Northern Ireland News for June 2001 : Page 4

Northern Ireland News, Jun 19, 2001
TWO NEW BODIES BOOST ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
SAM Foster, NI Minister of the Environment, has announced the creation of two new bodies to boost sustainable waste management in Northern Ireland. The minister announced the establishment of the Nor...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 19, 2001
SINN FÉIN FATE HANGS BY AN ALLIANCE THREAD
SINN Féin are to meet with the Alliance Party on Tuesday evening to discuss prospects of winning the Belfast lord mayor's post for the first time. Alliance holds the balance of power in the council b...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 19, 2001
FARREN BIDS TO REDUCE LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYMENT
THE Minister for Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment, Dr Sean Farren, said that he is determined to reduce long-term employment in Northern Ireland, as he launched the Taskforce Disc...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 19, 2001
MINISTER HANDS OVER KEYS TO REVAMPED HOSPITAL
THE Minister for Health and Social Services and Public Safety, Ms Bairbre de Brun MLA, has officially handed over the keys of Phase One of the new Royal Victoria Hospital (RVH) which will be ready to ...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 18, 2001
NICHSA WELCOMES RESULTS OF STROKE TRIAL
THE Northern Ireland Chest Heart & Stroke Association (NICHSA) has welcomed the results of a trial investigating how to reduce the risk of a second stroke for those who have already suffered a stroke....
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 18, 2001
N IRELAND COMPANIES MUST REMAIN FOCUSED
THE graduation ceremony of the Rapid Advancement Programme (RAP) was the platform used by Minister of Higher and Higher Education to ask companies in Northern Ireland to remain focused on the pursuit ...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 18, 2001
EUROPEAN ROAD SAFETY MEASURES PRAISED
ROAD safety initiatives employed in the Netherlands and Sweden look set to be implemented here in Northern Ireland. NI Environment Minister Sam Foster has recently returned from Sweden and the Nether...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 18, 2001
RODGERS OPPOSES FURTHER FISHING QUOTA REDUCTIONS
EUROPEAN Commission proposals to restrict the fishing industry's activities and reduce quotas for whitefish would have a devastating socio-economic impact on Northern Ireland according to Fisheries Mi...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 18, 2001
NEW IT CENTRE HELPS THOSE WITH DISABILITIES
A New IT communications suite that aims to introduce internet services and provide job training for those with physical disabilities was officially opened on Monday, June 18, by Dr Sean Farren. The M...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 18, 2001
QUEEN’S HONOURS FOR NI TOP ACHIEVERS
NORTHERN Ireland’s Queen’s birthday honours list is headed by knighthoods for flautist James Galway and the Canadian-born vice-chancellor of Queen’s University, Professor George Bain. More than 60 pe...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 18, 2001
TWO MEN ARRESTED FOLLOWING BOMB ATTACK
TWO men have been arrested following a bomb explosion at the house of SDLP councillor Martin Wilson in Larne around 2am on June 18. While no one was injured in the attack, there was considerable dama...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 18, 2001
TOUGH TALKING FOLLOWS PRO-AGREEMENT MEETING
IN a fresh round of negotiations, the British Prime Minister and Irish premier Bertie Ahern met with the pro-Agreement parties to discuss the current political deadlock in Northern Ireland. Separate ...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 18, 2001
PROVINCE ON TARGET FOR 10,000 NEW JOBS
COMPANIES in Northern Ireland are seizing the opportunities of the Information Age, according to a recent Progress Report published by the Information Age Initiative (IAI). Professor Monds, Chairman ...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 18, 2001
BOMBARDIER ANNOUNCE $1.5 BN CONTRACT
CANADIAN aerospace company Bombardier, who own Shorts in Belfast, have announced the purchase 50 of their new CRJ900 regional jets in a deal thought to be worth 1.5 billion US Canadian dollars. The c...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 15, 2001
NI POLITICIANS PLAN TALKS IN LONDON
NORTHERN Ireland Secretary of State Dr John Reid has confirmed that political talks will commence on Monday June 18 between British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Irish counterpart Bertie Ahern and...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 15, 2001
