Pat Killen has been appointed non-executive director at Western Building Systems. Mr Killen is a former CEO of the Tyrone Crystal group and has served on various boards. He is currently a lay ...

One of the first glass and crystal-cutting factories in Ireland can also be tracked back to County Tyrone. In 1771 a glassworks was opened in the townland of Drumreagh on the outskirts of Coalisland.

One worker summed it up: “We are a big family and today has been like a bereavement.” The firm has been part of the south Tyrone economy for almost 40 years, providing work for hundreds of ...

A group of young people from County Tyrone are helping to keep a centuries-old skill alive. Evidence of glassmaking in Tyrone dates to early medieval Ireland and the first Irish glass cutting ...

It comes almost 15 years after Northern Ireland's largest glass cutting factory, Tyrone Crystal, closed in 2010. At the time, many feared the art would be lost in Northern Ireland in the process.