Belfast City Council has been told its plans for Irish Language Week are “half-hearted”.
At the council ’s recent meeting of its Strategic Policy and Resources Committee, Sinn Féin Councillor Ciaran Beattie asked council officers to go back to the drawing board and speak to Irish language groups in the city in preparing events for Seachtain na Gaeilge, which is marked every year from March 1 to 17
Councillor Ciaran Beattie said: “I would ask this to be taken back to next month. After consultation with some Irish language groups, they feel this is a bit of a half hearted attempt to celebrate the Irish language in March.
