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Northern Ireland News for February 2003 : Page 3
Northern Ireland News, Feb 21, 2003
Union meeting to vote on future of rural schools
The leader of the Ulster Farmers' Union (UFU) is to address the NAS/UWT union on Friday night over the exodus of farm workers that is threatening the future of a number of rural schools across Norther...
Union meeting to vote on future of rural schools
The leader of the Ulster Farmers' Union (UFU) is to address the NAS/UWT union on Friday night over the exodus of farm workers that is threatening the future of a number of rural schools across Norther...
Business News, Feb 21, 2003
NI company represented on Wall Street
Software developed by Belfast firm, Ion Technologies Ltd is helping major global companies to manage their online marketing operations worldwide. Recent successes include contracts with a major Wall ...
NI company represented on Wall Street
Software developed by Belfast firm, Ion Technologies Ltd is helping major global companies to manage their online marketing operations worldwide. Recent successes include contracts with a major Wall ...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 21, 2003
Belfast brimming with conference confidence
This year promises to be a bumper conference year for Belfast, according to Belfast Visitor & Convention Bureau (BVCB). The organisation, which is responsible for marketing the City as a business and...
Belfast brimming with conference confidence
This year promises to be a bumper conference year for Belfast, according to Belfast Visitor & Convention Bureau (BVCB). The organisation, which is responsible for marketing the City as a business and...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 21, 2003
Sunday betting on course says Minister
Social Development Minister, Des Browne has announced his intention to relax the betting law to allow on-course Sunday betting. The move is part of a package of changes that will bring the local bett...
Sunday betting on course says Minister
Social Development Minister, Des Browne has announced his intention to relax the betting law to allow on-course Sunday betting. The move is part of a package of changes that will bring the local bett...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 21, 2003
Derry City Council bans sunbeds from local leisure centres
Derry City Council has announced it is to ban all sunbeds from its leisure centres. The decision was taken at a special meeting of Derry City Council on Thursday evening following discussions with lo...
Derry City Council bans sunbeds from local leisure centres
Derry City Council has announced it is to ban all sunbeds from its leisure centres. The decision was taken at a special meeting of Derry City Council on Thursday evening following discussions with lo...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 21, 2003
Pensioner dies after being knocked down
A pensioner has died after being knocked down by a van in Co Antrim yesterday evening. The woman, who has been named as 75-year-old Mary Noris, died as she walked along the Ballymoney Road close to h...
Pensioner dies after being knocked down
A pensioner has died after being knocked down by a van in Co Antrim yesterday evening. The woman, who has been named as 75-year-old Mary Noris, died as she walked along the Ballymoney Road close to h...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 20, 2003
Dunnes Stores to axe 60 staff at Foyleside
At least 60 jobs are set to go at Dunnes Stores in Londonderry. Staff at the firm's Foyleside shopping centre store were told the redundancies would commence at the end of next month. A spokesperson...
Dunnes Stores to axe 60 staff at Foyleside
At least 60 jobs are set to go at Dunnes Stores in Londonderry. Staff at the firm's Foyleside shopping centre store were told the redundancies would commence at the end of next month. A spokesperson...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 20, 2003
Minister praises community peacebuilders
Voluntary and Community groups have shown great courage and endurance in peace building and community development in difficult areas across Northern Ireland, Des Browne, the Minister with responsibili...
Minister praises community peacebuilders
Voluntary and Community groups have shown great courage and endurance in peace building and community development in difficult areas across Northern Ireland, Des Browne, the Minister with responsibili...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 20, 2003
Booster dose of Hib vaccine to be offered to NI children
The DHSSPS is to offer all children aged between six months and four years an extra dose of Haemophilus influenzae b (Hib) vaccine during 2003. This follows a recent small rise in cases of Hib diseas...
Booster dose of Hib vaccine to be offered to NI children
The DHSSPS is to offer all children aged between six months and four years an extra dose of Haemophilus influenzae b (Hib) vaccine during 2003. This follows a recent small rise in cases of Hib diseas...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 20, 2003
Apprentice Boys parade talk doubts
The Apprentice Boys have said that talks with the Parades Commission on this year's marches may be in doubt. The annual talks with the Parades Commission and residents' representatives have been thro...
Apprentice Boys parade talk doubts
The Apprentice Boys have said that talks with the Parades Commission on this year's marches may be in doubt. The annual talks with the Parades Commission and residents' representatives have been thro...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 20, 2003
UDA bomb move 'not an act of decommissioning'
Police last night discovered 18 pipe bombs on playing fields at Somerdale Park in the Crumlin Road area of north Belfast. The Ulster Defence Association (UDA) claimed it left the devices in the playi...
