It’s annual Biodiversity Day tomorrow May 22nd and Translink’s biodiversity team are busy bees monitoring pollinators. The team is continuing to survey and map pollinators in Translink’s annual pollinator monitoring programme, conducting Flower-Insect Timed Counts (FIT Counts) along the company’s transport corridors including bus and train stations. Running from April to September the FIT Count involves recording […]
Sunshine breaks from £499 per person with Jet2holidays Jet2holidays is the UK’s leading tour operator to many leisure destinations across the Mediterranean and Canary Islands and provides great value package holidays you can trust to more than 600 resorts, all secured with a low £60pp booking deposit. Customers have a choice of thousands of 2-5-star hotels, with Jet2.com flights, an industry
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As summer approaches, the spotlight is once again on the financial strain childcare costs impose on families across Northern Ireland, and Advice NI warns that the real cost of childcare is the financial implications it presents, including long-term debt. It follows the Executive’s decision to set aside £25m for childcare, which is just 6 per
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OPEN COLLEGE NETWORK Northern Ireland (OCN) has revealed the shortlist for its sixth Learning Endeavour Awards, which will take place at the iconic Titanic Belfast on Tue 25th June 2024. OCN is an educational charity and awarding body that advances education by developing qualifications for adults and young people throughout NI. The awards shortlist includes nominees from all over
Summer jobs aren’t just about earning extra income—they’re valuable learning experiences that can help develop essential skills for future success. Whether it’s communication, problem-solving, or teamwork, your summer job has likely equipped you with invaluable competencies that deserve recognition on your CV. Adela Belin from Writers Per Hour, offers her expertise in navigating the intricacies of
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A County Down-headquartered sports retailer has announced plans for a seven-figure investment to expand its warehouse capacity with the support of Ulster Bank. Total Hockey, established over two decades ago by brothers Alan and Steven McMurray, is one of the leading specialist hockey equipment retailers in the UK and Ireland. The investment in the company’s
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NORTHERN Ireland’s leading 5-star property has completed a £600,000 upgrade and debuted a refreshed visual brand identity. Guests to the Culloden Estate & Spa will notice the results of the renovation programme as soon as they step through the doors thanks to a complete re-carpeting of the ground floor including the hotel’s iconic staircase. The
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Every year Action Cancer helps to save and support 20,000 people across Northern Ireland through the delivery of its services including the provision of 8,000 breast screening appointments at Action Cancer House and on board the Big Bus. On Friday 7th June a sea of pink will sweep through Belfast once again as Action Cancer
Two DELI LITES New Product Development Technologists are celebrating after being named among the UK’s top sandwich and food to go creators by an industry-leading awards body. Kirsty Fitzpatrick and Kirsty Beck from DELI LITES represented the company at the Sammies – the sandwich and food to go awards – in London after triumphing in
Leading leisure airline marks 15 years of operating flights to Turkey (Türkiye) – Since its first flight to Dalaman in Turkey (Türkiye) in 2009, millions of customers have travelled to the destination with Jet2.com and Jet2holidays – During this time, the airline and tour operator have grown their programme to Turkey (Türkiye) substantially, following strong demand from customers and independent travel agents for Turkish sunshine
After 10 billion streams, 12 million album sales, six UK #1 albums and two Platinum-certified US singles, The Script return with the release of their new album ‘Satellites’ on 16th August 2024. Announced alongside news of a UK and European arena tour which includes a Belfast show at The SSE Arena on Wednesday 13th November, the album is previewed today by the single ‘Both Ways’.
