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| 06/08/2012 |
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Sinn Féin MLA Phil Flanagan has reacted angrily to the erection of signs along the border welcoming people to 'Northern Ireland'.
Mr Flanagan says that the signs are a pet project of the DRD Minister Danny Kennedy, a complete waste of money and they even go against the advice of the Tourist Board.
The Fermanagh & South Tyrone MLA said: "The erection of these signs has angered many living in border communities who suffer the negative impact of partition on a daily basis and a large proportion of are completely opposed to the unnatural division of Ireland.
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"At the end of June, Mr Kennedy told the Assembly that were wasn't enough money to pay for grass cutting, street lights and pothole repair and in fact he said he had no choice but to increase parking fines by 50% to cover the shortfall.
"How then can he justify wasting public money on the erection of signs, which no one wants and were advised against by the Tourist Board in the 1990’s who stated that the proposed erection of such was signage was met with ‘outright hostility from almost every council.
"Danny Kennedy has proven in the last week that he is unable to take mature decisions based on advice he has received, particularly when it goes against his political ideology. He must now realise the error he has made in the erection of these signs and I would call on him to get these signs taken down as soon as possible."
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