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Claim: No one in Mid Ulster speaks Irish as their first language. (DUP councillor Clement Cuthbertson, 2019-03-15)
Evidence (2016-09-20): The European charter for regional or minority languages calls them "autochthonous", which strictly means native, but now also carries the suggestion of a language that's been displaced in importance by a more popular newcomer. Within the United Kingdom, the charter also recognises Cornish, Scots (aka Lallans), Irish Gaelic and Ulster Scots. The charter, which the UK ratified in 2001, asks that all be encouraged to survive. Two of them, Scots and Ulster Scots (aka Ullans), would be contested as languages separate from English or each other, and some might argue that Ullans was invented for purely political reasons, as a Protestant counterweight to the Irish Gaelic that was recognised by Northern Ireland's peace agreement. But then most language lobbies are as much political as cultural: at their most powerful, they have helped break up polyglot empires and kingdoms, and redrawn the boundaries of nation states.
Claim: No one in Mid Ulster speaks Irish as their first language. (DUP councillor Clement Cuthbertson, 2019-03-15)
Evidence (2003-09-04): 4. Unfortunately no Leinster Irish remains. There is a Gaeltacht in Leinster, in Co. Meath, but Leinster Irish is not spoken there. The reason is that this Gaeltacht is somewhat different. In every other Gaeltacht Irish has been spoken continuosly for at least 2.000 years - as it once was in all of Ireland. These areas are to be found in Munster, Connacht and Ulster. The Gaeltacht in Leinster was founded in the 1930s when many peasants from over-crowded Conamara moved to new land. They kept their language, which is the same dialect as that of Ceantar na n-Oileán, a subdialect of Connacht Irish. Traditional Leinster Irish has been dead as a community language for more that 100 years and the last native speakers of Leinster Irish died in the early 1950s. [...] Dawn, yes I've seen the page. It is written by another person from Finland, Panu Höglund. He speaks Ulster Irish. [...] The Midwest American dialects are a different story. I've met some speakers from the Midwest, most of them Irish in fact, but I can't say that I've found their English sounding particularly like any form of Hiberno-English (meaning the form of English spoken in the line south of Dundalk-Sligo, Ulster-English north of it). That is not to say that there aren't similarities, I just mean that I don't know them.
Claim: No one in Mid Ulster speaks Irish as their first language. (DUP councillor Clement Cuthbertson, 2019-03-15)
Evidence (2017-08-21): Buntús Cainte "Buntús Cainte" is another highly respected self-teaching method. Lessons based on "Buntús Cainte," including audio, are available for free on-line at Memrise or in an Ulster version via Raidió Fáilte.: [...] "Enjoy Irish!" is a self-teaching program developed by Oideas Gael. It consists of a very user-friendly book accompanied by full audio on CD and can be had for just €15.(about $17 as of this writing) plus shipping. This book focuses on the Ulster dialect, but most of the information can be transferred to other dialects. [...] I just can’t recommend it, though, for beginning learners of endangered minority languages such as Irish, where the goal isn’t simply to communicate (Let’s face it: No one NEEDS Irish in order to communicate. I hate to say it, but it’s true), but to preserve an important part of Ireland’s culture and history (tír gan teanga tír gan anam – a land without a language is a land without a soul).
Claim: No one in Mid Ulster speaks Irish as their first language. (DUP councillor Clement Cuthbertson, 2019-03-15)
Evidence (2023-06-08): Council Chair helps to start Seachtain na Gaeilge celebrations ‘Seachtain na Gaeilge’ (Irish Language Week), the annual celebration of the Irish language, has been launched in Mid Ulster by the Chair of Mid Ulster District Council, Councillor Dominic Molloy, accompanied by Bronagh Fusco of Conradh na Gaeilge, at the Hill of The O’Neill and Ranfurly House, Dungannon. Seachtain na Gaeilge is a national and international Language festival which takes place every year all over Ireland and further afield, and this year, the Mid Ulster event includes talks, music and entertainment to suit all ages. [...] For a comprehensive list of events throughout March, visit Gaeilge Lár Uladh on Facebook or contact the Council’s Irish Language Officers by emailing gaeilge@midulstercouncil.org or telephoning 03000 132 132.
Claim: About 95% or 98% of all households in the Holylands area of Belfast are HMOs. (Robert Greer, 2020-09-24)
Evidence (2020-09-24): living accommodation; the main residence of three or more people who are from more than two households; rented by at least one of the people living in the accommodation.
