Northern Ireland News for April 2002 : Page 11
Northern Ireland News, Apr 5, 2002
Irish Guards accompany Queen Mother’s funeral procession
Members of the Irish Guards accompanied the Queen Mother’s coffin from the Queen’s Chapel to Westminster Hall on Friday, as it made its way through London. The procession, which witnessed levels of p...
Irish Guards accompany Queen Mother’s funeral procession
Members of the Irish Guards accompanied the Queen Mother’s coffin from the Queen’s Chapel to Westminster Hall on Friday, as it made its way through London. The procession, which witnessed levels of p...
Business News, Apr 5, 2002
Prudential pay increase comes in for criticism
UK insurer Prudential has come under attack after it emerged that its board awarded itself a 44 per cent pay rise in 2001, while most of the company's staff got less than four per cent. According to ...
Prudential pay increase comes in for criticism
UK insurer Prudential has come under attack after it emerged that its board awarded itself a 44 per cent pay rise in 2001, while most of the company's staff got less than four per cent. According to ...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 5, 2002
Police Service of Northern Ireland trainees graduate in style
The first trainees from Northern Ireland’s new police force, recruited on a 50-50 Catholic-Protestant basis, have graduated at an historic ceremony in Belfast. The much talked-about event also showca...
Police Service of Northern Ireland trainees graduate in style
The first trainees from Northern Ireland’s new police force, recruited on a 50-50 Catholic-Protestant basis, have graduated at an historic ceremony in Belfast. The much talked-about event also showca...
Business News, Apr 5, 2002
Parthus merge with American chipmaker DSP
Irish hi-tech sector company Parthus Technologies is to merge with the licensing division of the American-Israeli computer chipmaker DSP. The move will see the creation of a new company named Parthus...
Parthus merge with American chipmaker DSP
Irish hi-tech sector company Parthus Technologies is to merge with the licensing division of the American-Israeli computer chipmaker DSP. The move will see the creation of a new company named Parthus...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 5, 2002
82-year-old pensioner escapes pipe bomb attack
An 82-year-old man has escaped injury after a pipe bomb was thrown at houses in County Antrim. The incident happened in the Serpentine Road area of north Belfast around quarter past midnight on Frida...
82-year-old pensioner escapes pipe bomb attack
An 82-year-old man has escaped injury after a pipe bomb was thrown at houses in County Antrim. The incident happened in the Serpentine Road area of north Belfast around quarter past midnight on Frida...
Business News, Apr 5, 2002
InterTradeIreland announces more graduate opportunities
InterTradeIreland, the cross-border trade and business development body, has revealed an expansion in the number of places for its Fusion initiative, with a total of 40 spaces now being set aside for ...
InterTradeIreland announces more graduate opportunities
InterTradeIreland, the cross-border trade and business development body, has revealed an expansion in the number of places for its Fusion initiative, with a total of 40 spaces now being set aside for ...
Business News, Apr 5, 2002
KirchGruppe on verge of insolvency
KirchGruppe, the German media group owned by Leo Kirch, was on the brink of insolvency on Friday April 5 as rescue talks in Los Angeles and Munich failed to produce an escape route for the debt-laden ...
KirchGruppe on verge of insolvency
KirchGruppe, the German media group owned by Leo Kirch, was on the brink of insolvency on Friday April 5 as rescue talks in Los Angeles and Munich failed to produce an escape route for the debt-laden ...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 5, 2002
Farming food goes weekly at St. George's Market
Belfast's award-winning Farm and Speciality Food Market goes from strength to strength, with the introduction of weekly trading at St. George's Market from Saturday April 6. To celebrate the move to ...
Farming food goes weekly at St. George's Market
Belfast's award-winning Farm and Speciality Food Market goes from strength to strength, with the introduction of weekly trading at St. George's Market from Saturday April 6. To celebrate the move to ...
Business News, Apr 5, 2002
Twenty five jobs to go at County Donegal firm
The County Donegal plant of Ruibar Motair Teo (RMT) is set to axe 25 jobs following a slowdown in business. The German-owned RMT plant in Derrybeg, which manufactures rubber car components for the Eu...
Twenty five jobs to go at County Donegal firm
The County Donegal plant of Ruibar Motair Teo (RMT) is set to axe 25 jobs following a slowdown in business. The German-owned RMT plant in Derrybeg, which manufactures rubber car components for the Eu...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 5, 2002
Police investigating Castlereagh break-in release trio
Three people arrested on Thursday in connection with an investigation into a security breach at Belfast’s main police headquarters have been released without charge. The arrests had been made in Lond...
