Harland and Wolff Employees Return to Work After Shipyard Sale
October 3, 2019 No Responses

Harland and Wolff Employees Return to Work After Shipyard Sale

Harland and Wolff employees have returned to work after the sale of the closure-threatened shipyard. There were cheers as the remaining staff walked through the gates in Belfast in the morning. It followed a nine-week campaign which saw a worker-led...
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US to Impose Tariffs on EU After Dispute Over Airbus Subsidies
October 2, 2019 No Responses

US to Impose Tariffs on EU After Dispute Over Airbus Subsidies

The Trump administration has announced that it will impose tariffs on 7.5 billion US dollars (€6.8bn) in European imports beginning on October 18 in a case involving European Union subsidies to the plane maker Airbus. The latest escalation in the...
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Paddy Power Agrees Merger Deal with Canadian Rival
October 2, 2019 No Responses

Paddy Power Agrees Merger Deal with Canadian Rival

Paddy Power and Betfair owner Flutter Entertainment has agreed a merger deal with Canadian rival The Stars Group to create the world’s largest online betting firm with combined annual revenues of £3.8 billion. Flutter – previously called Paddy Power Betfa...
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Older Irish Women Leaving Workforce Early to Care for Family
October 1, 2019 No Responses

Older Irish Women Leaving Workforce Early to Care for Family

Older Irish women are leaving the workforce early to care for their grandchildren or parents, a new report has found. The ESRI report The Ageing Workforce In Ireland, Working Conditions, Health And Extending Working Lives, published on Tuesday, detailed how...
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People With Disabilities ‘Caught in a Permanent Recession’
September 30, 2019 No Responses

People With Disabilities ‘Caught in a Permanent Recession’

People with disabilities are being left behind with two out of three unemployed, a disability conference has heard. The Irish Wheelchair Association’s WorkAbility 2019 Summit heard that over 63% of people with disabilities are “caught in a permanent recess...
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Second Largest French Airline, Aigle Azur, Closes Down
September 28, 2019 No Responses

Second Largest French Airline, Aigle Azur, Closes Down

French airline Aigle Azur has closed down after it failed to find new investors, leaving 1,150 employees out of work. France’s second-biggest airline, which was mostly operating between France and Algeria, had filed for bankruptcy earlier this month and canc...
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Donohoe Rules Out Supplementary Budget for No-Deal Brexit
September 27, 2019 No Responses

Donohoe Rules Out Supplementary Budget for No-Deal Brexit

The Finance Minister has ruled out a supplementary budget in the event of a no-deal Brexit. Paschal Donohoe has already indicated the 2020 budget, due on October 8, will reflect a hard Brexit scenario, but a new report from the...
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SOS Ventures’ Sean O’Sullivan Tells A Tale of Mapping Out Success To Digital Irish
September 27, 2019 No Responses

SOS Ventures’ Sean O’Sullivan Tells A Tale of Mapping Out Success To Digital Irish

When Board Member Gavin McMahon greeted the Digital Irish attendees at Bank of Ireland’s Innovation Labs, it was a coming back to base after a complicated summer and long weekend; it felt a little like getting back on track. Booked...
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Northern Ireland Secretary Under Pressure to Save Wrightbus
September 26, 2019 No Responses

Northern Ireland Secretary Under Pressure to Save Wrightbus

The Northern Ireland Secretary is under pressure to intervene to save jobs after one of the UK’s main bus builders entered administration, a union official said. Trade unionists are holding daily meetings with the company running Co Antrim-based Wrightbus af...
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Johnson Will Be ‘A Disgrace’ If He Doesn’t Intervene in Wrightbus Crisis, Says Union
September 25, 2019 No Responses

Johnson Will Be ‘A Disgrace’ If He Doesn’t Intervene in Wrightbus Crisis, Says Union

Boris Johnson will be remembered as a “disgrace” if he does not intervene to help an ailing giant of a Northern Irish bus building industry, a union leader said. Around 1,200 workers were made redundant as Co Antrim-based Wrightbus went...
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