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Michael Kenwood

Sinn Féin criticises "slow it down" culture of Belfast Council on Irish language signs

Sinn Féin has questioned Belfast Council's “willingness to move” on a strategy for Irish language signage in the city.

The move came after the authority failed to meet requests for Irish signs at the new visitor centre at City Cemetery on the Falls.

At Friday’s meeting of the council’s Strategic Policy and Resources Committee, Sinn Féin party group leader, Councillor Ciaran Beattie, said the council “had to get its act together” on implementing commitments around bi-lingual signage working groups and forums that had been agreed by the council over a year ago, but which had not been yet met.

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