Police investigating Castlereagh break-in release trio
Three people arrested on Thursday in connection with an investigation into a security breach at Belfast’s main police headquarters have been released without charge. The arrests had been made in Lond...
Business News, Apr 5, 2002
BT openworld reveal new broadband initiatives
BTopenworld has launched a new package to help SMEs make the most of the Internet as a business medium. Each "Internet Business Pack" from the company includes a variety of tools to enable businesse...
BT openworld reveal new broadband initiatives
BTopenworld has launched a new package to help SMEs make the most of the Internet as a business medium. Each "Internet Business Pack" from the company includes a variety of tools to enable businesse...
Business News, Apr 5, 2002
BA reveals a dip in passenger traffic
British Airways has revealed a dip in passenger traffic for March with traffic volumes down 3.2 per cent on a year earlier. While this compares with a 2.5 per cent slide in February, the airline has ...
BA reveals a dip in passenger traffic
British Airways has revealed a dip in passenger traffic for March with traffic volumes down 3.2 per cent on a year earlier. While this compares with a 2.5 per cent slide in February, the airline has ...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 5, 2002
Minister praises strong links between local authorities
Minister of the Environment, Dermot Nesbitt has encouraged a continuing good working relationship between the Republic’s Local Authorities Members Association (LAMA) and Northern Ireland’s National As...
Minister praises strong links between local authorities
Minister of the Environment, Dermot Nesbitt has encouraged a continuing good working relationship between the Republic’s Local Authorities Members Association (LAMA) and Northern Ireland’s National As...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 4, 2002
Postal protest highlights Sellafield concerns
The wife of Irish rock star Bono has launched another campaign to close the Sellafield nuclear power plant. One million postcards, demanding the closure of Sellafield, look set to land on the British...
Postal protest highlights Sellafield concerns
The wife of Irish rock star Bono has launched another campaign to close the Sellafield nuclear power plant. One million postcards, demanding the closure of Sellafield, look set to land on the British...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 4, 2002
Girl struck by scooter remains in stable condition
An 11-year old girl remains in a stable condition in hospital after being injured in a hit-and-run accident in Lisburn, County Antrim. Deborah Griffith was struck by a motorised scooter on Wednesday ...
Girl struck by scooter remains in stable condition
An 11-year old girl remains in a stable condition in hospital after being injured in a hit-and-run accident in Lisburn, County Antrim. Deborah Griffith was struck by a motorised scooter on Wednesday ...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 4, 2002
Police blame paramilitaries for north Belfast violence
Loyalist paramilitaries are being blamed by police for orchestrating a night of violence against the security forces in north Belfast. The Assistant Chief Constable Alan McQuillan said the Ulster Def...
Police blame paramilitaries for north Belfast violence
Loyalist paramilitaries are being blamed by police for orchestrating a night of violence against the security forces in north Belfast. The Assistant Chief Constable Alan McQuillan said the Ulster Def...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 4, 2002
Minister launches Modern Apprentices Award Scheme
This year's Modern Apprenticeship of the Year competition has been officially launched by Minister for Employment and Learning, Mrs Carmel Hanna, and Bill Brown, Chairman of the Northern Ireland Train...
Minister launches Modern Apprentices Award Scheme
This year's Modern Apprenticeship of the Year competition has been officially launched by Minister for Employment and Learning, Mrs Carmel Hanna, and Bill Brown, Chairman of the Northern Ireland Train...
Business News, Apr 4, 2002
Reforms could weaken housing safety net
The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) have warned that government reforms have weakened the safety net for home-owners. According to the first comprehensive study of the implications of the 1995 bene...
Reforms could weaken housing safety net
The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) have warned that government reforms have weakened the safety net for home-owners. According to the first comprehensive study of the implications of the 1995 bene...
Business News, Apr 4, 2002
League to talk with ITV Digital administrators
ITV Digital's administrators Deloitte & Touche have called for a meeting with league chiefs after the Nationwide League's chairman said that he was "committed to entering positive discussions". Chair...
League to talk with ITV Digital administrators
ITV Digital's administrators Deloitte & Touche have called for a meeting with league chiefs after the Nationwide League's chairman said that he was "committed to entering positive discussions". Chair...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 4, 2002
Jobs loss shock at Inner City Trust
Derry has received some bad news with the announcement of the loss of 40 jobs at the Inner City Trust. Founded to promote the relief of poverty and the advancement of education, in particular for you...
