Belfast shipbuilder Harland & Wolff is running out of cash, putting hundreds of jobs at risk, the BBC understands.
The firm, famed for building the ill-fated Titanic, is in crisis talks to save it from collapse.
One of the unions representing workers at the shipyard has sent a memo to its members suggesting there is “only funding for the business until the end of this month” and is calling for the government to step in.
A review looking at options for the shipyard by Rothschild bank is expected to be finished in the coming weeks.
