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Visit Belfast Kicks Off New Tourism Partnership With Irish Football Association

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IFA and Visit Belfast tie up in major drive to promote sports tourism, women’s football and business events The Irish Football Association and Visit Belfast, the city region’s destination marketing and management organisation, have joined forces in a significant strategic partnership designed to maximise the opportunities for sports tourism. The three-year tie-up, which gets under …

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Applications Now Open For The Annual Northern Ireland Social Enterprise Awards

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The Northern Ireland Social Enterprise Awards, now in their 11th year have officially launched for 2023 and entries are now open.  Organised by Social Enterprise Northern Ireland, the prestigious awards celebrate the amazing work and impact of social enterprises across the region.  The annual awards will showcase and highlight the active role that social enterprises …

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Boardroom Apprentice Programme Set To Return Next Month

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Boardroom Apprentice is set to return this year as applications for this year’s programme are open on June 5. A UK first, the Boardroom Apprentice is a 12-month unique board learning, development and placement programme which enables those who would like to serve on a public or third sector board to learn and gain experience …

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Flour Power at Andrew Ingredients as Company Announces Whitworth Bros. Partnership

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Andrew Ingredients have formed a dynamic partnership in the island of Ireland with Whitworth Bros. Ltd. and have tripled the number of quality flours they can offer to their customers. Andrew Ingredients is a supplier to the bakery and food industry throughout Ireland and the UK. A family run business committed to delivering the best …

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World’s First Sunday Dinner Flavoured Ice Cream Launched By Morelli’s

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Morelli’s Ice Cream, Ireland’s oldest ice cream producer, is today announcing the launch of its new flavour – Sunday Dinner. In a world first, the North West ice cream institution has created a new, unique flavour just in time for Easter. Following extensive rounds of taste testing and recipe alterations, the new flavour incorporates notes …

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Belfast Band RHINOS To Headline New Show At Oh Yeah Centre

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Renowned performers Paul Currie and Brendan Scullion, AKA RHINOS, will take to the stage at the Oh Yeah Centre in Belfast next week for their first headline show in the city. Comedian Paul and drummer/percussionist Brendan (NI Soul Troop) who formed the band in 2013 have teamed up with local promoter Smashing Buttons to bring …

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£1.2m Investment In Pizza Hut NI With All The Toppings In New Jobs

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Country’s only Pizza Hut to get a new home with plans for three new venues  Northern Ireland’s only Pizza Hut has completed a £500,000 expansion, in new premises on Belfast’s Ormeau Road, adding a sit-in dining experience to the existing delivery and collection options. New kitchen, fixtures and fittings are in place, with five more …

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Translink, Irish Football Association and Ulster GAA team-up to launch Play It Safe campaign

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 Partnership issues important safety advice to stay ‘on the ball’ with public transport Northern Ireland’s public transport provider, Translink, has announced a new safety initiative in partnership with local sporting organisations Ulster GAA and the Irish Football Association. The ‘Play It Safe’ campaign delivers a series of important safety messages to promote responsible behaviour when …

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We Cannot Afford To Wait Until Tomorrow To Meet Energy Goals

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Setting an example at PAC Group By Darren Leslie Business Development Director, PAC Group Northern Ireland has been without a government for a year and there is no indication that we will have one in place in the immediate future. As a result, the health service, education and infrastructure are all suffering from underinvestment. It …

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Racing Champion Set To Display Winning Bikes And Appear At Motorcycle Plus Show

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9-year-old Joel Haire has an impressive record on and off the track Motorcycle Plus Show is returning for its 2023 instalment at the Eikon Centre in Lisburn, showcasing a range of talks, entertainment attractions and stalls across the weekend-long event. Running from February 4-5, there are lots of great activities and speeches that have already …

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Young People From PUL Communities Share Aspirations For Future At 4 Corners Festival Exhibit

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A major immersive installation and exhibition showcasing the aspirations of children and young people from Protestant, Unionist and Loyalist (PUL) communities will take place at the iconic Telegraph Building from January 30 to February 2, as part of the range of events in the 4 Corners Festival. Organised by Northern Ireland Alternatives and Wonder Arts …

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Arts Council Awards £85,000 To Fund Community Projects

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Seventeen arts projects have been awarded National Lottery funding totalling over £85,000 as part of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland’s Small Grants funding programme. The money will be used to support arts initiatives in communities across Northern Ireland, including projects in Belfast, Derry-Londonderry, Bangor, Omagh, Enniskillen, Lisburn, and Cookstown. Supported through National Lottery funds, …

