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DAERA Minister Andrew Muir (Alliance Party) visits Craigantlet Quarry
Whilst visiting in his capacity as MLA, the newly appointed DAERA Minister Andrew Muir (Alliance Party) visited Craigantlet Quarry on Friday, 9th February 2024, to discuss the location development plans. Andrew was keen to hear about the project... Keep Reading -
Mountfield Community Association 5K or 5 Mile fun run/walk
Wishing everyone taking part in tomorrows Mountfield Community Association 5K or 5 Mile fun run/walk the very best of luck from all at Northstone Materials.We hope the day is a great success!... Keep Reading -
Liz Platt reaches her 35-year service milestone
On 1st January 2024, Liz Platt reached her 35-year service milestone. Pictured below is Steven Oldham, congratulating Liz on this outstanding achievement.Liz joined the R J Maxwell business in 1989 as an Accounts Clerk. Today, she is a crucial m... Keep Reading -
A Fond Farewell Dympna
R.J. Maxwell, under the umbrella of the TBF Thompson group, bought Hadden Quarries on the 1st of January 1989. Hadden Quarries consisted of two quarry operations at Carrickmore and Mountfield.At this stage, Dympna was already in place as a despa... Keep Reading -
The Northern Ireland Apprenticeship Week
As Northern Ireland Apprenticeship Week drew to a close, we were delighted to treat our apprentices to lunch at the Dunsilly Hotel, Antrim, on Friday, 9th February.Gareth Telford, our Interim Managing Director, joined the apprentices for lunch, ... Keep Reading -
Armin Jamali joins Northstone Materials
On 5th February 2024, Armin Jamali joined the team as a Knowledge Transfer Partner. Armin is a concrete specialist from Northumbria University, Newcastle.Over eight years, spanning his MSc and PhD programmes, Armin specialised in studying concre... Keep Reading -
International Women’s Day 2024
International Womens Day (IWD) was first honoured in 1911. Since then, IWD has become a global day celebrating womens social, economic, cultural and political achievements.At NSM, IAL Mattest, we are committed to creating workplaces where every... Keep Reading -
NI Apprentice Week - Callum Carty
Callum Carty - Apprentice Construction Surveyor - Contracts (East)Callum joined NSM on 13th November 2023 as an apprentice Construction Surveyor. In addition to working for the company four days a week, Callum spends one day at Northern Regional... Keep Reading -
NI Apprentice Week - Adam Nesbitt
#NIApprenticeshipWeek2024 - Adam Nesbitt - Apprentice Mechanical Engineer - Ballymena QuarryAdam joined NSM on 31st July 2023 as an apprentice Mechanical Engineer . In addition to working for the company four days a week, Adam spends one day at ... Keep Reading -
NI Apprentice Week - Eoghan O’Neill
Eoghan ONeill - Apprentice Civil Engineer - Contracts (East)Eoghan joined NSM on 31st July 2023 as an apprentice Civil Engineer. In addition to working for the company four days a week, Eoghan spends one day at Belfast Met. When we caught up wit... Keep Reading -
NI Apprentice Week - Pearse Og Foster
We want to celebrate some of our young apprentices in recognition of #NIApprenticeshipWeek2024. Our first celebration of the week is for Pearse Og Foster.Pearse joined NSM on 9 January 2023 as an apprentice engineer (civils). In addition to work... Keep Reading -
Jonathan Gault (Sales Manager) and Ciaran Cunningham (Quarry Manager) at Northstone visited Roadstone's Killough Limestone Plant in Tipperary.
On Monday, the 29th of January 2024, Jonathan Gault (Sales Manager) and Ciaran Cunningham (Quarry Manager) at Northstone visited Roadstones Killough Limestone Plant in Tipperary. They met with Patrick White and Ger Campion to discuss the latest ... Keep Reading -
Cash For Kids Christmas Appeal 2023
During December 2023, our mission was to provide Christmas for every child. We asked all our employees to purchase a gift and drop it at their nearest depot. Once everything was gathered, it was transported to the Mission Christmas Cash For Kids... Keep Reading -
The passing of Dr. Syd Millar C.B.E
The passing of Dr. Syd Millar C.B.E, or simply Syd as we all knew him, recently, was the end of an era, both in rugby football terms but also in the history of the development of the company we now know as Northstone.Syds first career was as a j... Keep Reading -
Congratulations To Our Boat Operators
Last Thursday, 7th November 2023, the year-long process ended for seven happy boat masters. After all the medicals, sea survival, firefighting and first aid training required in Kilkeel Harbour, they went through two mock training days with a ma... Keep Reading -
Factory visit at our tile plant in Toomebridge with a group of influential ladies who work in GB's roofing industry.
During the event, Hugh Bradley, our Production Manager, gave the ladies a full factory tour, where they got to see the different stages of the roof tile production process and our full range of products. Our lab technician, Eamon Quinn, demonstr... Keep Reading -
Northstone Materials is proud to have achieved Gold Level in the 2023 Northern Ireland Environmental Benchmarking Survey
Our Head of HSE, Eleanor and Environmental Officer, Rebecca, attended the survey results launch event in November.Here is what they had to say Maintaining GOLD for the second year in a row, in the prestigious benchmarking survey, is a strong ach... Keep Reading -
CRH Employee Development Programme
Congratulations to all of our colleagues who completed the CRH Employee Development Programme in November 2023 at the Heritage in Killenard.Following an engaging 6 months of teamwork and development, more than 60 people from CRH businesses acros... Keep Reading -
The City Quays Gardens
Belfast Harbour Commissioners have awarded us this exciting scheme. Daniel Dempster, Contracts Manager and Gareth McKenna, Site Engineer, will look after the work. The contract period is approximately 9 months, with works having commenced on 20t... Keep Reading -
Customer Catch Up - Ken & Peter Visit Bonnie Scotland
Following their recent visit to Scotland, Ken Anderson, National Sales Manager and Peter McCarrick, Area Sales Manager said We had a great opportunity to visit customers old and new and attend the National Federation of Roofing Contractors (NFRC... Keep Reading