Ireland’s Largest Concrete Pour sets Belfast’s Titanic Signature Project in Motion

December 16 2009

Ireland’s largest single concrete pour to date has taken place, marking a significant milestone in construction work on the £97m Titanic Signature Project at Belfast’s Titanic Quarter. Developers Harcourt Construction carried out the pour, which saw 4,200 cubic metres of concrete laid 8m below ground level across an area of 3,800 square metres near the slipway at the 185-acre Titanic Quarter development in Belfast city centre.

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Avoid Titanic Catastrophe. Focus on Copenhagen and our Future. The AVAAZ Team

December 08 2009

Climate deniers and fossil fuel lobbyists are stopping at nothing to kill a Copenhagen deal.

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Titanic families commemorate 50th Anniversary of Monument’s relocation - still in the shadow

December 02 2009

On Sunday 29th November,  the largest ever gathering of Titanic descendants from Northern Ireland took place in Belfast.  Representatives of the families of seven men who were lost on Titanic gathered at the Titanic Memorial in Belfast to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the monument’s relocation.  It was an emotional occasion which was also used to draw attention to the plight of the memorial, which is currently enveloped by the Belfast Wheel.  (Image Courtesy Photopress Belfast)

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Take a Titanic Leap in 2010!

November 30 2009

Miss Northern Ireland’s Cherie Gardiner launched Habitat for Humanity Northern Ireland and Meningitis Research’s exclusive new fundraising event to Northern Ireland.  The search is now on to find 300 daredevils to be the first to ‘Take a Titanic Leap’ for charity.

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