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NI hymnwriters Keith & Kristyn Getty to begin their Sing! World Tour at Belfast’s SSE Arena

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World-renowned hymnwriters Keith and Kristyn Getty have announced they will kickstart their Sing! World Tour at Belfast’s SSE Arena before shows in Singapore and Sydney. The GRAMMY-nominated hymnwriters, who hail from Northern Ireland originally, will perform some of their best-known hymns including ‘In Christ Alone’ and ‘Christ Our Hope in Life and Death’ in their home city on Saturday …

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Snoop Dogg To Kick Of 2023 UK & Ireland Tour At SSE Arena Belfast This March

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Celebrating over 25 years at the pinnacle of hip hop, it’s been a career that has seen the Doggfather cement his undisputed influence on music with chart-topping, multi-platinum records, while also solidifying his importance to wider culture as an actor, businessman and more across the board. West Coast rap legend will kick off his 2023 …

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Childline Foyle Is Expanding And Has Opened A New Night Service To Help More Children

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Childline in Foyle has been selected to be one of only 4 bases, across the UK, to run an all-night service Seven new staff members are being recruited to work at the base Childline’s base in Foyle is expanding. The office at Exchange House, in the city centre, currently houses 16 staff and a large team of amazing …

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Final call to drop off gifts to Mission Christmas Appeal

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Cool FM and Downtown Radio Cash for Kids appeal aims to ensure no child wakes up without presents this Christmas With Christmas just around the corner, there’s still time to ensure no child goes without this festive season by donating to the Cool FM and Downtown Radio Cash for Kids ‘Mission Christmas’ appeal. This Monday …

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Supply chain issues see Northern Ireland manufacturers with goods worth over £1.2bn sitting in warehouses awaiting completion

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A new report released today by Barclays Corporate Banking reveals that goods with a total value of over £1.2bn are awaiting completion in Northern Ireland manufacturers’ warehouses because of supply chain delays. The study – ‘Chain reaction’ – focuses on manufacturing businesses with over ten employees and looks at the impact of supply chain issues. Barclays’ research shows …

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£90K settlement in sexual harassment case

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A Northern Ireland woman has settled her case alleging sexual harassment at work for £90,000. She was supported by the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland. To protect her identity, neither the woman nor her employer can be named. However, the Equality Commission is highlighting the case as it shows yet again how some of Northern …

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DWF Expand Belfast Team By 30 New Legal Professionals Including Three New Partners

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30 new legal professionals join local team including 3 new Partners The Belfast office of DWF, the global provider of integrated legal and business services, has further expanded, through several senior lateral hire appointments to the commercial team, including three partners, a new director and two senior associates. In the last six months, DWF has …

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Childline Appeals For More Volunteers In Northern Ireland As More Children Turn To The Service With Worries About The World

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From April 2021 to March 2022, the service’s trained counsellors delivered 1,242 counselling sessions to children with worries about the world compared to 889 from the same period in 2018/19. This is an issue affecting children of all ages, however, the service has seen a particular uplift in counselling sessions with under 11s, up 38% …

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Dale Farm And Grand Opera House Light Up The Stage With Panto Magic

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Dale Farm steps into role of ‘dairy godmother’ to sponsor spectacular Grand Opera House pantomime, Cinderella  As the curtain rises on this year’s Grand Opera House pantomime, dairy company Dale Farm has reprised its leading role as show sponsor for the seventh year. Produced by Crossroads, the biggest pantomime company in the world, this year’s …

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The Consumer Council Advises Posting Early This Christmas

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Many Northern Ireland consumers will be sending festive cards and presents to family and friends through the post over the next few weeks.  The Consumer Council has put together some top tips to help consumers ensure their cards and parcels arrive on time and get the best deal on postage. Michael Legg, Head of Postal …

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Mammoth Support For Cathedral Buildings Fire Hit Businesses

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Branding and Digital Creative Agency lends office space to ‘homeless’ firms Branding and Digital Creative Agency, Mammoth, stepped up to help businesses who lost office space when Cathedral Buildings, on Belfast’s Donegall Street was devastated in a fire in October this year. Within a short space of time the businesses were offered space by Mammoth …

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Thousands Of Children Disclose Abuse For The First Time To Childline

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Over the past year Childline has delivered 15,515 counselling sessions where children have spoken about the abuse they have suffered or are experiencing. In 2,267 of those counselling sessions children revealed abuse for the first time. And of these, a fifth of disclosures took place during December 2021 and January 2022, with the youngest child …

