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Belfast Telegraph
16-05-2025
- Belfast Telegraph
Co Down train carriage makes final journey
The carriage, known as former CIÉ Steam Heating Van No. 3189, arrived in Downpatrick in 2007, where it became a guard's van, generator vehicle and storage facility, before being retired at the end of 2019 Lapland Express Season. Retired during the Covid pandemic, and later damaged by flooding, the carriage was found to require over £100,000 worth of restoration work. The railway museum — the only full-size heritage railway on the island of Ireland — had been closed to the public for almost a year from October 2023 to October 2024 due to extensive flooding in the Downpatrick area. Given its advanced corrosion and limited operational use, the steam heating van was not considered of significant enough rarity or historical importance to warrant major fundraising for restoration. Robert Gardiner, chairman of the DCDR says he 'desperately tried to find a home for it', but efforts to sell the carriage proved unsuccessful. 'There were a few expressions of interest, but nothing firm,' he said. "As much as I'd have loved to restore our only Mk1, it realistically would have been a complete money pit – and we have much more pressing needs at the railway.' Today the van was cut in half and loaded onto lorries for its final trip to County Antrim, with spare parts kept by the DCDR for potential reuse. The Downpatrick & County Down Railway, the only full-size heritage railway on the island of Ireland, operates on part of the former Belfast & County Down Railway route, which closed to passenger traffic in 1950. Previously the Railway had partnered with Belfast Shipbuilders Harland & Wolff to help restore a Victorian railway carriage.
Belfast Telegraph
02-05-2025
- Business
- Belfast Telegraph
Glentoran call Extraordinary General Meeting as owner Ali Shams Pour looks to strengthen grip on club
The Belfast Telegraph can reveal that shareholders have been informed the EGM will take place at the Harland & Wolff staff club in east Belfast later this month, with 75 per cent of shareholder approval required for the East (No.1) Limited company, of which Pour is a director, to add a further ten per cent to the shares they already have in the club.
Yahoo
25-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Isles yard secures first contract under new owners
Arnish fabrication yard in Lewis has won its first major contract under its new Spanish owners. The site will manufacture subsea structures for use in Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean. The yard near Stornoway employs about 140 people and an additional 30 workers will be needed to complete the year-long contract. Arnish along with a yard in Methil in Fife were taken over by Spain's state-owned shipbuilder Navantia in December following a buy-out of Belfast-based Harland & Wolff. More stories from the Highlands and Islands News from the Highlands and Islands on BBC Sounds Arnish near Stornoway was founded in 1974 with backing from Norwegian company Olsen's. Contracts in the early days included constructing a large barge. The yard was also later used for repurposing rigs for the North Sea oil and gas industry. It was owned by BiFab before being taken over by Harland & Wolff. Hundreds of Harland & Wolff jobs saved in Scotland Possible interest in Harland & Wolff's Arnish yard
Yahoo
25-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Isles yard secures first contract under new owners
Arnish fabrication yard in Lewis has won its first major contract under its new Spanish owners. The site will manufacture subsea structures for use in Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean. The yard near Stornoway employs about 140 people and an additional 30 workers will be needed to complete the year-long contract. Arnish along with a yard in Methil in Fife were taken over by Spain's state-owned shipbuilder Navantia in December following a buy-out of Belfast-based Harland & Wolff. More stories from the Highlands and Islands News from the Highlands and Islands on BBC Sounds Arnish near Stornoway was founded in 1974 with backing from Norwegian company Olsen's. Contracts in the early days included constructing a large barge. The yard was also later used for repurposing rigs for the North Sea oil and gas industry. It was owned by BiFab before being taken over by Harland & Wolff. Hundreds of Harland & Wolff jobs saved in Scotland Possible interest in Harland & Wolff's Arnish yard
BBC News
25-02-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Arnish fabrication yard secures first contract under new owners
Arnish fabrication yard in Lewis has won its first major contract under its new Spanish site will manufacture subsea structures for use in Trinidad and Tobago in the yard near Stornoway employs about 140 people and an additional 30 workers will be needed to complete the year-long along with a yard in Methil in Fife were taken over by Spain's state-owned shipbuilder Navantia in December following a buy-out of Belfast-based Harland & Wolff. Arnish near Stornoway was founded in 1974 with backing from Norwegian company Olsen' in the early days included constructing a large yard was also later used for repurposing rigs for the North Sea oil and gas was owned by BiFab before being taken over by Harland & Wolff.
