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Gov pulled funding of Irish & a Protestant group complained … back in 1990 (CENT/1/18/34A) #20yearrule

Alan Meban (Alan in Belfast) on August 25, 2017, 1:07 am

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PROTESTANT PROTEST at withdrawal of government funding to Irish language organisation Glór na nGael back in August 1990. Papers released under the 20 Year Rule include a letter from Protestant language learners who questioned the “seemingly arbitrary decision”.

Ahead of Friday’s release of public records under the ‘20 Year Rule’ …

Alan Meban (Alan in Belfast) on December 29, 2016, 10:00 am

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20 YEAR RULE – Some reflections ahead of Friday’s release of public records under the ‘20 Year Rule’ that allow files from 1990 (and before) to be examined. It’s an era of handwritten, typewritten and word-processed documents, with Telex still used to communicate internationally.