Northern Ireland News for January 2002 : Page 10
Business News, Jan 8, 2002
Fujitsu Isotech to close plant in Dublin
Around 130 employees at the Fujitsu Isotech factory in the Republic of Ireland will lose their jobs by the end of the month. The workers at the Dublin plant were told that the factory would cease ope...
Fujitsu Isotech to close plant in Dublin
Around 130 employees at the Fujitsu Isotech factory in the Republic of Ireland will lose their jobs by the end of the month. The workers at the Dublin plant were told that the factory would cease ope...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 8, 2002
Minister launches new Strangford ferry
The new £2.7 million Strangford Lough ferry was officially named and launched by Northern Ireland Regional Development Minister, Peter Robinson on Tuesday January 8. Replacing the MV Strangford, the ...
Minister launches new Strangford ferry
The new £2.7 million Strangford Lough ferry was officially named and launched by Northern Ireland Regional Development Minister, Peter Robinson on Tuesday January 8. Replacing the MV Strangford, the ...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 8, 2002
Police report rise on last year’s drink-driving figures
The police have reported drink-driving statistics over the Christmas period have increased on last year. A total of 365 drink drivers were detected during this year’s joint Christmas anti-drink drivi...
Police report rise on last year’s drink-driving figures
The police have reported drink-driving statistics over the Christmas period have increased on last year. A total of 365 drink drivers were detected during this year’s joint Christmas anti-drink drivi...
Business News, Jan 8, 2002
Discrimination awards in UK reach record highs
Employment tribunals in the UK have awarded a record £3.53 million in compensation in unlawful discrimination cases in 2000. According to the latest figures, this represents an increase of 38 per cen...
Discrimination awards in UK reach record highs
Employment tribunals in the UK have awarded a record £3.53 million in compensation in unlawful discrimination cases in 2000. According to the latest figures, this represents an increase of 38 per cen...
Business News, Jan 8, 2002
BT Group announce board level changes
The BT Group have announced the appointment to their board of three new non-executive directors. Joining the board, with effect from January 14, 2002, are John Nelson, the retiring Chairman of Credit...
BT Group announce board level changes
The BT Group have announced the appointment to their board of three new non-executive directors. Joining the board, with effect from January 14, 2002, are John Nelson, the retiring Chairman of Credit...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 8, 2002
Major crime offensive in South Belfast results in nine arrests
Nine men have been arrested as a result of a major police offensive against leading criminals in greater Belfast. The men were detained in a series of planned searches of properties in an operation, ...
Major crime offensive in South Belfast results in nine arrests
Nine men have been arrested as a result of a major police offensive against leading criminals in greater Belfast. The men were detained in a series of planned searches of properties in an operation, ...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 8, 2002
Ambulance workers defer strike action for two months
Northern Ireland ambulance workers have taken a vote to defer strike action for two months as a result of growing attacks on paramedics. Ambulance crew from all over the province met in Londonderry o...
Ambulance workers defer strike action for two months
Northern Ireland ambulance workers have taken a vote to defer strike action for two months as a result of growing attacks on paramedics. Ambulance crew from all over the province met in Londonderry o...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 8, 2002
Health Promotion agency launches hard-hitting anti-smoking campaign
A new graphic and hard-hitting anti-smoking campaign has been launched by the Health Promotion agency as part of a drive to reduce almost 3,000 premature deaths caused by smoking each year. The campa...
Health Promotion agency launches hard-hitting anti-smoking campaign
A new graphic and hard-hitting anti-smoking campaign has been launched by the Health Promotion agency as part of a drive to reduce almost 3,000 premature deaths caused by smoking each year. The campa...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 7, 2002
Trade unions express anger at Shorts Brothers jobs cuts
Hundreds of workers and their union representatives from Bombardier Aerospace assembled outside the gates of Shorts, Belfast in order to display their concerns over the further job losses announced by...
Trade unions express anger at Shorts Brothers jobs cuts
Hundreds of workers and their union representatives from Bombardier Aerospace assembled outside the gates of Shorts, Belfast in order to display their concerns over the further job losses announced by...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 7, 2002
M&S launch new spring collection
Marks & Spencer (M&S) launched their new 2002 womenswear collection on January 7, and it is the first entire collection created by Yasmin Yusuf, the company’s new creative director. The arrival of th...