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Ayu Cosmetics are thrilled to announce that their award-winning range of boundless beauty products is now available at Kilkenny Design. Prepare to indulge your senses as they unveil their hand-picked collection and introduce the highly anticipated Irish-made AyuGlo tanning range at their debut showcase with the store in Liffey Valley Shopping Centre, gracing their prestigious
Fibrus, Northern Ireland’s full fibre broadband provider, has today announced its donation of over £14,000 to the Business in the Community (BITC) Good Food Fund. With communities at the heart of everything Fibrus does, the company’s donation to the Good Food Fund will be used to help primary schools establish or extend a Breakfast Club,
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Dobbies, the UK’s leading garden centre, has revealed the community and charity groups across the UK that will receive support to help transform, restore or start their indoor or outdoor green spaces this year, including Kirkinriola Early Years Playgroup in Antrim and Molly and Mia Community Group in Lisburn. Over 660 groups applied to Dobbies Community Gardens when it opened in
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DOCS IRELAND 2024 has unveiled a feast of non-fiction film screenings and events in its festival programme which launches in Belfast today. A wide range of topics including feminism, colonialism, music and health will be explored in documentaries showing as part of the festival from 18th to 23rd June. Docs Ireland 2024 opens on 18th June
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In an exciting start to the year for golf and Northern Ireland, up-and-coming homegrown superstar Tom McKibbin will present the NI Open hosted by Galgorm Castle in July 2024. The free-to-attend event promises to deliver some exceptional golf and will feature great players from all over the world! “We have a great summer of tournament golf
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The Northern Ireland Social Enterprise Awards, in partnership with Go Succeed are back for 2024. The annual awards led by Social Enterprise Northern Ireland recognise and celebrate the remarkable achievements and positive contributions of social enterprises across the region. Applications are now open, and organisations are encouraged to enter before the deadline of midnight, Sunday
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Get set to stop, drop, and glow this summer with cheeks that blush and skin that bronzes like never before as BPerfect Cosmetics serve up a fierce revamp of their Dimensions Collection! This sizzling relaunch sees BPerfect spicing things up with an additional four shades added to their already hot-selling Scorched powdered blusher collection. And
Sunshine breaks from £419 per person with Jet2holidays Jet2holidays is the UK’s leading tour operator to many leisure destinations across the Mediterranean and Canary Islands and provides great value package holidays you can trust to more than 600 resorts, all secured with a low £60pp booking deposit. Customers have a choice of thousands of 2-5-star hotels, with Jet2.com flights, an industry
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Women in tech organisation TechFoundHer is hosting the showing of an international film highlighting the under investment in women entrepreneurs in Belfast this week. Only 2% venture capital funding goes to women and the LA produced documentary Show Her The Money asks what entrepreneurs and people in positions of influence across the globe can do
This year, for the first time, Bloomsday, the annual celebration of James Joyce and his masterpiece Ulysses, will become Molly Bloomsday as it spreads north of the border from Dublin for a spectacular all-women inaugural event in Derry~Londonderry and Donegal. More than 30 female artists and performers from across Europe will converge on Northern Ireland for YES, a new,
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New awards launched by the Northern Ireland Food to Go Association will celebrate and help grow the local businesses that make up the vibrant take away and food to go sector here. The inaugural NI Food to Go Awards launched this week (Tuesday 30 April) at Belfast’s Malmaison Hotel, with NI Food to Go Association
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2nd May 2024: On 2nd May 2009, the first Jet2.com flight landed in Dubrovnik from Belfast International Airport and a decade and a half later, the leading leisure airline is celebrating 15 years of operating award-winning flights to the popular destination. Since that first flight, the company has enjoyed tremendous growth, both through Jet2.com and the UK’s largest tour operator Jet2holidays, with thousands of customers having travelled to Dubrovnik from Belfast
Full Fibre broadband provider, Fibrus has this week announced that it has surpassed its 80,000 customer milestone, which amounts to growth of over 50,000 customers in just one year. The broadband provider launched on to the scene to transform the digital infrastructure of rural and regional areas of Northern Ireland and has disrupted the market
From Saturday 11th May, Translink are introducing a revised train timetable which will operate until the Autumn. This is to facilitate the closure of Belfast Great Victoria Street Train Station on Friday 10th May 2024 heralding the start of the next phase of works to complete essential infrastructure works on the exciting new state-of-the art