Claim: About 95% or 98% of all households in the Holylands area of Belfast are HMOs. (Robert Greer, 2020-09-24)
Evidence (2021-03-02): More quality and methodology information on strengths, limitations, appropriate uses, glossary of terms and how the data were created is available in the Labour Force Survey – user guidance and Families and households QMI.
Claim: About 95% or 98% of all households in the Holylands area of Belfast are HMOs. (Robert Greer, 2020-09-24)
Evidence (2020-09-27): The Holyland area and HMO housing The Holyland area has the highest proportion of houses in multiple occupation (HMO) in Belfast. [...] A spokesman for Belfast City Council told BBC News NI this type of accommodation makes up 48% of the properties in the area, with their being 1,061 HMO properties and 197 HMO properties which are currently going through renewal, out of a total of 2,643 residential units.
Claim: About 95% or 98% of all households in the Holylands area of Belfast are HMOs. (Robert Greer, 2020-09-24)
Evidence (2020-09-16): "There should be specific guidance just for this area. There are particular circumstances in this area and I think should have produced guidance specifically for HMO owners so if their tenants break the law as we see is happening right around us here tonight, then there should be consequences for the tenants and also the licensees of the HMOs." [...] Around 86% of homes in the Holyland area are officially registered as HMOs, but as many as 5% may not be registered says Alliance Party’s Mickey Murray. [...] A Belfast City Council spokesperson said: "Our Safer Neighbourhood and Alcohol Enforcement Officers are working in the area and are actively responding to requests for service in the Holyland area of Belfast.
Claim: About 95% or 98% of all households in the Holylands area of Belfast are HMOs. (Robert Greer, 2020-09-24)
Evidence (2024-07-19): This claim is inaccurate. FactCheckNI has estimated that 45% of properties in the Holylands are licensed as HMOs, and Belfast City Council report a figureEconomy | [...] This claim is inaccurate. The 2011 Census shows that the Belfast South constituency recorded 56.1% of homes being owned outright or owned with a mortgageEconomy
Claim: About 95% or 98% of all households in the Holylands area of Belfast are HMOs. (Robert Greer, 2020-09-24)
Evidence (2024-08-28): The Holylands, The Holy Land or The Holyland is a residential area of inner-south Belfast, Northern Ireland. Composed of a series of streets behind The Queen's University of Belfast near to the River Lagan, the area has been dubbed 'the Holyland' from its street names: Jerusalem Street, Palestine Street, Damascus Street, Carmel Street and Cairo Street. The boundaries of the Holyland are generally considered to be the area between University Street, the Ormeau Road, the River Lagan, Botanic Gardens and Queen's. Originally home to many working class families, the area now has a high proportion of students, with many reports of anti-social behaviour.[1] [...] Anti-social behaviour [edit]These shifts in student numbers have led to an increase in anti-social behaviour by a minority of students. This in turn has intensified friction with the permanent Holyland community population resulting in an increased number of complaints to both local universities. Student overcrowding in houses of multiple occupancy (HMOs) and poor community infrastructure has also meant an increase in a wide range of petty crimes. There has been increased media attention on the Holyland area over the last few years, most notably on the BBCNI Spotlight current affairs television programme, which highlighted these problems of student anti-social behaviour.
Claim: About 95% or 98% of all households in the Holylands area of Belfast are HMOs. (Robert Greer, 2020-09-24)
Evidence (2024-05-31): This claim is inaccurate. FactCheckNI has estimated that 45% of properties in the Holylands are licensed as HMOs, and Belfast City Council report a figure
Claim: About 95% or 98% of all households in the Holylands area of Belfast are HMOs. (Robert Greer, 2020-09-24)
Evidence (2020-09-23): While the council set a cap on HMOs at 30 per cent for the area, the Holylands has well in excess of this. A recent report said it stood at 64 per cent, but residents believe the figure is much higher. [...] "The Holyland needs long-term planning policies to reduce the number of HMOs, encourage more permanent residents and owner/occupiers to move in, and gradually transition back towards a shared community that's a great place for all to live in," Mr McClelland said. [...] The Landlords Association for Northern Ireland dismissed as "fake news" claims of overcrowding in Holylands students accommodation, saying that HMOs are licensed and regularly inspected.
