About that “two party government”..

Despite the BBC’s online report on this, in other reports [which do not appear to be online] it was suggested that the blockage of the EU PEACE III programme funding for the Training for Women Network lies not with the Northern Ireland Executive but, specifically, within the Office of the First and deputy First Ministers who have yet to sign off on the funding package [As long as they can agree – Ed]. According to a spokeswoman for the Training for Women Network on one report I heard they have been told that there was a “problem project” involved in the overall package that was unconnected to the Training for Women Network – it was also suggested that the “problem project” was one involving ex-prisoners.

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