Published Date:
11 December 2008
By Staff reporter
UNIONIST councillors yesterday slammed a Sinn Fein move asking Roads Service to erect Irish and English nameplates on roads leadings to towns and villages in the Magherafelt district where the majority of households are in favour.
The local District Council adjourned the motion on Tuesday night tabled by Councillor Sean Kerr to allow council officers to seek clarification on whose responsibility it is to erect the signage.
DUP Councillor Paul McLean described it as “very insensitive” and claimed it would lead to community division.
“This will not benefit community relations,” he said. “Where you have a 50/50 split in a town or village it will lead to that community being at loggerheads.”
Ulster Unionist councillor George Shiels condemned it and said it had potentially sinister connotations.
“It is the equivalent of labelling towns and villages within Magherafelt district as Protestant or Catholic,” he said.
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Last Updated:
10 December 2008 11:09 AM
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Source:
Mid Ulster Mail Cookstown
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Location:
Cookstown