Jobs loss shock at Inner City Trust
Derry has received some bad news with the announcement of the loss of 40 jobs at the Inner City Trust. Founded to promote the relief of poverty and the advancement of education, in particular for you...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 4, 2002
Lord Mayor meets to resolve H&W crisis
The Lord Mayor of Belfast, Jim Rodgers, has met with the Minister for Regional Development Peter Robinson to discuss the future of troubled shipyard Harland and Wolff. At the end of March Harland and...
Lord Mayor meets to resolve H&W crisis
The Lord Mayor of Belfast, Jim Rodgers, has met with the Minister for Regional Development Peter Robinson to discuss the future of troubled shipyard Harland and Wolff. At the end of March Harland and...
Business News, Apr 4, 2002
Interest rates remain unchanged at 4 per cent
The Bank of England have announced that UK interest rates will remain unchanged at a 38-year low of four per cent following the monthly meeting of the bank's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). The new...
Interest rates remain unchanged at 4 per cent
The Bank of England have announced that UK interest rates will remain unchanged at a 38-year low of four per cent following the monthly meeting of the bank's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). The new...
Business News, Apr 4, 2002
Local businesses alerted to TV licence fine
Northern Ireland's small businesses could be risking a visit from TV Licensing's new Business Task Force and a fine of up to £1,000 when they tune in to watch the Chancellor's Budget Speech on 17 Apri...
Local businesses alerted to TV licence fine
Northern Ireland's small businesses could be risking a visit from TV Licensing's new Business Task Force and a fine of up to £1,000 when they tune in to watch the Chancellor's Budget Speech on 17 Apri...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 4, 2002
Am-Beo invests €3 million in research facility
Am-Beo, the Galway-based provider of rating and revenue chain management software for the telecommunications sector, is to invest €3 million in its research facility in the region, with the aim of emp...
Am-Beo invests €3 million in research facility
Am-Beo, the Galway-based provider of rating and revenue chain management software for the telecommunications sector, is to invest €3 million in its research facility in the region, with the aim of emp...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 4, 2002
McGuinness highlights benefits of north-south co-operation
Stormont Education Minister Martin McGuinness has highlighted the success of North-South co-operation in his address to the conference of the Teachers’ Union of Ireland in Cork. Addressing the annual...
McGuinness highlights benefits of north-south co-operation
Stormont Education Minister Martin McGuinness has highlighted the success of North-South co-operation in his address to the conference of the Teachers’ Union of Ireland in Cork. Addressing the annual...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 4, 2002
Detectives arrest three over Castlereagh break-in
Detectives have made three arrests in connection with an ongoing investigation into a security breach at Belfast's main police headquarters. Two men were arrested in Derry and one in Belfast on Thurs...
Detectives arrest three over Castlereagh break-in
Detectives have made three arrests in connection with an ongoing investigation into a security breach at Belfast's main police headquarters. Two men were arrested in Derry and one in Belfast on Thurs...
Business News, Apr 4, 2002
Mobile boost for building trade website
A new website which aims to be the most comprehensive online information and business-building service available to tradesmen can now offer an innovative weather service from the Met Office. Build2Pr...
Mobile boost for building trade website
A new website which aims to be the most comprehensive online information and business-building service available to tradesmen can now offer an innovative weather service from the Met Office. Build2Pr...
Business News, Apr 4, 2002
Solar energy receives development boost
New measures designed to boost the development of the UK photovoltaic industry have been revealed by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt. The Minister, who was speak...
Solar energy receives development boost
New measures designed to boost the development of the UK photovoltaic industry have been revealed by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt. The Minister, who was speak...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 4, 2002
Northern Ireland’s political leaders pay tribute to Queen Mother
Tributes have been paid to the Queen Mother at the Northern Ireland Assembly, which was recalled from their Easter recess as a mark of respect. The speaker, Lord Alderdice, opened the session and cal...
Northern Ireland’s political leaders pay tribute to Queen Mother
Tributes have been paid to the Queen Mother at the Northern Ireland Assembly, which was recalled from their Easter recess as a mark of respect. The speaker, Lord Alderdice, opened the session and cal...
Business News, Apr 3, 2002
German firm to create 50 new jobs for Waterford
Up to 50 new jobs are to be created in Waterford over the next four years following a €10 million investment by German firm, Guehring oHG Albstadt. A world leader in coating technology for metal cutt...
German firm to create 50 new jobs for Waterford
Up to 50 new jobs are to be created in Waterford over the next four years following a €10 million investment by German firm, Guehring oHG Albstadt. A world leader in coating technology for metal cutt...
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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.