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Northern Ireland News for February 2002 : Page 4
Northern Ireland News, Feb 21, 2002
Korean firm makes £2.8m investment in Downpatrick
South Korean company, Advanced Digital Technology (ADT) is to manufacture digital set top boxes (STB) in Downpatrick. The £2.8 million investment, which is expected to provide 70 new jobs over the ne...
Korean firm makes £2.8m investment in Downpatrick
South Korean company, Advanced Digital Technology (ADT) is to manufacture digital set top boxes (STB) in Downpatrick. The £2.8 million investment, which is expected to provide 70 new jobs over the ne...
Business News, Feb 21, 2002
German news agency to establish English service in Cork
Mary Harney, Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment has announced that Deutsche Presse-Agentur Gmbh (dpa), Germany's leading news agency, is to create 20 new high quality jobs in C...
German news agency to establish English service in Cork
Mary Harney, Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment has announced that Deutsche Presse-Agentur Gmbh (dpa), Germany's leading news agency, is to create 20 new high quality jobs in C...
Business News, Feb 21, 2002
CIPD conference to reveal workers opinions on training
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) annual Learning, Training and Development Conference and Exhibition is set to take place on the 16-18 April in London's Olympia Conference C...
CIPD conference to reveal workers opinions on training
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) annual Learning, Training and Development Conference and Exhibition is set to take place on the 16-18 April in London's Olympia Conference C...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 21, 2002
Police fire shots during foiled bank robbery
A robbery of cash being delivered by security guards to the Ulster Bank in Castlewellan, County Down, has been foiled by police officers. It is understood no one was injured in the incident, during w...
Police fire shots during foiled bank robbery
A robbery of cash being delivered by security guards to the Ulster Bank in Castlewellan, County Down, has been foiled by police officers. It is understood no one was injured in the incident, during w...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 21, 2002
Cross-border search for missing boy intensifies
The search for missing Castlederg schoolboy Brendan Rushe (15), who disappeared after visiting a nightclub in Donegal town, has been intensified, with two companies of British soldiers and hundreds of...
Cross-border search for missing boy intensifies
The search for missing Castlederg schoolboy Brendan Rushe (15), who disappeared after visiting a nightclub in Donegal town, has been intensified, with two companies of British soldiers and hundreds of...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 21, 2002
New £15m B&Q superstore to create 100 new jobs
Around 100 new jobs are to be created in Ballymena following news of a new £15 million B&Q superstore in the town. The new 60,000 sq ft store, which will replace the existing store, is part of the ne...
New £15m B&Q superstore to create 100 new jobs
Around 100 new jobs are to be created in Ballymena following news of a new £15 million B&Q superstore in the town. The new 60,000 sq ft store, which will replace the existing store, is part of the ne...
Business News, Feb 21, 2002
Abbey National report fall in pre-tax profits for 2001
In line with analysts' expectations Abbey National has reported a two per cent fall in pre-tax profits to £1.94 billion for 2001. The company's profits were hit by a £256 million write-off in its bus...
Abbey National report fall in pre-tax profits for 2001
In line with analysts' expectations Abbey National has reported a two per cent fall in pre-tax profits to £1.94 billion for 2001. The company's profits were hit by a £256 million write-off in its bus...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 20, 2002
Arts Council grant £5.7 million in core funding
The Arts Council has awarded grants totalling more £5.7 million to 113 arts organisations throughout Northern Ireland. This year, projects received £80,000 more than in 2001 in spite of the total ann...
Arts Council grant £5.7 million in core funding
The Arts Council has awarded grants totalling more £5.7 million to 113 arts organisations throughout Northern Ireland. This year, projects received £80,000 more than in 2001 in spite of the total ann...
Business News, Feb 20, 2002
Belfast conference showcase held in London's Café Royal
More than 100 conference and event planners have attended a showcase event designed to attract more business to Belfast staged in the heart of London's business quarter. The event organised by the Be...
Belfast conference showcase held in London's Café Royal
More than 100 conference and event planners have attended a showcase event designed to attract more business to Belfast staged in the heart of London's business quarter. The event organised by the Be...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 20, 2002
Crowd clashes with police outside Cookstown courthouse
There was trouble outside at a County Tyrone courthouse as four men accused of possession of a rocket launcher arrived at court. Police in riot gear clashed with up to 50 friends and relatives of the...
Crowd clashes with police outside Cookstown courthouse
There was trouble outside at a County Tyrone courthouse as four men accused of possession of a rocket launcher arrived at court. Police in riot gear clashed with up to 50 friends and relatives of the...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 20, 2002
Students bring debt and poverty protest to Stormont's gates
Students from across Northern Ireland braved the elements at Stormont's parliamentary hillcrest in order to display their protest against increasing student debt and poverty. Hundreds of students too...
