02-07-2025
- Politics
- Belfast Telegraph
DUP accuses other parties of Irish language ‘carve-up' after Belfast Council spending agreement
The DUP has accused all non-unionist parties in Belfast Council of an Irish language 'carve-up' after it was agreed at City Hall this week the bulk of last year's underspend will go to a new Gaeilge strategy.
At the July meeting of the full Belfast Council, held on Tuesday evening elected representatives agreed a Sinn Féin proposal on how to use the £2,940,000, underspend from last year's net expenditure budget.