Ards and North Down Council has said it hasn’t enough funds to pay for a programme celebrating the 400th anniversary of Kirkistown Castle.
At this week’s meeting of the full council, elected representatives said local residents were disappointed that the local authority couldn’t fork out £5,000 for a programme of new events to mark an historic milestone for the medieval tower house, near Cloughey on the Ards Peninsula.
Earlier this month a council committee passed a motion from Deputy Mayor and DUP Councillor Robert Adair for the local authority to ask Stormont for help to deliver a community programme of events. A reply is still forthcoming on that. Councillor Adair also suggested using unused council money from last year’s Northern Ireland centenary budget.
