A Sinn Féin councillor has commended a Belfast City Council 'diversionary fund' for keeping 'internment bonfires' away from parts of North and West Belfast in August.
City Hall’s Summer Community Diversionary Festival funding programme 2022 gave grants between £25,000 and £100,000 to community festivals and events in a bid to reduce tensions around July and August bonfires.
The council states the annual fund aims to “engage with issues relating to positive cultural expression in the lead up to and around July 11 and August 8 through the provision of summer community diversionary festival activity”.
