Northern Ireland News for February 2002 : Page 10
Northern Ireland News, Feb 6, 2002
Original fabrics set the trend at French fashion show
With support from an international fashion designer, three Northern Ireland companies have developed original fabrics destined for the global fashion and activewear markets. William Clark and Sons M...
Original fabrics set the trend at French fashion show
With support from an international fashion designer, three Northern Ireland companies have developed original fabrics destined for the global fashion and activewear markets. William Clark and Sons M...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 6, 2002
DUP invite Queen to address Stormont assembly
DUP assembly member Maurice Morrow has taken the opportunity during a Northern Ireland assembly debate to issue a call for the Queen to address the chamber as part of her Golden Jubilee celebrations. ...
DUP invite Queen to address Stormont assembly
DUP assembly member Maurice Morrow has taken the opportunity during a Northern Ireland assembly debate to issue a call for the Queen to address the chamber as part of her Golden Jubilee celebrations. ...
Business News, Feb 6, 2002
Empey discusses job losses in Carrickfergus
Sir Reg Empey, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment Minister, has met representatives from Carrickfergus Borough Council to discuss the effects of redundancies in the East Antrim area. Focu...
Empey discusses job losses in Carrickfergus
Sir Reg Empey, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment Minister, has met representatives from Carrickfergus Borough Council to discuss the effects of redundancies in the East Antrim area. Focu...
Business News, Feb 5, 2002
BA declines to confirm further job loss rumours
British Airways has yet to confirm reports that a further 15,000 workers are to be made redundant after the company revealed it suffered its worst ever profit performance during the last three months ...
BA declines to confirm further job loss rumours
British Airways has yet to confirm reports that a further 15,000 workers are to be made redundant after the company revealed it suffered its worst ever profit performance during the last three months ...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 5, 2002
Ambulance staff seek immediate action to stop attacks
Ambulance staff in Northern Ireland have said industrial action is a distinct possibility if attacks on drivers and crew persist. The threat of a strike comes following an attack on an ambulance dri...
Ambulance staff seek immediate action to stop attacks
Ambulance staff in Northern Ireland have said industrial action is a distinct possibility if attacks on drivers and crew persist. The threat of a strike comes following an attack on an ambulance dri...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 5, 2002
New executive partnership engage in busy US tour
First Minister David Trimble and Deputy First Minister Mark Durkan have a busy itinerary for the closing stage of their week-long programme of US talks. The ministerial pairing will visit many of th...
New executive partnership engage in busy US tour
First Minister David Trimble and Deputy First Minister Mark Durkan have a busy itinerary for the closing stage of their week-long programme of US talks. The ministerial pairing will visit many of th...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 5, 2002
Transportation strategy comes in for criticism
The proposed Regional Transport Strategy – unveiled by Minister Peter Robinson on Monday - has come under fire from Sinn Fein MLA Pat McNamee for its failure to address the needs of those without adeq...
Transportation strategy comes in for criticism
The proposed Regional Transport Strategy – unveiled by Minister Peter Robinson on Monday - has come under fire from Sinn Fein MLA Pat McNamee for its failure to address the needs of those without adeq...
Business News, Feb 5, 2002
Stress at work claims are on the rise
According to one of the UK’s leading providers of income protection, Unum, many employers are failing to implement simple procedures to assist staff who are experiencing stress related conditions. Un...
Stress at work claims are on the rise
According to one of the UK’s leading providers of income protection, Unum, many employers are failing to implement simple procedures to assist staff who are experiencing stress related conditions. Un...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 5, 2002
Stena Line invests £3m in North Channel ferry refit
Irish Sea ferry company Stena Line have invested £3 million in their flagship Stena HSS Service between Belfast and Stranraer. During January the Stena Voyager underwent a major refit, designed to b...
Stena Line invests £3m in North Channel ferry refit
Irish Sea ferry company Stena Line have invested £3 million in their flagship Stena HSS Service between Belfast and Stranraer. During January the Stena Voyager underwent a major refit, designed to b...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 5, 2002
Kennedy announces new security measures for flashpoint areas
Northern Ireland Security Minister Jane Kennedy has announced that she intends to install additional security measures at sectarian interfaces areas of Northern Ireland. Ms Kennedy said she was taki...
Kennedy announces new security measures for flashpoint areas
Northern Ireland Security Minister Jane Kennedy has announced that she intends to install additional security measures at sectarian interfaces areas of Northern Ireland. Ms Kennedy said she was taki...
