Politics

Echoes of Líofa

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When unresolved tensions and collapsing relationships in the Executive reached boiling point, the very last thing that was needed was for the DUP Communities Minister Paul Givan to push things past the point of no return by withdrawing funding related to the the Líofa bursary, a scheme designed to support young people study the Irish Language at the Gaeltacht. Whilst not the sole cause of what was to follow, that single petty act proved to be the point of no ... Read more...