ABOUT 1,000 Coca-Cola Bottlers employees in Dublin, Louth and Antrim were last night told by the company of its intention to consolidate production and warehouse operations at a greenfield site.

SWANNING around Northern Ireland gives you a different perspective on life there. Near Lambeg, I saw the Israeli flag fluttering alongside the Red Hand of Ulster and the Union Jack. In the nationalist side of Portadown, the graffiti feted the Palestinians.