DUP blocks £1m shared community centre over IRA names on gates
COUNCIL funding for a new £1m state-of-the-art community centre in Co Antrim has been pulled indefinitely because of a row over the names of two IRA men on the gates into the planned site.
The proposed new sports and community centre in Glenariff is due to be built within the grounds of Oisin Glenariff GAA club.
But opposition has been brought by the DUP members of Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council.
Gates near the site bear the names Charlie McAllister and Pat McVeigh while the ground is named McAllister-McVeigh Memorial Park in their honour. The two IRA members were kill[...]
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