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From County Down to downtown Manhattan, Jim Clerkin has moved around, and systematically up, in the world. After a career in the alcoholic beverage industry, he’s landed the top position in Moët Hennessy in North America. Now that he’s there, his goal is to help others do the same.  ℘ ℘ Jim Clerkin has had a relationship with Hennessy since before he was born. His father’s drink was cognac and ginger ale. His brand – Hennessy. Clerkin remembers serving his father while working par...

The development and construction of a new 25 turbine wind farm off the Louth coast will create up to 1,000 jobs in the construction phase alone, it emerged this week. The Oriel windfarm is expected to be operational by 2025, and will see a further 50 to 100 jobs being created. And the project will place County Louth at the heart of a new clean energy economy, according to the company behind plans. Oriel ParkWind and the ESB put their proposals to an open public forum for the first time last we...

    It was down by less than 5% on 2019 volumes and only 0.9% behind pre- Covid expected volumes. This is despite lockdown and a complete drop off in volume for part of the year.     The robust figures have been attributed to several factors: – including a strong relationship with existing customers, an investment in the Port team; and a focused effort by hauliers to front-load prior to Brexit and to find routes that minimise disruption, post-Brexit. David Holmes has been at the forefront...

Northern Ireland ports have experienced a steady flow of trade under new Irish Sea shipping processes with some recording an increase in freight volumes, MLAs have been told.Senior figures from the

Port representatives gave evidence to a Stormont committee.

BBC News Published image copyrightPA Media A Northern Ireland port operator has questioned whether businesses in Great Britain will be prepared for the end of Irish Sea trade border "grace periods". MLAs have been told how ports in NI are benefiting from extra freight traffic which is no longer travelling through Dublin because of checks. The first of the grace periods ends at the start of April. NIs four port operators gave evidence to Stormonts Infrastructure Committee about the effect of the...

Northern Ireland ports have experienced a steady flow of trade under new Irish Sea shipping processes with some recording an increase in freight volumes, MLAs have been told. Senior figures from the region’s four main ports told a Stormont Assembly committee the requirements of the Northern Ireland Protocol had not prompted the drop in trade that some had predicted. Representatives from Belfast, Larne, Foyle and Warrenpoint ports acknowledged it was too early to provide a definitive view of t...

Port representatives gave evidence to a Stormont committee.

Port representatives gave evidence to a Stormont committee.

Northern Ireland ports have experienced a steady flow of trade under new Irish Sea shipping processes with some recording an increase in freight volumes, MLAs have been told. Senior figures from the region’s four main ports told a Stormont Assembly committee the requirements of the Northern Ireland Protocol had not prompted the drop in trade that some had predicted. Representatives from Belfast, Larne, Foyle and Warrenpoint ports acknowledged it was too early to provide a definitive view of t...