Bombardier's decision to axe almost 500 jobs at its site in Belfast is "not a Brexit issue", Business Minister Richard Harrington said as he was blasted for saying the Government had "no role" to play in the matter.

New plans of Canadian jet maker Bombardier to cut about 5,000 jobs around the world has again put into doubt jobs at its facilities in Belfast.

Some 1,000 jobs have been cemented in Belfast as Canadian aviation parts producer Bombardier reached a partnership agreement with Airbus on its C-Series line.

The British Prime Minister has met aircraft workers at Bombardier's Belfast factory in the wake of the company's trade battle victory in the United States.

Government contracts with Boeing should be reviewed following the Bombardier trade dispute, a report from MPs said.

A US trade body is due to make its final ruling on the Bombardier aircraft imports dispute.

As head of a company that has true pan-European credentials, his views should be heeded, and especially by the aerospace industry in the North, writes Joe Gill.

Aircraft maker Boeing has become a scapegoat for Bombardier job cuts in Belfast, the firm said.

Further talks will be held later this week as the UK government continues to "press the case" on behalf of Bombardier workers in Northern Ireland, the British Business Secretary has said.

The absence of a functioning government in Northern Ireland is an added challenge for those trying to protect jobs at Bombardier's Belfast factory, MPs have heard.

Huge tariffs placed on Bombardier in the United States could result in 4,000 jobs being lost in the North.

DUP leader Arlene Foster and Sinn Féin’s Stormont leader Michelle O’Neill have been urged to set aside their differences and travel to Washington together to lobby for jobs at Bombardier’s Belfast factory.

Shares in Bombardier surged after the company ceded control of its slow-selling C Series jet programme to Airbus.

Bombardier is seeking investors for its aerospace businesses and considering a sale of some operations, according to sources, as a turnaround plan at the Canadian aircraft-maker faces pressure from potentially crippling US tariffs on its marquee jetliner.

Workers from plane manufacturer Bombardier are pressing the Government to take urgent action to help secure their jobs in the face of mounting concerns over a trade dispute with the United States.

One of Northern Ireland’s largest employers is facing a proposed 300% duty on its exports of planes to the US amid an international trade dispute, the US government said yesterday.

One of the North’s largest employers is facing a proposed 300% duty on its exports of planes to the US amid an international trade dispute, the US government said today.

Bombardier is betting on fast-growing markets like India to boost sales of its Q400 and CSeries narrow-body planes at a time when the Canadian planemaker faces a trade row over sales to the US that could affect thousands of jobs in Belfast.

Britain told US planemaker Boeing it could lose out on British defence contracts because of its dispute with Canadian rival Bombardier which has put 4,200 jobs at risk in the North.

Almost 100 jobs are being shed in Northern Ireland by aircraft manufacturer Bombardier.

Thousands of Belfast jobs are threatened.

Canada’s jet maker Bombardier will delay paying more than half of last year’s compensation for top executives, responding to protests after increasing payouts despite receiving government aid and planning mass job cuts.

Bombardier is targeting a major European aircraft order as the next step in the recovery of its C Series programme following a $5.6bn (€5bn) sale to Delta Air Lines that helped turn around the jetliner’s prospects.

Up to 50 more workers at Belfast aerospace manufacturer Bombardier are expected to be made redundant this year.

Bombardier has suspended the recruitment of new apprentices in the wake of a redundancy announcement that is set to see more than 1,000 jobs lost.

Bombardier is to cut its workforce in the North by more than 1,000 over the next two years.

Fuve hundred and eighty job losses have been announced at Bombardier in Belfast.

Bombardier has confirmed it will cut more than 1,750 employees in Canada and Northern Ireland over the coming months to adjust for weak demand for some of its business jets.