has opened Flurrybridge Enterprise Centre, near Jonesborough in South Armagh. The £1.14 million enterprise centre development located c...
Boost for South Armagh as Flurrybridge Enterprise Centre opens
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ms Brid Rodgers, has opened Flurrybridge Enterprise Centre, near Jonesborough in South Armagh. The £1.14 million enterprise centre development located c...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 5, 2001
Road and rail links reopened following bomb find
British army bomb experts have defused a bomb containing 35kg of home made explosives which was found under a railway line at the Irish border. The device was discovered at Killeen Bridge near Newry ...
Road and rail links reopened following bomb find
British army bomb experts have defused a bomb containing 35kg of home made explosives which was found under a railway line at the Irish border. The device was discovered at Killeen Bridge near Newry ...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 5, 2001
Empey launches ‘online signpost’ for NI exporters
Products and services from almost 800 Northern Ireland companies are part of a “cyber signpost” internet initiative developed by IDB's Trade International and LEDU agencies. The website at www.idbni....
Empey launches ‘online signpost’ for NI exporters
Products and services from almost 800 Northern Ireland companies are part of a “cyber signpost” internet initiative developed by IDB's Trade International and LEDU agencies. The website at www.idbni....
Business News, Dec 4, 2001
Recruitment agency celebrates first anniversary in Belfast
A recruitment agency based in College Square East, Belfast recently celebrated its first anniversary with a party for 50 of its top clients. Pertemps Savage Recruitment is an associate company of Per...
Recruitment agency celebrates first anniversary in Belfast
A recruitment agency based in College Square East, Belfast recently celebrated its first anniversary with a party for 50 of its top clients. Pertemps Savage Recruitment is an associate company of Per...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 4, 2001
Funding boost to combat teenage pregnancy
Health Minister Bairbre de Brun has revealed a funding package designed to support measures to reduce the province’s rate of teenage pregnancies. Speaking on Tuesday December 4, Ms de Brun said that ...
Funding boost to combat teenage pregnancy
Health Minister Bairbre de Brun has revealed a funding package designed to support measures to reduce the province’s rate of teenage pregnancies. Speaking on Tuesday December 4, Ms de Brun said that ...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 4, 2001
Policing report notes excellent start to reforms
The Oversight Commissioner for Policing Reform has said in his latest report there has been an excellent start made to reforms of the police in Northern Ireland. The Oversight Commissioner Tom Consta...
Policing report notes excellent start to reforms
The Oversight Commissioner for Policing Reform has said in his latest report there has been an excellent start made to reforms of the police in Northern Ireland. The Oversight Commissioner Tom Consta...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 4, 2001
Education Minister opens new nursery in Toome
The Northern Ireland Education Minister Martin McGuinness has opened a new £130,000 nursery unit at St Oliver Plunkett Primary School in Toome. Speaking at the opening on Monday, December 3, the Mini...
Education Minister opens new nursery in Toome
The Northern Ireland Education Minister Martin McGuinness has opened a new £130,000 nursery unit at St Oliver Plunkett Primary School in Toome. Speaking at the opening on Monday, December 3, the Mini...
Business News, Dec 4, 2001
Nationwide reports brief UK housing recovery
The Nationwide building society has reported a brief recovery of the UK housing market after it faltered slightly in October. In its latest monthly survey the Nationwide revealed that UK house prices...
Nationwide reports brief UK housing recovery
The Nationwide building society has reported a brief recovery of the UK housing market after it faltered slightly in October. In its latest monthly survey the Nationwide revealed that UK house prices...
Business News, Dec 4, 2001
Construction award places focus on apprentices
The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has issued a call to companies for nominations for the best project involving apprentices for the 2002 Master Builder of the Year Awards. One of the five categ...
Construction award places focus on apprentices
The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has issued a call to companies for nominations for the best project involving apprentices for the 2002 Master Builder of the Year Awards. One of the five categ...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 4, 2001
Drugs link not discounted in north Belfast murder
The Red Hand Defenders have claimed that they were behind the shooting of man in north Belfast on Monday evening. The 34-year-old man, named as Francis Mulholland, was attacked as he sat in a car on ...
Drugs link not discounted in north Belfast murder
The Red Hand Defenders have claimed that they were behind the shooting of man in north Belfast on Monday evening. The 34-year-old man, named as Francis Mulholland, was attacked as he sat in a car on ...
Business News, Dec 4, 2001
Health and safety report details hundreds of offences
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued its second annual Offences and Penalties Report in which it has identified hundreds of companies and organisations convicted of health and safety offen...
Health and safety report details hundreds of offences
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued its second annual Offences and Penalties Report in which it has identified hundreds of companies and organisations convicted of health and safety offen...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 4, 2001
Concern raised over future of gas pipeline venture
Doubts have been expressed over the prospect of the North West Gas Pipeline going ahead after Questar, who were to participate in the project with Bord Gais Eireann, decided to pull out of the venture...
