Cllr Brian Smyth
@briansmyth99
Update on Boucher & Pitches Strategy last night at Council. We don't have to pit music & sport against each other. As Greens we successfully argued for a deferral to give everyone a few weeks to get this right. The bigger political parties are failing to deliver up Stormont & need a distraction.
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