NEW York legislators will travel to Belfast as part of the Belfast International Homecoming this week. With the support of Ulster University, Belfast City Council and Hinch Distillery, Belfast International Homecoming – from the 27 to 29 September – will welcome over 20 business, civic and political leaders from the diaspora to the city in person for the first time in three years. The New York delegation will travel to Belfast to learn about landmark city projects such as Ulster University’s new Belfast Campus, Innovation City Belfast and the transformative £1bn Belfast Region City Deal. Delegation members include: · Assemblyman Mike Cusick, President of the American Irish Legislators Society and Chairman of the Energy Committee in the New York State Legislature.· Michael Meade, Group CEO of Sullivan’s Brewing Company, New York. · Sean Tenner, President of KNI Communications, Chicago. · Steve Lenox, Director of the New Jersey
The charity Maritime Belfast Trust which owns the tender RMS Titanic, have brought Harland & Wolff shipyard on board to give the ship that they comple.