Northern Ireland News for February 2003 : Page 6
Northern Ireland News, Feb 11, 2003
Initiatives needed to reduce impact of job cuts
Following the recent swathe of job cuts in the north west, former Finance Minister Sean Farren has called for more local initiatives between education and the workplace so as to reduce the impact of r...
Initiatives needed to reduce impact of job cuts
Following the recent swathe of job cuts in the north west, former Finance Minister Sean Farren has called for more local initiatives between education and the workplace so as to reduce the impact of r...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 11, 2003
Pearson urges businesses to promote opportunity for women
NIO Trade Minister Ian Pearson has urged businesses to enable women to compete on a more equal footing by promoting skills and career development training. Mr Pearson made his comments after meeting ...
Pearson urges businesses to promote opportunity for women
NIO Trade Minister Ian Pearson has urged businesses to enable women to compete on a more equal footing by promoting skills and career development training. Mr Pearson made his comments after meeting ...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 11, 2003
Hunt for clues continues in murder inquiry
Police are continuing to hunt for further clues into the murder of a woman in Broughshane, Co Antrim, yesterday. A man is currently helping police with their inquiries after the woman, named as mothe...
Hunt for clues continues in murder inquiry
Police are continuing to hunt for further clues into the murder of a woman in Broughshane, Co Antrim, yesterday. A man is currently helping police with their inquiries after the woman, named as mothe...
Business News, Feb 10, 2003
Scottish council takes on Consilium solution
Belfast-based Consilium Technologies, a leading supplier of IT solutions for local government, has developed an innovative eTrading solution in partnership with Carmarthenshire County Council in Wales...
Scottish council takes on Consilium solution
Belfast-based Consilium Technologies, a leading supplier of IT solutions for local government, has developed an innovative eTrading solution in partnership with Carmarthenshire County Council in Wales...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 10, 2003
Sinn Fein raises concerns over electoral register
West Tyrone Sinn Féin MP Pat Doherty has said that the Irish government is set to raise concerns over what he described as "the disenfranchisement of a large section of the six-county electorate," at ...
Sinn Fein raises concerns over electoral register
West Tyrone Sinn Féin MP Pat Doherty has said that the Irish government is set to raise concerns over what he described as "the disenfranchisement of a large section of the six-county electorate," at ...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 10, 2003
Education authorities issue post-primary school guidelines
The Department of Education has issued a set of guidelines to parents whose children have recently received their Transfer Procedure Test results. The guidelines refer to the next step in choosing a ...
Education authorities issue post-primary school guidelines
The Department of Education has issued a set of guidelines to parents whose children have recently received their Transfer Procedure Test results. The guidelines refer to the next step in choosing a ...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 10, 2003
Police seize £3m worth of ecstasy tablets
Police last night seized ecstasy tablets with a street value of £3 million in Northern Ireland's biggest ever drugs seizure. Around 300,000 pills and a quantity of cannabis resin were found by PSNI D...
Police seize £3m worth of ecstasy tablets
Police last night seized ecstasy tablets with a street value of £3 million in Northern Ireland's biggest ever drugs seizure. Around 300,000 pills and a quantity of cannabis resin were found by PSNI D...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 10, 2003
Five die on NI roads over the weekend
Five people have died on Northern Ireland's roads over the weekend. In Co Tyrone last night, two people died when a car and a four-wheel-drive collided just outside the village of Augher. A woman pa...
Five die on NI roads over the weekend
Five people have died on Northern Ireland's roads over the weekend. In Co Tyrone last night, two people died when a car and a four-wheel-drive collided just outside the village of Augher. A woman pa...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 10, 2003
Barcelona to face Derry City in friendly match
Spanish football giants Barcelona have agreed to play a friendly match against League of Ireland side Derry City. The fixture – which was organised following a meeting between representatives of the ...
Barcelona to face Derry City in friendly match
Spanish football giants Barcelona have agreed to play a friendly match against League of Ireland side Derry City. The fixture – which was organised following a meeting between representatives of the ...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 10, 2003
'Game is up for republican movement' says Trimble
UUP leader David Trimble has said that "the game is up for the republican movement" and has demanded 'acts of completion' on decommissioning and disbandment before the peace process can be put back on...
