Redundant car workers at a plant in the North today voted to end their 34-day sit-in.

A resolution to the Visteon car factory dispute appeared close tonight after sacked workers were offered a redundancy deal that union bosses claim is worth 10 times their original package.

The North's Pensions Regulator is examining information about the management of finances linked to the recently closed Visteon plant in Belfast, according to local Sinn Féin MP Gerry Adams.

Sacked workers staging a sit-in at the Visteon car components factory in west Belfast will contest any attempt to have them removed, they said today.

Workers protesting 1,000 job losses in the North are to hold a mass rally today.

Car parts firm Visteon today offered extra payments to former workers in a bid to resolve a series of protests over redundancies.

Visteon car factory workers picketed Ford showrooms in the North today as talks on settling the dispute over job losses at the company were expected to get under way.

Talks are due to take place in London today in an effort to end a dispute at three plants operated by the car parts company Visteon, including one in Beflast.

The recession is hitting businesses in the North harder than anywhere else in the UK, new figures indicated today.

Angry Visteon car factory workers picketed Ford showrooms in the North today and urged their counterparts in England to follow suit.

Ford showrooms in Belfast are set to be picketed today in an escalation of the Visteon dispute.

Ford showrooms in Belfast are to be picketed in an escalation of the Visteon dispute, a workers’ spokesman said today.

There are fresh hopes of a settlement for the protesting Visteon workers in Belfast today.

Thousands of people are expected at a rally in support of workers laid off at the Visteon plant in the North today.

Thousands of people are expected at a rally at the Visteon plant in the North tomorrow, workers said.

Almost £100,000 (€110,000) could be clawed back in government investments in the collapsed Visteon car parts plant in the North, the North's Enterprise Minister said today.

Talks in New York this week could decide the fate of staff at the Visteon car plant in Belfast.

The North took another jobs hit tonight when an engineering company linked to the oil and gas drilling industry announced nearly 100 job cuts.

Stormont Employment Minister Reg Empey says the North has lost 2% of its entire manufacturing base over the past four days.

Almost 1,000 jobs are expected to go at a Bombardier aircraft parts factory in the North, it was revealed today.

Protests against job cuts at car parts firm Visteon spread today when workers attempted to occupy more factories.

More than 100 workers have spent the night inside the Visteon factory in Belfast as part of a dispute over redundancy pay.

Laid-off workers at car parts maker Visteon were on an overnight sit-in tonight after bosses said more than 560 jobs were being axed.

Around 210 workers are set to lose their jobs in west Beflast after a car parts manufacturer announced it is going into liquidation.

Three hundred jobs are hanging in the balance at a car parts factory on the outskirts of Belfast.

Surging oil prices prompted new worries about the US economy and sent stocks lower on Wall Street today as investors locked in profits from the market’s recent rally. The concerns over oil overshadowed a strong report on manufacturing orders.

A sharp decline in oil prices and a surprise drop in wholesale prices pushed stocks higher on Wall Street today as investors’ concerns about third quarter earnings were mitigated.

Shares of prominent US auto makers and car parts manufacturers were mostly higher in early afternoon trade, after JP Morgan auto analyst David Bradley upgraded the sector to a 'market weight' rating, dealers said.