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Northern Ireland News for February 2003 : Page 4
Northern Ireland News, Feb 18, 2003
Enniskillen has lowest mobile mast emissions in UK
Mobile phone masts readings in Enniskillen have been found to be the lowest in UK, according to a government survey. The government study examined mobile phone masts on 109 sites across the UK, look...
Enniskillen has lowest mobile mast emissions in UK
Mobile phone masts readings in Enniskillen have been found to be the lowest in UK, according to a government survey. The government study examined mobile phone masts on 109 sites across the UK, look...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 18, 2003
Irish Tenor appointed as Ambassador for Special Olympics
One of America’s favourite Irish tenors, Ronan Tynan, has linked up with Tourism Ireland in the US to undertake a special publicity campaign around the staging of the Special Olympics in Ireland. Tea...
Irish Tenor appointed as Ambassador for Special Olympics
One of America’s favourite Irish tenors, Ronan Tynan, has linked up with Tourism Ireland in the US to undertake a special publicity campaign around the staging of the Special Olympics in Ireland. Tea...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 18, 2003
McGrady will not contend Stormont elections
Senior SDLP representative Eddie McGrady has announced his decision not to stand for re-lection as assembly member for South Down this summer. The 65-year-old veteran politician described the move as...
McGrady will not contend Stormont elections
Senior SDLP representative Eddie McGrady has announced his decision not to stand for re-lection as assembly member for South Down this summer. The 65-year-old veteran politician described the move as...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 18, 2003
SF anger as probe into police raid denied
Sinn Fein has expressed its anger over the Secretary of State's decision to refuse MLAs access to the investigation into the PSNI's raid on Sinn Fein's Stormont offices. Sinn Féin assembly group lea...
SF anger as probe into police raid denied
Sinn Fein has expressed its anger over the Secretary of State's decision to refuse MLAs access to the investigation into the PSNI's raid on Sinn Fein's Stormont offices. Sinn Féin assembly group lea...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 18, 2003
Orde describes Bloody Sunday Inquiry as 'waste of money'
PSNI Chief Constable Hugh Orde has described the latest Bloody Sunday tribunal as a "waste of money". Mr Orde, who made his comments in Tuesday's edition of the Financial Times, also claimed that the...
Orde describes Bloody Sunday Inquiry as 'waste of money'
PSNI Chief Constable Hugh Orde has described the latest Bloody Sunday tribunal as a "waste of money". Mr Orde, who made his comments in Tuesday's edition of the Financial Times, also claimed that the...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 18, 2003
Men deny murdering pensioner
Two men have appeared in court in Belfast today charged with the murder of a pensioner. David Taggart, 22, from Riga Street, Belfast, and Michael Anthony McDonnell, 23, from Delhi Street, Belfast, b...
Men deny murdering pensioner
Two men have appeared in court in Belfast today charged with the murder of a pensioner. David Taggart, 22, from Riga Street, Belfast, and Michael Anthony McDonnell, 23, from Delhi Street, Belfast, b...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 18, 2003
Adair's legal challenge over jail decision fails
Notorious loyalist Johnny Adair has failed in his bid to reverse the Secretary of State's decision to send him back to jail. At the High Court in Belfast today, Lord Chief Justice Sir Robert Carswel...
Adair's legal challenge over jail decision fails
Notorious loyalist Johnny Adair has failed in his bid to reverse the Secretary of State's decision to send him back to jail. At the High Court in Belfast today, Lord Chief Justice Sir Robert Carswel...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 18, 2003
NI consumers satisfied with natural gas
Price and convenience make natural gas a winner with Northern Ireland’s consumers, the latest NI energy survey has revealed. The latest Gas Watch report by consumers watchdog, the General Consumer Co...
NI consumers satisfied with natural gas
Price and convenience make natural gas a winner with Northern Ireland’s consumers, the latest NI energy survey has revealed. The latest Gas Watch report by consumers watchdog, the General Consumer Co...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 18, 2003
Family rescued after petrol bomb attack
A Catholic family have escaped injury following a petrol bomb attack on their Larne home. The family's home in Linn Road was attacked at around 1.30am this morning when a brick was thrown through a w...
Family rescued after petrol bomb attack
A Catholic family have escaped injury following a petrol bomb attack on their Larne home. The family's home in Linn Road was attacked at around 1.30am this morning when a brick was thrown through a w...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 18, 2003
FSB jobs warning over insurance premiums
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has warned that up to a 1,000 local jobs could be lost if high insurance premiums are not reduced. At the launch of the FSB's report in the Stormont Assembly ...
