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Emma Deighan

@EmmaDeig

Business and features journalist writing for various mainstream media titles and b2b press. Copywriter for a range of PR firms. emmadeighanfreelance@gmail.com

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Joined April 2009
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A listed building in Portrush at the heart of a long-running planning saga will be converted into a new £11m Hilton-branded hotel, managed by the team behind Belfast's Crowne Plaza irishnews.com/business/2023/…
Portrush listed building to house new £11m Hilton hotel

Portrush listed building to house new £11m Hilton hotel

A listed building in Portrush at the heart of a long-running planning saga will be converted into a new £11m Hilton-branded hotel, managed by the team behind Belfast's Crowne Plaza.

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My monthly column for #CondeNastTraveller is back with a guide to #AccessibleAirTravel Given the recent news, it wasn’t easy to write - as we all know how ableist the airlines are - but I hope it’s a helpful resource! Pls share. cntraveller.com/article/acce… #DisabilityTwitter
Beyond Barriers: an accessible guide to air travel

Beyond Barriers: an accessible guide to air travel

In the second instalment of Beyond Barriers, a column dedicated to accessible travel, we provide an accessible guide to flying

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WATCH OUT: Here’s an interesting new business opening in Belfast. Read the interview by @EmmaDeig
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New Belfast watch brand worn by Grammy-award winning Titanic musician opens city centre HQ irishnews.com/business/2023/…
New Belfast watch brand worn by Grammy-award winning Titanic musician opens city centre HQ

New Belfast watch brand worn by Grammy-award winning Titanic musician opens city centre HQ

A new watch brand that celebrates Belfast’s Maritime history will open a showroom and workshop in the city later this month.

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How solving Northern Ireland’s workplace gender imbalance could help tackle skills shortages, writes @EmmaDeig belfasttelegraph.co.uk/busin…
How solving Northern Ireland’s workplace gender imbalance could help tackle skills shortages

How solving Northern Ireland’s workplace gender imbalance could help tackle skills shortages

There are skills gaps and shortfalls across a wide range of professions and skilled trades here, but addressing the deafening gender imbalance in many of them could be part of the solution, writes...

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May's packed @UlsterBusiness is out this week: 📸 @DeloitteNI cover story 📊 The big planning interview 🏘️ @SeamusLeheny on housing needs 🍳 @pavelbarter on food and the Framework 🥃 @EmmaDeig on why spirits are big business ⌚️ The best of Watches and Wonders ... and much more
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Gary McDonald@geemac19626 Mar 2023
Brilliant interview for @irishnewsbiz by @EmmaDeig ahead of Baroness Benjamin's keynote address to @The_IoD Women's Leadership Conference at @CrownePlazaBEL this Friday
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From Play School to political activist - an exclusive interview with Baroness Floella Benjamin irishnews.com/business/2023/…
From Play School to political activist

From Play School to political activist

THE title of Trinidad-born Baroness Floella Benjamin’s 2022 biography is ‘What Are You Doing Here?’ It’s a question she’s been asked since she moved to the UK aged 10, but it’s not one that fazes her...

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The new owners of the listed war memorial building in Belfast's Cathedral Quarter have submitted plans for a 120-bed hotel on the site. Consarc (Merchant and Titanic hotels) have been appointed to design the project. irishnews.com/business/2022/… @irishnewsbiz
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NI hotel room rates 40% above pre-pandemic levels, new report shows. But industry body warns sector is facing Brexit-fuelled staffing crisis irishnews.com/business/2022/…

Northern Ireland hotel room rates 40 per cent above pre-pandemic levels

HOTEL daily room rates here are over 40 per cent higher than they were in 2019 but a staffing crisis involving 1,000 vacancies is impacting the sector’s performance, said the Northern Ireland Hotel...

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The company behind Ten Square hotel has plans for a new hotel on Belfast’s Chichester Street irishnews.com/business/2022/…

Kilmona reveal new hotel planned for Belfast’s Chichester Street

THE company behind Ten Square hotel has plans for a new hotel on Belfast’s Chichester Street.

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‘Sorry, we’re closed today’: Dealing with an industry wide staffing crisis @EmmaDeig belfasttelegraph.co.uk/busin…
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John Mulgrew@newsmulg26 May 2022
The winner of the Lifetime Achievement award @BelTel_Business Awards #beltelawards goes to Patrick McAliskey
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Great to be back at the @BelTel_Business awards. Well done @MargaretCan for delivering an uplifting speech about NI business. Onwards and upwards 📈#beltelawards
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Business Telegraph and guests are gearing up for the Top 100 Companies 2022 Breakfast in association with @GrantThorntonNI. Follow this thread for more
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Paolina Hawthorne tells us about the expansion of her company belfasttelegraph.co.uk/busin…
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EU ‘should cover cost of protocol mitigation’ belfasttelegraph.co.uk/busin…
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Morning readers. Stay with @BelTel for all your breaking news. Here's a look at the front page of the Belfast Telegraph this morning belfasttelegraph.co.uk #Tellitlikeitis
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Belfast firm to construct £39m modern recycling hub outside Bristol by 2023 belfasttelegraph.co.uk/busin…
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Morning readers! Stay with @BelTel for all your breaking news. Here's a look at the front page of the Belfast Telegraph this morning belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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Businesses do not want Protocol to hold back Stormont, says Belfast Chamber boss Simon Hamilton belfasttelegraph.co.uk/busin…
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Northern Ireland’s family business success stories are plentiful. @EmmaDeig speaks to some of those about their growth journeys belfasttelegraph.co.uk/busin…
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