Maskey makes plea over Shorts jobs

A former Lord Mayor of Belfast tonight urged management and staff at the troubled Belfast aerospace company Shorts to do what they could to safeguard its future.

Sinn Fein councillor Alex Maskey, who handed over the mayorship this week to the SDLP’s Martin Morgan, said he was disappointed by warnings that more than 1,000 jobs could be lost because of a lack of agreement over a pay deal.