Business News, Feb 5, 2002
Ryanair defies trends and releases sky-high profits
Ryanair has reported a 35 per cent increase in profits, as the cut-price air carrier defies current difficulties facing the airline industry. The company's post-tax profits rose to £17.6 million duri...
Ryanair defies trends and releases sky-high profits
Ryanair has reported a 35 per cent increase in profits, as the cut-price air carrier defies current difficulties facing the airline industry. The company's post-tax profits rose to £17.6 million duri...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 5, 2002
RAF pilots cleared of blame for Chinook 1994 Mull of Kintyre crash
Two RAF pilots have been effectively cleared of causing the 1994 Chinook helicopter crash on the Mull of Kintyre in which 29 people died. A House of Lords select committee concluded on Tuesday Febru...
RAF pilots cleared of blame for Chinook 1994 Mull of Kintyre crash
Two RAF pilots have been effectively cleared of causing the 1994 Chinook helicopter crash on the Mull of Kintyre in which 29 people died. A House of Lords select committee concluded on Tuesday Febru...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 5, 2002
Lord Kilclooney calls on Ombudsman to resign immediately
An Ulster Unionist Party member of the Policing Board has called for the immediate resignation of the Police Ombudsman following her public row with the Chief Constable over the handling of the Omagh ...
Lord Kilclooney calls on Ombudsman to resign immediately
An Ulster Unionist Party member of the Policing Board has called for the immediate resignation of the Police Ombudsman following her public row with the Chief Constable over the handling of the Omagh ...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 5, 2002
NI biotechnology goes on show in Hong Kong
The first biotechnology trade mission from Northern Ireland to Hong Kong is underway. The group visiting the former British Colony includes representatives from university research centres and sever...
NI biotechnology goes on show in Hong Kong
The first biotechnology trade mission from Northern Ireland to Hong Kong is underway. The group visiting the former British Colony includes representatives from university research centres and sever...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 5, 2002
Health Minister criticised for investing in 'political extravagance'
The Minister in charge of the cash-strapped health service came under fire after admitting that her department has spent over £180,000 to translate documents over the past three years. Health Minist...
Health Minister criticised for investing in 'political extravagance'
The Minister in charge of the cash-strapped health service came under fire after admitting that her department has spent over £180,000 to translate documents over the past three years. Health Minist...
Business News, Feb 5, 2002
Dyson could relocate manufacturing outside UK
Dyson could be about to move its manufacturing operations to the Far East as higher costs and market forces take their toll on the top UK company. The firm, who introduced the innovative 'bagless' mo...
Dyson could relocate manufacturing outside UK
Dyson could be about to move its manufacturing operations to the Far East as higher costs and market forces take their toll on the top UK company. The firm, who introduced the innovative 'bagless' mo...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 5, 2002
SDLP leader highlights benefits of NI Policing Board
The SDLP leader Mark Durkan has briefed senior Irish American political leaders, businessmen and lawyers on how the SDLP is delivering the new beginning to policing. Speaking at an Irish American Ba...
SDLP leader highlights benefits of NI Policing Board
The SDLP leader Mark Durkan has briefed senior Irish American political leaders, businessmen and lawyers on how the SDLP is delivering the new beginning to policing. Speaking at an Irish American Ba...
Business News, Feb 5, 2002
Durkan tells Wall Street peace process is good for business
The Deputy First Minister and SDLP leader Mark Durkan has told a business delegation in America the peace process is paying handsome dividends for the local economy. Speaking to an audience of busin...
Durkan tells Wall Street peace process is good for business
The Deputy First Minister and SDLP leader Mark Durkan has told a business delegation in America the peace process is paying handsome dividends for the local economy. Speaking to an audience of busin...
Business News, Feb 5, 2002
America beckons Belfast’s youth this summer
American summer camp directors will be out in force to recruit young people at Belfast’s largest summer job fair, organized by Camp America this month. The annual Camp America fair takes place at Th...
America beckons Belfast’s youth this summer
American summer camp directors will be out in force to recruit young people at Belfast’s largest summer job fair, organized by Camp America this month. The annual Camp America fair takes place at Th...
Business News, Feb 5, 2002
Union leaders warn against mmO2 redundancies
Union leaders have warned that strike action will be inevitable if mobile phone group mmO2 pushes ahead with plans to lay off one fifth of its workforce. The company - formerly BT Wireless - was spun...
Union leaders warn against mmO2 redundancies
Union leaders have warned that strike action will be inevitable if mobile phone group mmO2 pushes ahead with plans to lay off one fifth of its workforce. The company - formerly BT Wireless - was spun...
