Headlines From Belfast Newsletter Wed 8th Oct 2014

Belfast Newsletter News JTI Gallaher staff given time off to absorb news Staff at JTI Gallaher cigarette plant in Ballymena have been given time off to absorb the news that more than 800 jobs are to be lost. Read more... Exploris centre £900,000 package approved by council The survival of Northern Ireland’s only aquarium has been rubber-stamped with a council decision to formally accept a £900,000 funding package from the Executive. Read more... Unionists react to news 900 Gallaher jobs 'to go by 2017' Political reaction has flooded in following the news that Gallaher’s tobacco plant faces the threat of closure. Read more... Council moves to ban dogs from parks and graveyards A council is set to make it an offence to have a dog in a string of public venues, with a maximum fine of £1,000 for offenders. Read more... Funding cuts could be final straw for arts bodies A leading children’s arts body has said the cutbacks affecting the arts could be the final straw for much of the sector. Read more...   Sport GOLF: Kearney edges out McGeady to lift title Niall Kearney birdied the 18th to edge out Michael McGeady and claim the 104th Irish PGA Championship sponsored by Down Syndrome Centre at Adare Manor Golf Club. Read more... Sand trap ends Rory McIlroy's Dunhill links hopes Rory McIlroy had to settle for joint second at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship after finishing a shot behind winner Oliver Wilson. Read more... Michael Hoey and Rory McIlroy in contention in Scotland Rory McIlroy surged into contention for his fifth win of the season in the weather-affected third round of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship on Saturday. Read more... Raphael Jacquelin leads the way but Rory McIlroy is still in the hunt France’s Raphael Jacquelin claimed the halfway lead in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship on Friday as the luck of the draw had a major impact. Read more... Dunlea and McDermott lead the way on rain-interrupted day at Irish PGA Championship Graeme Dunlea (Adare Manor Resort) and Michael McDermott (Pure Golf Leopardstown) are locked together at the top of the leader board after a rain interrupted day two of the Irish PGA Championship in Adare Manor. Read more...   Please do not respond directly to this email as this mailbox is not monitored. To contact Belfast Newsletter direct go to http://www.newsletter.co.uk/ and click on Contact Us Johnston Press are the publishers of Belfast Newsletter. You have received this email as you have subscribed to this newsletter on our website. Edit or Unsubscribe Preferences | Edit Your Profile Company Name: Johnston Press plc | Registered in Scotland no: SCO15382 | Registered Office: 108 Holyrood Road, Edinburgh, EH8 8AS