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06/11/2012
Maze Transformation Could Create 5,000 Jobs
Martin McGuinness has told the Assembly the transformation of the Maze prison site could create 5,000 jobs.
The deputy First Minister has predicted £300m could be invested.
The Royal Ulster Agricultural Society (RUAS) has confirmed it will be locating to the site, Mr McGuinness said.
"The development corporation's key aim will be to maximise the economic, historic and reconciliation potential of the site and we are pleased to report that this is already under way through the confirmed relocation of the RUAS to the site in time for its 2013 agricultural show," he said.
"The 20 million euros EU-funded peace building and conflict resolution centre will also be constructed by 2015 and early indications suggest that the development of the 347 acre site could deliver an estimated £300m in investment with approximately 5,000 jobs created on and through the site."
He told the Assembly DUP man Terence Brannigan, who is also chairman of Glentoran Football Club, would be heading the group that will be managing the transformation of the site.
The Maze prison was a high security jail in which paramilitary prisoners were incarcerated during the Troubles. It was open from 1971 until 2000 and notably saw the deaths of ten men during political hunger strikes in 1981.
Mr Brannigan has promised a Conflict Transformation Centre on the site would not be a shrine to terrorists, following concerns from some politicians in Stormont.
It is intended to be an educational exhibit, where opinions on the Troubles and other conflicts can be exchanged and Northern Ireland's history revisited.
(IT/GK)
The deputy First Minister has predicted £300m could be invested.
The Royal Ulster Agricultural Society (RUAS) has confirmed it will be locating to the site, Mr McGuinness said.
"The development corporation's key aim will be to maximise the economic, historic and reconciliation potential of the site and we are pleased to report that this is already under way through the confirmed relocation of the RUAS to the site in time for its 2013 agricultural show," he said.
"The 20 million euros EU-funded peace building and conflict resolution centre will also be constructed by 2015 and early indications suggest that the development of the 347 acre site could deliver an estimated £300m in investment with approximately 5,000 jobs created on and through the site."
He told the Assembly DUP man Terence Brannigan, who is also chairman of Glentoran Football Club, would be heading the group that will be managing the transformation of the site.
The Maze prison was a high security jail in which paramilitary prisoners were incarcerated during the Troubles. It was open from 1971 until 2000 and notably saw the deaths of ten men during political hunger strikes in 1981.
Mr Brannigan has promised a Conflict Transformation Centre on the site would not be a shrine to terrorists, following concerns from some politicians in Stormont.
It is intended to be an educational exhibit, where opinions on the Troubles and other conflicts can be exchanged and Northern Ireland's history revisited.
(IT/GK)
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