Business News, Feb 4, 2002
Local high-tech companies visit Hong Kong
A number of Northern Ireland based companies are currently on a trade mission to Hong Kong. Thought to be the first trade mission of its type from Northern Ireland, the companies attending include th...
Local high-tech companies visit Hong Kong
A number of Northern Ireland based companies are currently on a trade mission to Hong Kong. Thought to be the first trade mission of its type from Northern Ireland, the companies attending include th...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 4, 2002
Trimble and Durkan pay respects to World Trade Centre victims
Mr Trimble and Mr Durkan have paid their respects to the victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks in New York during a wreath-laying ceremony at Ground Zero. The first and deputy first minister...
Trimble and Durkan pay respects to World Trade Centre victims
Mr Trimble and Mr Durkan have paid their respects to the victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks in New York during a wreath-laying ceremony at Ground Zero. The first and deputy first minister...
Business News, Feb 4, 2002
Report shows over 4 million UK employees work long hours
Despite a European working time directive, nearly four million people in the UK are working more than 48 hours a week, according to a new report. The Trades Union Congress (TUC) report - published on...
Report shows over 4 million UK employees work long hours
Despite a European working time directive, nearly four million people in the UK are working more than 48 hours a week, according to a new report. The Trades Union Congress (TUC) report - published on...
Business News, Feb 4, 2002
TriVirix takeover safeguards Fujitsu Springvale jobs
TriVirix International is to take over Fujitsu’s Springvale facility in Belfast, in a move which is set to safeguard over 50 jobs at the plant. Enterprise, Trade and Investment Minister, Sir Reg Emp...
TriVirix takeover safeguards Fujitsu Springvale jobs
TriVirix International is to take over Fujitsu’s Springvale facility in Belfast, in a move which is set to safeguard over 50 jobs at the plant. Enterprise, Trade and Investment Minister, Sir Reg Emp...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 4, 2002
Motorist accused of road rage stabbing freed on bail
A motorist accused of being involved in a stabbing incident in Londonderry has been released on bail. Gerald Cox, 52, from Barrs Lane, appeared before Londonderry Magistrate's court last week on char...
Motorist accused of road rage stabbing freed on bail
A motorist accused of being involved in a stabbing incident in Londonderry has been released on bail. Gerald Cox, 52, from Barrs Lane, appeared before Londonderry Magistrate's court last week on char...
Business News, Feb 4, 2002
Survey shows listeners are tuning in to Downtown Radio
Figures just released by Radio Joint Audience Research (Rajar) have shown over one hundred thousand more people are tuning in to Downtown Radio each week in comparison to the same period last year. T...
Survey shows listeners are tuning in to Downtown Radio
Figures just released by Radio Joint Audience Research (Rajar) have shown over one hundred thousand more people are tuning in to Downtown Radio each week in comparison to the same period last year. T...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 4, 2002
Postal deliveries disrupted following threat against worker
Postal deliveries were disrupted in Londonderry following a threat made against a Catholic postman who works in the Waterside area of the city. The warning was given during a phone call to the Samari...
Postal deliveries disrupted following threat against worker
Postal deliveries were disrupted in Londonderry following a threat made against a Catholic postman who works in the Waterside area of the city. The warning was given during a phone call to the Samari...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 4, 2002
Assembly chairman urges members to be more cautious
The Northern Ireland Assembly's speaker Lord Alderdice has called on members to be more careful in what they say in the Assembly chamber. The caution came during proceedings in the chamber after Sout...
Assembly chairman urges members to be more cautious
The Northern Ireland Assembly's speaker Lord Alderdice has called on members to be more careful in what they say in the Assembly chamber. The caution came during proceedings in the chamber after Sout...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 4, 2002
President of Ireland returns to her QUB roots
Queen's University received a visit from one its most famous daughters when President of Ireland Mary McAleese returned to her Alma Mater to open an extension to her former department – the Institute ...
President of Ireland returns to her QUB roots
Queen's University received a visit from one its most famous daughters when President of Ireland Mary McAleese returned to her Alma Mater to open an extension to her former department – the Institute ...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 4, 2002
Joined-up approach is key to improving local literacy levels
A report on literacy levels - highlighting problems faced by schools across Northern Ireland - has been published by the Belfast Education Library Board. The report "Literacy in a Learning City", lau...
Joined-up approach is key to improving local literacy levels
A report on literacy levels - highlighting problems faced by schools across Northern Ireland - has been published by the Belfast Education Library Board. The report "Literacy in a Learning City", lau...
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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.