07/07/2014 BBC Newsline

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600 new jobs announced by the food processor Moy Park will

be in various parts of the business, from food processing to financial

Moy Park supplies chicken products across Europe.

Our business correspondent Julian O'Neil reports

This is the growing business, whose expansion is already under way. New

jobs will not just be here but at existing operations in Craigavon and

Ballymena. Most of the new jobs are in processing, and average salaries

will be around ?17,000. But some jobs will be in finance and at a

division of Moy Park looking at new product lines. There are a bout 82

of the 628 jobs which are both the private sector media and. Those are

in the innovation centre, the financial sectors and in management

but most of them are in food processing. The opportunities that

they provide in a company like this means that you can start at food

processing and then move up the value chain in the business. Moy

Park supplies chicken to supermarkets across Europe and,

since 2008, it has been part of the Brazilian food company Marfrig.

Today's jobs announcement brings the work. Although 12,000, although half

of them are based outside Northern Ireland. We have people in this

organisation who are full of determination and commitment who

have a big passion for the business determination and commitment who

and we want to continue to grow the organisation and the business to

and we want to continue to grow the support our people, our customers

and consumers. Last year, Moy Park increased its sales

and consumers. Last year, Moy Park than ?1.2 billion. Today that

has translated into more jobs for the

The expansion is getting ?9 million in Government funding.

Speaking from the firm's global headquarters in Brazil, the chief

executive of Invest NI told me the job creation agency was committed

The food sector is very important to us and ministers have just launched

a programme which aims to increase sales outside of Northern Ireland by

companies in food by 70% by 2020. We will be doing everything we can to

support companies to achieve that objective.

Leaders of the Orange Order have paraded to the Twaddell Avenue

protest camp in North Belfast in a show of solidarity with

The North Belfast Orangemen have been protesting there

since their homeward Twelfth parade was barred from passing the Ardoyne

Violence erupted at the police cordon.

Tensions have risen with this year's return leg also being restricted.

The Order says people have nothing to fear from Orange protests.

We will be organising protests, make no mistake, because there is an

issue that needs to be addressed. But those protests will be peaceful,

lawful and passive. And people should, in no way, have any type of

an pension about what will happen. At the end of the day, there is a

principle here. -- apprehension. When democracy has been tarnished or

undermined by the decisions of a commission, people are entitled to

protest against that. Hopes are fading for the survival

of whales stranded on a beach Five of the pod

of 13 pilot whales died earlier. The local authorities say

they have done all they can. Early this morning, a jogger came

upon the scene. 13 pilot whales stranded above the watermark at the

speech. The local council arrived with volunteers and a digger to take

part in a rescue but four of the Wales had already died. The rest

were dragged out into deeper water, but several of them beached again. A

fifth wail, a juvenile, died in the course of the rescue. It was hoped

the other eight might be helped to refloat by this evening's high tide.

From early on, the scene was a magnet for curious children. The

cause of the stranding is not known. An Irish whale and Dolphin group

says it is the 13th stranding in Donegal this year. This evening,

seven of the eight remaining whales beached again further up the shore.

Injunction proceedings have been lodged at the High Court in Dublin

on behalf of some residents of Croke Park aimed at preventing any of the

Garth Brooks shows from going ahead at the stadium later this month.

Only three of the five concerts applied for have council permission

to go ahead and the singer has indicated he may not perform at all.

At a vote this evening, Dublin City Council narrowly backed a motion

However, the council was told that it was not legally possible

The Belfast actor Ciaran Hinds has received an honorary degree

The former law student abandoned his original degree at Queen's to

study at RADA before embarking on a very successful career.

As a star of the stage and screen, he's appeared

He's also gaining a new legion of fans for his performance

It's an honour and a privilege to be considered for... It's not a

compliment tree award, but a doctor ship. It was a beautiful

presentation and I have to say, I had a little shiver up my spine

when, at the end, they called me Dr Ciaran Hinds. My father was a doctor

and I was never going to follow in his footsteps because I'm not very

good with blood but here we are all the same.

And the actress and film-maker Roma Downey was also back home to

pick up an honorary doctorate from the University of Ulster.

The former Thornhill College student was at the Magee campus to receive

the recognition for her contribution to the arts.

She starred in the American TV series Touched By An Angel and had

It was watched by more than 100 million people in the US.

Ballyholme Yacht Club has attracted some top class sailors to Belfast

Lough this week for the prestigious F18 World Championships.

As Nikki Gregg reports, after four years

in the planning the international event has finally started.

With 120 competitors from 11 countries, Balli home as attractive

With 120 competitors from 11 a top-quality field including a

multiple world champion and veteran of the America's Cup. We've had a

marvellous reception here. Everybody at the club has been super friendly

and it has been a wonderful experience, having never been to

Ireland before. I haven't really been on the formula 18 for quite a

few years now, having been involved with the America's Cup, so it's nice

to put the trapeze harness back on and mix it up with these younger

guys. The formula 18 would be the pinnacle catamaran. Top speed of

around 22 to 25 knots. Every decision has to be very fast or you

have to be awake and have your mind very clear to be aware of all the

changes in the wind conditions that happen superfast. You end of the

races really tired sometimes but it's fun so it's OK. The

championship runs until Friday with three races taking place per,

depending on conditions. A success could pave the way for more events

coming to these shores. We started the week with a mixture

of sunshine and showers and we still have a few showers around tonight

into tomorrow but from mid week onwards, things start to settle down

and it looks as though it's going to turn dry up with some bright and

sunny spells and it should become a bit warmer. Tonight is not to

chilly. In towns 11 or 12 and rural spots eight or nine. We've another

batch of showery rain moving into the West later in the night and

there is potential for some of that to be quite heavy, maybe with the

odd rumble of thunder. Things will improve later tomorrow but it isn't

a great start. We will start with rather cloudy skies and the showery

rain edging towards Eastern counties but starting to fizzle out a little

as it does. The rain also extends into eastern parts of the Republic.

For the rest of Britain after a bright start, a mixture of bright

spells and showers. The showers are more frequent for eastern Scotland

and eastern parts of England. They could be prolonged and heavy with

hail and thunder and there could be surface water flooding. Feeling

quite warm in the south-east, up to 22 or 23. For Northern Ireland, for

a time in the afternoon we could get scattered heavy downpours,

particularly across the southern counties, but they will slide away

to the south and things start to dry up and brighten up later in the day.

Through the rest of the week, it's looking mainly dry but quite warm.

Won good night. MUSIC: "Edward Scissorhands

Introduction" by Danny Elfman