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Limavady man rubbingshoulders with the stars

Limavady's Tim Ferris with MTV stars Whitney Port and Rosy Olin

Almost 70 jobscut at clinicSixty nine jobs have been cut at aprivate health clinic in Ballykelly.Initially, it was thought up to 50jobs would go at the North WestIndependent Hospital, but direc-tor Liz Dallas has said that afterthe 30-day consultation the finalfigure was 69. This includes vol-untary redundancies.“The North West IndependentHo s p i t a l re g re t t a b l y h a d t oembark on a redundancy consul-tation and selection as a result ofthe dramatic downturn in NHSreferrals and the consequentreduction in work for staff,” MsDallas said.“The process was conductedthroughout with elected represen-t a t i v e s f r o m a l l a f f e c t e ddepartments and in compliancewith the hospital’s legal obligationto its staff.“This has been an extremely diffi-cult t ime for all staff in thehospital with many opting forreduced hours and major restruc-turing to ensure job losses acrossall departments have been mini-mal as far as practically possible.”She added: “We would like to takethis opportunity to thank all thestaff for their support throughoutthe process and their continuedcommitment to the hospital, itspatients and staff.”She added: ”We don’t expect tohave any more redundancies. Weare here for business and the hos-pital will continue to function.”Limavady Mayor, Sinn Fein coun-cillor Cathal OhOisin said he wasdisappointed at the cuts, buthoped this would be the last newsof redundancies in the Limavadyborough.

The Mayor of Limavady, Councillor Cathal Hasson, pictured at the unveiling of an art project completed by localchildren and older people and facilitated by the Bogside Artists. Included, are Tina McCloskey, administrator,Roisin Hamilton, Liam Ferguson, Paedar Hasson, Aidy Guy, vice chairperson, and Lexi Stewart, GlensCommunity Association.

By PATRICIA [email protected]

RUBBING shoulders with some of thebiggest stars in the world is all in a dayswork for Limavady fashion intern TimFerris.

The 21-year-old has just landed backfrom an amazing six months at one ofthe world’s top PR firms based in NewYork, and managed to fit in appearing onMTV, attending Liv Tyler’s birthday partyand having dinner with Pixie Geldof andAgyness Dean, whilst he was there. TheUniversity of Ulster graduate flew out tojoin the team at the Peoples Revolutionheaded by fashion icon and agencyfounder Kelly Cutrone in May of thisyear, and since then has mingled withcelebrities, attended the worlds mostexclusive fashion events and is becom-ing a regular on MTV’s ‘The City’.

“The last six months have just beenamazing and I have made some reallygood contacts in New York; I’ll definitelybe back.” says Tim.

“I guess it all really started earlier in theyear when I sent an email to KellyCutrone’s assistant asking if there wereany internships available at the compa-ny. I explained that I was from NorthernIreland and I wanted to gain experiencein the fashion industry, it wasn’t longafter that, that I received an invitationfrom Kelly Cutrone to join the compa-ny.”

The young Limavady man shot from

coffee making to photocopying in a mat-ter of weeks and started working side byside alongside some of the world’s mostaspiring designers including MTV starWhitney Port and Roxy Olin.

“As time went on I got more confidentand gained more respect from the agen-cies top people, including Kelly Cutroneand moved onto working on accounts forthe company, which was a great privilege.Adidas, Jeremy Scott and Longchamphandbags were on the agency’s client listso in a matter of months I went frommaking coffee to working with some ofthe biggest brands in the world.”

Tim adds: “I’ve met a lot of leading peo-ple in the fashion industry and a lot of bignames; Debbie Harry from Blondie,Russell Brand, Kate Hudson and I attend-ed Liv Tyler’s birthday party as well. Butyou can’t afford to get fazed or star struck,especially with such a big company. It’spart of your job and you get on with it.”

The former Limavady High School stu-dent is now becoming a regular on MTV’smost popular reality television series ‘TheCity’ which pulls in millions of viewersworldwide.

“I don’t really get the hype and I neverrealised how popular the series was until Ilanded back here. It hasn’t really hit homeyet that I’m actually on MTV, it definitelywas an added bonus of the job.”

“I got approached about the show byKelly Cutrone, she called me into heroffice and asked me did I want to appearon TV. Then next of all I’m signing a con-tract with MTV in a boardroom.”

The aspiring media profes-sional hasn't’t ruled outreturning to New York tochase his fashion and PRdreams but says he wants toconcentrate on a few projectsand business ventures closerto home.

“I wasn’t due back until laterthis month, but I came backearly to surprise my mum. Ihave a few offers of work inLondon that I’m looking into,as well as a couple of localventures; so I’ll see how thesego over the coming months.”

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