Budget plea to save NI event firm

The British government is expected to make its final decision on the draft budget for the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure next month.

At a meeting on Wednesday, Northern Ireland Event Company chief executive Janice McAleese and chairman Mervyn Elder called on the organisers of arts festivals and sports events in Northern Ireland to bombard the Culture Minister Angela Smith with personal correspondence by December 7, requesting that funding is reinstated.