BUPASir, - In the "Information Guide to our Health Services" issued by the Department of Health, which is freely available to members…Tue Jan 28 1997 - 00:00
DUP, UK Unionists to drop talks complaintTHE DUP and the UK Unionist party will not be making a formal complaint about the participation of the two loyalist fringe parties…Sat Jan 25 1997 - 00:00
Libery Mutual invest in NorthNORTHERN Ireland has secured a 124 job US investment worth £3.5 millionFri Jan 24 1997 - 00:00
Orange Order refuses to meet residentsCONCERNS about a possible repeat of last summer's Drumcree stand off increased yesterday following the Orange Order's decision…Fri Jan 24 1997 - 00:00
600 jobs in the pipelline at ShortsTHE embattled aerospace company Shorts will create up to 600 jobs with the announcement by its parent company Bombardier of plans…Thu Jan 23 1997 - 00:00
Prospect of election reduces NI "flexibility"THE British Prime Minister, Mr Major, appeared to confirm that there will be no developments in the peace process until after…Thu Jan 23 1997 - 00:00
Mother rejected by fire brigade wins caseA MOTHER of five who was turned down for a job as a firefighter because she was not tall enough might reapply to the service …Tue Jan 21 1997 - 00:00
Convention defeat for Catholic unionistA Catholic unionist, Ms Patricia Campbell, was placed third in the Ulster Unionist Party's contest to select a candidate to run…Mon Jan 20 1997 - 00:00
Operation Freeflow benefits bus passengersMORE than 5,000 motorists received on-the-spot fines and 4,300 were cautioned for traffic offences in the first two weeks of …Sat Dec 21 1996 - 00:00
Up to none million people on the move over the Christmas periodUP to one million people will be on the move in the busiest travel period of the year, which gets under way this weekend.Sat Dec 21 1996 - 00:00
Car tax warning after charges abolitionANTI-WATER charges campaigners were last night celebrating a "major climbdown" by the Government, after the announcement of the…Fri Dec 20 1996 - 00:00
Women "sign on" to show enforced idlenessUP to 500 women took part in a "national signing on day" at social welfare offices yesterday as part of a campaign for recognition…Sat Dec 14 1996 - 00:00
Vet is jailed for possessing growth promotersA CO Meath veterinary surgeon was compared to drugs barons supplying heroin and crack cocaine when he was sentenced to six months…Tue Dec 10 1996 - 00:00
Setters settles his action against FAITHE unfair dismissals case taken by Mr Maurice Setters against the Football Association of Ireland was withdrawn from the employment…Fri Dec 06 1996 - 00:00
Move to avoid gridlock by FFFIANNA FAIL has asked motorists to drive their cars into Dublin two days less a week in the run up to ChristmasTue Nov 05 1996 - 00:00
Bail reform dismissed a cosmeticTHE proposed amendment to reform the bail laws was a cosmetic and superficial exercise to divert attention from the gross inefficiency…Tue Nov 05 1996 - 00:00
BIM chairman embarks on voyage of renewalMARK FitzGerald got the phone call on June 5thMon Nov 04 1996 - 00:00
Trimble says Spring "not living in the real world"IN a sharp attack on the Tanaiste, the Ulster Unionist leader, Mr David Trimble, accused Mr Spring of "not living in the real…Sat Nov 02 1996 - 00:00
Call for release of UDR Four manTHE Northern Ireland Forum called yesterday for the immediate release of Neil Latimer, the one member of the UDR Four still in…Sat Nov 02 1996 - 00:00
£1.6m lifeboat rescues surferIRELAND's newest lifeboat has already been involved in a rescue. The £1Tue Oct 29 1996 - 00:00
Lotto fireworks before Hallowe'en as jackpot climbs to a record £5mTHE winner - if there is only one - of tonight's record Lotto jackpot of about £5 million will only have to bank the cheque to…Sat Oct 26 1996 - 01:00
Vendors cry mussels and mussels in RungisAT RUNGIS, on the outskirts of Paris, the third largest fish market in Europe was preparing for the daily round of restaurateurs…Wed Oct 23 1996 - 01:00
Food and drink exports slip 5% as BSE bitesIRISH food and drink exports have dropped by 5 per cent overall in the first six months of this year, according to figures released…Mon Oct 21 1996 - 01:00
Paisley says Dublin role is similar to Hitler'sTHERE were sharp exchanges between the leaders of the DUP and the Ulster Unionist Party at the Northern Ireland Forum yesterday…Sat Oct 05 1996 - 01:00
Report shows more weapons dumped in sea than admittedTHE electricity inter-connector between Northern Ireland and Scotland should not go ahead until the whole area around the Beaufort…Fri Oct 04 1996 - 01:00
Four questioned about killing in NewryDETECTIVES were last night still questioning three men and a woman about the killing of a man in Newry, Co Down, early yesterday…Fri Oct 04 1996 - 01:00
