Northern Ireland News for June 2002 : Page 8
Northern Ireland News, Jun 11, 2002
First sod cut for £1M RUC remembrance garden
The Northern Ireland Secretary of State John Reid has cut the first sod at a £1 million memorial garden in honour of police officers killed and wounded in Northern Ireland. The Royal Ulster Constabul...
First sod cut for £1M RUC remembrance garden
The Northern Ireland Secretary of State John Reid has cut the first sod at a £1 million memorial garden in honour of police officers killed and wounded in Northern Ireland. The Royal Ulster Constabul...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 11, 2002
Irish Sea fishing negotiations underway
Negotiations on the future management of the Irish Sea fishery have begun in Luxembourg on Tuesday June 11. The European Commission has warned Europe's current fishing fleet must be reduced by almost...
Irish Sea fishing negotiations underway
Negotiations on the future management of the Irish Sea fishery have begun in Luxembourg on Tuesday June 11. The European Commission has warned Europe's current fishing fleet must be reduced by almost...
Business News, Jun 11, 2002
FSB welcome streamlined dispute scheme
The Federation of Small Businesses has welcomed the new scheme to fast-track unfair dismissal disputes, launched by the Minister for Employment and Learning, Carmel Hanna. Wilfred Mitchell, FSB Polic...
FSB welcome streamlined dispute scheme
The Federation of Small Businesses has welcomed the new scheme to fast-track unfair dismissal disputes, launched by the Minister for Employment and Learning, Carmel Hanna. Wilfred Mitchell, FSB Polic...
Business News, Jun 11, 2002
Scheme to provide fast-track dispute resolution
A new scheme to put unfair dismissal disputes on the fast-track has been launched by Minister for Employment and Learning, Carmel Hanna. Speaking to guests attending the Labour Relations Agency’s Unf...
Scheme to provide fast-track dispute resolution
A new scheme to put unfair dismissal disputes on the fast-track has been launched by Minister for Employment and Learning, Carmel Hanna. Speaking to guests attending the Labour Relations Agency’s Unf...
Recruitment News, Jun 11, 2002
Internet firm launch drive for last minute temps
Britishjobs.net has announced the launch of temp4us.co.uk, a web service dedicated to matching temps to short lead time temporary contracts. Britishjobs.net member agencies can place positions on tem...
Internet firm launch drive for last minute temps
Britishjobs.net has announced the launch of temp4us.co.uk, a web service dedicated to matching temps to short lead time temporary contracts. Britishjobs.net member agencies can place positions on tem...
Business News, Jun 11, 2002
Irish economic growth to halve in 2002
The Central Bank of Ireland has said in its annual report that economic growth in Ireland is set to halve in 2002. Growth is likely to fall from 5.9% last year to just 3% in 2002, however next year s...
Irish economic growth to halve in 2002
The Central Bank of Ireland has said in its annual report that economic growth in Ireland is set to halve in 2002. Growth is likely to fall from 5.9% last year to just 3% in 2002, however next year s...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 11, 2002
Business workshops focus on inward investment
How local stakeholders can best contribute to marketing their region as a location for inward investment, is the theme of five workshops being organised this week by Invest Northern Ireland. The work...
Business workshops focus on inward investment
How local stakeholders can best contribute to marketing their region as a location for inward investment, is the theme of five workshops being organised this week by Invest Northern Ireland. The work...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 11, 2002
Good year for NI manufacturing sales and exports
Sales of manufactured goods at home and abroad for 2000/01 have totalled nearly £11 billion, an increase of £849 million over the previous year. Data collected from the Annual Sales and Export Survey...
Good year for NI manufacturing sales and exports
Sales of manufactured goods at home and abroad for 2000/01 have totalled nearly £11 billion, an increase of £849 million over the previous year. Data collected from the Annual Sales and Export Survey...
Business News, Jun 11, 2002
Nokia axes growth forecast
Nokia has cut sales forecasts by between 4-13% after the company announced that they expected the April to June quarter to be worse than predicted. Nokia had originally forecast between 2-7% growth f...
Nokia axes growth forecast
Nokia has cut sales forecasts by between 4-13% after the company announced that they expected the April to June quarter to be worse than predicted. Nokia had originally forecast between 2-7% growth f...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 11, 2002
Tyrone County hospital set to lose acute services
Local assembly members have expressed their concern over the proposal to remove acute and life saving emergency services from Tyrone County Hospital. The proposals, as recommended in the Hayes Report...
