An attempt to stop Irish language signage on the new Forth Meadow Greenway has been described as part of a unionist “drip drip attack” on the language in Belfast.
During the April full meeting of Belfast City Council, it was revealed that the 'call-in' mechanism of local government law had been used to check a decision, made away from the public during restricted items, surrounding the Forth Meadow Community Greenway.
At the council’s Strategic Policy and Resources Committee last month, a majority of elected representatives carried through a decision to have English and Irish signage at the Gaeltacht parts of the greenway, and on the seven metre sculpture at 385 Springfield Road.