M&S launch new spring collection
Marks & Spencer (M&S) launched their new 2002 womenswear collection on January 7, and it is the first entire collection created by Yasmin Yusuf, the company’s new creative director. The arrival of th...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 7, 2002
Bloody Sunday movie unveiled at private screening
Relatives of the victims of the Bloody Sunday shootings have watched a private showing of a new film dramatising the events in Northern Ireland 30 years ago. Over 1,000 people including city leaders,...
Bloody Sunday movie unveiled at private screening
Relatives of the victims of the Bloody Sunday shootings have watched a private showing of a new film dramatising the events in Northern Ireland 30 years ago. Over 1,000 people including city leaders,...
Business News, Jan 7, 2002
Sale of new cars surged in 2001
The Society of Motor Manufacturers & Traders has said that the annual sales of new cars in the UK surged to a record 2.45 million in 2001. Crediting the rise to low UK interest rates and cheaper car ...
Sale of new cars surged in 2001
The Society of Motor Manufacturers & Traders has said that the annual sales of new cars in the UK surged to a record 2.45 million in 2001. Crediting the rise to low UK interest rates and cheaper car ...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 7, 2002
NIE claim competition is key to lower electricity prices
Lower electricity prices in Northern Ireland will only become a reality in the long run if competition is allowed to grow. This is according to Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE) in response to Ofreg...
NIE claim competition is key to lower electricity prices
Lower electricity prices in Northern Ireland will only become a reality in the long run if competition is allowed to grow. This is according to Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE) in response to Ofreg...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 7, 2002
Chairman of Prison Officer’s Federation brands attackers as cowards
The Chairman of Prison Officers Federation has branded those responsible for an attack on a prison officer’s home as “cowards and scumbags”. The condemnation follows an attack on a prison officer’s h...
Chairman of Prison Officer’s Federation brands attackers as cowards
The Chairman of Prison Officers Federation has branded those responsible for an attack on a prison officer’s home as “cowards and scumbags”. The condemnation follows an attack on a prison officer’s h...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 7, 2002
Man accused of injuring two boys and is remanded in custody
A 30-year-old man was charged with injuring two boys in a hit and run incident on January 3 in Belfast. Patrick Joseph William Thomas Collins, of no fixed address, appeared before Belfast Magistrates...
Man accused of injuring two boys and is remanded in custody
A 30-year-old man was charged with injuring two boys in a hit and run incident on January 3 in Belfast. Patrick Joseph William Thomas Collins, of no fixed address, appeared before Belfast Magistrates...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 7, 2002
Garda detain seven men in County Louth
Gardaí investigating the activities of dissident republicans have detained seven men in County Louth. The men were arrested by a special armed detective unit of the Garda, following a police operatio...
Garda detain seven men in County Louth
Gardaí investigating the activities of dissident republicans have detained seven men in County Louth. The men were arrested by a special armed detective unit of the Garda, following a police operatio...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 7, 2002
Fire damages newly opened city centre nightclub
One of Belfast's newest nightclubs has been severely damaged in an overnight fire. The fire at the recently opened La Lea nightclub, located in Franklin Street, was reported at 1:30am and fire fighte...
Fire damages newly opened city centre nightclub
One of Belfast's newest nightclubs has been severely damaged in an overnight fire. The fire at the recently opened La Lea nightclub, located in Franklin Street, was reported at 1:30am and fire fighte...
Business News, Jan 7, 2002
Changeover to the euro will have widespread effects on NI businesses
The Republic of Ireland has joined the new European currency revolution by exchanging the Irish Punt for the euro, but what will this mean for Northern Ireland businesses? Businesses on both sides of...
Changeover to the euro will have widespread effects on NI businesses
The Republic of Ireland has joined the new European currency revolution by exchanging the Irish Punt for the euro, but what will this mean for Northern Ireland businesses? Businesses on both sides of...
Business News, Jan 7, 2002
Easyjet enter talks with aircraft makers for new planes
Easyjet is believed to have entered talks with aircraft makers Boeing and Airbus asking for quotes for 75 aircraft to be delivered within five years. In what promises to be one of the biggest orders ...
Easyjet enter talks with aircraft makers for new planes
Easyjet is believed to have entered talks with aircraft makers Boeing and Airbus asking for quotes for 75 aircraft to be delivered within five years. In what promises to be one of the biggest orders ...
Business News, Jan 7, 2002
BT considers plans for television programming
British Telecom are set to consider plans which may see the company make and distribute its own television programmes, according to chairman Sir Christopher Bland. In an interview with the Sunday Tim...