Students bring debt and poverty protest to Stormont's gates
Students from across Northern Ireland braved the elements at Stormont's parliamentary hillcrest in order to display their protest against increasing student debt and poverty. Hundreds of students too...
Business News, Feb 20, 2002
US slump hurts Smurfit group profits
Irish packaging company Jefferson Smurfit has blamed the worst market conditions in the United States since the mid-seventies for a 26 per cent slump in annual profits. The group, which employs 3,000...
US slump hurts Smurfit group profits
Irish packaging company Jefferson Smurfit has blamed the worst market conditions in the United States since the mid-seventies for a 26 per cent slump in annual profits. The group, which employs 3,000...
Business News, Feb 20, 2002
Minister launches Skillbuild Northern Ireland 2002
Minister for Employment and Learning, Carmel Hanna, was guest speaker on Wednesday February 20 at the launch of the Skillbuild NI 2002 Competition in Omagh. Paying tribute to those involved in organi...
Minister launches Skillbuild Northern Ireland 2002
Minister for Employment and Learning, Carmel Hanna, was guest speaker on Wednesday February 20 at the launch of the Skillbuild NI 2002 Competition in Omagh. Paying tribute to those involved in organi...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 20, 2002
Road accident leaves one man dead and two injured
An accident on the Portaferry Road near Newtownards has left a 20-year old man dead and two others in hospital. One of the injured has been taken into intensive care at the Royal Victoria Hospital in...
Road accident leaves one man dead and two injured
An accident on the Portaferry Road near Newtownards has left a 20-year old man dead and two others in hospital. One of the injured has been taken into intensive care at the Royal Victoria Hospital in...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 20, 2002
PSNI and Garda present New York disaster fund cheque
PSNI Chief Constable Sir Ronnie Flanagan and his southern Irish counterpart Garda Commissioner Pat Byrne presented the US government with a $232,000 (£162,375) cheque to the New York disaster fund. ...
PSNI and Garda present New York disaster fund cheque
PSNI Chief Constable Sir Ronnie Flanagan and his southern Irish counterpart Garda Commissioner Pat Byrne presented the US government with a $232,000 (£162,375) cheque to the New York disaster fund. ...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 20, 2002
Geldof rallies support for Omagh fundraising campaign
Celebrities and politicians have come together to raise public awareness about a fundraising campaign by relatives of the Omagh bomb victims for civil action against those they claim were behind the a...
Geldof rallies support for Omagh fundraising campaign
Celebrities and politicians have come together to raise public awareness about a fundraising campaign by relatives of the Omagh bomb victims for civil action against those they claim were behind the a...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 20, 2002
Fears for missing boy grow as shoes are found
The family of missing Castlederg teenager Brendan Rushe have identified as his a pair of shoes found by the roadside five miles outside Donegal town. The 15-year-old Tyrone schoolboy has not been see...
Fears for missing boy grow as shoes are found
The family of missing Castlederg teenager Brendan Rushe have identified as his a pair of shoes found by the roadside five miles outside Donegal town. The 15-year-old Tyrone schoolboy has not been see...
Business News, Feb 20, 2002
Food and drink extravaganza to set new standards
IFEX 2002, Ireland's sixth international food, drink and catering exhibition, to be held from April 23 - 25, will present the first opportunity since the foot and mouth epidemic for Irish producers an...
Food and drink extravaganza to set new standards
IFEX 2002, Ireland's sixth international food, drink and catering exhibition, to be held from April 23 - 25, will present the first opportunity since the foot and mouth epidemic for Irish producers an...
Business News, Feb 20, 2002
NI house prices still rising
A report by the University of Ulster has revealed that house prices in Northern Ireland are still rising, but the recent boom in the property market has slowed down. The Northern Bank sponsored surve...
NI house prices still rising
A report by the University of Ulster has revealed that house prices in Northern Ireland are still rising, but the recent boom in the property market has slowed down. The Northern Bank sponsored surve...
Business News, Feb 20, 2002
Party ends at Ford's Dagenham plant
Ford's biggest UK car plant at Dagenham produced their final Fiestas on Wednesday February 20, ending over 70 years of car making at the Essex factory. Under plans first unveiled in May 2000, the fac...
