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Northern Ireland News for December 2002 : Page 2
Northern Ireland News, Dec 18, 2002
Irish terrorism bill goes before Dail
Ahead of the publication of anti-terrorism legislation, Irish Minister for Justice Michael McDowell said today that the threat from international terrorists was "significant". The Minister is set to ...
Irish terrorism bill goes before Dail
Ahead of the publication of anti-terrorism legislation, Irish Minister for Justice Michael McDowell said today that the threat from international terrorists was "significant". The Minister is set to ...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 18, 2002
One killed and two injured in car collision
A man has died and two people were injured following a car collision on a Co Armagh road this morning. Police have reported that two cars – a Renault Clio and Mercedes – were in collision on the Moy...
One killed and two injured in car collision
A man has died and two people were injured following a car collision on a Co Armagh road this morning. Police have reported that two cars – a Renault Clio and Mercedes – were in collision on the Moy...
Business News, Dec 17, 2002
gem secures €3m call centre contract
A €3 million contract between Belfast-based customer relation specialists, gem, and Tourism Ireland is set to create 35 new jobs in the city. Tourism Ireland appointed gem as its new provider of cont...
gem secures €3m call centre contract
A €3 million contract between Belfast-based customer relation specialists, gem, and Tourism Ireland is set to create 35 new jobs in the city. Tourism Ireland appointed gem as its new provider of cont...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 17, 2002
Government's 20-year 'vision' for healthcare unveiled
The government’s strategy for dealing with healthcare provision in Northern Ireland over the next 20 years has been published today. The consultation document contains the "vision" for the health and...
Government's 20-year 'vision' for healthcare unveiled
The government’s strategy for dealing with healthcare provision in Northern Ireland over the next 20 years has been published today. The consultation document contains the "vision" for the health and...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 17, 2002
McQuillan moves on as Policing Board shortlists candidates
The Policing Board have met this morning to consider the shortlist of names in the running for the position of deputy chief constable of the PSNI – a shortlist which does not now hold the name of the ...
McQuillan moves on as Policing Board shortlists candidates
The Policing Board have met this morning to consider the shortlist of names in the running for the position of deputy chief constable of the PSNI – a shortlist which does not now hold the name of the ...
Business News, Dec 17, 2002
New travel agency set for International Airport
Belfast International Airport (BIA) has announced the arrival of McNeill Menary Travel to its main departure lounge in a £50,000 investment by the travel agency. The new branch will provide the full ...
New travel agency set for International Airport
Belfast International Airport (BIA) has announced the arrival of McNeill Menary Travel to its main departure lounge in a £50,000 investment by the travel agency. The new branch will provide the full ...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 17, 2002
Decision to stand down police band slammed
The decision to stand down the Police Service of Northern Ireland’s Band has been sharply criticised by a member of the Policing Board. Board member, and assembly member for North Belfast, Fred Cobai...
Decision to stand down police band slammed
The decision to stand down the Police Service of Northern Ireland’s Band has been sharply criticised by a member of the Policing Board. Board member, and assembly member for North Belfast, Fred Cobai...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 17, 2002
SF leadership meet with Stevens Inquiry team
The Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams and the party's former education minister Martin McGuinness have met with the Stevens Inquiry team to discuss their targeting for assassination by loyalist paramili...
SF leadership meet with Stevens Inquiry team
The Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams and the party's former education minister Martin McGuinness have met with the Stevens Inquiry team to discuss their targeting for assassination by loyalist paramili...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 17, 2002
NI vCJD victim given go-ahead for drug therapy
In a landmark ruling, the High Court in London has found that a Belfast teenager who is suffering from vCJD – the human form of Mad Cow Disease – can receive treatment from experimental drug treatment...
NI vCJD victim given go-ahead for drug therapy
In a landmark ruling, the High Court in London has found that a Belfast teenager who is suffering from vCJD – the human form of Mad Cow Disease – can receive treatment from experimental drug treatment...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 17, 2002
Police appeal after sex attack on schoolgirl
Police are appealing for help in tracking a man who sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl waiting for her school bus in Hillsborough last week. The indecent assault took place on the Dromore Road, Hi...
Police appeal after sex attack on schoolgirl
Police are appealing for help in tracking a man who sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl waiting for her school bus in Hillsborough last week. The indecent assault took place on the Dromore Road, Hi...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 17, 2002
BA flights withdrawal is 'unwelcome Christmas present'
The Consumers Council for Northern Ireland has described British Airways' decision to cut capacity on Northern Ireland routes as "an unwelcome Christmas present for passengers". The council's Consume...
