"A Northern Ireland factory has a deal to make missiles for the Ukraine"

Description

Quoted and referenced in article in The Economist.

Subject

In general terms re. impact on NI economy of increase in UK defence-related spending. Specifically, re. impact on Harland and Wolff/shipyard etc.

The reference:

"Esmond Birnie, an economist at Ulster University, believes that Harland and Wolff, the shipyard that built the Titanic, should also win more contracts because, "the presence of the immense dry dock in Belfast takes on a strategic value"".