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Confusion over who pulled Placenames funding as Stormont at loggerheads

The project had received about £90,000 a year to help councils translate bilingual street signs before funding disputes forced it to wind down.

Summary by Belfast Live
Last month, Gordon Lyons said his departmental officials were reviewing funding options for the service

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Questions are being raised in the north after Communities Minister Gordon Lyons (DUP) decided to end funding for a project that provided authoritative versions of Irish placenames for bilingual signage.

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Irish News broke the news in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom on Tuesday, May 5, 2026.
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