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David Young

Plan for 300 US jobs pulled amid ‘concern’ over NI minister’s political stance

Caoimhe Archibald (PA) - (PA Archive)

A major US multinational pulled plans to create 300 jobs in Northern Ireland due to concerns about political positions adopted by Sinn Fein, a Stormont committee has heard.

Sinn Fein Economy minister Caoimhe Archibald declined to be drawn on the claim that global financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald had been preparing to invest in the region, but halted that plan amid concern about her and party’s stances on certain issues.

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