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Northern Ireland News for July 2001 : Page 2
Northern Ireland News, Jul 30, 2001
Trimble calls on Loyalists to end violence
In the wake of continuing violence throughout Northern Ireland, the Ulster Unionist Party Leader David Trimble has called on loyalists to end their violence. Over the weekend there were several pipe ...
Trimble calls on Loyalists to end violence
In the wake of continuing violence throughout Northern Ireland, the Ulster Unionist Party Leader David Trimble has called on loyalists to end their violence. Over the weekend there were several pipe ...
Business News, Jul 27, 2001
Minister outlines benefits of a unified consumer strategy
Sir Reg Empey, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment has described the promotion of a confident, well informed consumer as good for business. The Minister was commenting on a consultation pro...
Minister outlines benefits of a unified consumer strategy
Sir Reg Empey, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment has described the promotion of a confident, well informed consumer as good for business. The Minister was commenting on a consultation pro...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 27, 2001
Belfast morning newspaper’s future unclear
Directors at the News Letter have neither confirmed nor denied that their owner, Trinity Mirror, is looking for a buyer for the Belfast regional morning paper. However, executives at the Cork-based E...
Belfast morning newspaper’s future unclear
Directors at the News Letter have neither confirmed nor denied that their owner, Trinity Mirror, is looking for a buyer for the Belfast regional morning paper. However, executives at the Cork-based E...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 27, 2001
'Golden Bear' makes solid Senior Open start
Jack Nicklaus has made a solid start to the opening round of the British Senior Open at Royal County Down with a one-under-par 70. The 61-year-old started his first ever round in this championship wi...
'Golden Bear' makes solid Senior Open start
Jack Nicklaus has made a solid start to the opening round of the British Senior Open at Royal County Down with a one-under-par 70. The 61-year-old started his first ever round in this championship wi...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 27, 2001
Government launches sexual health strategy
The much-awaited National Strategy for Sexual Health has been unveiled by the government and contains a key strategy to test much more widely for sexually transmitted infections. In an effort to targ...
Government launches sexual health strategy
The much-awaited National Strategy for Sexual Health has been unveiled by the government and contains a key strategy to test much more widely for sexually transmitted infections. In an effort to targ...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 27, 2001
Two men remanded on charges of dissident activity
Two Belfast men have been remanded in custody charged with blackmail and fundraising for terrorism. William Hunter, 42, from Upper Canning Street in Belfast, and Hugh Mitchell, aged 45 from the Shore...
Two men remanded on charges of dissident activity
Two Belfast men have been remanded in custody charged with blackmail and fundraising for terrorism. William Hunter, 42, from Upper Canning Street in Belfast, and Hugh Mitchell, aged 45 from the Shore...
Business News, Jul 27, 2001
Executive statement addresses the need to curb social unrest
Proposals from the Minister for Finance and Personnel regarding the allocation of additional resources agreed during the June financial monitoring round have been revealed. In the statement, released...
Executive statement addresses the need to curb social unrest
Proposals from the Minister for Finance and Personnel regarding the allocation of additional resources agreed during the June financial monitoring round have been revealed. In the statement, released...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 27, 2001
Doctors call on public to get tetanus jab
Doctors in Northern Ireland are calling on local people to renew or obtain a tetanus inoculation after the province’s first recorded death from the disease since 1993. The 71-year-old man developed t...
Doctors call on public to get tetanus jab
Doctors in Northern Ireland are calling on local people to renew or obtain a tetanus inoculation after the province’s first recorded death from the disease since 1993. The 71-year-old man developed t...
Business News, Jul 27, 2001
Road maintenance budget receives funding boost
The Department of Regional Development (DRD) Roads Service has welcomed the announcement by the Northern Ireland Executive that an additional £4 million is to be allocated to the roads maintenance bud...
Road maintenance budget receives funding boost
The Department of Regional Development (DRD) Roads Service has welcomed the announcement by the Northern Ireland Executive that an additional £4 million is to be allocated to the roads maintenance bud...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 27, 2001
Premiers announce finishing touches to proposals package
According to the British Prime Minister and Irish Taoiseach the proposals package is complete. Taoiseach Bertie Ahern travelled to the Prime Minister’s constituency in Sedgefield, County Durham of Fr...
Premiers announce finishing touches to proposals package
According to the British Prime Minister and Irish Taoiseach the proposals package is complete. Taoiseach Bertie Ahern travelled to the Prime Minister’s constituency in Sedgefield, County Durham of Fr...
