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Wilfred Mitchell: We need to expand Belfast City Airport

Soapbox on August 1, 2014, 3:12 pm

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A RECENT snap poll conducted by the Federation of Small Businesses for Northern Ireland (FSB NI) has confirmed that the majority of local small businesses would like to see an increase in destination routes, as well as airline providers, from George Best Belfast City Airport, conveying evident support for expansion at the airport. Due to its relatively isolated position on the periphery of Europe, air connectivity is vital in connecting Northern Ireland to the rest the UK, Europe and beyond. …

Will Irish government’s transparency law make it to law before major asset sell off?

Mick Fealty on June 20, 2012, 5:34 pm

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Interesting proposal from Brendan Howlin yesterday, aimed at identifying lobbyists who make contact with Ministers. It’s a particularly hot issue given the nature of some of the major cases studied by the Mahon tribunal: A two-year “cooling-off” period for public servants or ministers before they can work in the private sector or any area with a potential conflict of interest with their former area of public employment; A statutory register of lobbyists that would record the dates of all forms …