Sinn Féin has said the people of the Belfast Gaeltacht were “very disappointed” after a decision at City Hall to sign the area's streets in Irish was halted after a council 'call-in'
Sinn Féin has said the people of the Belfast Gaeltacht were “very disappointed” after a decision at City Hall to sign the area's streets in Irish was halted after a council 'call-in'.
On a vote at City Hall, a proposal to agree to a bulk application for dual language signs in the Gaeltacht “in principle” was carried, with 29 votes in favour and 26 against. Sinn Féin, the SDLP, the Green Party, and People Before Profit voted in favour, while Alliance, the DUP, the UUP and PUP voted against.
Call-in requisitions have to be delivered to the Chief Executive within five working days of the publication of the draft minutes or decision register. “This call-in is unfortunate, I don’t think it will be successful, and whoever is giving the legal advice around the call-in should be furnished with our policy on the Gaeltacht Quarter.”
In the six months since Belfast City Council policy on dual language street signs was changed to make thresholds easier, over 600 applications were made for Irish street signs - with only one having been processed.
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