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Northern Ireland News for August 2002 : Page 2
Northern Ireland News, Aug 28, 2002
Arbitration report on interface violence released
The independent arbitration team brought in to resolve interface violence in north Belfast have presented their proposals to the First and Deputy First Ministers. David Trimble and Mark Durkan will s...
Arbitration report on interface violence released
The independent arbitration team brought in to resolve interface violence in north Belfast have presented their proposals to the First and Deputy First Ministers. David Trimble and Mark Durkan will s...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 28, 2002
Next Permanent Secretary to DRD announced
The Head of the Civil Service, Mr Gerry Loughran, has announced the appointment of the new Permanent Secretary at the Department for Regional Development. Stephen Quinn, currently Permanent Secretary...
Next Permanent Secretary to DRD announced
The Head of the Civil Service, Mr Gerry Loughran, has announced the appointment of the new Permanent Secretary at the Department for Regional Development. Stephen Quinn, currently Permanent Secretary...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 28, 2002
Two women injured in east Belfast rioting
Two women have been taken to hospital following the latest spate of street violence in east Belfast. The women received injuries when an acid bomb was allegedly thrown from the nationalist Clandeboye...
Two women injured in east Belfast rioting
Two women have been taken to hospital following the latest spate of street violence in east Belfast. The women received injuries when an acid bomb was allegedly thrown from the nationalist Clandeboye...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 28, 2002
Court appearance for attempted murder accused
A 41-year-old man charged with eight counts of attempted murder is expected to appear before Belfast Magistrates Court today. The charges relate to a shooting incident in Cooke Street, in the lower O...
Court appearance for attempted murder accused
A 41-year-old man charged with eight counts of attempted murder is expected to appear before Belfast Magistrates Court today. The charges relate to a shooting incident in Cooke Street, in the lower O...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 28, 2002
Noise monitoring review for NI airports announced
A review of the current noise pollution monitoring arrangements used by Northern Ireland’s airports has been announced by the Department of Regional Development (DRD). The DRD review follows up on th...
Noise monitoring review for NI airports announced
A review of the current noise pollution monitoring arrangements used by Northern Ireland’s airports has been announced by the Department of Regional Development (DRD). The DRD review follows up on th...
Business News, Aug 28, 2002
Managed innovation is key to success
Nest week sees the return of the Managed Innovation Programme delivered by the Centre for Competitiveness in conjunction with Australian Allan Ryan. The philosophy behind the programme – launched on ...
Managed innovation is key to success
Nest week sees the return of the Managed Innovation Programme delivered by the Centre for Competitiveness in conjunction with Australian Allan Ryan. The philosophy behind the programme – launched on ...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 28, 2002
Two die after car collides with bus
Police have appealed for witnesses, following a traffic accident, which claimed the lives of two men. The men were killed when their car, a white Rover, collided with a Citybus, close to Andersonstow...
Two die after car collides with bus
Police have appealed for witnesses, following a traffic accident, which claimed the lives of two men. The men were killed when their car, a white Rover, collided with a Citybus, close to Andersonstow...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 27, 2002
Staff at easyJet prepare for strike vote
Staff at no-frills airline easyJet have moved closer to industrial action as the company signalled its unwillingness to cut a deal in a dispute over pay. Around 110 easyJet baggage handlers working a...
Staff at easyJet prepare for strike vote
Staff at no-frills airline easyJet have moved closer to industrial action as the company signalled its unwillingness to cut a deal in a dispute over pay. Around 110 easyJet baggage handlers working a...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 27, 2002
Concerns grow about missing Greenisland girls
Police in Carrickfergus say they are increasingly concerned about the safety of two teenage girls who have not been seen since Thursday August 22. Samantha McDonald and Michelle Collins, who are both...
Concerns grow about missing Greenisland girls
Police in Carrickfergus say they are increasingly concerned about the safety of two teenage girls who have not been seen since Thursday August 22. Samantha McDonald and Michelle Collins, who are both...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 27, 2002
More donors needed to ease transplant waiting list
It has been revealed that there is a shortage of kidney donors in Northern Ireland – with only 100 organs being donated in the past three years. The Northern Ireland Kidney Replacement Centre, based ...
More donors needed to ease transplant waiting list
It has been revealed that there is a shortage of kidney donors in Northern Ireland – with only 100 organs being donated in the past three years. The Northern Ireland Kidney Replacement Centre, based ...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 27, 2002
Police appeal after violent assaults
A 49-year-old man has been assaulted by a number of men at his home in Lisburn in the early hours of this morning. At around 12.50am three masked men forced their way into the Manor Park home of the ...
