Tourism NI has cut funding for the world famous Derry Halloween event for the coming year by £32,000.
Members of the Business and Culture Committee were told that this cut combined with cost increases may mean some aspects of the overall marketing and programming effort will have to be scaled back.
Aeidin McCarter, Council’s Head of Culture informed members that the application to Tourism NI international event fund for £150,000 for the 2022 festival had been reduced to £118,000.