UDA bomb move 'not an act of decommissioning'
Police last night discovered 18 pipe bombs on playing fields at Somerdale Park in the Crumlin Road area of north Belfast. The Ulster Defence Association (UDA) claimed it left the devices in the playi...
Business News, Feb 20, 2003
RICS chief to visit NI
The international head of one of the world’s leading professional organisations will visit Derry this week to meet the Mayor and to address a gathering of its local members. Royal Institution of Char...
RICS chief to visit NI
The international head of one of the world’s leading professional organisations will visit Derry this week to meet the Mayor and to address a gathering of its local members. Royal Institution of Char...
Business News, Feb 20, 2003
Middle East blooms thanks to NI firm
Royal gardens and other parks and outdoor displays in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are blooming with help from a Tyrone horticultural business. Growmoor Horticulture, based at Derryane, near Dungan...
Middle East blooms thanks to NI firm
Royal gardens and other parks and outdoor displays in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are blooming with help from a Tyrone horticultural business. Growmoor Horticulture, based at Derryane, near Dungan...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 20, 2003
Carrickfergus Fire Station announcement welcomed
East Antrim UUP Assembly member Ken Robinson has welcomed news that the Government is set to provide a new fire station in Carrickfergus providing a fitting salute to the bravery and skill of the town...
Carrickfergus Fire Station announcement welcomed
East Antrim UUP Assembly member Ken Robinson has welcomed news that the Government is set to provide a new fire station in Carrickfergus providing a fitting salute to the bravery and skill of the town...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 20, 2003
Supply chain linked to faster business growth
Invest NI Chief Executive Leslie Morrison has said that effective supply chain management is critical to customer care and improved corporate performance. Speaking on Tuesday evening at the annual di...
Supply chain linked to faster business growth
Invest NI Chief Executive Leslie Morrison has said that effective supply chain management is critical to customer care and improved corporate performance. Speaking on Tuesday evening at the annual di...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 20, 2003
Labour Force Survey examines religious bias
The Government Statistics and Research Agency has today published a new report on the relative position of Protestants and Catholics in the Northern Ireland labour market. Based on information obtain...
Labour Force Survey examines religious bias
The Government Statistics and Research Agency has today published a new report on the relative position of Protestants and Catholics in the Northern Ireland labour market. Based on information obtain...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 20, 2003
Pipe bomb made safe in west Belfast
Army bomb experts have made safe a pipe bomb found on the top of Woodbourne police station in west Belfast. The device was discovered at around 11am on Wednesday, however police are still trying to e...
Pipe bomb made safe in west Belfast
Army bomb experts have made safe a pipe bomb found on the top of Woodbourne police station in west Belfast. The device was discovered at around 11am on Wednesday, however police are still trying to e...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 20, 2003
Dunmurry Church damaged in arson attack
St. Coleman's Church in Dunmurry has suffered scorch damage in an overnight arson attack. At around midnight on Wednesday, a blaze was found in a porch at the rear of the catholic church. Double door...
Dunmurry Church damaged in arson attack
St. Coleman's Church in Dunmurry has suffered scorch damage in an overnight arson attack. At around midnight on Wednesday, a blaze was found in a porch at the rear of the catholic church. Double door...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 19, 2003
University of Ulster to aid investment in Omagh area
The University of Ulster and Omagh District Council are set to launch a partnership designed to increase investment, enterprise and technology transfer in the area. It is expected that the Omagh-Univ...
University of Ulster to aid investment in Omagh area
The University of Ulster and Omagh District Council are set to launch a partnership designed to increase investment, enterprise and technology transfer in the area. It is expected that the Omagh-Univ...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 19, 2003
Orde defends his Bloody Sunday comments
PSNI Chief Constable Hugh Orde has come out in defence of remarks he made in yesterday's Financial Times newspaper when he claimed that the latest Bloody Sunday Inquiry was a "waste of money". In a s...
Orde defends his Bloody Sunday comments
PSNI Chief Constable Hugh Orde has come out in defence of remarks he made in yesterday's Financial Times newspaper when he claimed that the latest Bloody Sunday Inquiry was a "waste of money". In a s...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 19, 2003
Smith praises the 'Art of Down'
NIO Minister Angela Smith has praised Down District Council’s drive to raise awareness of the many arts and cultural activities in its area. The Minister was speaking at the Arts Centre in Downpatric...