Tyrone County hospital set to lose acute services
Local assembly members have expressed their concern over the proposal to remove acute and life saving emergency services from Tyrone County Hospital. The proposals, as recommended in the Hayes Report...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 11, 2002
Police warn of overseas fee fraud scheme
Police officers from the Economic Crime Bureau have searched a number of premises today after they issued a warning to local businesses to be on the look out for overseas companies searching for inves...
Police warn of overseas fee fraud scheme
Police officers from the Economic Crime Bureau have searched a number of premises today after they issued a warning to local businesses to be on the look out for overseas companies searching for inves...
Business News, Jun 11, 2002
Budget airlines reveal increasing passenger numbers
Budget airline easyJet and potential merger partner Go have unveiled increased passenger numbers for May. On Tuesday easyJet said they carried 898,080 passengers in May, 43% more than in the same per...
Budget airlines reveal increasing passenger numbers
Budget airline easyJet and potential merger partner Go have unveiled increased passenger numbers for May. On Tuesday easyJet said they carried 898,080 passengers in May, 43% more than in the same per...
Business News, Jun 11, 2002
'Robust bookings' indicate UK tourism recovery
UK tour operator First Choice has reported "robust bookings" in the six months to 30 April and said they showed that the UK tourism industry was on its way to recovery. The firm said they had benefit...
'Robust bookings' indicate UK tourism recovery
UK tour operator First Choice has reported "robust bookings" in the six months to 30 April and said they showed that the UK tourism industry was on its way to recovery. The firm said they had benefit...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 11, 2002
Police and family attacked by petrol bombers
Police examining a suspicious object in Strabane's Ballycolman industrial estate in County Tyrone have come under attack by petrol bombers. Officers called in to examine a suspicious object found in ...
Police and family attacked by petrol bombers
Police examining a suspicious object in Strabane's Ballycolman industrial estate in County Tyrone have come under attack by petrol bombers. Officers called in to examine a suspicious object found in ...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 10, 2002
NI businesses seek equal euro-Sterling status
The majority of Northern Ireland’s exporters want the euro to have equal status with sterling, according to a survey from business advisors PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). Nearly 70% of all exporters s...
NI businesses seek equal euro-Sterling status
The majority of Northern Ireland’s exporters want the euro to have equal status with sterling, according to a survey from business advisors PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). Nearly 70% of all exporters s...
Business News, Jun 10, 2002
Report reveals reasons for UK’s long working hours
According to the latest figures from the Employment Relations Research Series, workers in the UK have the longest hours in Europe because they want to increase pay and also because of the sheer volume...
Report reveals reasons for UK’s long working hours
According to the latest figures from the Employment Relations Research Series, workers in the UK have the longest hours in Europe because they want to increase pay and also because of the sheer volume...
Business News, Jun 10, 2002
Abbey National issue profit warning
Abbey National has warned that its profits will be considerably lower than expected this year because it has begun writing off debts in its wholesale banking division, which deals with loans to compan...
Abbey National issue profit warning
Abbey National has warned that its profits will be considerably lower than expected this year because it has begun writing off debts in its wholesale banking division, which deals with loans to compan...
Business News, Jun 10, 2002
Consortium prepares buy out of KirchMedia
KirchMedia, the majority stakeholder of the free-to-air broadcaster ProSeibenSat 1 and part of the ailing German media giant Kirch Gruppe, is on the verge of being bought over by a consortium comprisi...
Consortium prepares buy out of KirchMedia
KirchMedia, the majority stakeholder of the free-to-air broadcaster ProSeibenSat 1 and part of the ailing German media giant Kirch Gruppe, is on the verge of being bought over by a consortium comprisi...
Business News, Jun 10, 2002
NTL reveals 'improved' digital package
NTL, one of the UK’s leading broadband services company, have unveiled plans for a significantly improved digital TV product with over 25 new TV channels, 17 new radio channels as well as new look Int...
NTL reveals 'improved' digital package
NTL, one of the UK’s leading broadband services company, have unveiled plans for a significantly improved digital TV product with over 25 new TV channels, 17 new radio channels as well as new look Int...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 10, 2002
Ryanair reveal record yearly profits
Low-cost airline, Ryanair has revealed record profits in its latest yearly financial report. The company made 172 million euros in the past financial year compared with 123 million euros in the previ...
Ryanair reveal record yearly profits
Low-cost airline, Ryanair has revealed record profits in its latest yearly financial report. The company made 172 million euros in the past financial year compared with 123 million euros in the previ...
