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Belfast Telegraph
5 days ago
- General
- Belfast Telegraph
Co Down village community shells out time and money to clean up rat-infested beach
Once strewn with rubbish, seaweed and completely green, the beach on the Ards Peninsula has seen a vast improvement since Deborah Mann organised a community clean-up. Living in Millisle for over 40 years, Deborah was prompted by her husband Gary to post a notice on Facebook to organise a village beach clean. Efforts to tidy the beach then moved on to improving the general surroundings, with John McLean (80) taking to weeding the surrounding area. Overseeing the efforts, liaising with the council and providing well-earned drinks to volunteers is Deborah. 'It was actually my husband Gary Mann to prompted this, he has been litter picking for a long time,' said the Co Down woman. 'He enjoys doing it, loves being on the beach. On July 15 — he doesn't do social media — he said to me to stick it [the notice] on Facebook, because he was going down to start weeding this beach. The support he got was unbelievable. A lot of the other residents came to help, there must have been nearly 100 bags cleared.' However, despite their good intentions to clean up the beach, they initially received pushback from Ards and North Down Borough Council. Grievances were initially raised due to environmental issues and wildlife concerns. 'The beach is now infested with rats. Council kept saying it is not allowed to be touched because it is an environmental issue,' she said. 'About a week later a couple of the guys decided to get together and de-weed the whole Main Street, it was also cleared of rubbish. They tirelessly worked for hours. 'A few days after that, a few professional painters gave up their time and painted a couple of derelict buildings. 'I then started a GoFundMe, within two days it went from a £400 target to £3,400. Every single penny is going towards the cleaning and restoration efforts. 'The council has actually given us the bags now to help clean up. We have actually got DAERA onboard as well about this rat situation. 'We are painting gable walls, with permission of the landlords and on the derelict buildings. 'We plan to paint otters on them, seagulls, everything to do with a seaside village. 'Hopefully there will be benches, we have a joiner, he is going to do mock door frames and window frames. And we are going to put window boxes in as well. 'There will be a painting — the artist is costing around £200 per painting.' With the council now onboard with their plans to clean up the small coastline, Deborah reflected on how the village used to be when she met her husband in 1984. 'This place was thriving. Now all we have is an off-licence and the Spar. You've got your chemists and your two pubs but there is nowhere to go to have a cup of tea and a traybake with friends. 'We don't have a community centre, and the population of Millisle is very low .' Pensioner John McLean is a key worker in making Millisle beautiful . 'When I started to do this, it didn't really enter my head the importance of what I was doing,' he said. 'About half a dozen hours I did on the Friday — two weeks ago — then on the Saturday I did nothing because of the bands and the marches. 'So, after church on the Sunday I started to get stuck in again, to finish the 100 yards to the entrance. 'I didn't for one minute think that I would be getting involved with this, I really appreciate it.' Volunteer Edna Caskey said: 'The progress on the beach has been fantastic, this will be a continued effort by us to keep the beach clean.'
AU Financial Review
09-06-2025
- Business
- AU Financial Review
Citi's new top equity banker shows how memories fade
Hats off to Citi's PR machine with the announcement last week that John McLean would be returning from Singapore as head of equity capital markets for Australia and New Zealand. Most (if not all) of the coverage in the finance press reprinted its media release. Or, naturally, focused on McLean replacing Rob Jahrling, the three-time Olympic rower who presided over the bank's mishandling of a Goodman block trade last year. Citi's misjudgment around the price of $1.9 billion of Goodman shares led to a $70 million loss for the firm. Few recover from such a big, single loss. Jahrling was always going to be on borrowed time.
National Business Review
05-06-2025
- Business
- National Business Review
Citi makes new appointment for Australia and NZ
US-based investment banking group Citi has appointed John McLean as head of equity capital markets and global asset managers for Australia and New Zealand. McLean is currently head of global asset managers for Citi's financial sponsors business in Asia Pacific and will relocate from Singapore to Sydney for the role. In his current role, he is responsible for managing a regional team advising global alternative asset manager and sovereign wealth fund clients. Citi Australia chief executive Mark Woodruff said in a statement that McLean was the ideal person to lead the bank's growth plans, due to his experience in Asia and Australia. Meanwhile, McLean said he was excited to be returning to Australia. 'There is significant opportunity in both private capital markets and equity capital markets across Australia and New Zealand and I look forward to growing the team and delivering for our clients.' McLean's deal experience includes working on the Green Tea IPO in Hong Kong, the Hexaware IPO in India, the private sale of Dulwich College International, and the partial divestment of Temasek's Singapore Airlines stake. As well as his financial sponsors' expertise, McLean has over two decades of experience in equity capital markets. This is supplied content and not commissioned or paid for by NBR.
Bloomberg
05-06-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Citi Taps McLean as Australia ECM Head After Jahrling Exits
Citigroup Inc. 's head of equity capital markets for Australia and New Zealand is leaving the bank to pursue another opportunity. Rob Jahrling will be replaced by John McLean, said a spokesperson for the firm.
