Northern Ireland News for March 2004 : Page 5

Northern Ireland News, Mar 24, 2004
Project aims to make computers 'emotional'
A Europe-wide project to enable computers to think, behave and respond to the users' moods has got under way. The 10-million-euro, four-year project is being coordinated from the School of Psychology...
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UK National News, Mar 23, 2004
Three British troops 'seriously injured' during Basra clashes
A total of 14 British soldiers have been injured, three seriously, during public order disturbances in Basra yesterday, it has emerged. All those hurt were quickly evacuated to the British military h...
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UK National News, Mar 23, 2004
New housing scheme opens door for key public sector workers
Nurses, teachers and other public sector workers are set to get help with buying or renting a home as part of a £690 million scheme launched today. The 'Key Worker Living programme' aims to help peop...
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UK National News, Mar 23, 2004
Dispute halts postal deliveries in parts of Ireland
Representatives of the Irish postal service, An Post, and the Communication Workers' Union will meet tomorrow under the wing of the Labour Relations Commission for talks aimed at ending industrial act...
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Northern Ireland News, Mar 23, 2004
Blair and Ahern attempt resuscitation of NI accord
The British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Irish counterpart Bertie Ahern were meeting with the Northern Ireland political leaders today in Hillsborough as the latest attempt to resuscitate the pea...
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UK National News, Mar 23, 2004
NHS coped well with pressures of winter: watchdog
The NHS coped well with the traditional winter demand and patients received a better service than the NHS has previously been able to provide, the public service's watchdog said today. This was the f...
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Northern Ireland News, Mar 23, 2004
Easyjet expansion to create 200 new jobs
Up to 200 new jobs are set to be created following an announcement that easyjet is to introduce four new routes from Belfast International Airport to Europe. The new routes, Alicante, Malaga, Nice a...
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UK National News, Mar 23, 2004
British explorer breaks balloon altitude record
The British explorer David Hempleman-Adams has broken the eight-year-old open basket balloon altitude record this morning, when he reached a height of 37,000 feet in the skies above Colorado. At 07.4...
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Northern Ireland News, Mar 23, 2004
Rid Belfast of racism says Council
Belfast City Council today called on everyone to play their part in eliminating the scourge of racism from society. Condemning the most recent violent racist attacks, in south and west Belfast at the...
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Northern Ireland News, Mar 23, 2004
Orange Hall arson attack 'sectarian'
An arson attack on an Orange Hall in Co Armagh has been described as "sectarian". Newry and Armagh Ulster Unionist MLA Danny Kennedy said the attack on Ballyrea Orange Hall on the Baltarran Road in A...
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Northern Ireland News, Mar 23, 2004
Coleraine calls time on underage drinking
A new scheme to curb underage drinking on the North Coast will be launched in Coleraine later this week. Spearheaded by a partnership comprising of the Police Service, the local licensed trade, Coler...
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Northern Ireland News, Mar 23, 2004
BMA NI welcomes health fightback
The British Medical Association in Northern Ireland has welcomed Health Minister Angela Smith's announcement that the DHSSPS will no longer tolerate attacks on health care staff. Commenting on yester...
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UK National News, Mar 23, 2004
Scourge of malnutrition goes on despite global rise in wealth: UN
Despite some progress in improving nutrition among the world's poor, improvements have failed to keep pace with the overall climate of global economic growth, according to a new United Nations report....
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UK National News, Mar 23, 2004
£100m cash boost for NHS mental health research
The NHS will receive an extra £100 million over the next four years for research into Alzheimer's, stroke, diabetes and mental health, the government has announced today. The extra money for researc...
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UK National News, Mar 23, 2004
Scotland's tallest building planned for Glasgow
Plans for high-rise flats in Glasgow could see the construction of what would become Scotland’s largest building. The £100 million planning proposal would see the 440 feet high, 39-storey building be...
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Northern Ireland News, Mar 23, 2004
Obesity is health time bomb in NI
Northern Ireland's Chief Medical Officer has issued a stark warning about a growing obesity problem in the province. Publishing her Annual Report entitled ‘Your Health Matters’, Dr Henrietta Campbell...
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Northern Ireland News, Mar 23, 2004
CCEA launches interactive RE resource
The Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA) today launched an innovative interdenominational learning resource to help students produce top quality coursework and examination an...
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UK National News, Mar 23, 2004
Estate agents need to improve customer services, says OFT report
Estate agents must improve their approach to customer services and more vigorous price competition is needed in the estate agency market, according to an OFT report published today. The study examine...
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UK National News, Mar 23, 2004
Talented children to benefit from music and dance grants
New national grants in music and dance for exceptionally talented children, allowing them to gain access locally to specialist training, have been announced by the School Standards Minister today. Da...
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Business News, Mar 23, 2004
Easyjet expansion to create 200 jobs
Up to 200 new jobs are set to be created following an announcement that easyjet is to introduce four new routes from Belfast International Airport to Europe. The new routes, Alicante, Malaga, Nice a...
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Business News, Mar 23, 2004
Ennis to gain 50 'Monster' jobs over five years
US-owned Monster Cable Products (MCP) is to create 50 jobs with the establishment of a Shared Services Centre in Ennis, Co Clare, with the support of IDA Ireland. The centre in Ennis will be responsi...
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Northern Ireland News, Mar 23, 2004
Minister announces special school amalgamation
Education Minister, Jane Kennedy today approved a Western Education and Library Board development proposal to allow Limegrove and Glasvey Special Schools in Limavady to amalgamate to form a new contr...
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Northern Ireland News, Mar 23, 2004
Footballer excess nothing new says historian
High profile football seems to have been haunted recently by tales of heavy-drinking, high wages and easy sex - but such accusations are nothing new, according to a University historian who's been res...
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UK National News, Mar 22, 2004
Killing of Hamas founder condemned by UK government
The 'targeted assassination' of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, the spiritual leader and founder member of the Islamic militant group Hamas, in a missile strike in the Gaza Strip this morning has been condemned ...
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Business News, Mar 22, 2004
Teleticket wins 'Hot 100' place
Teleticket, Northern Ireland’s home grown holiday company specialising locally in direct flights between Belfast and Spain, has won fresh recognition in Real Business magazine’s annual ‘Hot 100’ listi...
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UK National News, Mar 22, 2004
13 British soldiers injured in Iraq blasts
Thirteen British soldiers have been injured in two bomb blasts in Basra, it has been reported today. According to the BBC, none of the men is believed to have suffered life-threatening injuries duri...
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Business News, Mar 22, 2004
Entries sought for National Training Awards competition
The NI National Training Awards Competition for 2004 is now open for applications. Announcing the awards, Permanent Secretary at the Department of Employment and Learning, Will Haire stressed the imp...
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UK National News, Mar 22, 2004
Children at greater risk of MRSA infection: report
Children in hospital are at a greater risk of succumbing to MRSA infection now than at any time in the past decade, according to a paper published in this week’s Archives of Disease in Childhood. Th...
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UK National News, Mar 22, 2004
Diver's body recovered from flooded quarry
The body of a 31-year-old diver has been recovered from a flooded quarry that has claimed the lives of over 20 divers in the last 10 years. A robot submersible was called in to help with the search f...
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Northern Ireland News, Mar 22, 2004
Mark McCall announced as new Ulster coach
Mark McCall was today named Ulster's new rugby coach in succession to Alan Solomons. The current Irish U21 coach has been offered a three year deal commencing on July 1. Commenting on the appointmen...
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