Sinn Fein has called for Belfast councillors to 'pressurise' the Bishop of Down and Connor and the Legion of Mary over the closing of a Belfast women’s hostel.
Belfast Council, in an emergency meeting on Monday (January 17), accepted a motion forwarded by the SDLP and People Before Profit, amended by Sinn Fein, which called for the Regina Coeli women’s hostel, which is due to be closed next month, to remain open.
The council seeks an urgent meeting of interested elected officials in the city, the Stormont Minister for Communities, Northern Ireland Housing Executive and Department for Communities officials, the management committee of Regina Coeli, Bishop of Down and Connor and the Legion of Mary.
