Dinnae bae daeing that!

A MAJORITY of the residents in two parts of Bushmills who responded to a Moyle Council survey say they do not want Ulster-Scots street signage.
By The Newsroom
Published 25th Mar 2010, 14:39 BST
Updated 26th Mar 2010, 10:18 BST

Moyle Council has a policy whereby residents can ask for surveys to be conducted on their streets with a view to having bilingual nameplates put up.

They are either in English/Irish or English/Ulster-Scots.

When a request comes in a survey of residents is carried out and if more than two thirds - or 66.66 per cent - of respondents are in favour it will go ahead.

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But in the Hazeldene area of Bushmills only 21 per cent of respondents were in favour whilst at Ballaghmore Road the figure was 50 per cent.

But bilingual signage will go up in a number of other areas in and around Bushmills including some where the number of respondents in favour just passed the necessary 66.6 per cent.

Once such area is Haw Road with 67 per cent.

The figures for the other area are as follows: “Huey Crescent - 70 per cent; Carnbore Road - 71 per cent; Heronshaw - 79 per cent; Straid Road - 84 per cent; Riverside Court - 100 per cent.

The relevant translations for the areas with more than two thirds of respondents wanting Ulster-Scots will now be obtained, Moyle councillors were told.

Meanwhile, two new applications have come in for signs in Irish and English - Chapel Road and Glenaan Road at Cushendall.

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