Northern Ireland News for April 2002 : Page 6
Northern Ireland News, Apr 18, 2002
Fuel smuggling targeted in UK Chancellor's Budget
UK Chancellor Gordon Brown has targeted fuel smuggling with new budget measures aimed at reducing the illegal cross-border trade. The measures include tighter controls over fuel destined for agricult...
Fuel smuggling targeted in UK Chancellor's Budget
UK Chancellor Gordon Brown has targeted fuel smuggling with new budget measures aimed at reducing the illegal cross-border trade. The measures include tighter controls over fuel destined for agricult...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 18, 2002
Minister announces £1.7m in grants to improve community health
Local community projects from disadvantaged areas have received a welcome cash boost this week due to a new Northern Ireland Executive public health strategy. In all 26 grant awards under the ‘Invest...
Minister announces £1.7m in grants to improve community health
Local community projects from disadvantaged areas have received a welcome cash boost this week due to a new Northern Ireland Executive public health strategy. In all 26 grant awards under the ‘Invest...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 18, 2002
Role of churches in local communities praised
“Churches have much more to offer people beyond the traditional rites of birth, marriage and death,” the Secretary of the Department for Social Development (DSD), John Hunter, has said. Mr Hunter was...
Role of churches in local communities praised
“Churches have much more to offer people beyond the traditional rites of birth, marriage and death,” the Secretary of the Department for Social Development (DSD), John Hunter, has said. Mr Hunter was...
Business News, Apr 18, 2002
FSB say Budget will disappoint self-employed
Britain's three million self-employed will be disappointed that Gordon Brown has failed to fulfil his pledge to encourage enterprise in today's budget, according to the Federation of Small Businesses ...
FSB say Budget will disappoint self-employed
Britain's three million self-employed will be disappointed that Gordon Brown has failed to fulfil his pledge to encourage enterprise in today's budget, according to the Federation of Small Businesses ...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 18, 2002
Secretary of State hails Budget as good news for NI
Secretary of State, Dr John Reid, has hailed the Chancellor’s budget as good news for Northern Ireland. The Government has pledged nearly £2.7 billion extra funding available for health services in N...
Secretary of State hails Budget as good news for NI
Secretary of State, Dr John Reid, has hailed the Chancellor’s budget as good news for Northern Ireland. The Government has pledged nearly £2.7 billion extra funding available for health services in N...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 18, 2002
NI Health Service remains underfunded compared to UK
Northern Ireland’s Health Minister Bairbre de Brún has given Gordon Brown’s 2002 Budget a cautious welcome, but stressed an extra £300 million is needed next year if the department is to tackle the cr...
NI Health Service remains underfunded compared to UK
Northern Ireland’s Health Minister Bairbre de Brún has given Gordon Brown’s 2002 Budget a cautious welcome, but stressed an extra £300 million is needed next year if the department is to tackle the cr...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 17, 2002
Mother of Peter McBride has case rejected in High Court
An application for a judicial review of the decision to let two Scots Guards convicted of murdering a Belfast teenager remain the army has failed in the High Court. High Court judge Mr Justice Kerr r...
Mother of Peter McBride has case rejected in High Court
An application for a judicial review of the decision to let two Scots Guards convicted of murdering a Belfast teenager remain the army has failed in the High Court. High Court judge Mr Justice Kerr r...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 17, 2002
Agreement survives but unionists have "deep reservations"
Amid a broadly encouraging speech, Northern Ireland First Minister David Trimble has told the IoD annual dinner in London that many unionists had "deep reservations" on how the Agreement was being imp...
Agreement survives but unionists have "deep reservations"
Amid a broadly encouraging speech, Northern Ireland First Minister David Trimble has told the IoD annual dinner in London that many unionists had "deep reservations" on how the Agreement was being imp...
Business News, Apr 17, 2002
Northern Ireland’s travellers courted by flight companies
British flight companies are courting Northern Ireland travellers with lower and cheaper deals than ever before. Bmi British Midland have announced that they are introducing return fares from both of...
Northern Ireland’s travellers courted by flight companies
British flight companies are courting Northern Ireland travellers with lower and cheaper deals than ever before. Bmi British Midland have announced that they are introducing return fares from both of...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 17, 2002
Combined strategy launched to improve pedestrian safety
The Minister for the Environment Dermot Nesbitt has revealed plans for a new North and South road safety campaign aimed at improving pedestrian safety throughout the island of Ireland. The Department...