Concern raised over future of gas pipeline venture
Doubts have been expressed over the prospect of the North West Gas Pipeline going ahead after Questar, who were to participate in the project with Bord Gais Eireann, decided to pull out of the venture...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 4, 2001
Empey hints at eastern promise for NI business
Sir Reg Empey, Enterprise, Trade and Investment Minister, has told delegates at a reception in Beijing that Northern Ireland businesses were eager to play a part in the ever expanding Chinese economy....
Empey hints at eastern promise for NI business
Sir Reg Empey, Enterprise, Trade and Investment Minister, has told delegates at a reception in Beijing that Northern Ireland businesses were eager to play a part in the ever expanding Chinese economy....
Northern Ireland News, Dec 4, 2001
De Chastelain meets Cowen and Reid in Dublin
General John de Chastelain has met the Secretary of State Dr John Reid and the Irish Foreign Minister Brian Cowen in Dublin for talks. Head of the Independent International Commission on Decommission...
De Chastelain meets Cowen and Reid in Dublin
General John de Chastelain has met the Secretary of State Dr John Reid and the Irish Foreign Minister Brian Cowen in Dublin for talks. Head of the Independent International Commission on Decommission...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 4, 2001
‘Bizitrain’ keeps North East on track in Information Age
Bruce Robinson, Permanent Secretary of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment, has officially launched the North East Institute’s Bizitrain project, on the Institute’s Antrim campus. The ...
‘Bizitrain’ keeps North East on track in Information Age
Bruce Robinson, Permanent Secretary of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment, has officially launched the North East Institute’s Bizitrain project, on the Institute’s Antrim campus. The ...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 4, 2001
Victims of McGurk’s bar bombing remembered
A memorial was unveiled in Belfast to mark the 30th anniversary of a loyalist bombing in which 15 people died. Men, women and children lost their lives in the one of the worst atrocities of the Troub...
Victims of McGurk’s bar bombing remembered
A memorial was unveiled in Belfast to mark the 30th anniversary of a loyalist bombing in which 15 people died. Men, women and children lost their lives in the one of the worst atrocities of the Troub...
Business News, Dec 4, 2001
BT announces plan to drive retail growth
BT have announced plans that will transform the company into a leaner meaner fighting machine over the next four years. Likening the transformation of BT to that of the change from a ponderous Sumo w...
BT announces plan to drive retail growth
BT have announced plans that will transform the company into a leaner meaner fighting machine over the next four years. Likening the transformation of BT to that of the change from a ponderous Sumo w...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 4, 2001
Carrickfergus station reopens following refurbishment
Translink has reopened its Carrickfergus station following an extensive refurbishment programme. The renovation work, which represents an £850,000 investment, received the official seal of approval f...
Carrickfergus station reopens following refurbishment
Translink has reopened its Carrickfergus station following an extensive refurbishment programme. The renovation work, which represents an £850,000 investment, received the official seal of approval f...
Business News, Dec 4, 2001
High school students learn essential skills of business
As part of the Project Business Programme, organised by Young Enterprise and supported by SX3, High School in north Belfast have spent the past ten weeks learning about business skills. The fifth yea...
High school students learn essential skills of business
As part of the Project Business Programme, organised by Young Enterprise and supported by SX3, High School in north Belfast have spent the past ten weeks learning about business skills. The fifth yea...
Business News, Dec 4, 2001
British and Irish delegation to assess security at Sellafield
A team made up of Irish TDs and British MPs is to visit the Sellafield nuclear waste-reprocessing plant early next year to assess security at the plant. The move was agreed in Bournemouth on Tuesday ...
British and Irish delegation to assess security at Sellafield
A team made up of Irish TDs and British MPs is to visit the Sellafield nuclear waste-reprocessing plant early next year to assess security at the plant. The move was agreed in Bournemouth on Tuesday ...
Business News, Dec 3, 2001
NI website for secondary students launched
The Union of Secondary Students (USS), the first union of its kind in Ireland, has partnered with Studentalive.com in launching a new USS website, www.ussonline.net. The website, which will be powere...
NI website for secondary students launched
The Union of Secondary Students (USS), the first union of its kind in Ireland, has partnered with Studentalive.com in launching a new USS website, www.ussonline.net. The website, which will be powere...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 3, 2001
Imagine Belfast brings new life to Victorian masterpiece
The latest jewel of Belfast’s Victorian architectural heritage to be refurbished and given a fresh lease of life is the former Northern Bank in Royal Avenue. Designed in the 1880’s by John Lanyon, it...
Imagine Belfast brings new life to Victorian masterpiece
The latest jewel of Belfast’s Victorian architectural heritage to be refurbished and given a fresh lease of life is the former Northern Bank in Royal Avenue. Designed in the 1880’s by John Lanyon, it...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 3, 2001
Man questioned in relation to Rosemary Nelson’s murder
Officers investigating the murder of Lurgan solicitor Rosemary Nelson have arrested a man in County Armagh. The 41-year-old man was taken from his home in Portadown for questioning about serious terr...
Man questioned in relation to Rosemary Nelson’s murder
Officers investigating the murder of Lurgan solicitor Rosemary Nelson have arrested a man in County Armagh. The 41-year-old man was taken from his home in Portadown for questioning about serious terr...
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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.