As the cross-border co-op returns to profit, Colin Kelly says it is near completing a major restructuring and looks forward to industry consolidation.
Roebuck Foods was in the business of milking cows, and meat and dairy trade and logistics. It is now on course to raise up to €10m to acquire a Galway start-up addressing livestock’s methane emissions.
The famous shipbuilding company enthuses many with what it could do for Belfast's manufacturing and economic future – if it can first find a way out of its immediate crisis.
McCue Jury won a major settlement for bereaved families against Real IRA Omagh bombers. But can it pin IRA bombings on the ex-Sinn Féin leader?
A change of government is on the cards on July 4 in the UK's snap election called by Tory Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. In Northern Ireland, the fates of the parties battling for Westminster seats is harder to call.
A large number of members of the Defence Forces are travelling over the border to access private health care. And that number is about to grow larger still as PDFORRA expands the scheme to former members.
The funding aimed to turn the Belfast company into a global leader of integrated animal, human and environmental health solutions. Having sold down assets, it is refocusing on livestock feed ingredients instead.
Integrating Northern Ireland would cost the Republic a lot of money, but establishing the nature of the transformation to be paid for is more likely to cause difficulty than the final amount involved.
The final meeting of the North-South Ministerial Council that included Leo Varadkar and Simon Coveney took place on Monday in Armagh. All the major players from both side of the border were there. But two of them won’t be back.
Northern Ireland provides an unlikely anchor of calm for those looking across the border – including outgoing Taoiseach Leo Varadkar.
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