Belfast City Airport has marked the commencement of its highly anticipated summer flights to Alicante. Operated by easyJet, the service to the ever-popular Spanish region will fly twice a week on Thursdays and Sundays. Great value seats are still available to book from £40.99* on easyJet.com and via the mobile app. easyJet’s new route gives
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Derry-based company Modern Democracy is forecasting further growth ahead of the General Election after its digital check-in and voter verification technology helped deliver record-breaking local government elections in England and Wales. Greater numbers of council authorities adopted the solution on the 2nd of May elections than ever before as market-leading provider Modern Democracy rolled its
O’Reilly Stewart Solicitors has appointed Paige Clements as Solicitor within the Healthcare & Litigation department and Thomas Greenaway has been appointed as Associate Solicitor in the Property Department. Paige Clements Paige Clements has been appointed as Solicitor within the Healthcare & Litigation department at O’Reilly Stewart. Paige graduated from Queen’s University Belfast in 2019 and recently
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The Stena Line Belfast Giants are pleased to announce that 27-year-old forward J.J. Piccinich will rejoin the club for the 2024/25 season. Prior to initially joining the Giants in the 2021/22 season, the New Jersey native iced for several teams in North America, including Boston University, London Knights, Orlando Solar Bears, Newfoundland Growlers, and Tulsa
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‘Curious minds’ workshop with Dr Lucy Johnstone to explore emotional distress and provide more ‘hopeful narratives’ to failed ‘medical model’ Consultant Clinical Psychologist Dr Lucy Johnstone will explore ‘hopeful narratives about emotional distress’ at a Curious Minds workshop in Conway Mill on 15 May, hosted by Participation and the Practice of Rights (PPR) New Script
Following the official operational opening of the new Translink York Street Station earlier this week (29 April) it was the turn of local boxing clubs and charities to bring a touch of community spirit to North Belfast’s modern transport hub. Themed ‘We’re in this together’ the evening event, held 1 May, played host to two Amateur
Belfast based company, GM Marketing, is celebrating a landmark 20 years of exclusively distributing Tilda products on the island of Ireland. Distribution partnerships that span two decades are a testament to hard work and collaborative thinking, explained Ruth Jenkinson, Principal Controller, GM Marketing. Ruth said: “Since 2004 we have been bringing Tilda products to stores
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United Wines launches newest member of Birra Moretti ‘famiglia’ in Northern Ireland A refreshing new Italian beer with ‘a hint of sea salt’ has reached Northern Ireland’s shores, courtesy of leading lager brand Birra Moretti and Craigavon-based drinks distributor United Wines. Sale di Mare, which translates as ‘salt of the sea’, is the newest member of the Birra Moretti
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Asda Kilkeel colleagues Jenna Pugh, Isla Curran, Shauna McCartan, Nicole Hennity and Natalie Wallace are taking on the challenge of the Belfast City Marathon on Sunday 5th May to help raise money for Cancer Fund for Children. The colleagues, who work in the store’s bakery, deli, produce and chilled departments, will tackle the event in a
BBC newsreader and presenter Clive Myrie will give key address at the Institute of Directors Northern Ireland (IoD NI) annual dinner. BBC presenter, Clive Myrie, has been announced as the key speaker at the Institute of Director’s Annual Dinner which returns to the Culloden Estate and Spa on Thursday September 26. Around 400 delegates are
To celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD), SheCanCode, a leading advocate for women and non-binary individuals in the tech industry is proud to announce the launch of the inaugural Power Up Awards 2024. These awards are designed to shine a spotlight on undiscovered women in tech who are making significant contributions to the sector and to provide them
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Cash strapped shoppers in Northern Ireland are being given advice on how to bulk up meals without breaking the bank. The frugal team at online food retailer MuscleFood.com have put together their tips for making meals stretch further without buying additional costly ingredients. They say adding lentils and oats to mince based dishes are a good way
Nutrition experts are urging women in Northern Ireland to understand how their diet can affect their premenstrual symptoms. Health and nutrition experts at Prepped Pots powered by MuscleFood.com have researched foods that can help ease premenstrual symptoms such as cramps, bloating and sadness as well as pointing out which foods to avoid. PMS refers to
Northern Ireland’s iconic crisp brand, Tayto, is launching a new way to enjoy its iconic Cheese and Onion flavour by introducing the, POTAYTO. The POTAYTO is an ordinary potato that has been given an extraordinary infusion of taste, explained Elly Hunter, Marketing Director, Tayto. Elly said: “In Northern Ireland, we are world famous for our
