North Belfast Sinn Féin Councillor Conor Maskey said the decision to £1million of ratepayers money on commemorating centenary events in 2012 without firm knowledge on how it will be spent was ‘not inclusive’ as a similar level of funding may not be forthcoming for other events.
The SDLP voted along with Unionists to spend the £1m on events such as Belfast city centenary and the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.
“We completely disagree with the SDLP that the unionist parties in Belfast City Council have some new sense of appreciation of Irish culture and history and it is because of this vote that we are determined to ring fence monies for important centenaries around core principles which everyone can agree,” said Conor.
Sinn Féin councilors abstained from the voting and said the cost and range of events for 2012 hadn’t been agreed and that the SDLP were blindly following the DUP.
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