Slash and burn for Gaeltacht and sports departments

YOU could be forgiven for calling it an Bord Snip & Tuck if the slash and burn plans for Sports, Arts & Tourism and Community, Rural & Gaeltacht Affairs are anything to go by.

Slash and burn for Gaeltacht and sports departments

Simply put, both departments face the axe under proposed recommendations by An Bord Snip Nua.

The board’s report says the Department of Community, Rural & Gaeltacht Affairs should be closed down as its functions overlap with other departments or are or a “lower priority” to the public purse.

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