BT considers plans for television programming
British Telecom are set to consider plans which may see the company make and distribute its own television programmes, according to chairman Sir Christopher Bland. In an interview with the Sunday Tim...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 7, 2002
Redeveloped Belfast Court complex prepares for business
The new Laganside courts development is getting ready for business with the transfer of the fixed penalty office to the brand-new court complex on Monday, January 7. Belfast Magistrates Court and Bel...
Redeveloped Belfast Court complex prepares for business
The new Laganside courts development is getting ready for business with the transfer of the fixed penalty office to the brand-new court complex on Monday, January 7. Belfast Magistrates Court and Bel...
Business News, Jan 7, 2002
Pregnant women warned about risks of contact with sheep
Pregnant women have been warned to avoid close contact with sheep during lambing time. The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS), the Department of Agriculture and Rural De...
Pregnant women warned about risks of contact with sheep
Pregnant women have been warned to avoid close contact with sheep during lambing time. The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS), the Department of Agriculture and Rural De...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 7, 2002
Ambulance staff threaten strike action
Northern Ireland Ambulance Service staff are threatening to take strike action over a series of serious attacks on emergency personnel attending incidents in the province. The latest attack left a fe...
Ambulance staff threaten strike action
Northern Ireland Ambulance Service staff are threatening to take strike action over a series of serious attacks on emergency personnel attending incidents in the province. The latest attack left a fe...
Business News, Jan 4, 2002
Victory for UK transport on EU Working Time Directive
Fewer lorries on UK roads will be the result from a recent European Union decision on working time. The EU has decided that under the application of the Working Time Directive to the transport sector...
Victory for UK transport on EU Working Time Directive
Fewer lorries on UK roads will be the result from a recent European Union decision on working time. The EU has decided that under the application of the Working Time Directive to the transport sector...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 4, 2002
Gardaí issue forged euro note warning
Police in the Republic of Ireland have warned local businesses and shoppers north and south of the border to be on the lookout for forged notes following the second discovery of counterfeit euro bank ...
Gardaí issue forged euro note warning
Police in the Republic of Ireland have warned local businesses and shoppers north and south of the border to be on the lookout for forged notes following the second discovery of counterfeit euro bank ...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 4, 2002
Consilium sign partnership agreement with Lagan Technologies
Antrim-based Consilium Technologies has signed a partnership agreement with Lagan Technologies, the leading supplier of innovative Citizen Relationship Management (CRM) solutions to local government. ...
Consilium sign partnership agreement with Lagan Technologies
Antrim-based Consilium Technologies has signed a partnership agreement with Lagan Technologies, the leading supplier of innovative Citizen Relationship Management (CRM) solutions to local government. ...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 4, 2002
Teenager dies in explosion in Coleraine
The police have said they are carrying out an investigation into the death of a man after an explosion in County Londonderry. The man who died was named on Friday, January 4, as William Moore Campbel...
Teenager dies in explosion in Coleraine
The police have said they are carrying out an investigation into the death of a man after an explosion in County Londonderry. The man who died was named on Friday, January 4, as William Moore Campbel...
Business News, Jan 4, 2002
All work and no holidays for UK’s long hours workers
Nearly a quarter of self-confessed workaholics do not take a single paid day’s holiday each year, a nationwide survey commissioned by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has fo...
All work and no holidays for UK’s long hours workers
Nearly a quarter of self-confessed workaholics do not take a single paid day’s holiday each year, a nationwide survey commissioned by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has fo...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 4, 2002
Giants aim for 13th successive home win
The Belfast Giants are aiming for their 13th successive home win when they face the Sheffield Steelers on Friday night. With the Giants a tremendous 21 points ahead of the opposition, Dave Whistle's ...
Giants aim for 13th successive home win
The Belfast Giants are aiming for their 13th successive home win when they face the Sheffield Steelers on Friday night. With the Giants a tremendous 21 points ahead of the opposition, Dave Whistle's ...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 4, 2002
SDLP assemblyman's home attacked in Larne
A local assembly member whose home has repeatedly come under attack in County Antrim has said he is at his “wits end”. SDLP assembly member for East Antrim Danny O’Connor’s house came under attack in...
SDLP assemblyman's home attacked in Larne
A local assembly member whose home has repeatedly come under attack in County Antrim has said he is at his “wits end”. SDLP assembly member for East Antrim Danny O’Connor’s house came under attack in...
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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.