Combined strategy launched to improve pedestrian safety
The Minister for the Environment Dermot Nesbitt has revealed plans for a new North and South road safety campaign aimed at improving pedestrian safety throughout the island of Ireland. The Department...
Business News, Apr 17, 2002
Multi-million pound contract for Belfast packaging firm
Belfast based packaging firm MSO Cleland has announced a multi-million pound contract to supply packaging to American giant lingerie retailer Victoria’s Secret. The announcement was made during a vis...
Multi-million pound contract for Belfast packaging firm
Belfast based packaging firm MSO Cleland has announced a multi-million pound contract to supply packaging to American giant lingerie retailer Victoria’s Secret. The announcement was made during a vis...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 17, 2002
Early Budget focuses on small business
Chancellor Gordon Brown has announced a number of measures in this year's budget that aims to aid UK SMEs. The Chancellor immediately cut small companies tax 19p from 20p while also abolishing both a...
Early Budget focuses on small business
Chancellor Gordon Brown has announced a number of measures in this year's budget that aims to aid UK SMEs. The Chancellor immediately cut small companies tax 19p from 20p while also abolishing both a...
Business News, Apr 17, 2002
Derry Airport secures deal with Swiss tour operator
The City of Derry Airport has announced they have secured the continuing business of Swiss tour operator, IT Ireland Tours. The Zurich-based tour operator, IT Ireland Tours, had previously operated a...
Derry Airport secures deal with Swiss tour operator
The City of Derry Airport has announced they have secured the continuing business of Swiss tour operator, IT Ireland Tours. The Zurich-based tour operator, IT Ireland Tours, had previously operated a...
Business News, Apr 17, 2002
WH Smith half-year profits fall
High Street chain WH Smith has revealed a drop in its half-year profits by more than a third to £63 million. While trading had been good over the last six months, in the United States the effects of ...
WH Smith half-year profits fall
High Street chain WH Smith has revealed a drop in its half-year profits by more than a third to £63 million. While trading had been good over the last six months, in the United States the effects of ...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 17, 2002
NI unemployment figures show slight improvement
Unemployment figures published on Wednesday April 17, for the period December 2001 – February 2002, have fallen slightly to 46,000, compared with 47,000 for the previous quarter, September to November...
NI unemployment figures show slight improvement
Unemployment figures published on Wednesday April 17, for the period December 2001 – February 2002, have fallen slightly to 46,000, compared with 47,000 for the previous quarter, September to November...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 17, 2002
Financial and legal professions to help tackle organised crime
Security Minister and Chair of the Organised Crime Task Force, Jane Kennedy has discussed ways to tackle the profits of organised crime with key representatives from financial, legal and accountancy p...
Financial and legal professions to help tackle organised crime
Security Minister and Chair of the Organised Crime Task Force, Jane Kennedy has discussed ways to tackle the profits of organised crime with key representatives from financial, legal and accountancy p...
Business News, Apr 17, 2002
Economy has made impressive improvements says Trimble
Northern Ireland First Minister David Trimble has delivered the Annual Lecture to the Institute of Directors in London. Reviewing the prospects for the local economy in the province Mr Trimble delive...
Economy has made impressive improvements says Trimble
Northern Ireland First Minister David Trimble has delivered the Annual Lecture to the Institute of Directors in London. Reviewing the prospects for the local economy in the province Mr Trimble delive...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 17, 2002
PSNI training centre attack condemned as “despicable”
There has been widespread condemnation of an attack, thought to be the work of dissident republicans, on a police training centre in Belfast. A police patrol was investigating reports of suspicious a...
PSNI training centre attack condemned as “despicable”
There has been widespread condemnation of an attack, thought to be the work of dissident republicans, on a police training centre in Belfast. A police patrol was investigating reports of suspicious a...
Business News, Apr 17, 2002
E-businesses crucial to growth of local economy
Helping small companies get connected to the Internet and developing e-business capability is of vital importance to the local economy, the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment, Sir Reg Empey...
E-businesses crucial to growth of local economy
Helping small companies get connected to the Internet and developing e-business capability is of vital importance to the local economy, the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment, Sir Reg Empey...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 17, 2002
Hanna launches new drive to tackle adult literacy
The Stormont Minister for Employment and Learning, Carmel Hanna has launched a major strategy to mark a new radical approach to improving adult literacy. The strategy entitled ‘Essential Skills For L...
