It was hard not to groan at the news that a plan to build almost 300 homes in the Dublin suburb of Glasnevin has been turned down by the planning board.

Businesses must not cut spending on training as the recession bites, the North's Employment Commissioner said today.

Northern companies could shed 30,000 jobs if British government plans to make them pay rates are implemented, an industrial lobby group claimed today.

Around 50 jobs will be created in Lisburn next year with the opening of Northern Ireland’s first industrial plant based on digital manufacturing techniques, it was revealed today.