BA flights withdrawal is 'unwelcome Christmas present'
The Consumers Council for Northern Ireland has described British Airways' decision to cut capacity on Northern Ireland routes as "an unwelcome Christmas present for passengers". The council's Consume...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 17, 2002
Browne reaffirms commitment to NI housing
Responding to criticism that the government is failing to address problems in housing, NIO Minister Des Browne confirmed that his department is to take "immediate action". At the weekend, Mark Durkan...
Browne reaffirms commitment to NI housing
Responding to criticism that the government is failing to address problems in housing, NIO Minister Des Browne confirmed that his department is to take "immediate action". At the weekend, Mark Durkan...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 17, 2002
Pipe bomb arrest and appeal after armed robberies
A man has been arrested following a pipe bomb alert in Co Antrim last night. The device was found under a car at a house on the Garryduff Road in Ballymoney shortly before 7pm. The occupants of the ...
Pipe bomb arrest and appeal after armed robberies
A man has been arrested following a pipe bomb alert in Co Antrim last night. The device was found under a car at a house on the Garryduff Road in Ballymoney shortly before 7pm. The occupants of the ...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 17, 2002
Health chiefs ‘ignore public opinion’
With the biggest ever shake-up in Northern Ireland’s acute healthcare due to be announced next month, a new survey has revealed that nearly 80% of people here believe that their views are being ignore...
Health chiefs ‘ignore public opinion’
With the biggest ever shake-up in Northern Ireland’s acute healthcare due to be announced next month, a new survey has revealed that nearly 80% of people here believe that their views are being ignore...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 16, 2002
£14m earmarked for jobs in deprived areas
Deprived areas in west Belfast and in the north west are set to benefit from a jobs initiative worth £14 million, the Department for Employment and Learning announced today. The funding allocation, s...
£14m earmarked for jobs in deprived areas
Deprived areas in west Belfast and in the north west are set to benefit from a jobs initiative worth £14 million, the Department for Employment and Learning announced today. The funding allocation, s...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 16, 2002
'Be vigilant over Christmas' warns Anti-Terrorist chief
The head of the Metropolitan police's Anti-Terrorist Branch has warned the public to be "extra vigilant" in the run up to Christmas amid "great concern" over the activity of republican terrorists. Sp...
'Be vigilant over Christmas' warns Anti-Terrorist chief
The head of the Metropolitan police's Anti-Terrorist Branch has warned the public to be "extra vigilant" in the run up to Christmas amid "great concern" over the activity of republican terrorists. Sp...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 16, 2002
Extra budget allocation 'good news' for NI
The budget's funding package for both the arts and sport of over £30 million over the next three years has been hailed as "good news" by NIO Minister Angela Smith. The budget provision equates to a £...
Extra budget allocation 'good news' for NI
The budget's funding package for both the arts and sport of over £30 million over the next three years has been hailed as "good news" by NIO Minister Angela Smith. The budget provision equates to a £...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 16, 2002
Lisburn priest calls for Dublin archbishop's resignation
A Co Antrim priest has called upon the Archbishop of Dublin, Cardinal Desmond Connell, to resign over the Church's handling of child sex abuse allegations in Ireland. In an open letter to the Irish N...
Lisburn priest calls for Dublin archbishop's resignation
A Co Antrim priest has called upon the Archbishop of Dublin, Cardinal Desmond Connell, to resign over the Church's handling of child sex abuse allegations in Ireland. In an open letter to the Irish N...
Business News, Dec 16, 2002
Belfast office rents remain buoyant
Belfast office rental rates have remained relatively buoyant despite fluctuations in the market as a result of September 11, the Valuation and Lands Agency has revealed. The agency, which is part of...
Belfast office rents remain buoyant
Belfast office rental rates have remained relatively buoyant despite fluctuations in the market as a result of September 11, the Valuation and Lands Agency has revealed. The agency, which is part of...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 16, 2002
EU's Peace II injects £7m into community groups
More than 40 community relations groups across Northern Ireland are to receive over £7 million from the European Union as part of the Peace II funding. The cash represents the second round of funding...
EU's Peace II injects £7m into community groups
More than 40 community relations groups across Northern Ireland are to receive over £7 million from the European Union as part of the Peace II funding. The cash represents the second round of funding...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 16, 2002
Third of school principals suffer physical abuse says report
A government report into the teaching profession in Northern Ireland has found that one-in-three principals has suffered physical abuse at the hands of pupils or parents, and a similar number of teach...