Police appeal after violent assaults
A 49-year-old man has been assaulted by a number of men at his home in Lisburn in the early hours of this morning. At around 12.50am three masked men forced their way into the Manor Park home of the ...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 27, 2002
Foreign Secretary lauds EU 'engagement' during Belfast visit
In what will be interpreted as the start of the campaign proper for the euro referendum, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw visited Northern Ireland this afternoon on the first part of a UK-wide tour to pro...
Foreign Secretary lauds EU 'engagement' during Belfast visit
In what will be interpreted as the start of the campaign proper for the euro referendum, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw visited Northern Ireland this afternoon on the first part of a UK-wide tour to pro...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 27, 2002
Catholic grammar school damaged by fire
A Catholic grammar school in north Belfast has been damaged in what police believe was a sectarian arson attack earlier this morning. The alarm was raised when a caretaker at the Dominican College in...
Catholic grammar school damaged by fire
A Catholic grammar school in north Belfast has been damaged in what police believe was a sectarian arson attack earlier this morning. The alarm was raised when a caretaker at the Dominican College in...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 27, 2002
Third successive 'litter-free' award for Enniskillen
Enniskillen has been recognised as among the top three litter-free towns in Ireland during the recent 'All-Ireland Anti-Litter League' competition. In the survey organised by Irish Business Against L...
Third successive 'litter-free' award for Enniskillen
Enniskillen has been recognised as among the top three litter-free towns in Ireland during the recent 'All-Ireland Anti-Litter League' competition. In the survey organised by Irish Business Against L...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 27, 2002
UK house price rise slows to more 'realistic pace'
The rapid rise in UK house prices has slowed to a more realistic pace according to the latest report from market analysts Hometrack. The analysts found that the price of the average house in the UK ...
UK house price rise slows to more 'realistic pace'
The rapid rise in UK house prices has slowed to a more realistic pace according to the latest report from market analysts Hometrack. The analysts found that the price of the average house in the UK ...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 27, 2002
Fish die in suspected chemical spillage
Hundreds of fish have been killed in a suspected chemical spillage in County Antrim today. The fish kill occurred in the Lower Colin River over the weekend in area close to the Kilwee Industrial Esta...
Fish die in suspected chemical spillage
Hundreds of fish have been killed in a suspected chemical spillage in County Antrim today. The fish kill occurred in the Lower Colin River over the weekend in area close to the Kilwee Industrial Esta...
Business News, Aug 27, 2002
Sx3 delivers IT support to NIGALA
The NI Guardian Ad Litem Agency (NIGALA) has appointed Sx3 as their hardware and software support provider. The contract will help to ensure that the welfare and interests of children throughout Nort...
Sx3 delivers IT support to NIGALA
The NI Guardian Ad Litem Agency (NIGALA) has appointed Sx3 as their hardware and software support provider. The contract will help to ensure that the welfare and interests of children throughout Nort...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 27, 2002
Police seize counterfeit goods at Oul Lammas Fair
Police have seized around £200,000 of counterfeit goods in a two-day operation designed to thwart the sale of fake goods at the Oul Lammas Fair in Ballycastle. The seizure made on Monday at the annua...
Police seize counterfeit goods at Oul Lammas Fair
Police have seized around £200,000 of counterfeit goods in a two-day operation designed to thwart the sale of fake goods at the Oul Lammas Fair in Ballycastle. The seizure made on Monday at the annua...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 26, 2002
Police issue warning over bogus callers
Police have warned householders to be wary after a bogus caller tried to gain entry to a pensioner's house in Belfast yesterday. An elderly pensioner was in her Cromac Street home yesterday afternoo...
Police issue warning over bogus callers
Police have warned householders to be wary after a bogus caller tried to gain entry to a pensioner's house in Belfast yesterday. An elderly pensioner was in her Cromac Street home yesterday afternoo...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 26, 2002
Omagh bomb compensation procedure slammed
Relatives of the victims of the Omagh bomb and those injured in the atrocity have hit out at the compensation procedure, with some calling it "appalling" and "humiliating". It has been revealed that...
Omagh bomb compensation procedure slammed
Relatives of the victims of the Omagh bomb and those injured in the atrocity have hit out at the compensation procedure, with some calling it "appalling" and "humiliating". It has been revealed that...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 26, 2002
First Minister to attend World Summit
First Minister David Trimble is to join world leaders at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in South Africa. Mr Trimble is expected to attend the last three days of the event in Johannesbur...
