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Pharmaceutical firm could employ 300 Dissident
MAJOR JOBS
BOOST
Michael McMonagle
michael.mcmonagle@derryjournal.com
Derry is in line for a major jobs boost
which could see the establishment of
a Global Centre of Pharmaceutical
Excellence creating almost 300 new
jobs.
Negotiations to bring the state-of-the-
art laboratory facility to Derry have
been ongoing for the last eight months
and are at an advanced stage.
The development will create 287 jobs
in its first phase with the possibility of
up to 1,500 further jobs if the project
moves to a second phase, with Tim-
ber Quay and Fort George being ear-
marked as possible sites.
The company behind the plans, Glo-
bal Centre for Pharmaceutical Excel-
lence (GPCE), has already announced
plans for a major site in Tralee and is
hoping to have another site in Ireland.
The Board of Governance of GPCE
includes top academics, university
chancellors, ambassadors, EU com-
missioners, and leading figures fro m
the business world.
The centre, if located in Derry, will act
as a hub for worldwide pharmaceutical
companies involved in cutting-edge
research and development projects.
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A world expert in pharmaceutical de-
velopment, Dr Peter Milner, was part
of a delegation which visited the city
this week to look at possible venues
for the first stage of the development.
He said he was “very impressed” with
the city.
During the visit, organised by Foyle
Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson, the
delegation met with representatives
from Ilex, Invest Northern Ireland,
Magee university, the Chamber of
Commerce, and the Office of the First
and Deputy First Minister.
The CEO of GPCE, Ruairi Doyle, said
plans to locate in Derry are “well ad-
vanced”.
“It is very refreshing when you see
the kind of can-do attitude that Derry
has. That type of attitude is usually
only seen in the United States. There
is a very strong energy in Derry at the
minute. Fort George offers great op-
portunities and is an ideal location to
serve the whole north west. Timber
Quay is also a great calling card for
any company to have,” he said.
Ms Anderson said; “I make no apol-
ogy for trying to secure this for Derry.
It is a massive opportunity. The people
of Derry are hungry for high value jobs
and I will do whatever I can to help.”
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protest
Dissident republicans are set
to resume their protests in the
city centre tomorrow afternoon,
prompting fears of more disrup-
tion to business there.
A ‘white line’ protest will be held
on Shipquay Street tomorrow or-
ganised by the Irish Republican
Prisoners Welfare Association - a
group which campaigns for Real
IRA prisoners.
HOSPICE ‘FUNDAY’ ON SUNDAY! The group have held monthly
demonstrations at Free Derry Cor-
ner to raise awareness of the situa-
tion in Maghaberry prison, where
dissident republican prisoners are
currently staging a ‘dirty protest’
against what they described as op-
pressive conditions in the jail.
A spokesperson for the group
said they have decided to move
the protest into the city centre in
order to raise awareness of the
situation.
“The prison authorities have re-
neged on an agreement reached
on August 12th last year and, as
a result, the prisoners have gone
back on a dirty protest.
“We also wish to highlight the
fact that Marion Price is still in jail
and is being held in isolation in an
all-male prison. We regard this as a
new form of internment,” he said.
The protest comes just two weeks
after the Real IRA brought the city
centre to a standstill with a bomb
attack on the Santander branch
and several security alerts in other
parts of the city. The branch in the
Diamond was badly damaged in
the explosion and remains closed.
The city centre was sealed off for
several hours as a result and local
traders have said they lost hun-
dreds of thousands of pounds as a
result of the chaos.
There is likely to be an increased
police presence in the city centre
as a result of tomorrow’s demon-
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