An Alliance councillor has called on City Hall to match funding for LGTBQ and ethnic minority groups with that given to Irish cultural groups across the city.
Elected representatives at Belfast City Council ’s City Growth and Regeneration Committee this week signed off on a £200,000 'Extended Cultural Programme' for traditional Irish, ethnic minority and LGTBQ events in the city.
However the newly co-opted Alliance Councillor for Balmoral Micky Murray called out the programme on its allocation of £100,000 for trad Irish events, while giving half of that, £50,000 each, for ethnic minority events, and LGBTQ+ events. He proposed the programme fund be split equally three ways, with new money being found to expedite equal funding for the three groups.
