Two Mayors unite to “save local tourist events”

The outgoing and incoming Mayors of Causeway Coast and Glens Council have come together in what they have called “an effort to save local tourist events”.

The outgoing DUP Mayor Alderman Mark Fielding and the incoming UUP Mayor Cllr Richard Holmes issued a joint statement in which they said they had “come together in an effort to save local tourist events facing financial difficulties as a result of actions by Alliance, Sinn Fein, SDLP and Independent Councillors”.

The statement read: “Following a decision by councillors in March to create a Tourism Events Recovery Fund of £400k to help support our world class events, a call in ensured that no financial help could be given to the many groups in great need.