Peace priest: ‘Both communities’ language in fund an oversight

Peace priest: ‘Both communities’ language in fund an oversight European Union flags flutter outside the EU headquarters in Brussels. Photo: CNS/Yves Herman, Reuters

A priest who has played a prominent role in peace-building efforts in the North has criticised as a “major oversight” the use of the phrase “both communities” in the announcement of the EU’s ‘Peace Plus’ funding. Fr Martin Magill of St John’s on Falls Road said that the €1bn peace fund came as a “relief”…

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