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The Belfast Telegraph writes of a former Northern Ireland minister that has said Secretary of State Julian Smith must "think outside the box" to try and save Harland and Wolff shipyard. The iconic Belfast company entered administration last week after…

Retired and former Harland and Wolff workers, writes Belfast Telegraph, have been invited to return to the shipyard on Sunday as part of a special event. Concrete prints will be made of the "hands that built the shipyard" during an…

Potential bidders, reports Belfast Telegraph, have expressed an interest in buying Harland and Wolff, administrators have confirmed. Insolvency experts Brian Murphy and Michael Jennings from business advisory firm BDO are now running the business. On Wednesday the majority of the…

Workers at Harland & Wolff have seen a deluge of support - from donations of suncream and food to performances by local celebrities. As the Belfast Telegraph reports, the workforce continue their occupation of the historic shipyard even as the…

BBC News reports that Harland and Wolff has entered administration, with accountancy firm BDO formally appointed to oversee the Belfast shipyard. Having employed more than 30,000 at its peak, the move could now put 120 jobs at risk and spell…

A formal legal process to place Harland and Wolff into administration will be completed later today. As the BBC News reports an insolvency request is expected to be filed at the High Court in Belfast. On Monday, the company announced that…

A motion by Belfast City Council has been passed to call on the UK government to support Harland and Wolff as it faces administration. As BBC News reports, the council is seeking an urgent meeting with the Northern Ireland secretary…

An emergency meeting is to be held by Belfast Council on Friday in a bid to help save the historic Harland and Wolff shipyard from closure. The meeting writes Belfast Telegraph has been called by SDLP councillor Brian Heading and…

BBC News reports that the UK government has said that the crisis at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast is "ultimately a commercial issue". Unions say the yard is at imminent risk of closure and have called for it…

Harland and Wolff workers, writes BBC News, have closed the shipyard's gates as part of a protest following news that the business is up for sale. They have demanded Boris Johnson's government renationalise the yard and saves their jobs. The…

Leaders from trade unions in the North are appealing to the new UK prime minister Boris Johnson to nationalise Belfast’s historic Harland & Wolff shipyard to save it from closure. As The Irish Times reports, unions have warned the yard,…

The Belfast shipyard at Harland and Wolff could go bust within days as fears mount over its future, it has emerged. Unions and sources familiar with ongoing negotiations at the shipyard, reports Belfast Telegraph, have said that the company could…

Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast reports BBC News, can only survive until the end of the month without a deal, Unite the Union has said. The business has been up for sale amid serious financial problems at its Norwegian…

Close to 130 hardy souls will take to the waters of Galway Bay tomorrow (Saturday 20 July) for the 14th annual Frances Thornton Memorial Galway Bay Swim. As previously reported on Afloat.ie, the early sell-out event is one of Ireland’s…

A record 24.6 million tonnes of trade was handled in Belfast Harbour for the first time in its 400-year history last year, latest financial accounts show. Trade increased by 900,000 tonnes year on year, which The Irish Times reports has…

Harland and Wolff’s Norwegian majority owner has announced it will file for bankruptcy — but the Belfast shipyard says business will continue as usual, as the Belfast Telegraph reports. The move comes after Dolphin Drilling ASA, formerly Fred Olsen Energy,…