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@CircleLineBT @belfastcc @BelfastLive @Briansmyth99 @CllrSamNel @EBelfastRuth @CllrMichaelLong @oharamal @niplanner @DavidNevin Something for those people to answer, also worth noting that businesses in Belfast are subject to some of the highest rates in the UK, combine that with extortionate cost for a licence and it smothers entrepreneurship.

@belfastsocrates @belfastcc @BelfastLive @Briansmyth99 @CllrSamNel @EBelfastRuth @CllrMichaelLong @oharamal @niplanner @DavidNevin Focusing too much on keeping the big names happy? And no thought to future entrepreneurs?

Spent a few days in Mexico City 🇲🇽 Two takeaways Belfast/NI could learn from: 1. Tiny bars – licensing laws allow micro-premises to thrive. 2. Food vendors on every corner – space + permits encourage it. It’s a city that legislates for entrepreneurship, not against it.

@SJAMcBride Brilliant article. I particularly liked the ‘these applause-hungry legislators’ remark. All staged style and photo ops but no substance.

Stormont has voted to accidentally tie its own hands by passing a sweeping law whose implications most MLAs didn't understand. Now it's going to force them to do what they hate: take unpopular decisions. m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/column…

Can someone explain why @BelfastTrust accepted a building without testing every single system? Seems to be sheer incompetence or simple disregard of public funds. Also, why has same contractor been appointed to build the children’s hospital? bbc.com/news/articles/…

🚨 Final call 🚨 Applications for the @finnebrogue Denis Lynn Scholarship close on 17 April. The Scholarship includes tuition fees for a one year Masters, living expenses and placement expenses up to £20,000. Info ➡️ #overview" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">qub.ac.uk/Study/funding-…

It was a pleasure to welcome James Lawless TD, Minister for the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science @DeptofFHed, to @QUBelfast today for his first official engagement in #NorthernIreland. Minister Lawless met with some of our students from the Republic of Ireland, who were funded by the Irish Government to study #Medicine and #Nursing at Queen’s. We are proud to play a key role in addressing #Healthcare workforce needs across the island of Ireland, through this important initiative. He also toured our world-class facilities, including the two all-island #Research centres on #Climate and #SustainableFood. These are important collaborations which highlight what we can achieve together. @lawlessj | @QUBIGFS | @QUBbioscience | @QUB_SMDBS | @QUBSONM | #HigherEducation

CADA NI in partnership with IGFS invite you to attend an event entitled 'Exploring the Future of Our Planet' on 22 May. We’re delighted to welcome Gaia Vince, award-winning writer, broadcaster & climate thought leader as our speaker. Register & info - eventbrite.co.uk/e/exploring-th…

@BelTel It’s almost as if this was always the plan? The view of Titanic Belfast was always protected when viewed from the slipways, not the motorway or Bel Tel offices 🙄 Much needed new housing, development and investment. Now let’s see the rest of Titanic Quarter developed.

An ‘eye sore’ or ‘much needed’? It’s been at the centre of years of public controversy and conversation, but as Belfast’s iconic Titanic Centre firmly fades into the background behind towering apartment blocks, the public is as divided as ever. belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-…

@AllisonMorris1 @mmcgarry92 @bubjeeps They’re still being constructed. 190 social housing units and 580 rental apartments is a positive development. Always the plan to develop this area for housing.

@mmcgarry92 @bubjeeps The cubic shape they’re like the brutalist concrete buildings from the 1970s, functional but ugly

Planning permission aside they’re throwing those apartments up in front of that big iceberg building, every time I look out the window they’ve added another storey to it

@Shellys_Wellie @BanNormality @GarethBurns18 @frank_broadcast It really was.

@BanNormality @GarethBurns18 @frank_broadcast I’m pretty sure that wasn’t on the original plan.

Titanic (far right) continuing to sink behind the new flats!

@GarethBurns18 @frank_broadcast How is it baffling? This has been the masterplan from the beginning. The only protected view of Titanic Belfast is from the slipways. It’s literally been the plan for nearly 20 years.

@frank_broadcast I know, Frank, It’s baffling….

Hosted by IGFS, @AFBI_NI, @daera_ni & @UFUHQ Dr Nicola Ranger of @ecioxford delivered the 65th Annual George Scott Robertson Memorial Lecture highlighting the financial and fiscal risk management required to deal with climate change adaptation & the impact on the global economy.

Join us on 03 April to hear Dr Nicola Ranger @ecioxford deliver a lecture; Managing Nature Based Risks to the Global Economy & Financial System. Lecture is hosted in partnership with @AFBI_NI @daera_ni & @UFUHQ and supported by The Gibson Trust. Reg - go.qub.ac.uk/GSR2025

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IGFS/SBS & Gibson Institute, in partnership with @AFBI_NI @UFUHQ @daera_ni, can announce this year’s GSR Lecture will be delivered by Dr Nicola Ranger with a talk entitled; Managing Nature Based Risks to the Global Economy & Financial System. More info: go.qub.ac.uk/GSR2025

Profs @sharonhuws & Aedín Cassidy speak to @guardian about the research being undertaken at IGFS and the @foodcocentre to influence a rational food system that minimises environmental damage while providing a healthy diet for all. theguardian.com/research-to-re…

#StormEowyn thankfully passing. @belfastcc, tree and large branches down in the small green space at junction of Wandsworth Road and Knocklofty. BCC staff maintain it so assuming cleanup is council responsibility once safe? @AntoFlynnser

Do you know your badger footprints from your hedgehog paws? Would you eat an insect? How could studying life on Earth help us discover life on other planets? Join us on 15 Feb for the @niscifest Queen's Biology Showcase. Free to attend, register below nisciencefestival.com/events/queens-…

@BBCMarkSimpson @Translink_NI Translink shouldn't have moved the No. 8 and No.9 services from Donegall Square East. Bus alighting lane and shelters sitting there unused and services can no longer use the citybound Great Victoria Street bus lane.

📍Norma is 85. 👏 📍Norma comes into Belfast for some shopping & wee cup of tea. ☕️ 📍Norma wants a bus shelter here on Bedford Street beside the bus-stop. ☔️ 📍Norma wants @Translink_NI to help. 📌 Translink say they’ll do what they can. 📍Good luck, Norma.

@Briansmyth99 What was council reasoning for not including Wandsworth Rd, Knocklofty, Ormiston Cres, Drive, Park and Parade @AntoFlynnser I can't see the logic in this...