Business News, Jun 10, 2002
UK manufacturing goods price rise
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) have said that goods manufactured in the UK fetched slightly higher prices in May. The ONS said the price of goods leaving factory gates rose by 0.3% in May t...
UK manufacturing goods price rise
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) have said that goods manufactured in the UK fetched slightly higher prices in May. The ONS said the price of goods leaving factory gates rose by 0.3% in May t...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 10, 2002
Education Minister condemns recent arson attacks
The recent spate of attacks on schools across the province has been condemned by the Education Minister Martin McGuinness. The latest incident involved an arson attack on St Columbanus High School on...
Education Minister condemns recent arson attacks
The recent spate of attacks on schools across the province has been condemned by the Education Minister Martin McGuinness. The latest incident involved an arson attack on St Columbanus High School on...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 10, 2002
Minister announces investigation into rail accident
The Minister for Regional Development Peter Robinson has announced there is to be an independent investigation into the train crash in County Londonderry last week. Mr Robinson said he had asked Her ...
Minister announces investigation into rail accident
The Minister for Regional Development Peter Robinson has announced there is to be an independent investigation into the train crash in County Londonderry last week. Mr Robinson said he had asked Her ...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 10, 2002
Royal Mail workers go on unofficial strike
Royal Mail workers at Belfast’s Tomb Street depot are currently engaged in unofficial strike action over the return to work of a manager who allegedly assaulted an employee. Around 350 workers walked...
Royal Mail workers go on unofficial strike
Royal Mail workers at Belfast’s Tomb Street depot are currently engaged in unofficial strike action over the return to work of a manager who allegedly assaulted an employee. Around 350 workers walked...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 10, 2002
Policeman suffers burns in petrol-bomb attack
Shots have been fired at the security forces and a policeman injured by a petrol bomb during loyalist rioting in south Belfast. The trouble erupted at about 2am on Sunday morning when a masked man hi...
Policeman suffers burns in petrol-bomb attack
Shots have been fired at the security forces and a policeman injured by a petrol bomb during loyalist rioting in south Belfast. The trouble erupted at about 2am on Sunday morning when a masked man hi...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 10, 2002
Tour operator backs 'Safe Sun' campaign
Local charity Action Cancer has teamed up with leading tour operator Falcon Holidays to launch a joint campaign reminding people to take care in the sun both at home and abroad. The ‘Are You Practisi...
Tour operator backs 'Safe Sun' campaign
Local charity Action Cancer has teamed up with leading tour operator Falcon Holidays to launch a joint campaign reminding people to take care in the sun both at home and abroad. The ‘Are You Practisi...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 10, 2002
Pigeon fanciers blamed for death of rare falcons
The death of three peregrine falcon chicks in County Antrim has been laid at the door of the province's pigeon fanciers. In all police found four chicks - two were dead and a third died later - in th...
Pigeon fanciers blamed for death of rare falcons
The death of three peregrine falcon chicks in County Antrim has been laid at the door of the province's pigeon fanciers. In all police found four chicks - two were dead and a third died later - in th...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 10, 2002
Police rescue woman from house fire
Police have rescued a woman from a house fire in Millisle, County Down. The fire at a bungalow in the costal resort of Millisle was noticed at around 11.30 pm on Sunday, June 9. With the assistance ...
Police rescue woman from house fire
Police have rescued a woman from a house fire in Millisle, County Down. The fire at a bungalow in the costal resort of Millisle was noticed at around 11.30 pm on Sunday, June 9. With the assistance ...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 10, 2002
Leading LVF member found dead in prison
The man said to be the leader of the Loyalist Volunteer Force, Mark 'Swinger' Fulton, has been found dead in his cell in Maghaberry Prison. Said to have been suffering from bouts of depression, it is...
Leading LVF member found dead in prison
The man said to be the leader of the Loyalist Volunteer Force, Mark 'Swinger' Fulton, has been found dead in his cell in Maghaberry Prison. Said to have been suffering from bouts of depression, it is...
Business News, Jun 7, 2002
Sir Reg announces final Invest NI appointment
Enterprise Minister Sir Reg Empey has announced that Stephen Kingon is the final appointment to the Board of Invest Northern Ireland (Invest NI), the new economic development agency, which came into e...
Sir Reg announces final Invest NI appointment
Enterprise Minister Sir Reg Empey has announced that Stephen Kingon is the final appointment to the Board of Invest Northern Ireland (Invest NI), the new economic development agency, which came into e...
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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.