'Game is up for republican movement' says Trimble
UUP leader David Trimble has said that "the game is up for the republican movement" and has demanded 'acts of completion' on decommissioning and disbandment before the peace process can be put back on...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 10, 2003
Man arrested after body find
Police have arrested a man after a woman's body was found in Co Antrim this morning. Emergency services where called to a house in Buckna Road, Broughshane, near Ballymena at around 11.45am when a lo...
Man arrested after body find
Police have arrested a man after a woman's body was found in Co Antrim this morning. Emergency services where called to a house in Buckna Road, Broughshane, near Ballymena at around 11.45am when a lo...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 10, 2003
Causeway Coast needs united approach says UUP MLA
North Antrim Unionist assembly member, Rev Robert Coulter has called on four councils in the north of the province to form a united front to help create sustainable and lasting tourist and trade benef...
Causeway Coast needs united approach says UUP MLA
North Antrim Unionist assembly member, Rev Robert Coulter has called on four councils in the north of the province to form a united front to help create sustainable and lasting tourist and trade benef...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 10, 2003
OAPs injured in pipe-bomb attack
Three pensioners have been injured following a pipe-bomb attack at a house in Belfast last night. At around 8pm, two women and a man, all believed to be in their 70s, were in a house in Ambleside St...
OAPs injured in pipe-bomb attack
Three pensioners have been injured following a pipe-bomb attack at a house in Belfast last night. At around 8pm, two women and a man, all believed to be in their 70s, were in a house in Ambleside St...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 10, 2003
18 police injured during riot in Co Tyrone
Eighteen police officers have been injured following serious street violence in Omagh, which at one point involved up to 200 rioters. At around 2am on Sunday morning, police were called to Castle Str...
18 police injured during riot in Co Tyrone
Eighteen police officers have been injured following serious street violence in Omagh, which at one point involved up to 200 rioters. At around 2am on Sunday morning, police were called to Castle Str...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 7, 2003
Belfast tops TV licence ‘league of shame’
Belfast was named and shamed today after coming out top in TV Licensing’s annual Northern Ireland League of Shame, as a record 20,452 evaders were caught throughout the region without a TV licence in ...
Belfast tops TV licence ‘league of shame’
Belfast was named and shamed today after coming out top in TV Licensing’s annual Northern Ireland League of Shame, as a record 20,452 evaders were caught throughout the region without a TV licence in ...
Business News, Feb 7, 2003
Creative Media celebrate achieving IIP status
Creative Media has become only the fourth local firm to secure the Investors in People Standard, the Training and Employment Agency's award initiative based on 12 indicators of good practice. The Oma...
Creative Media celebrate achieving IIP status
Creative Media has become only the fourth local firm to secure the Investors in People Standard, the Training and Employment Agency's award initiative based on 12 indicators of good practice. The Oma...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 7, 2003
Police investigate Bangor shooting
A mother and her child escaped injury last night after a gun attack on their Co Down home. At around 10pm, a shotgun blast was fired through the window of the house at Balligan Gardens in Bangor. Bot...
Police investigate Bangor shooting
A mother and her child escaped injury last night after a gun attack on their Co Down home. At around 10pm, a shotgun blast was fired through the window of the house at Balligan Gardens in Bangor. Bot...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 7, 2003
New task force for voluntary and community sector
NIO Social Development Minister Des Browne today announced the membership of a new taskforce on resourcing for the voluntary and community sector. The taskforce will consider how the sector can conti...
New task force for voluntary and community sector
NIO Social Development Minister Des Browne today announced the membership of a new taskforce on resourcing for the voluntary and community sector. The taskforce will consider how the sector can conti...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 7, 2003
Teenager sentenced for injuring nurse
A teenager has been sentenced to two years in a Young Offenders' Centre after a court heard how he threw a rock over a motorway bridge in Belfast – badly injuring a nurse. The youth, who was drunk at...
Teenager sentenced for injuring nurse
A teenager has been sentenced to two years in a Young Offenders' Centre after a court heard how he threw a rock over a motorway bridge in Belfast – badly injuring a nurse. The youth, who was drunk at...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 7, 2003
Minister kicks-off £8m scheme for local football
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Angela Smith has confirmed that local football is to receive an £8m cash boost. The Minister confirmed the news after the Soccer Advisory Panel revealed it was ...
Minister kicks-off £8m scheme for local football
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Angela Smith has confirmed that local football is to receive an £8m cash boost. The Minister confirmed the news after the Soccer Advisory Panel revealed it was ...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 7, 2003
Car bomb made safe in south Belfast
Army technical officers have carried out a controlled explosion on a bomb left in a car in south Belfast. The car, a red Peugeot 406, was left abandoned on the Blacks Road near Dunmurray some time af...