Third of school principals suffer physical abuse says report
A government report into the teaching profession in Northern Ireland has found that one-in-three principals has suffered physical abuse at the hands of pupils or parents, and a similar number of teach...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 16, 2002
Fishing industry must be sustained says McGrady
As EU ministers sat down in Brussels today to begin the latest round of negotiations over fish quotas allocation, South Down MP Eddie McGrady called for greater protection for the local industry in th...
Fishing industry must be sustained says McGrady
As EU ministers sat down in Brussels today to begin the latest round of negotiations over fish quotas allocation, South Down MP Eddie McGrady called for greater protection for the local industry in th...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 16, 2002
NI hospice review team announced
The membership of the panel which will review the workings of the crisis-hit Northern Ireland Hospice has been announced. The review will consider, among other things, the circumstances surrounding t...
NI hospice review team announced
The membership of the panel which will review the workings of the crisis-hit Northern Ireland Hospice has been announced. The review will consider, among other things, the circumstances surrounding t...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 16, 2002
Man arrested following stabbing incident
A man has been arrested following a stabbing incident in Belfast in the early hours of Sunday morning. The incident took place at Cromwell Road, off Botanic Avenue, as a number of men got into a car ...
Man arrested following stabbing incident
A man has been arrested following a stabbing incident in Belfast in the early hours of Sunday morning. The incident took place at Cromwell Road, off Botanic Avenue, as a number of men got into a car ...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 16, 2002
Masked gang robs Newry store
A gang of masked men have made off with a sum of money after robbing a Co Down retail store last night. At around 7.30pm, staff were closing the Lidl Store in Castle Street, Newry, when they were app...
Masked gang robs Newry store
A gang of masked men have made off with a sum of money after robbing a Co Down retail store last night. At around 7.30pm, staff were closing the Lidl Store in Castle Street, Newry, when they were app...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 13, 2002
Public warned over illegal taxis
Christmas is a time for giving but illegal taxi drivers are taking the public for a ride that could end in disaster, the DOE’s Driver & Vehicle Testing Agency has warned. In the run up to Christmas D...
Public warned over illegal taxis
Christmas is a time for giving but illegal taxi drivers are taking the public for a ride that could end in disaster, the DOE’s Driver & Vehicle Testing Agency has warned. In the run up to Christmas D...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 13, 2002
Woman’s Belfast home and business attacked
The UDA are being blamed for orchestrating an attack on two different premises of a woman in north Belfast. Police were first alerted at lunchtime on Friday following reports that a number of shots h...
Woman’s Belfast home and business attacked
The UDA are being blamed for orchestrating an attack on two different premises of a woman in north Belfast. Police were first alerted at lunchtime on Friday following reports that a number of shots h...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 13, 2002
Budget is endorsement of Executive says PwC
Following on from Tuesday's budget announcement, leading business consultancy PricewaterhouseCoopers has said that not only had the five-year £2 billion spending package demonstrated forward-thinking,...
Budget is endorsement of Executive says PwC
Following on from Tuesday's budget announcement, leading business consultancy PricewaterhouseCoopers has said that not only had the five-year £2 billion spending package demonstrated forward-thinking,...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 13, 2002
Trimble accused of u-turn on Policing Bill
Sinn Féin and the SDLP have both criticised Unionist leader David Trimble over his calls for the British government to abandon plans to devolve powers for policing and justice to the power-sharing exe...
Trimble accused of u-turn on Policing Bill
Sinn Féin and the SDLP have both criticised Unionist leader David Trimble over his calls for the British government to abandon plans to devolve powers for policing and justice to the power-sharing exe...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 13, 2002
Rigorous new vetting measures for civil servants
The Northern Ireland Office has announced they will be introducing tough new security measures following the discovery of an alleged IRA spy ring within the Northern Ireland Office. The Security Mini...
Rigorous new vetting measures for civil servants
The Northern Ireland Office has announced they will be introducing tough new security measures following the discovery of an alleged IRA spy ring within the Northern Ireland Office. The Security Mini...
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Northern Ireland WeatherToday:A dry day with long spells of sunshine for most, however eastern coasts will see rather more in the way of cloud at times, with just the risk of an odd light morning shower. Mainly light northerly winds. Maximum temperature 13 °C.Tonight:A fine end to the day with some evening sunshine. It remains dry overnight with a touch of frost possible in places, although cloud is expected to increase towards dawn. Minimum temperature 0 °C.
