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Audrey Lockhead (centre) of Maryland Healthcare, on site with Kenton Hilman and Lisa Allen of Ulster Bank

€10m healthcare project to create 140 jobs

A €10 million healthcare facility under construction on the outskirts of Belfast is set to create 140 new jobs when it opens next year.

The 80-bed healthcare centre on a five and a half acre site, off the Knockbracken Road in the Castlereagh hills, is being developed by Maryland Healthcare.

It will cater for the needs of vulnerable adults living with dementia, learning and physical disabilities, ...