Northern Ireland News for June 2004 : Page 6

Northern Ireland News, Jun 21, 2004
Seven injured in road collision
Seven people from Northern Ireland have been involved in a road traffic collision in the Republic. Two cars were involved in the crash which occurred outside Carrigart in Co Donegal at around 2.30pm ...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 21, 2004
Government taskforce targets Sandy Row and Village areas
Social Development Minister, John Spellar has announced a Government initiative aimed at tackling problems in the Sandy Row and greater Village area of Belfast today. Mr Spellar said that a Taskforce...
UK National News, Jun 21, 2004
Man arrested over murder of Liverpool teenager
Merseyside Police have arrested a man in connection with the murder of a teenager in Liverpool on Saturday. The 20-year-old man was arrested yesterday on suspicion of conspiracy of the murder of Liam...
UK National News, Jun 21, 2004
BMA report highlights social imbalance of medical students
Social class and race have a major impact on people's chances of entering the medical profession, according to British Medical Association (BMA) research published today. In a new report, 'The Demogr...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 21, 2004
Report calls for all-Ireland environment logo
A new report from the Centre for Cross Border Studies has called on the Departments of the Environment in Belfast and Dublin to create a single local sustainable development logo for the island of Ire...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 21, 2004
Trading Standards launch price check monitor
The Trading Standards Service has launched a monitoring exercise on licensed premises throughout the Greater Belfast and North Down area to ensure that prices of food and drink are being displayed. T...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 21, 2004
Carrickfergus set for nautical dash
Two gracious ships will sail into Carrickfergus Harbour tomorrow, helping to re-launch Northern Ireland’s Sea Cadet movement with nautical dash. Bringing the romance of the sea to Carrickfergus will ...
UK National News, Jun 21, 2004
England to take on Croatia in vital Group B clash
England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has confirmed that midfielder Owen Hargreaves is fit to play in tonight's vital Group B qualifying match. Hargreaves, who has come off the bench in the last two fi...
UK National News, Jun 21, 2004
£4m gene studies funding aimed to improve NHS treatment
Research into why some people react badly to certain medicines has received £4 million, the government has announced today. The funding will be shared by six teams researching pharmacogenetics - whic...
UK National News, Jun 21, 2004
Minister hails increase in council tax collections
Local authorities in England are collecting more of the council tax and business rates owed to them, according to government figures released today. Local Government Minister Nick Raynsford said that...
UK National News, Jun 21, 2004
Scotland’s film archive receives lottery grant
Scratchy black and white film showing Queen Victoria at Balmoral in 1896, is just one of the Scottish Screen Archive gems that will be restored and made available to the public thanks to a grant of £6...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 21, 2004
NIE Powerteam secure multi-million pound contract
NIE Powerteam has won a multi-million pound contract in the Republic of Ireland with electricity company ESB. The contract will see electrical construction and refurbishment work on transmission subs...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 21, 2004
Campaign to end ageism is launched in North West
Employers in the North West are being urged to attend the North West launch of the Age Positive campaign. Age Positive, a Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (DETI) initiative, is focused ...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 21, 2004
NI biotechnology sector continues to grow
Northern Ireland’s biotechnology sector has grown by a third over the last three years in terms of jobs created, Northern Ireland Secretary of State, Paul Murphy has said. Mr Murphy was speaking at t...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 21, 2004
All-island energy market takes step closer
An all-island energy market took a step closer today with the launch of the draft all island Energy Market Framework consultation document. Enterprise Minister, Barry Gardiner and Irish Minister for ...
UK National News, Jun 21, 2004
BBC World Service on top with 146m global audience
BBC World Service remains the world's leading international radio broadcaster with a weekly global audience estimate of 146 million, according to new audience figures released today. The figures equa...
Recruitment News, Jun 18, 2004
Elan's €35m Athlone expansion to create 120 jobs
Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Mary Harney has announced that Elan Corporation is to establish a new sterile biopharmaceuticals plant at the company's Athlone facility. T...
Business News, Jun 18, 2004
Jobs losses in Lurgan as Simtek Europe announces closure
An electronics manufacturing facility in Lurgan Co. Armagh is to close with the loss of 45 jobs. Simtek Europe blamed the closure on price competition and the downturn in the global economy. The com...
Business News, Jun 18, 2004
HSBC to cut 3,500 jobs in cost-cutting exercise
Up to 3,500 UK jobs are set to go at HSBC bank as the group reorganises in an effort to cut costs, it has emerged. The bulk of the jobs will in the bank's London headquarters, but the remaining loss...
UK National News, Jun 18, 2004
DFID's Aids efforts marred by poor management, says NAO
Poor management in the Department for International Development's (DFID) is undermining the UK's efforts in the global fight against HIV/Aids, the Naitonal Audit Office has found. A National Audit O...
UK National News, Jun 18, 2004
Ward Sister sentenced to five years for attempted murder
A nurse has been found guilty today of the attempted murder of two elderly patients in a Crewe hospital. Former Ward Sister, Barbara Salisbury, 48, from Pontybodkin in north Wales, received two five-...
UK National News, Jun 18, 2004
War crime immunity hurts UN credibility: Annan
Continuing to grant UN peacekeepers immunity from potential prosecution by the war crimes tribunal "had the potential to hurt the credibility of both the Security Council and the UN itself", Secretary...
UK National News, Jun 18, 2004
Thousands of European child deaths linked to poor environment
Indoor air pollution, unsafe water, lead and injuries account for the deaths of third of children across Europe, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). In a report, to be published in the ...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 18, 2004
Armagh man injured in 'barbaric' attack
Police are treating a savage assault on a man in Co Armagh as attempted murder. The 45-year-old victim had just dropped his children off at Annaghmore Primary School in the Kiltybane area of Cullyhan...
UK National News, Jun 18, 2004
Rooney brace lifts English spirits
England go into next Monday's final Group B clash with Croatia knowing a draw will be enough to take them into the quarter-finals of Euro 2004 following Thursday's 3-0 win over Switzerland. A Wayne R...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 18, 2004
Two men charged with Limavady murder
Two men have been charged with the murder of a man whose badly burned body was discovered in Co. Londonderry at the weekend. Liam Anthony Duddy, 40, and William John Wilson, 31, both with an address ...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 18, 2004
Prison Service urged to reconsider transfer plans for women prisoners
The Human Rights Commission today urged the Prison Service to abandon its plans to transfer women prisoners from Mourne House in Maghaberry Prison to Hydebank Wood Young Offenders Centre. The Commiss...
Business News, Jun 18, 2004
Unicorn Containers pioneers Saleslogix integration with Sage ERP
Sage CRM business partner, Pinnacle Computing, has helped Unicorn Containers become one of the first companies to integrate SalesLogix with front and back-office systems using Sage CRM’s new integrati...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 18, 2004
Redesign of community nursing services launched
The Department of Health today announced the funding of eight new pilot projects, which will test the strategic thinking and reshaping of future community nursing services in Northern Ireland. Speaki...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 18, 2004
Irish and US agencies collaborate on health and safety
Details of an historic partnership between the United States and health and safety agencies in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, have been announced in Dublin today. The US Department of ...