Ford to spend £34 million on expanding Belfast plantTHE Ford Motor Company is to invest £34 million sterling in the expansion of its Belfast plant, creating 55 jobs over the next…Thu Oct 03 1996 - 01:00
Two found guilty over trawler sinkingTWO French fishermen were found guilty yesterday of negligence, four years after their vessel rammed an Irish fishing boat resulting…Sat Sept 28 1996 - 01:00
Drugs "affecting every prison inmate"DRUGS are so dominant in the prison system that they affect every inmate, a conference on the treatment of drug offenders has…Sat Sept 28 1996 - 01:00
Fishing deaths case opens after 4 yearsFOUR years after the deaths of two Irish fishermen in a collision between their boat and a French trawler the case will finally…Fri Sept 27 1996 - 01:00
School damaged by arson to reopenA SCHOOL in Co Dublin will reopen today despite an arson attackThu Sept 26 1996 - 01:00
EU Commission proud of Ireland's economic progress, conference toldIRELAND is becoming the India of Europe for computer software, the EU Commissioner for Industry, Dr Martin Bangemann, said yesterday…Wed Sept 25 1996 - 01:00
Search for east coast oil polluter `difficult'THE Minister for the Marine has conceded it will be difficult to establish who was responsible for the oil spillage off the south…Wed Sept 25 1996 - 01:00
H & W turns the corner with break even resultHARLAND & Wolff, the Belfast shipyard, has broken even according to results for the first six months of this yearTue Sept 24 1996 - 01:00
Police believe motive behind fatal beating not sectarianDETECTIVES investigating the murder of a man in Cookstown, Co Tyrone, late on Sunday night are believed to be following a number…Tue Sept 24 1996 - 01:00
Church pickets held again despite settlement attemptTHE Ulster Unionist Party leader, Mr David Trimble, has called for an end to loyalist pickets of Catholic church services and…Mon Sept 23 1996 - 01:00
Arms issue could create talks block - MorrisonIF THE decommissioning of weapons was treated as the first item on the agenda in the multi party talks then there would be a "…Mon Sept 23 1996 - 01:00
Woman in serious condition after shop arson attackA 42 YEAR OLD woman remained in a serious condition in hospital last night, after being engulfed by flames in an arson attack…Mon Sept 23 1996 - 01:00
Transfer of prisoners welcomed but delay criticisedTHE decision by the British Home Secretary, Mr Michael Howard, to allow the transfer of three republican prisoners from England…Mon Sept 23 1996 - 01:00
Decommissioning law an amnesty, says PaisleyLEGISLATION being prepared by the Irish and British governments on the decommissioning of weapons was "an entire amnesty to terrorism…Sat Sept 21 1996 - 01:00
Priest regrets that `tacit approval' is being given to drug murder gangDIRECT Action Against Drugs (DAAD) would not be able to carry out murders without the "tacit approval" of local communities, …Fri Sept 20 1996 - 01:00
Child abduction attempt failsTHE RUC has appealed to parents to be vigilant following the attempted abduction of a seven-year-old child in east BelfastFri Sept 20 1996 - 01:00
Major faces pressure on North's BSE statusA CROSS-PARTY delegation of Northern Ireland MPs and the president of the Ulster Farmers' Union will meet the British Prime Minister…Thu Sept 19 1996 - 01:00
Hopes of progress in talks after Stormont meetingsTHERE were hopes last night that the multi party talks may finally move into a substantive phase after meetings at Stormont involving…Wed Sept 18 1996 - 01:00
Muted reaction to talk of ceasefireREACTION was muted at Stormont yesterday to speculation about a renewed IRA ceasefireTue Sept 17 1996 - 01:00
SDLP, DUP to discuss loyalist church picketsTHE Democratic Unionist Party's justice spokesman, Mr Ian Paisley jnr, and Mr Sean Farren of the SDLP are to meet to discuss …Tue Sept 17 1996 - 01:00
Skerries wins European gold in floral contestTHE Co Dublin seaside town of Skerries has won a gold award in the European Entente Florale competitionMon Sept 16 1996 - 01:00
Proposal to lift net ban "delights" salmon anglersCOMMERCIAL salmon fishermen are "delighted" with the planned legalisation of monofilament net but are concerned about other elements…Fri Sept 13 1996 - 01:00
Report says senior judicial appointments should be for fixed, non renewable termsTHE Chief Justice and the Presidents of the High, Circuit and District Courts should be appointed for a fixed seven year term…Thu Sept 12 1996 - 01:00
System over burdened, antiquated and in crisisANTIQUATED, over burdened and a system in crisis these appear to be the preliminary conclusions drawn by the Working Group on…Thu Sept 12 1996 - 01:00
