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 Facts about topic: (Belfast City Council)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Belfast City Council is the largest Local Council serving the largest city in Northern Ireland (A division of the United Kingdom located on the northern part of the island of Ireland) which has a population of 277,391.
The Council is based in Belfast City Hall.
Belfast (Capital and largest city of Northern Ireland; the center of Protestantism in Northern Ireland) is also the seat of government for Northern Ireland.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/be/belfast_city_council.htm   (261 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Belfast   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Belfast (Béal Feirste in Irish) is a city in the United Kingdom, and the second-largest city on the island of Ireland.
Belfast Lough (Loch Lao in Irish) is a large intertidal sea lough situated at the mouth of the River Lagan on the east coast of Northern Ireland.
Belfast is the largest city in Northern Ireland, with a population of 277,391.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Belfast   (1121 words)

  
 Belfast - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
To the north of Belfast are the Glens of Antrim in County Antrim, and to the south, the Castlereagh Hills in County Down.
West Belfast remains the centre of the city's Catholic population (in contrast with the east of the City which is almost exclusively Protestant).
Belfast became the centre of Irish unionism, and in 1922 it was declared the capital of Northern Ireland after Ireland was partitioned into Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State (later to become the Republic of Ireland, when it withdrew from the Commonwealth in 1949).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Belfast   (1990 words)

  
 Belfast - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Belfast is the largest city in Northern Ireland and the Irish Province of Ulster, with a population of 277,391 (2001 census).
Belfast is situated at the mouth of the River Lagan on Belfast Lough and is surrounded by hills (Black Mountain and Cavehill - the famous Napoleon's nose is a basaltic outcrop here which forms the border with neighbouring Glengormley).
Belfast became the centre of Irish Protestantism, and in 1922 it was declared the capital of Northern Ireland.
encyclopedia.learnthis.info /b/be/belfast.html   (618 words)

  
 Belfast City Council - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Belfast City Council is the largest local council serving the largest city in Northern Ireland which has a population of 277,391.
Belfast is also the (sometime) seat of government for Northern Ireland.
In 1993, the council banned the President of Ireland, Mary Robinson, from entering any properties it owned.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Belfast_City_Council   (278 words)

  
 US Investment in Ireland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The city that for almost three decades was one of the world's worst trouble spots is now a thriving metropolis, working flat out to reap the benefits of its strategic position as a gateway to Continental Europe for powerful North American commercial interests.
Belfast has been accurately described as a city in the middle of a renaissanace and in the City Hall party political differences are being happily set aside by unionist and nationalist councillors to ensure that when it comes to selling Belfast to the wider world all are singing from the same hymn sheet.
Belfast City Council is now beginning to reap the enormous benefits of an ambitious inward trade mission policy launched in the early 1990s and targeted on the Atlantic Rim Partner areas of North America, centred on Boston, Portland and Pittsburgh in the US, and Halifax in Nova Scotia.
www.ireland.com /newspaper/supplements/usinvest/belfastbuzz.htm   (1206 words)

  
 Belfast City Council Development Department   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The large population influx to Belfast in the wake of the Great Famine of the 1840s mirrored the strong sectarian divisions that existed in rural areas, and, as people moved to the city, these divisions were entrenched in the urban landscape.
It was during the 1850s and 1860s that the city's strongly segregated ghettos were born - stretching out from the city centre along the line of the mills which harnessed the streams along the scarp of the Antrim Hills.
Belfast is a compact city, where the worldwide tendency for unchecked suburban growth has been curtailed to some extent, leaving a city which is relatively easy to get around.
www.belfastcapitalcity.com /aboutus/history.asp   (1805 words)

  
 Belfast Parks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Belfast City Council's Parks and Amenities Section is responsible for over fifty properties, including parks and playing fields, cemeteries and historical graveyards, a Zoological Garden, and many open spaces throughout the city - over 3000 acres dedicated to horticulture, recreation, environmental landscaping, education and conservation.
In the 75 years that the Southport Flower Show is running, this is the first time that Belfast City Council have competed with an exhibition.
To encourage greater community use and involvement in parks, Belfast City Council is piloting a small grants scheme to promote locally based events in parks in Belfast.
www.parks.belfastcity.gov.uk   (198 words)

  
 Belfast City Council target 2006 culture celebrations
Belfast City Council is to begin consultations into how to turn the year 2006 into a celebration of cultural excellence.
Pointing out that 2006 coincides with the centenary of Belfast City Hall, the chairman revealed that the Council also is embarking on a number of joint projects with Cork during 2005, under the banner of ‘From The Lagan to The Lee’, to mark its tenure as Capital of Culture.
The Council now has started consultation on the proposed 2006 programme, and is inviting the views of interested parties, including cultural organizations and community-based groups.
www.4ni.co.uk /industrynews.asp?id=34801   (390 words)

