Royal couple visits NI industries

The royal couple are on a two-day visit

Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall have met the people behind both old and new industries in NI.

On the second and final day of their trip, they travelled to Fermanagh to visit Belleek Pottery, which is celebrating 150 years in business.

The duchess celebrated the 75th birthday of the Federation of Women's Institutes at a special lunch.

The prince, famed for his environmental concerns, also visited Balcas, a biomass plant outside Enniskillen.

Balcas's Ernest Kidney said: "When the Prince of Wales expressed an interest to visit the business here we were absolutely delighted."

The Balcas plant produces a revolutionary new wood pellet bio fuel created by burning sawdust and woodchips.

It was the first biomass facility in the world to produce this type of renewable heating fuel.

On the first day of their Northern Ireland visit, the royal couple sampled some local tastes at the Folk and Transport Museum at Cultra in County Down.

The prince had to pop into an old fashioned sweet shop for some cough sweets, and the couple also tasted some traditional soda farls.