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Time to take a break from long school holidays

As Alice Cooper’s popular song from 1972 goes ‘School’s out for summer’.
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Victoria Square leaves us hungry for more

Tuesday, 23 June 2009

With the developers all set to crank up their PR machine for a grand unveiling of Victoria Square’s long-awaited apartment scheme, the award-winning mall suffered another setback.
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Bite at success can leave bitter sweet taste

Tuesday, 9 June 2009

Sir Alan Sugar on Sunday finally hired a new apprentice, bringing to a close what is supposed to be a contest between some of the UK’s sharpest young business minds.
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Full steam ahead for tourism awards ceremony

Tuesday, 2 June 2009

The Northern Ireland Tourist Board was on the right track when it selected the venue for the annual tourism awards ceremony.
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When emails hit sour note...

Tuesday, 26 May 2009

The speed with which things happen on the internet never fails to impress.
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Lessons to be learned for school traffic

Tuesday, 26 May 2009

Thank goodness for the exam season. Not only does it usually produce the only decent weather of the summer, but it also means a dramatic reduction in rush-hour traffic levels.
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Bosses left in a fix by Euro candidates

Tuesday, 19 May 2009

Even though the economy is everyone’s number one priority these days, business leaders were left little the wiser after a hustings event involving Northern Ireland’s seven European Parliament candidates last week.
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Sporting chance of political agreement

Tuesday, 12 May 2009

The announcement of Belfast International Airport’s £10m facelift was greeted with a general thumbs up by the great and the good attending the launch at the Hilton Templepatrick.
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Stop-go on M2

Tuesday, 12 May 2009

Great to see the traffic rolling unfettered down the hill section of the M2 from Sandyknowes, now that the third lane is open.
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The rule is whatever you say, say nothing

Tuesday, 5 May 2009

They seek him here, they seek him there, but Bank of England Governor Mervyn Allister King proved just a little elusive as far as the media was concerned.
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Darling’s day of reckoning

Tuesday, 28 April 2009

Alistair may not be anyone’s darling at present — unless of course you happen to own a 12-year-old banger and are someone of working age who cares for grandchildren more than 20 hours a week.
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Sound PR advice from our Power Book four

Tuesday, 21 April 2009

As if Who’s Who wasn’t enough, a new guide has been published to the people who really matter — the stars of the world of public relations.
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From Fermanagh with love — the Bond girl

Tuesday, 7 April 2009

So now we know Arlene Foster’s best kept secret. It seems that the Enterprise Minister has long harboured a little notion about becoming a Bond girl.
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Taoiseach gives of his best to CBI Northern Ireland

Tuesday, 31 March 2009

So how do you follow having Ian Paisley as last year’s guest speaker at your annual dinner?
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US ambassador firmly rooted in Newry

Monday, 23 March 2009

The jury may still be out on President O’bama’s links with the supposed ancestral home in Co Offaly, but there’s no doubt that Newry blood courses through the veins of the new US Ambassador to Ireland.
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Give us all a break to celebrate St Patrick’s Day

Monday, 16 March 2009

Although St Patrick’s Day is one of Northern Ireland’s 10 annual permanent bank holidays, tomorrow will sadly not be a day of festivity for everyone.
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Money talks as Stormont riot fears subside

Monday, 9 March 2009

And so to Stormont to see the Treasury Select Committee get to grips with the impact of the credit crunch on Northern Ireland.
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Invest NI ceremony serves up food for thought

Monday, 23 February 2009

How's this for an innovation? The function starts promptly at 7.30pm, the feasting is interspersed by the speeches, the awards are dished out with some alacrity and the whole bash finishes 15 minutes early at 10.15pm.
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Let’s hope it’s a date to remember, Darling

Monday, 16 February 2009

No sooner had the Chancellor sat down after telling the Commons that the Budget would not be taking place until April 22 than the experts had started to analyse the decision – and the date.
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An evening of mixed emotions at the Europa

Monday, 9 February 2009

Despite the snow on the streets, the ice on the footpaths and the all-pervading talk of recession in the air, the Institute of Directors hit town in style last week.
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Runway extension row still up in the air

Tuesday, 3 February 2009

At times, ABN AMRO must surely wonder if the acquisition last September of George Best Belfast City Airport was such a smart move after all.
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