Sinn Féin versus DUP over bilingual or trilingual signage at Springfield Dam

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Sinn Féin versus DUP over bilingual or trilingual signage at Springfield Dam
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Sinn Féin win on tight vote to have English and Irish at site, but without Ulster Scots

Sinn Féin and the DUP have clashed over whether Ulster Scots should be used on signage at Springfield Dam in Belfast

READ MORE:"Northern Ireland is not a safe place for women"- Councillor gives searing critique of Women's Night Safety Charter The break-down of the vote at the Strategic Policy and Resources Committee on Friday shows Alliance support for all proposals, and a Green no-vote on the DUP proposal. Alliance Councillor Michael Long told the chamber: “This is a Peace IV funded project and is meant to bring areas of the city together, so we would prefer to avoid demarcating territory, and have a single policy right along. We would be keen to broaden it just beyond English, because there are obviously place names right along there that are from a Scottish background, or from Irish, and indeed English.

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