Car bomb made safe in south Belfast
Army technical officers have carried out a controlled explosion on a bomb left in a car in south Belfast. The car, a red Peugeot 406, was left abandoned on the Blacks Road near Dunmurray some time af...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 7, 2003
SDLP meet with electoral office over registration fears
The SDLP have met with the Chief Electoral Officer Denis Stanley over fears that many eligible voters have not been included on the electoral register. Speaking after yesterday's meeting, assembly me...
SDLP meet with electoral office over registration fears
The SDLP have met with the Chief Electoral Officer Denis Stanley over fears that many eligible voters have not been included on the electoral register. Speaking after yesterday's meeting, assembly me...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 7, 2003
Co Londonderry suffers further jobs blow
Co Londonderry suffered another jobs blow today with the news that all 180 employees of a soft furnishings factory are to lose their jobs. Early this morning, CV Furnishing in Maydown confirmed that ...
Co Londonderry suffers further jobs blow
Co Londonderry suffered another jobs blow today with the news that all 180 employees of a soft furnishings factory are to lose their jobs. Early this morning, CV Furnishing in Maydown confirmed that ...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 7, 2003
New police training college gets go ahead
The Northern Ireland Policing Board has set in motion plans to introduce a new police training college for the PSNI by 2007. The college has been advocated for months by PSNI Chief Constable Hugh Ord...
New police training college gets go ahead
The Northern Ireland Policing Board has set in motion plans to introduce a new police training college for the PSNI by 2007. The college has been advocated for months by PSNI Chief Constable Hugh Ord...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 7, 2003
South Belfast pensioner dies after robbery
An elderly pensioner has died after she was robbed at her home in south Belfast last night. At around 7.40pm, four youths forced their way into the 82-year-old woman's Drumart Green home in the Belvo...
South Belfast pensioner dies after robbery
An elderly pensioner has died after she was robbed at her home in south Belfast last night. At around 7.40pm, four youths forced their way into the 82-year-old woman's Drumart Green home in the Belvo...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 6, 2003
Montupet invest in £2.7m training programme
Local motoring parts manufacturer, Montupet is to invest £2.7 million in a comprehensive training programme. The company has signed up to a comprehensive training programme for its employees as part ...
Montupet invest in £2.7m training programme
Local motoring parts manufacturer, Montupet is to invest £2.7 million in a comprehensive training programme. The company has signed up to a comprehensive training programme for its employees as part ...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 6, 2003
Bank of England drop interest rate to 3.75%
In a surprise move the Bank of England today cut interest rates by 0.25% taking the UK interest rate to 3.75%, the lowest figure in almost 50 years. It was widely expected that, despite growing press...
Bank of England drop interest rate to 3.75%
In a surprise move the Bank of England today cut interest rates by 0.25% taking the UK interest rate to 3.75%, the lowest figure in almost 50 years. It was widely expected that, despite growing press...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 6, 2003
Colombia Three trial adjourned until Friday
The trial of three alleged IRA men arrested in Colombia and charged with training Marxist guerrillas has been adjourned until tomorrow. Prosecution witnesses appeared in court amid heavy security on ...
Colombia Three trial adjourned until Friday
The trial of three alleged IRA men arrested in Colombia and charged with training Marxist guerrillas has been adjourned until tomorrow. Prosecution witnesses appeared in court amid heavy security on ...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 6, 2003
NI banks criticised by UK consumer magazine
Northern Ireland consumers have been urged to shop around for banking products after a consumer magazine criticised local banks for overcharging customers. The call was made by the General Consumers ...
NI banks criticised by UK consumer magazine
Northern Ireland consumers have been urged to shop around for banking products after a consumer magazine criticised local banks for overcharging customers. The call was made by the General Consumers ...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 6, 2003
Defections and exile decimates Adair's C Company
Up to 50 members of Johnny Adair's lower Shankill-based C Company left the country in the early hours of this morning after the mainstream UDA moved against the renegade faction. It is thought that ...
Defections and exile decimates Adair's C Company
Up to 50 members of Johnny Adair's lower Shankill-based C Company left the country in the early hours of this morning after the mainstream UDA moved against the renegade faction. It is thought that ...
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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.