FSB jobs warning over insurance premiums
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has warned that up to a 1,000 local jobs could be lost if high insurance premiums are not reduced. At the launch of the FSB's report in the Stormont Assembly ...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 17, 2003
Irish rugby's 18-year Murrayfield losing streak ends
Irish rugby ended 18 years of defeats in Edinburgh yesterday, when the national side notched up a record-breaking victory against Scotland at Murrayfield. The 36-6 Six Nations win eclipsed Ireland's...
Irish rugby's 18-year Murrayfield losing streak ends
Irish rugby ended 18 years of defeats in Edinburgh yesterday, when the national side notched up a record-breaking victory against Scotland at Murrayfield. The 36-6 Six Nations win eclipsed Ireland's...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 17, 2003
Man treated in hospital following abduction
A man has been treated in hospital after being beaten up in an abduction at the weekend. The 18-year-old was bundled into a car as he walked between Cedar Park and the Brae Road area of Bleary in Cra...
Man treated in hospital following abduction
A man has been treated in hospital after being beaten up in an abduction at the weekend. The 18-year-old was bundled into a car as he walked between Cedar Park and the Brae Road area of Bleary in Cra...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 17, 2003
Unity call not electioneering says Donaldson
Unionist Lagan Valley MP Jeffrey Donaldson has defended a call for unity within unionism, after a DUP assembly member rejected the appeal as electioneering. A group of senior unionists, led by forme...
Unity call not electioneering says Donaldson
Unionist Lagan Valley MP Jeffrey Donaldson has defended a call for unity within unionism, after a DUP assembly member rejected the appeal as electioneering. A group of senior unionists, led by forme...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 17, 2003
Neeson calls for NI insurance investigation
Alliance Assembly member Sean Neeson has called for an independent investigation into the role of insurance companies in Northern Ireland. Mr Neeson was speaking ahead of the launch of the Federation...
Neeson calls for NI insurance investigation
Alliance Assembly member Sean Neeson has called for an independent investigation into the role of insurance companies in Northern Ireland. Mr Neeson was speaking ahead of the launch of the Federation...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 17, 2003
Business owners fail to update retirement plans
Nearly three-quarters of owners of small and medium sized businesses in Northern Ireland have failed to revise their retirement plans – despite dramatic declines in the value of many pensions, accordi...
Business owners fail to update retirement plans
Nearly three-quarters of owners of small and medium sized businesses in Northern Ireland have failed to revise their retirement plans – despite dramatic declines in the value of many pensions, accordi...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 17, 2003
NI survey reveals increase in healthier eating
The third annual UK Consumer Attitudes to Food survey, published today by the Food Standards Agency (FSA), has revealed that just under four out of ten of those interviewed in Northern Ireland (38%) c...
NI survey reveals increase in healthier eating
The third annual UK Consumer Attitudes to Food survey, published today by the Food Standards Agency (FSA), has revealed that just under four out of ten of those interviewed in Northern Ireland (38%) c...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 17, 2003
Bomb attack not believed to be sectarian
Police have said that they do not believe that a pipe-bomb attack in Armagh last night was sectarian. The device, which was put through the letterbox of the flat in Gough Avenue at about 10pm, explod...
Bomb attack not believed to be sectarian
Police have said that they do not believe that a pipe-bomb attack in Armagh last night was sectarian. The device, which was put through the letterbox of the flat in Gough Avenue at about 10pm, explod...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 17, 2003
Police investigate series of armed robberies
A number of robberies have been reported across the province over the weekend. Police are investigating possible links between a series of armed robberies that occurred from 10pm onwards in Lambeg a...
Police investigate series of armed robberies
A number of robberies have been reported across the province over the weekend. Police are investigating possible links between a series of armed robberies that occurred from 10pm onwards in Lambeg a...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 17, 2003
PSNI operation tackles NI road safety
Over 70 people have been arrested by the PSNI over the weekend for alleged drink driving offences in an operation designed to reverse the province's poor road safety record. During the eight-hour ope...
PSNI operation tackles NI road safety
Over 70 people have been arrested by the PSNI over the weekend for alleged drink driving offences in an operation designed to reverse the province's poor road safety record. During the eight-hour ope...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 17, 2003
Jobs creation anticipated after Adria acquisition
New jobs could be created in the North West following the announcement by Northern Ireland-based textile company, Adria Ltd, that they have acquired UK footwear brand Rombah Wallace. It is expected ...
