Stakeholder

Staff from First Trust Bank, accompanied by their trade union representatives from the Irish Bank Officials Association (IBOA), today met the First Minister and Deputy First Minister in Belfast to outline their serious concerns about the potential implications of the proposed sale of the bank by AIB plc. Today’s meeting follows earlier engagements with Finance [...]

Young people across Northern Ireland were urged to be fearless in the fight against crime as crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers launched its new service for young people.
Fearless is the new youth brand that introduces young people to the service provided by Crimestoppers. It consists of the website, www.fearless.org, where young people can get information about crimes [...]

To celebrate the development of Northern Ireland’s first ever Retail Foundation Degree, launched in January 2010, students involved in the innovative development were given a masterclass on the future of the sector by Hugh Black, Manager of the jewel in Belfast’s retail crown, Victoria Square.
The event was organized by fdf (Foundation Degree Forward) in partnership [...]

THE WEEK THAT WAS….
“Thorn in my side, you know that’s all you ever were. A bundle of lies – you know that’s all that it was worth.  I should have known better, but I trusted you at first.  I should have known better, but I got what I deserved….”
The recent murder of Bobby Moffett on [...]

Tomorrow, in Camlough, Stakeholder will be well represented in the Crooked Lake Triathlon, with one employee (this author) attempting the whole shebang, another (Deborah) doing the glory leg of the relay (the 5k run), one former employee (Pat McP) with his swimming hat in the ring (and fancy dan wet suit, new bike and running [...]

Belfast Harbour has suggested that an upturn in trade through the Port during the first quarter of 2010 may indicate that the Northern Ireland economy is over the worst of the economic downturn.  The upbeat assessment was made as the Harbour Authority published its 2009 Annual Report which reflected an increase in Turnover by £0.4m [...]

INCA, the UK-wide body for the promotion of Next Generation Broadband infrastructure, willbe hosting its first ever Northern Ireland Roadshow in Belfast’s Titanic Quarter on June 17th.  The group has warned that broadband provision in the UK already lags behind its competitors with many countries making faster progress towards Next Generation services.
The event, which is aimed [...]

THE WEEK THAT WAS….
Politics isn’t what it used to be.  The sight of Messrs Paisley and McGuinness chuckling all the way to the Division Lobbies was unsettling enough, but the new Nick & Dave show now airing on Channel No.10 is possibly even more bizarre.  If the ‘season launch’ of this Rom Com is anything [...]

Last Thursday I went along to vote in south Belfast, Harberton school polling station. My name was marked as already having voted, a simple mistake I assumed. After a lengthy period of confusion (during which I imagine the staff were quietly wishing I would go away) I was given a pink ballot to mark my [...]