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The energy firm SSE Airtricity is creating 143 new jobs in Belfast

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with an expansion of its customer services centre. At one point it had

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been feared the company would relocate all its jobs in Belfast to

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Dublin. But as our Economics and Business Editor John Campbell

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SSE's businesses include wind farms, gas and electricity supply.

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It currently has 98 customer service staff,

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It is going to consolidate into one office in the city centre

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The expansion is being supported with Invest NI grants

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As in a lot of cases, we do compete internationally.

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In this case, it was a project that could have

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We are delighted that not only have we secured 90 jobs, but

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developing a centre of excellence here that will employ 250 people.

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It was hard fought and we are delighted to see it.

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The managing director says the quality

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It is important to stabilise roles for the future.

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The announcement today is for an additional 143.

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We can attract and employ great people.

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There are really talented people in Northern Ireland.

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The SSE staff will move to offices here on Great Victoria Street

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New rules limiting grant aid for job creation have now been

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The Enterprise says that means being more creative when comes

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We have to look for new inward investors and look at different ways

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of helping companies invest in Northern Ireland whether it is

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through skills development or three research and development. We should

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increase the spend on research and development because it leads to new

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products and processes and that leads to more jobs in the future.

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With the economy here and elsewhere still showing signs of

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recovery, there could be more good news on the jobs front

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And in another hopeful economic development for Belfast, planning

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approval has been granted for two new film studios in Titanic Quarter.

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The ?14 million development will almost double the existing

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production space at Titanic Studios where the popular fantasy drama Game

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of Thrones is shot. Granting

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Minister Mark H Durkan said building the studios would put Belfast on the

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map as one of Europe's largest film production locations.

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As many as 200 staff who were employed at the DVA in Coleraine are

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to be offered voluntary redundancy after efforts to redeploy them

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The DVA had previously said a redundancy scheme

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300 people in all lost their jobs when services

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The trade union NIPSA said it was

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"extremely concerned" at the redundancy development.

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There's a security alert at a graveyard in Coleraine.

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the discovery of a suspicious object by a grave digger in the cemetery of

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St John's Catholic Church on Laurelhill Road.

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put in place around the church and the Army is at the scene.

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A plaque marking the birthplace of an Israeli President has been taken

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down in north Belfast following a series of attacks.

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commemorative plaque had to be removed out of concern for residents

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living nearby. Martin Cassidy reports.

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This house in north Belfast hardly looks presidential but almost 100

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years ago, a man who would have a major influence in the world was

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born here. Chaim Herzog was president of Israel for ten years

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beginning in 1983. But he wasn't born in the middle east. In fact his

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birthplace was this house in North Belfast - a fact commemorated by the

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Ulster History Circle when they put up a plaque in 1988. This is how it

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looked, but following recent attacks including an tie is really graffiti,

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the plaque has been taken down for the foreseeable future. It is quite

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shocking that a blue plaque would have to be removed because of

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intolerance said that I feel it is a wake-up call for people to realise

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the strength of feeling that there is and the intimidation which is

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felt by many people who are Israeli and Jewish in Belfast, that even an

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historic plaque has been targeted and has had to be removed because of

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the attacks against the property. It had been in place for more than 25

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years. At this stage it is not clear if or when it will be back.

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The DUP has accused the Environment Minister of letting his prejudices

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stand in the way of hundreds of millions of pounds of potential

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It followed the decision by the SDLP's Mark H Durkan to block

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plans for exploratory drilling for gas in Fermanagh.

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backed the Minister but the DUP's Sammy Wilson has criticised the

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decision claiming it's a major opportunity missed.

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It informs companies who want to investigate the possibility of shale

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gas in Northern Ireland that we are not open for business, that the

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Planning Minister will do his darndest to make sure they do not

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get permission and I think the result of that will be that we will

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lose thousands of jobs, hundreds of millions of pounds worth of

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investment, and a secure source of local energy which in any other

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sensible administration we would be tapping into. I think it is right we

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take a precautionary approach. The gas is not going anywhere. We should

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not rush into things. If any damage is done in my not be possible to

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rectify it. Well, it's meant to be the beautiful

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game, but stray footballs have left the Guildhall in Londonderry with an

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ugly bill to fix smashed windows. Over the summer, Derry City Council

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has spent thousands of pounds repairing damage caused by children

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having a kick about in the recently Now the police

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have stepped in to show young people playing ball doesn't have to come at

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a cost. Nicola Weir reports. It's a large open space - perfect

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for a quick game of football. But last week, a third window

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in the Guildhall was broken. It's believed the damage was caused

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accidentally by children playing ball outside -

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but it's left the council facing a repair bill

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of over ?10,000. So the police have

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come up with this... We have got this caged

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football setup. It is in response to a number

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of damages which have occurred We are just here to have a bit of

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fun, get in football enthusiasts and get them some guidance as to where

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is the best place to play football. A section of

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the square has now been transformed into a caged football arena - safe

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for players and safe for windows. The event's called It's Not How

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You Kick It, It's Where You Kick. It's hoped it will encourage young

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people to find more suitable places Open green areas, away from windows,

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away from property like cars That is the message we are

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trying to get across. Hopefully we will have fun

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in the process. Parents say it's an initiative that

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could be used by community groups. We need to look at local communities

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and see where kids can play In football, accidents do happen and

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it costs money to repair damage. Plenty of fancy footwork on show -

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but this time without the Guildhall Now, the weather.

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For the rest of the week it is going to be a case of looking for the

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sunglasses or the umbrella. It will be a bag. We have a few showers

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which will give way to drier weather for a while. Surely the early hours

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of Wednesday morning rain sinking southwards. -- during. Temperatures

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no lower than 12 or 13 degrees. Cloud around if you're hoping to

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catch a glimpse of the meteors, hopefully you will get some breaks

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in it. Tomorrow, deja vu. Scattered showers but not as many as today.

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Brighter spells. Showers first thing giving way to sunshine. By

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mid-morning showery rain coming across Tyrone and Fermanagh. Fishing

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eastwards during the morning here in the east Coast by lunch time. Across

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Ireland and Britain tomorrow is a mixed bag. We still have the Carrick

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in towards the north-east giving us some strong winds towards the north.

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Further south it is a day of dry and sunny spells but also the risk of

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scattered showers. Out and about across Northern Ireland tomorrow

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afternoon, many of us will enjoy some drier periods and some sunshine

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but the north-westerly wind will make it feel fresh and autumnal,

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especially towards the north coast. Inland, 18 or 19 degrees in the

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sunshine. Snow -- slow-moving showers in the forecast for

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Thursday. Brighter spells in between. Gradually improving towards

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a weekend but always the risk of a few showers.

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You can keep up to date with news online. From all of us, good night.

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Thanks for watching.

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