SF hits out at funding distribution

Northern Ireland’s Equality Commission was today urged to probe claims that a British government department squandered almost £55m (€77m) in European Union funds for disadvantaged communities affected by the Troubles.

In a scathing attack on the allocation of peace and reconciliation funds by the Department of Social Development, Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams claimed some nationalist communities had been “discriminated against” and its distribution was “a shambles”.