First Minister to attend World Summit
First Minister David Trimble is to join world leaders at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in South Africa. Mr Trimble is expected to attend the last three days of the event in Johannesbur...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 26, 2002
Armstrong hits out at British government for failing farmers
Billy Armstrong, Ulster Unionist Party MLA for Mid-Ulster, and a member of the assembly agriculture committee has hit out at the Labour government for failing to aid farmers. Mr Armstrong said he had...
Armstrong hits out at British government for failing farmers
Billy Armstrong, Ulster Unionist Party MLA for Mid-Ulster, and a member of the assembly agriculture committee has hit out at the Labour government for failing to aid farmers. Mr Armstrong said he had...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 26, 2002
Man shot in paramilitary-style attack
A 31-year-old man has been shot in a paramilitary-style attack in Co Antrim. The man was walking down North Street in Carrickfergus at around 7.30pm last night when a car containing a number of men p...
Man shot in paramilitary-style attack
A 31-year-old man has been shot in a paramilitary-style attack in Co Antrim. The man was walking down North Street in Carrickfergus at around 7.30pm last night when a car containing a number of men p...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 26, 2002
Memorial to murdered soldiers destroyed by fire
A memorial in Co Tyrone dedicated to eight British Army soldiers murdered by the IRA has been destroyed by fire. Police report that wreaths were also set on fire and scattered across the road during ...
Memorial to murdered soldiers destroyed by fire
A memorial in Co Tyrone dedicated to eight British Army soldiers murdered by the IRA has been destroyed by fire. Police report that wreaths were also set on fire and scattered across the road during ...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 26, 2002
Churches damaged in Co Armagh
Three Catholic churches in south Armagh have been broken into over the weekend. Money was taken from the vestry of St Mary's Chapel in Mullaghbane, while the Lislea Chapel and the Good Shepherd Churc...
Churches damaged in Co Armagh
Three Catholic churches in south Armagh have been broken into over the weekend. Money was taken from the vestry of St Mary's Chapel in Mullaghbane, while the Lislea Chapel and the Good Shepherd Churc...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 26, 2002
Open Learning Centre badged for MOUS success
Advanced Learning Systems has announced that the company has received the Microsoft seal of approval by becoming a recognised testing centre for Microsoft Office courseware and examinations. Joanne B...
Open Learning Centre badged for MOUS success
Advanced Learning Systems has announced that the company has received the Microsoft seal of approval by becoming a recognised testing centre for Microsoft Office courseware and examinations. Joanne B...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 26, 2002
Police launch poster appeal over Baby Carrie murder
Police searching for the mother of a newborn baby found dead in Co Down in March have launched a poster appeal today. The poster, which has an artist's impression of the child dubbed 'Baby Carrie' by...
Police launch poster appeal over Baby Carrie murder
Police searching for the mother of a newborn baby found dead in Co Down in March have launched a poster appeal today. The poster, which has an artist's impression of the child dubbed 'Baby Carrie' by...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 26, 2002
Durkan warns UUP not to walk out on executive
In a speech marking the 80th anniversary of the death Michael Collins, SDLP leader Mark Durkan has warned unionists not to carry out their threat to pull the institutions down in the autumn, arguing t...
Durkan warns UUP not to walk out on executive
In a speech marking the 80th anniversary of the death Michael Collins, SDLP leader Mark Durkan has warned unionists not to carry out their threat to pull the institutions down in the autumn, arguing t...
Recruitment News, Aug 23, 2002
Recruitment companies merge for local market
Sales Placement and Contract People, who operate in Belfast and Dublin, have now joined forces in Northern Ireland to provide specialist sales and marketing recruitment. With its head office in Belfa...
Recruitment companies merge for local market
Sales Placement and Contract People, who operate in Belfast and Dublin, have now joined forces in Northern Ireland to provide specialist sales and marketing recruitment. With its head office in Belfa...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 23, 2002
Robbers target pensioner for third time in three years
A 94-year-old woman in Co Fermanagh has been targeted by robbers at her home for the third time in three years. The elderly woman answered the door to two youths at her Derrylin home at around 3.35pm...
Robbers target pensioner for third time in three years
A 94-year-old woman in Co Fermanagh has been targeted by robbers at her home for the third time in three years. The elderly woman answered the door to two youths at her Derrylin home at around 3.35pm...
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Northern Ireland WeatherToday:There will be a mixture of bright intervals and a few showers. Best of the sunny spells will be near the North Coast. Feeling on the cool side. Maximum temperature 10 °C.Tonight:Showers will gradually die out during the evening. A cold night with long clear spells leading to a touch of frost in places. Minimum temperature 0 °C.
