Belfast City Council has been inundated with requests for dual language street signs since a policy change made it easier to get one.
The policy covering requirements for the erection of a street sign in a language other than English changed in July, following a public consultation survey indicating support at around 58 percent. Since then the council has received 500 requests for dual language signs - the vast majority of which will be for Irish signs.
In July councillors agreed the controversial new policy would finally be implemented - 18 months after the policy was originally agreed in the chamber. Sinn Féin, Alliance, the SDLP, the Green Party, and the People Before Profit Party all support the new street sign policy, while the three unionist parties, the DUP, UUP and PUP, are against it.