Business News, Jul 27, 2001
O’Briens sandwiches poised to eat into Northern market
A Dublin-based sandwich franchise has announced plans to open 20 outlets throughout the province, in a move that will create up to 200 news jobs over the next five years. The announcement by the sand...
O’Briens sandwiches poised to eat into Northern market
A Dublin-based sandwich franchise has announced plans to open 20 outlets throughout the province, in a move that will create up to 200 news jobs over the next five years. The announcement by the sand...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 27, 2001
Fresh violence erupts in north Belfast
Three police officers have been injured during fresh clashes between republicans and loyalists in the Ardoyne area of north Belfast. Each side has blamed the other for starting the trouble on Thursda...
Fresh violence erupts in north Belfast
Three police officers have been injured during fresh clashes between republicans and loyalists in the Ardoyne area of north Belfast. Each side has blamed the other for starting the trouble on Thursda...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 27, 2001
Mexico win Elite Milk Cup Trophy
The Mexican team has won the Elite Milk Cup Trophy after beating Scotland 4-3 in a penalty shootout at the Coleraine Showground’s on Thursday evening. It was welcome end to an eventful trip for the M...
Mexico win Elite Milk Cup Trophy
The Mexican team has won the Elite Milk Cup Trophy after beating Scotland 4-3 in a penalty shootout at the Coleraine Showground’s on Thursday evening. It was welcome end to an eventful trip for the M...
Business News, Jul 27, 2001
Empey launches ‘learning for business’ courses
Sir Reg Empey, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment, has announced that “help is now on hand” for small and micro businesses through the learndirect 'learning for business' courses, which are...
Empey launches ‘learning for business’ courses
Sir Reg Empey, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment, has announced that “help is now on hand” for small and micro businesses through the learndirect 'learning for business' courses, which are...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 27, 2001
Beveridge Engineering unveil new Coleraine premises
Sir Reg Empey, Minister for Enterprise Trade and Investment, has officially opened the new 18,000 sq ft premises of LEDU client company R. Beveridge Engineering Ltd. in Coleraine. Based at Wattstown ...
Beveridge Engineering unveil new Coleraine premises
Sir Reg Empey, Minister for Enterprise Trade and Investment, has officially opened the new 18,000 sq ft premises of LEDU client company R. Beveridge Engineering Ltd. in Coleraine. Based at Wattstown ...
Business News, Jul 27, 2001
UK economic growth falls to lowest rate
Business analysts have revealed that UK economic growth has fallen to its lowest rate in more than two years. A new economic report has revealed that while the British economy has performed more robu...
UK economic growth falls to lowest rate
Business analysts have revealed that UK economic growth has fallen to its lowest rate in more than two years. A new economic report has revealed that while the British economy has performed more robu...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 27, 2001
Road safety message is shown to hit home
A new survey shows that the current ‘road safety’ message may be beginning to hit home, following a week of traffic accident tragedies - particularly in the Republic of Ireland where 21 people have pe...
Road safety message is shown to hit home
A new survey shows that the current ‘road safety’ message may be beginning to hit home, following a week of traffic accident tragedies - particularly in the Republic of Ireland where 21 people have pe...
Business News, Jul 27, 2001
ICI report robust performance despite difficult market
ICI has posted a small drop in interim pre-tax profits, which it describes as a strong performance in difficult conditions. The chemicals company says it has been hit by the US industrial slowdown, w...
ICI report robust performance despite difficult market
ICI has posted a small drop in interim pre-tax profits, which it describes as a strong performance in difficult conditions. The chemicals company says it has been hit by the US industrial slowdown, w...
Business News, Jul 27, 2001
Troubled car dealer loses 44 staff
Beleaguered Dencourt Motors, previously ranked as one of the province’s top ten car dealerships, have announced that they are to lose half of their workforce. The news arrives just after the revelati...
Troubled car dealer loses 44 staff
Beleaguered Dencourt Motors, previously ranked as one of the province’s top ten car dealerships, have announced that they are to lose half of their workforce. The news arrives just after the revelati...
Business News, Jul 26, 2001
Report reveals Belfast harbour area needs road network improvements
Economic growth at the port of Belfast could well be hampered if much needed improvements to the surrounding road network fail to materialise. Figures released on Wednesday July 25 by Belfast Harbour...
Report reveals Belfast harbour area needs road network improvements
Economic growth at the port of Belfast could well be hampered if much needed improvements to the surrounding road network fail to materialise. Figures released on Wednesday July 25 by Belfast Harbour...
Business News, Jul 26, 2001
CEO salary revelation fuels calls for pay accountability
Adding further fuel to ‘fat cat’ allegations, a survey by a leading business magazine has found that chief executives in the UK are the best paid in Europe. According to research from Management Toda...
