Person: John Armitt

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business

Little space for long-term capital investment vision in election promises

Electioneering is all about snappy promises and clever sound bites. There is little space for setting out a long-term vision. There are few votes in talking about sewers, drains or reservoirs, yet our capital investment spending is likely to determine the country’s prosperity 10 or 20 years down the line.

business

London Olympics projects chief Sir John Armitt sees lessons for Ireland

world

UK flood damage 'was preventable'

sport

Olympics venues on schedule and under budget

sport

Building work on Olympic Stadium reaches completion

business

Irish firms win €200m in Olympic contracts

Three firms from North win 2012 Olympics contracts

Three companies from the North have now won contracts to work on the London 2012 Olympics, Stormont’s Finance minister announced today.

Tue, 05 May, 2009

Faulty infrastructure not checked, finds train crash report

A FAULTY set of points was the “immediate cause” of the fatal Cumbria train derailment, an interim accident report said last night.

Tue, 27 Feb, 2007

Initial findings into cause of UK crash due tomorrow

Initial findings of an investigation into the cause of the Cumbria train crash in the UK are expected to be released tomorrow, Network Rail’s chief executive John Armitt said today.

Sun, 25 Feb, 2007

Defective line to blame for train crash, says Branson

Virgin Trains boss Richard Branson said today that the cause of the Cumbrian train crash in England was a defective line.

Sat, 24 Feb, 2007

Hundreds gather for train crash church service

Relatives of victims of the Potters Bar rail crash tonight attended a special community church service.

Sun, 19 May, 2002

Grieving relatives visit rail crash scene

Grieving relatives are at Potter’s Bar railway station as Transport Secretary Stephen Byers disclosed that vandalism and individual error were still among the possible causes of Friday’s rail disaster.

Sun, 12 May, 2002

Probe into rail crash gets underway

A full search of the Potters Bar rail crash scene is underway today as police worked to discover what caused the disaster which left seven people dead.

Sat, 11 May, 2002