Smith praises the 'Art of Down'
NIO Minister Angela Smith has praised Down District Council’s drive to raise awareness of the many arts and cultural activities in its area. The Minister was speaking at the Arts Centre in Downpatric...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 19, 2003
New flights boost for City of Derry Airport
The City of Derry Airport has been boosted by the news that three new tour operators will be offering holiday breaks this summer to Lanzarote and Portugal – to add to the airport's existing Majorca se...
New flights boost for City of Derry Airport
The City of Derry Airport has been boosted by the news that three new tour operators will be offering holiday breaks this summer to Lanzarote and Portugal – to add to the airport's existing Majorca se...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 19, 2003
Firefighters tackle Mourne Mountains blaze
Nearly 40 firefighters were involved in tackling a blaze that engulfed a large section of the Mourne Mountains last night. The fire, which encompassed a large ridge of grassland, could be seen for se...
Firefighters tackle Mourne Mountains blaze
Nearly 40 firefighters were involved in tackling a blaze that engulfed a large section of the Mourne Mountains last night. The fire, which encompassed a large ridge of grassland, could be seen for se...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 19, 2003
Support for Agreement at all-time low, survey shows
Support for the Belfast Agreement among the people of Northern Ireland is at an all-time low, according to the results of a poll carried out by Queen's University. The research showed that support fo...
Support for Agreement at all-time low, survey shows
Support for the Belfast Agreement among the people of Northern Ireland is at an all-time low, according to the results of a poll carried out by Queen's University. The research showed that support fo...
Recruitment News, Feb 19, 2003
Stress expert calls for a different approach
With stress in the workplace on the increase, and an estimated seven million working days lost each year in the UK, one expert has claimed that executives need to change their approach to workplace st...
Stress expert calls for a different approach
With stress in the workplace on the increase, and an estimated seven million working days lost each year in the UK, one expert has claimed that executives need to change their approach to workplace st...
Business News, Feb 19, 2003
Morgan Motor appoint Belfast dealership
Morgan Motor Company has appointed Parkgate Garages of Belfast to sell its famous range of hand-built sports cars. The appointment is the latest in a series of dealer developments following an upsurg...
Morgan Motor appoint Belfast dealership
Morgan Motor Company has appointed Parkgate Garages of Belfast to sell its famous range of hand-built sports cars. The appointment is the latest in a series of dealer developments following an upsurg...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 19, 2003
Minister details £2bn infrastructure plans
NIO Finance Minister Ian Pearson has announced detailed plans for a range of projects under the Strategic Investment Programme. The £2 billion Strategic Investment Programme was first announced on 1...
Minister details £2bn infrastructure plans
NIO Finance Minister Ian Pearson has announced detailed plans for a range of projects under the Strategic Investment Programme. The £2 billion Strategic Investment Programme was first announced on 1...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 19, 2003
Shankill Road man beaten and run over twice
A man has been attacked while walking his dog on the Shankill Road this morning. The 53-year-old suffered injuries to his head, two broken ribs and five stitches to his ankles during an assault by tw...
Shankill Road man beaten and run over twice
A man has been attacked while walking his dog on the Shankill Road this morning. The 53-year-old suffered injuries to his head, two broken ribs and five stitches to his ankles during an assault by tw...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 19, 2003
Gardai make Omagh bomb arrest
A Co Monaghan man is due to appear at Dublin's Special Criminal Court today charged with membership of an illegal organisation. Gardai investigating the 1998 Omagh bomb attack which killed 29 people...
Gardai make Omagh bomb arrest
A Co Monaghan man is due to appear at Dublin's Special Criminal Court today charged with membership of an illegal organisation. Gardai investigating the 1998 Omagh bomb attack which killed 29 people...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 19, 2003
CIRA behind nail bomb attack on police station
The Continuity IRA (CIRA) has admitted that it carried out the nail bomb attack on a police station in north Belfast last night. At around 9.45pm, two devices were thrown over the perimeter fence of ...
CIRA behind nail bomb attack on police station
The Continuity IRA (CIRA) has admitted that it carried out the nail bomb attack on a police station in north Belfast last night. At around 9.45pm, two devices were thrown over the perimeter fence of ...
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Northern Ireland WeatherThis Evening and Tonight:A fine end to the day with some evening sunshine. It remains mainly dry overnight with a touch of frost or fog patches possible in places. However, cloud is expected to increase towards dawn with the odd light shower. Minimum temperature 2 °C.