CEO salary revelation fuels calls for pay accountability
Adding further fuel to ‘fat cat’ allegations, a survey by a leading business magazine has found that chief executives in the UK are the best paid in Europe. According to research from Management Toda...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 26, 2001
Warm welcome for exchange students
A major reception to welcome over 90 overseas students taking part in the International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience (IAESTE) Programme was hosted on Wednesday nig...
Warm welcome for exchange students
A major reception to welcome over 90 overseas students taking part in the International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience (IAESTE) Programme was hosted on Wednesday nig...
Business News, Jul 26, 2001
Barclay survey reveals extent of student debt
A survey by Barclays bank has revealed that the average student debt for 2001 in the UK is £5,961. The poll revealed that nearly nine out of ten undergraduates in the UK have loans while the average ...
Barclay survey reveals extent of student debt
A survey by Barclays bank has revealed that the average student debt for 2001 in the UK is £5,961. The poll revealed that nearly nine out of ten undergraduates in the UK have loans while the average ...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 26, 2001
Golfing greats descend on Royal County Down
Thursday marked the opening day of this year’s Senior British Open at Royal County Down. The Open, which was first played in 1987, is the premier event on the PGA European Senior Tour which has been ...
Golfing greats descend on Royal County Down
Thursday marked the opening day of this year’s Senior British Open at Royal County Down. The Open, which was first played in 1987, is the premier event on the PGA European Senior Tour which has been ...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 26, 2001
Securicor staff threaten protest action
Securicor management have held emergency meetings with trade union representatives amid reports that employees fear for their lives following a recent spate of robberies throughout the province. Foll...
Securicor staff threaten protest action
Securicor management have held emergency meetings with trade union representatives amid reports that employees fear for their lives following a recent spate of robberies throughout the province. Foll...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 26, 2001
Families targeted in separate pipe bomb attacks
A Catholic family in Cloghmills have been the latest to be targeted in the long-running series of attacks involving the use of pipe bombs. Eamonn and Maura Morrison and their two children were upstai...
Families targeted in separate pipe bomb attacks
A Catholic family in Cloghmills have been the latest to be targeted in the long-running series of attacks involving the use of pipe bombs. Eamonn and Maura Morrison and their two children were upstai...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 26, 2001
Proposals package shapes up into a wide-ranging review
Orange Order marches may well figure as part of what may be wide-ranging proposals contained in the package that is soon to be placed before the Northern Ireland political parties. In an effort to ov...
Proposals package shapes up into a wide-ranging review
Orange Order marches may well figure as part of what may be wide-ranging proposals contained in the package that is soon to be placed before the Northern Ireland political parties. In an effort to ov...
Business News, Jul 26, 2001
MMK Express sign major contract with Open + Direct
Mallusk-based freight forwarders MMK Express have signed a major contract with one of the province’s largest fleet management companies, Open + Direct Fleet Solutions. The deal means Open + Direct wi...
MMK Express sign major contract with Open + Direct
Mallusk-based freight forwarders MMK Express have signed a major contract with one of the province’s largest fleet management companies, Open + Direct Fleet Solutions. The deal means Open + Direct wi...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 26, 2001
Murder probe launched following brutal attack on elderly man
Detectives in Bangor in County Down have launched a murder inquiry following the death of an elderly man who was viciously assaulted in the town. The 70-year-old man was attacked at the rear of Bango...
Murder probe launched following brutal attack on elderly man
Detectives in Bangor in County Down have launched a murder inquiry following the death of an elderly man who was viciously assaulted in the town. The 70-year-old man was attacked at the rear of Bango...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 26, 2001
SF anger at new job prospects for Lord Maginnis
Recently appointed House of Lord’s peer Ken Maginnis has hit back at criticism of his possible appointment to the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission and accused Sinn Fein MLA Conor Murphy of sec...
SF anger at new job prospects for Lord Maginnis
Recently appointed House of Lord’s peer Ken Maginnis has hit back at criticism of his possible appointment to the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission and accused Sinn Fein MLA Conor Murphy of sec...
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Northern Ireland WeatherToday:A mostly cloudy start with scattered showers, the showers becoming more isolated and largely confined to the south this morning. Becoming brighter this afternoon, the best of any sunnier spells across northern counties. Northerly winds easing. Maximum temperature 12 °C.Tonight:A dry evening with late sunny spells and some long clear spells overnight. Becoming cloudier across the north towards dawn with a few showers possible. Touch of frost in south. Minimum temperature 0 °C.
