Engineering company, PAC Group, is to invest £2m over three years and create up to 20 new jobs having acquired the plant and machinery of Barbour Engineering, following its closure. The engineering company operates to […]
Charity turning a tide of disability employment gap in Northern Ireland.l Queen’s University Belfast graduate Anna Lawrenson was scared to enter the labour market. That was until she was given a life changing opportunity with
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“I’ve Found Ways To Handle Stress” Says Archeology Graduate With ASD About His Career Journey Disability project gives Northern Ireland’s university leavers with disability access to dream jobs By Maia Biermann Frequently, according to people
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For Fintona based Kevin Campbell, it was his mother’s previous diagnosis and unfortunate passing that helped to save his life. With an overarching awareness of the early signs and symptoms of oesophageal cancer, Tyrone man
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Whether you go out for the atmosphere, the drinks or simply just the craic, there’s something and somewhere for everyone in Belfast’s Cathedral Quarter. Boasting the best pubs and bars in the city, there are
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Belfast Man With Neuromuscular Condition Offers Insight To Employers and Fellow Graduates Having been excluded from many activities due to a lifelong disability, Belfast man Andrew Bailie, 23, had always felt his career options would
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When Derry-native Noeleen McMorris found herself with a regular influx of hiccups, indigestion and a change in swallowing habits, she knew something was wrong. Believing it was a side effect of medication, a routine GP
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Understanding can lead to success for employee and employer By Jonathan Traynor For Emily Baskerville, her Asperger’s Syndrome came with so many assumptions and stereotypes from prospective employers that getting a job, and more importantly
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A series of interactive wooden plaques have been hidden around Belfast’s Cathedral Quarter as part of an art installation launched at the beginning of the summer. Led by the Cathedral Quarter Trust, Fionn’s Window Ogham
Adrian Hale from Banbridge was 51 and had just completed a job for the Scout Association in Crawfordsburn when he found himself having some discomfort while eating. Taking advice from a friend, he went to
4C UR Future, the industry-led social enterprise that aims to empower young people to make well-informed decisions about their education and future careers, held a successful 4C UR Future LIVE event at Mid Ulster Sports
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“Do not be put off by that word – disability” – Sarah Fox Urges Fellow Graduates A Newry woman who has been plagued by Crohn’s Disease has revealed how a new grad employment scheme has
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Harpers and historians joined forces this month to celebrate the 230th anniversary of the first Harpers’ Assembly with five days of harp music and heritage in a unique cross-community series of events, concluding in Dublin
“For me, it was a big thing. It was that sigh of relief moment.” A graduate with ADHD and social anxiety has secured a paid job placement he loves, leaving behind worries that the condition
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With Belfast in full swing to recovery from the turbulence of recent years the Cathedral Quarter has much to celebrate. Businesses are still continuing to choose this art, culture and heritage hotspot to set up
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Leanne Molloy, 37, is a mother of two and works as a pharmacist in Castlewellan. She was in her mid-30s when she found that she had difficulties swallowing food. Following her shocking diagnosis of oesophageal
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The charity that aims to challenge low employment rates amongst disabled people, Leonard Cheshire, is celebrating the success of a programme that aimed to support graduates in future employment. The scheme, GradEmployNI Programme, which has
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Belfast historian Mark Doherty, Co Meath harper Ciara Taaffe and Limavady genealogist Fiona Pegrum all took to the stage at the First Presbyterian Church on Rosemary Street, Belfast for the 2022 Harps Alive│An Chruit Bheo│Harps Leevin
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Co Meath harper Ciara Taaffe took to the stage today at the First Presbyterian Church in Rosemary Street, Belfast to perform at the Denis Hempson, the Harper & his Legacy event for the 2022 Harps
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Derry Harper Lauren O’Neill and Tyrone fiddle player Eugene O’Neill took to the stage last night at the Deer’s Head in Belfast as part of the 2022 Harps Alive│An Chruit Bheo│Harps Leevin festival. They are
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