  
 BELFAST   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Belfast is situated at the mouth of the River Lagan on Belfast Lough and is surrounded by hills.
The City Hall, dating from 1903, Queen's University, Belfast, and other Victorian and Edwardian buildings display a large number of sculptures.
In 2001, the voters of Belfast elected 10 Democratic Unionist Party, 11 Ulster Unionist Party, 3 Progressive Unionist Party, 1 Ulster Democratic Party, 3 Alliance, 9 SDLP, and 14 Sinn Féin Councillors to the City Council.
www.yotor.org /wiki/en/be/Belfast.htm   (612 words)

  
 Belfast City Council
Formed in April 1999 Belfast City Council's Development Department was set up as a ground-breaking initiative to give leadership to the city's sustainable regeneration.
Belfast City Council is by far the largest local authority in Northern Ireland, covering the centre of Belfast and much of the city's suburbs and employing over 2,000 people.
The Council is based at Belfast City Hall, an impressive Georgian building at the very centre of the city.
www.energyfirst.org /Belfast.htm   (262 words)

  
 Maine Local Government - City of Belfast - Main Page
Belfast is a city in Waldo County and its county seat, incorporated as a town on June 29, 1773 and as Maine's eighth city on April 3, 1852.
In the 1950's, 1960's and 1970's, Belfast was home to the chicken broiler industry and two of Maine's larger processors: Maplewood and Penobscot Poultry companies.
Currently the city is a site for the giant credit card processing company MBNA which now employs over 1,500 workers in Belfast, and many more in other Maine locations.
www.maine.gov /local/waldo/belfast   (168 words)

  
 Tony Bowden: Understanding Nothing
Belfast City Council's website needs to be properly resourced and positioned so that it plays its part in disseminating the council's key messages.
Back in 2002, Councillor Hartley visited the Cemetery Records stored in the basement of Belfast City Hall, and reported to the Parks and Amenities Sub-Committee that he believed that the humidity and temperature in the basement was too high for storing such important historical documents.
Belfast Waterfront Hall is actually operated by Belfast City Council, rather than the private sector, so the Council has to approve everything that happens there.
www.tmtm.com /nothing   (2175 words)

  
 Belfast City Council
Belfast City Council have recently reduced a high incidence of slipping accidents by installing Safety-Walk™ Wet Area matting 3200 from 3M to a number of areas within the Grove Leisure Centre.
The Grove Leisure Centre is the fourth largest in Belfast and boasts over a quarter of a million users a year.
Water was pooling instead of being evaporated and this, combined with talcum powder mixing on the floor turned the marble surface into a skating rink.
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 Railroad demise in Belfast examined; City Council public session gives residents chance to voice concerns - Walter ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
BELFAST - In the wake of the city canceling its lease with the Belfast andamp;amp;amp; Moosehead Lake Railroad, the foundation holding the railroad's mortgage has taken steps to foreclose on the historic line.
Rep. Walter Ash, D-Belfast, a former city councilor and former president of the railroad, urged the city to consider a short-term lease with the railroad.
City resident Nina Young, whose husband is a rail buff and apparently decided to remain home with his model trains instead of attending the meeting, asked the council to try to work something out with the railroad.
www.bangornews.com /news/templates?a=108610&z=179   (725 words)

  
 VillageSoup - Print Story   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
BELFAST (Nov 12): The look of the Belfast waterfront will change drastically in the next few years if developer and engineer Tom Roberts of Andover, N.J., has his way.
Roberts presented the Belfast City Council last Wednesday with a concept drawing of his plans for the former Stinson Seafood property and the city's footbridge.
City Manager Terry St. Peter suggested councilors sleep on the plan for a couple of weeks until the next council meeting.
belfast.villagesoup.com /news/Print.cfm?StoryID=18705   (1473 words)

  
 Belfast City Council Development Department   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The City Council’s new development agenda, Belfast: Capital City, covers the years 2003 to 2006.
Belfast: Capital City champions the importance of the city as the powerhouse for Northern Ireland’s economy.
Already the work around Belfast: Capital City is assisting in the creation of a new local economic development plan for the city which will attract over £11 million into Belfast’s economy.
www.development.belfastcity.gov.uk /OurStrategy.asp   (389 words)

  
 Belfast City Council - Yes to RIR -No to St Patricks Day   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Belfast City Council are set to spend thousands of pounds on a civic dinner to honour British soldiers who have served in Iraq despite recently denying funding to the St Patrick's Day Carnival Committee.
Lord Mayor of Belfast Tom Ekin will play host to servicemen and women from Belfast who have served in Iraq at a gala event due to be held on 24 February.
Lord Mayor of Belfast Tom Ekin, a member of the Alliance Party, speaking to the Andersonstown News yesterday said that the two issues were separate.
www.serve.com /pfc/misc/050212an.html   (678 words)

  
 Belfast City Council launches 'good relations' strategy
Belfast City Council has launched a strategy aimed at helping stamp out racism and sectarianism in the city.
Speaking at the launch at the City Hall, he said: “The vision for Belfast outlined in this strategy is an ambitious one.
It is for a city where people can live and work together with respect and understanding and without fear or mistrust.
www.4ni.co.uk /industrynews.asp?id=24503   (534 words)