SECOND PERSON DIES FROM FLESH-EATING INFECTION
HEALTH chiefs have said that there is no risk to the public following the death of a second person from a rare flesh eating infection at Craigavon Area Hospital. The Department of Health Social Servi...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 15, 2001
CONTROVERSIAL ABORTION SHIP DOCKS
THE Dutch vessel dubbed the "abortion ship" has begun its controversial 10-day visit to Ireland without the much expected furore. The anticipated pro-life protest failed to materialise on Thursday ni...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 15, 2001
PROVINCE CONNECTS WITH WORLD'S FIRST INTERNET CITY
NI’s Trade Development centre in Dubai is to relocate to the world’s first Internet city in Dubai. Sir Reg Empey, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment, announced the decision to relocate the...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 15, 2001
THREE DIE IN ROAD CRASH TRAGEDY
THREE people have been killed in a road crash on the main Dungiven to Londonderry road. The crash, which took place on the Foreglen Road at around 8pm on Thursday June 15, involved a head-on collisio...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 15, 2001
UNIQUE UNION EXHIBITION OPENS IN ULSTER MUSEUM
THE Culture, Arts and Leisure Minister Michael McGimpsey has urged Ulster people to come together and share in all aspects of their cultural heritage. Speaking at the Ulster Museum, where he was offi...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 15, 2001
NORTEL WIN EXPORTER OF THE YEAR AWARD
NORTEL Networks have been presented with the Northern Ireland Exporter of the Year award at a gala dinner and presentation in Belfast. Presenting the top award to Nortel Networks, Sir Reg Empey, Mini...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 15, 2001
REVISED MAST LEGISLATION EXPECTED
THE Northern Ireland Executive has backed proposals for tougher planning regulations on phone mast building in Northern Ireland. The Executive discussed a paper on Thursday June 14 from the Minister ...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 15, 2001
WEEKLY FARMING PAPER GOES UNDER
THE Belfast Telegraph’s weekly agricultural publication ‘Farm Trader’ is to cease production after its final edition next week. The decision to drop the paper was taken as a result of what was descri...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 15, 2001
GO FLIES AWAY FROM PARENT COMPANY BA
BRITISH Airways has announced the sale of its no-frills subsidiary Go Fly to 3i, a European venture capital company, in a deal worth up to £110 million. The sale of Go was set up three years ago with...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 14, 2001
BELFAST HOSTS DRUGS CONFERENCE AT CITY HALL
THE Minister for Health, Social Services and Public Safety, Bairbre de Brun, attended the eighth European Cities Against Drugs (ECAD) Mayors Conference at Belfast City Hall on June 14. She said: “To ...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 14, 2001
PROVINCE IS IDEAL LOCATION FOR EURO INVESTMENT
NORTHERN Ireland’s position as an ideal investment location in the software sector has been further enhanced by the decision of German company InVision Software AG to establish a facility in Derry, cr...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 14, 2001
THREE MEN ARRESTED IN NELSON MURDER CASE
THREE men are now being held for questioning about the murder of solicitor Rosemary Nelson in 1999. Police have arrested another two men, aged 33 and 28, who were arrested in Portadown, County Armagh...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 14, 2001
PETROL-BOMB ATTACK INJURES YOUNG GIRL
IN one of two separate overnight petrol-bomb attacks a 10-year-old girl suffered burns as her home came under attack in south Belfast. A couple and their four children were forced to flee their south...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 14, 2001
BT RAISES £2.3bn FROM PROPERTY SALE
AS debt-ridden BT seeks to climb out of its financial difficulties the company has sold off its UK property portfolio, including the landmark BT Riverside Tower building beside Belfast’s Waterfront co...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 14, 2001
REPORT ON EDUCATION PATTERNS WELCOMED
EDUCATION Minister Martin McGuinness has welcomed the publication of a Department of Education report about educational participation and achievement for disadvantaged individuals and groups. The rep...
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