Party ends at Ford's Dagenham plant
Ford's biggest UK car plant at Dagenham produced their final Fiestas on Wednesday February 20, ending over 70 years of car making at the Essex factory. Under plans first unveiled in May 2000, the fac...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 20, 2002
EasyJet set to introduce free Belfast-Scotland flights
Low-cost airline EasyJet is set to introduce the world's first no-fare flights between Northern Ireland and Scotland. Tens of thousands of passengers flying between Northern Ireland and Edinburgh and...
EasyJet set to introduce free Belfast-Scotland flights
Low-cost airline EasyJet is set to introduce the world's first no-fare flights between Northern Ireland and Scotland. Tens of thousands of passengers flying between Northern Ireland and Edinburgh and...
Business News, Feb 20, 2002
CIPD warns businesses to 'think again' on pensions
Abolishing final salary pension schemes for employees who are already building up entitlements under them could seriously damage the ‘psychological contract’ between employers and workers. This is ac...
CIPD warns businesses to 'think again' on pensions
Abolishing final salary pension schemes for employees who are already building up entitlements under them could seriously damage the ‘psychological contract’ between employers and workers. This is ac...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 20, 2002
NI child care provision receives £1m boost
Grants totalling almost £1 million are to provide more than 1,500 childcare places in Northern Ireland. The lottery's New Opportunities Fund (NOF) has allocated the money to 21 innovative projects ac...
NI child care provision receives £1m boost
Grants totalling almost £1 million are to provide more than 1,500 childcare places in Northern Ireland. The lottery's New Opportunities Fund (NOF) has allocated the money to 21 innovative projects ac...
Business News, Feb 20, 2002
Alleged AIB fraud started as far back as 1997
Allied Irish Banks (AIB) has revealed that the alleged fraud discovered earlier this month at its US subsidiary had been going on as far back as 1997. The news came as the bank reported its results f...
Alleged AIB fraud started as far back as 1997
Allied Irish Banks (AIB) has revealed that the alleged fraud discovered earlier this month at its US subsidiary had been going on as far back as 1997. The news came as the bank reported its results f...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 20, 2002
Adams and Ahern discuss Northern policing
The thorny issue of policing dominated talks between Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams and Irish Taoiseach Bertie Ahern in Dublin. The two men met in Dublin on Wednesday February 20 to discuss policing...
Adams and Ahern discuss Northern policing
The thorny issue of policing dominated talks between Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams and Irish Taoiseach Bertie Ahern in Dublin. The two men met in Dublin on Wednesday February 20 to discuss policing...
Business News, Feb 19, 2002
BA to cut back Glasgow-Derry service
British Airways franchise operator, Loganair has informed the City of Derry Airport that it will be reducing the frequency of service between Derry and Glasgow later this month. The airline's current...
BA to cut back Glasgow-Derry service
British Airways franchise operator, Loganair has informed the City of Derry Airport that it will be reducing the frequency of service between Derry and Glasgow later this month. The airline's current...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 19, 2002
High Court permits screens for police witnesses at Saville Inquiry
The High Court has dismissed a legal bid challenging the decision to allow screens to be used to conceal the identity of police witnesses at the Bloody Sunday Inquiry. The families of those killed ob...
High Court permits screens for police witnesses at Saville Inquiry
The High Court has dismissed a legal bid challenging the decision to allow screens to be used to conceal the identity of police witnesses at the Bloody Sunday Inquiry. The families of those killed ob...
Business News, Feb 19, 2002
Balmoral Show expect good NI representation
Companies from Antrim and Down will be well represented as businesses from across Northern Ireland register as exhibitors at this year’s Balmoral Show set to take place between May 15 –17. Although c...
Balmoral Show expect good NI representation
Companies from Antrim and Down will be well represented as businesses from across Northern Ireland register as exhibitors at this year’s Balmoral Show set to take place between May 15 –17. Although c...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 19, 2002
Sir Ronnie Flanagan appointed Inspector of Constabulary
Sir Ronnie Flanagan will vacate the Chief Constable's hot seat in favour of taking up a new post with Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary. As Inspector of Constabulary, Sir Ronnie will now ins...
Sir Ronnie Flanagan appointed Inspector of Constabulary
Sir Ronnie Flanagan will vacate the Chief Constable's hot seat in favour of taking up a new post with Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary. As Inspector of Constabulary, Sir Ronnie will now ins...
Business News, Feb 19, 2002
Empey keys in to telecommunications
Sir Reg Empey, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment, has told the Northern Ireland Assembly that telecommunications is a "key infrastructure matter" that is central to the economic developmen...
Empey keys in to telecommunications
Sir Reg Empey, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment, has told the Northern Ireland Assembly that telecommunications is a "key infrastructure matter" that is central to the economic developmen...
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