  
 Childrens Law Centre :: Belfast City Council's Play Policy
While we note that the UNCRC was mentioned at the launch in City Hall, there is no explicit reference to the Convention in the document, which we believe should have been predicated on the UNCRC.
We would remind the council that young people up to the age of 18 are regarded as children yet the tone of the document appears to refer only to children under the age of 12.
However, what is less clear is whether the Council will actively seek inter-agency co-operation with other statutory agencies such as the BELB (schools and youth service branches), Health and Social Services Trusts, the NIHE and the DOE Planning Department.
www.childrenslawcentre.org /bcc.htm   (1058 words)

  
 Business Wire: Belfast City Council Protects Against Fraud And... @ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Belfast City Council Protects Against Fraud And Streamlines Payables With Bottomline Technologies.
Kathleen Edgar, the Council's chief cashier, explains, "At Belfast City Council, we have four accounts that need to have payments raised and issued - both BACS and cheque payments.
It was not only the consolidation of all payment operations that attracted her to the i-Point series, but also the increased security which will surround Belfast City Council's cheque payments.
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?docid=1G1:82776640&refid=ink_tptd_np   (683 words)

  
 Plotting the Renaissance in Belfast - Articles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
As the largest of the 26 District Councils in Northern Ireland, Belfast City Council is responsible for providing a varied range of essential services from waste management and building control to support for the arts, tourism and economic development.  Employing over 2,400, Belfast City Council has 102 operational centres.
Belfast City Council has also placed GIS at the heart of its reactive plans in the event of emergencies, such as a chemical explosion.  Using MapInfo Professional, it has developed a strategy for identifying nearest available resources such as hospitals and centres where shelter could be provided or used as food distribution points.
That new solution is called Discover Belfast and it enables all City Council employees with an Internet connection to access new maps and aerial photography through a secure website.  With over 25 percent of Council employees having used Discover Belfast to date, Richard McCrea is delighted with its initial success.
www.directionsmag.com /article.php?article_id=389   (711 words)

  
 Dr. Alasdair McDonnell M.P -- Welcome to our website   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
I have been a prominant public face of the SDLP in Belfast City Hall and throughout Belfast since I was first elected to Belfast City Council in 1977.
Over the years I have developed excellent working relationships on a cross party basis within Belfast City Council to lay the foundation for much of the inward investment and job creation activity of Belfast City Council.
The SDLP was formed in 1970 by a number of senators who worked for social justice, equality and civil and political rights for all.
www.alasdairmcdonnell.govoffice.com   (208 words)

  
 Belfast City Council gives The Vacuum the brush-off / awards for Ireland/Wales art activities (Friday, 3 September 2004)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Following a special meeting held by the Belfast city council on Wednesday night the monthly cultural magazine The Vacuum has been refused further funding, due to what the council considers offensive content (see our initial report on the 'Vacuum affair' here).
In a press release from Factotum, the editors of the magazine, Richard West and Stephen Hackett, claim that the councellors are in fact acting against the advice of their solicitors.
The magazine is adamant that they adhered to every condition in the application process for funding and that any introduction of new conditions by the council ascertaining to the publication's religious views is strictly illegal.
www.recirca.com /artnews/341.shtml   (1004 words)

  
 Belfast City Council Development Department   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
You can find out more about the booming tourism sector in Belfast by reading the latest Tourism Facts and Figures booklet from the Council.
It may be promotional, financial or educational and can involve the acquisition of marketable skills or indeed relate to aspects of personal development in areas of business and culture.
The Council through "The Welcome Host" training programme has for the past 2 years trained 500 tourism related staff per year in developing their Customer Care skills when dealing with members of the public and tourists at various locations from Airports, Bus/Train stations, Pubs, Banks and Hotels.
www.belfastcapitalcity.com /ourwork/tourismdevelopment/index.asp   (285 words)

  
 Tony Bowden: Understanding Nothing: Belfast City Council Minutes
However, if you were to search in Google for, say, "Belfast City Council minutes", this is the system which you will find.
The main council meeting mostly just accepts (or rejects) minutes from the Committees (Client Services, Contract Services, Development, Health and Environmental Services, Policy and Resources, and Town Planning).
I've populated with some basic information on Belfast City Council, its members, departments, committees etc., and added all the 2005 minutes I can find.
www.tmtm.com /nothing/archives/002476.html   (763 words)

  
 Belfast City Council
Running each day from Tuesday 22 November to Tuesday 20 December in the grounds of City Hall, this year's event brings a large number of themed European stalls to Belfast.
We have committed £8 million to ‘Your City, Your Space’ – a strategy which aims to protect and improve parks and open spaces.
Find out about bulky item collections and street cleaning and how you can be involved in making Belfast a cleaner place.
www.belfastcity.gov.uk   (189 words)

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