Harland and Wolff journey ends: Could we match North state aid?

Belfast’s Harland and Wolff shipyard, once so symbolic of the North’s industry and division, has finally closed.

The yard, once the world’s largest builders of grand ocean liners, including the Titanic, was first thrown a lifeline by the British exchequer over 50 years ago. Less than a decade later, in 1975, it was nationalised.