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Asda Northern Ireland provides 340,000 million meals to charity

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Asda has reached a major milestone after providing the equivalent of 10 million surplus meals to charities across the UK, with over 340,000 meals donated throughout Northern Ireland. With families struggling due to the cost of living crisis, the partnership with charity FareShare is more important than ever, with products such as bread, bakery items, …

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‘BEYOND WALLS’ – the largest human chain in the world links Northern Ireland

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Swiss-based French graffiti artist Saype’s worldwide ‘Beyond Walls’ Project extends its symbolic human links to Northern Ireland. The gigantic, bio-degradable lawn fresco of intertwined hands will be displayed at Stormont Estate from 14 June 2022, as part of the Belfast Photo Festival (2-30 June 2022). The hands of people from Belfast are the photographic base …

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Stuff a Bus NI goes virtual for another year to support local families and raise £75k  

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No child should experience an empty Christmas – donate online www.stuffabusni.com  For a second year, people across Northern Ireland are being urged to help ensure every child receives a present on Christmas day, by donating to the virtual Stuff a Bus toy appeal, which aims to raise at least £75,000. Stuff A Bus Northern Ireland, which …

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Leona Lewis Launches NI’s very own Christmas radio station!

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X-Factor icon, Leona Lewis is marking her pop come-back by launching Downtown Radio’s switch to 100% Christmas Music on the 1st of December as the station flips to a totally festive playlist for the third consecutive year.  It was an unprecedented move in 2019 for a radio station in Northern Ireland to change its entire …

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Jozef Van Wissem brings FW Murnau’s Nosferatu to Belfast

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Live Free Tourbooking are incredibly excited to announce the arrival of the esteemed lutist and film composer, Jozef Van Wissem, to Belfast for a tour exclusive performance. On Friday 10th December 2021, the cult classic FW Murnau’s Nosferatu will be screened and live soundtracked by Wissem at St Patrick’s Parish, on Donegall Street, Belfast. The special event is announced following a number of brilliantly welcomed solo …

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Translink launches first virtual book club event for ‘Novel Journeys’

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Translink has announced the line-up for its first ‘Novel Journeys’ virtual book club event, which will coincide with NI Book Week. The guest panel will include David Torrans, owner of No Alibis Bookstore, authors Shirley-Anne McMillan and Brian McGilloway, and book blogger Sian McQuillan. Taking place on Thursday 21st October at 7pm, the book club …

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The Countdown Is On To CNB21 Presents The Ogham Grove

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One week to go until thought provoking installation opens at Writers’ Square With just one week to go before a very different Culture Night Belfast this year organisers are emphasising to visitors that “it’s definitely not the same as years gone by”. Replacing the previous city centre based programme of street based activity and pop-up …

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Belfast Harbour Announced As Culture Night 2021 Sponsor

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Culture Night Belfast is back this year with a new format and new approach thanks to the support of Belfast Harbour. Last month the creative team behind this year’s Culture Night Belfast installation revealed ambitious plans to create a vast structural, lighting and sound show that will fill the Cathedral Quarter’s Writer’s Square. Belfast artist …

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Calling all Cathedral Quarter Businesses: Belfast Business Awards are still open for entries

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Destination CQ is delighted to be the sponsors of this year’s Best Creative Business category once again in the Belfast Business Awards. The awards, sponsored by the Bank of Ireland UK, were postponed last year due to Covid-19 but with life slowly returning to normal, all Cathedral Quarter business owners are encouraged to enter to …

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AIB research reveals majority of NI consumers think going green at home is important

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New independent research from AIB has revealed that an overwhelming majority of consumers in Northern Ireland (90%) consider having an energy efficient home to be important. Over three quarters of people surveyed (78%) also said they would consider a Green Mortgage if it offered them a low interest rate. However, at the same time, only …

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Final call to register for Active Travel Challenge

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With September fast approaching, the Northern Ireland public are being encouraged to leave the car at home and register for the Active Travel Challenge, for a healthier and more environmentally friendly choice of travel. Whether it’s for leisure, work or school – all journeys count. Translink, the Department for Infrastructure, Public Health Agency, Sustrans, Belfast …

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Sensational City of Derry International Choir Festival launches on 20th October

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Ireland’s Maiden City confirms world class, big-name programme of live and digital choral events for 2021 Derry City is warming up for the sensational return of the City of Derry International Choir Festival (CoDICF) in October when an unrivalled programme of events – including Grammy award-winners and exclusive global premier performances – will fill halls, …

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