Hanna launches new drive to tackle adult literacy
The Stormont Minister for Employment and Learning, Carmel Hanna has launched a major strategy to mark a new radical approach to improving adult literacy. The strategy entitled ‘Essential Skills For L...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 17, 2002
Belfast company fined for unsafe asbestos removal
Belfast-based Brookfield Business Centre Ltd has been fined £3,000 and required to pay £722 costs at Belfast Magistrates Court following a prosecution taken by Belfast City Council health and safety o...
Belfast company fined for unsafe asbestos removal
Belfast-based Brookfield Business Centre Ltd has been fined £3,000 and required to pay £722 costs at Belfast Magistrates Court following a prosecution taken by Belfast City Council health and safety o...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 17, 2002
Catholic Bishops declare opposition to academic selection
The Stormont Education Minister Martin McGuinness has welcomed the Northern Catholic Bishops’ statement on the future process of academic selection. The Northern Bishops said in a statement on Tuesda...
Catholic Bishops declare opposition to academic selection
The Stormont Education Minister Martin McGuinness has welcomed the Northern Catholic Bishops’ statement on the future process of academic selection. The Northern Bishops said in a statement on Tuesda...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 16, 2002
Irish student raped on Belfast field trip
The young woman seriously sexually assaulted in Belfast at the weekend was a student from the Republic of Ireland. Police said the young woman was the victim of a very serious rape. The girl had tra...
Irish student raped on Belfast field trip
The young woman seriously sexually assaulted in Belfast at the weekend was a student from the Republic of Ireland. Police said the young woman was the victim of a very serious rape. The girl had tra...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 16, 2002
Local groups take planning concerns to Stormont
Fifty "ordinary but deeply concerned" people representing local groups from all along Northern Ireland’s coast line have met assembly members and Planning Service officials at Stormont to press for ur...
Local groups take planning concerns to Stormont
Fifty "ordinary but deeply concerned" people representing local groups from all along Northern Ireland’s coast line have met assembly members and Planning Service officials at Stormont to press for ur...
Business News, Apr 16, 2002
Open + Direct enters insurance market
A new name in insurance has appeared on high streets in Northern Ireland this week following a re-branding campaign by one of Northern Ireland's leading insurance providers. Open + Direct Insurance i...
Open + Direct enters insurance market
A new name in insurance has appeared on high streets in Northern Ireland this week following a re-branding campaign by one of Northern Ireland's leading insurance providers. Open + Direct Insurance i...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 16, 2002
One 2 One appoints new NI Distributor
Leading mobile phone operator, One 2 One has announced the appointment of Netcom Communications as one of its key distributors in Northern Ireland. One 2 One launched its service in Northern Ireland ...
One 2 One appoints new NI Distributor
Leading mobile phone operator, One 2 One has announced the appointment of Netcom Communications as one of its key distributors in Northern Ireland. One 2 One launched its service in Northern Ireland ...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 16, 2002
David Trimble in talks with Loyalist Commission
The Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble has told a delegation of loyalist paramilitary groups to fully consider their current position on decommissioning. Mr Trimble’s comments come after a secret h...
David Trimble in talks with Loyalist Commission
The Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble has told a delegation of loyalist paramilitary groups to fully consider their current position on decommissioning. Mr Trimble’s comments come after a secret h...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 16, 2002
Economic change brings challenges for province
Sir Reg Empey, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment, has addressed the Belfast East Rotary Club on the economic challenges facing the province. Explaining how his Department has been realign...
Economic change brings challenges for province
Sir Reg Empey, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment, has addressed the Belfast East Rotary Club on the economic challenges facing the province. Explaining how his Department has been realign...
Business News, Apr 16, 2002
Book aims to help managers motivate the workforce
An ambitious reference book designed to give managers practical help with every aspect of motivation, has been published by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). The Motivation...
Book aims to help managers motivate the workforce
An ambitious reference book designed to give managers practical help with every aspect of motivation, has been published by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). The Motivation...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 16, 2002
Ambulances raided for drugs in overnight vandal attack
Dangerous drugs have been stolen from four ambulances which were vandalised and knocked out of action following an overnight robbery. The vehicles were parked at the Lagan Valley Hospital in Lisburn ...
Ambulances raided for drugs in overnight vandal attack
Dangerous drugs have been stolen from four ambulances which were vandalised and knocked out of action following an overnight robbery. The vehicles were parked at the Lagan Valley Hospital in Lisburn ...
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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.