Jobs creation anticipated after Adria acquisition
New jobs could be created in the North West following the announcement by Northern Ireland-based textile company, Adria Ltd, that they have acquired UK footwear brand Rombah Wallace. It is expected ...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 14, 2003
Belfast to Manchester flights to commence in May
Bmibaby, the low cost arm of bmi, has confirmed that it will be introducing flights from Belfast International Airport to Manchester from May 1. The airline is set to offer three return flights a day...
Belfast to Manchester flights to commence in May
Bmibaby, the low cost arm of bmi, has confirmed that it will be introducing flights from Belfast International Airport to Manchester from May 1. The airline is set to offer three return flights a day...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 14, 2003
Amateur footballer given 12 months probation for manslaughter
A west Belfast man has been given 12 months probation after an amateur footballer was killed during a match in October 2000. Eighteen-year-old Seamus Seaton of Norglen Parade was playing a match with...
Amateur footballer given 12 months probation for manslaughter
A west Belfast man has been given 12 months probation after an amateur footballer was killed during a match in October 2000. Eighteen-year-old Seamus Seaton of Norglen Parade was playing a match with...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 14, 2003
Adams denies DUP's La Mon bombing claims
DUP MP Iris Robinson has pledged to "stand by" allegations she made under privilege in the Commons yesterday that Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams was one of the men behind the 1978 La Mon hotel bombing. ...
Adams denies DUP's La Mon bombing claims
DUP MP Iris Robinson has pledged to "stand by" allegations she made under privilege in the Commons yesterday that Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams was one of the men behind the 1978 La Mon hotel bombing. ...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 14, 2003
Montupet set to axe up to 40 jobs
Dunmurry-based manufacturing company, Montupet, is set to axe around 40 jobs it was revealed today. The news follows an announcement earlier in the month by the company that it was to invest £2.7 mil...
Montupet set to axe up to 40 jobs
Dunmurry-based manufacturing company, Montupet, is set to axe around 40 jobs it was revealed today. The news follows an announcement earlier in the month by the company that it was to invest £2.7 mil...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 14, 2003
New Police Oversight Commissioner announced
The next Police Oversight Commissioner has been named today following the news that Tom Constantine will leave his post in December. Senior Canadian police officer Al Hutchinson – the current chief o...
New Police Oversight Commissioner announced
The next Police Oversight Commissioner has been named today following the news that Tom Constantine will leave his post in December. Senior Canadian police officer Al Hutchinson – the current chief o...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 14, 2003
Pearson confirms rise in regional rates
It has been confirmed that regional rates for this year are set to go up in Northern Ireland, with a 6% rise for households and 3.3% hike for businesses. The regional element of the average domestic...
Pearson confirms rise in regional rates
It has been confirmed that regional rates for this year are set to go up in Northern Ireland, with a 6% rise for households and 3.3% hike for businesses. The regional element of the average domestic...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 14, 2003
Enniskillen suspects released without charge
The two people who were arrested in connection with an explosion in Enniskillen on Monday night have been released without charge. The men were detained on Wednesday night and were being questioned i...
Enniskillen suspects released without charge
The two people who were arrested in connection with an explosion in Enniskillen on Monday night have been released without charge. The men were detained on Wednesday night and were being questioned i...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 14, 2003
Loyalist death threats condemned by postal unions
The Royal Mail have confirmed that they are treating loyalist death threats made against postal workers in Belfast seriously. Postal unions have condemned the threats and the Royal Mail are understoo...
Loyalist death threats condemned by postal unions
The Royal Mail have confirmed that they are treating loyalist death threats made against postal workers in Belfast seriously. Postal unions have condemned the threats and the Royal Mail are understoo...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 14, 2003
Mother sentenced to two years for killing teenager
A mother of six who knocked down and killed a teenager in north Belfast last year has been sentenced to two years imprisonment. Alison McKeown, from Newtownabbey, Co Antrim, was found guilty at Belf...
Mother sentenced to two years for killing teenager
A mother of six who knocked down and killed a teenager in north Belfast last year has been sentenced to two years imprisonment. Alison McKeown, from Newtownabbey, Co Antrim, was found guilty at Belf...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 14, 2003
Blast bomb defused by army experts
A blast bomb, which failed to explode, was thrown at a police station in west Belfast last night. Police described the device thrown at the Stewartstown Road station at around 11pm as "viable but cru...
Blast bomb defused by army experts
A blast bomb, which failed to explode, was thrown at a police station in west Belfast last night. Police described the device thrown at the Stewartstown Road station at around 11pm as "viable but cru...
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Northern Ireland WeatherThis Evening and Tonight:Continuing cloudy through the evening with further outbreaks of rain, the rain turning lighter and patchier from the south as the night progresses. Winds remain light. Minimum temperature 8 °C.