Claim: About 95% or 98% of all households in the Holylands area of Belfast are HMOs. (Robert Greer, 2020-09-24)
Evidence (2022-09-26): The rowdiest streets in the Holylands student area of South Belfast can be revealed. [...] Ray Farley, chair of the Belfast Holylands Regeneration Association, said the statistics were the "tip of the iceberg". [...] - New Queen's University Student Union gets 2am licence, an hour earlier than old building - Holyland residents 'forced to sleep elsewhere' due to successive nights of anti-social behaviour in South Belfast - 'Sex doll' left outside Holyland property yards from local school condemned - Belfast landlord agent says people "in tears" over lack of student houses in south of city
Claim: About 95% or 98% of all households in the Holylands area of Belfast are HMOs. (Robert Greer, 2020-09-24)
Evidence (2016-03-19): Belfast's Holylands district was back in the news this week as thousands of drunken revellers effectively held residents hostage in their own homes. We asked two writers who have lived in the university quarter for their impressions of life there — with markedly contrasting results Belfast's Holylands district was back in the news this week as thousands of drunken revellers effectively held residents hostage in their own homes. We asked two writers who have lived in the university quarter for their impressions of life there — with markedly contrasting results. [...] Known as the Holylands because of its biblical street names, this was once one of the city's loveliest districts. Its diverse social and religious mix had a Bohemian feel - even during the conflict. It was unique by Belfast standards - in one street, an ex-UDR man lived doors from a former republican prisoner.
Claim: About 95% or 98% of all households in the Holylands area of Belfast are HMOs. (Robert Greer, 2020-09-24)
Evidence (2022-02-27): The chair of the Landlords Association for Northern Ireland (LANI), Robert Greer, claimed during an interview on BBC Radio Ulster’s Good Morning Ulster (24/9/2020, starts 1:52:08, and Greer’s claim at 1:58:00) that "aside from the Roma community, about 95 or 98 per cent of all households [in the Holylands] are HMOs." [...] Applying our defined geography for the Holylands, we used the Post Office’s Postcode Finder and searched Belfast City Council’s HMO License Register. The number of domestic properties was derived from the valuation list held by the Department of Finance. We calculated an estimated 45% of domestic properties in the Holylands are licensed as HMOs. FactCheckNI counted 798 HMO licenses for 1,783 domestic properties in the Holylands. [...] The Holylands and its contemporary geography is part of a larger area for which Belfast City Council took over responsibility to license HMOs from the Housing Executive. Recent figures now exclude social housing properties, which partly explains a decrease in the percentage of properties registered as HMOs in the wider Botanic, Holylands, and Rugby policy area, from 64% in 2008 to 40% in 2020.
Claim: The NI Executive’s commitment to provide financial support for new football, GAA and rugby stadiums involved an equal split between sports. (Jamie Bryson, 2023-11-10)
Evidence (2023-11-10): Following the collapse of plans to build a single national stadium on the site of the former Maze/Long Kesh prison, the NI Executive agreed to support redevelopment of stadiums for football, GAA and rugby, individually. This was never agreed as a financial “equal split” between three sports or three sporting associations. From the start, estimated costs for development varied significantly. It is worth noting that the projected spend for redeveloping Casement Park is now much higher than when the allocation was first agreed.
Claim: The NI Executive’s commitment to provide financial support for new football, GAA and rugby stadiums involved an equal split between sports. (Jamie Bryson, 2023-11-10)
Evidence (2022-02-15): Northern Ireland stadiums funding ready to go but needs executive sign-off, says Minister Hargey - Published [...] The executive committed £36m to the development of local football stadiums in Northern Ireland in 2015. [...] "It is a project the GAA community has waited too long for and that it fully deserves. We note with interest the finance minister's comments and, given that both sub regional and Casement Park are part of the same executive commitment, we expect that his confirmation of funding extends to the sub regional programme too," said IFA chief executive Patrick Nelson.
Claim: The NI Executive’s commitment to provide financial support for new football, GAA and rugby stadiums involved an equal split between sports. (Jamie Bryson, 2023-11-10)
Evidence (2024-05-21): Fair deal delivers on commitment made within the Northern Ireland Executive’s restoration financial package. [...] Chief Secretary to the Treasury Laura Trott met with Northern Ireland’s Finance Minister Caoimhe Archibald this afternoon to sign the deal, which represents an early and significant step in realising the commitment towards new funding arrangements for the Northern Ireland Executive and investment in its future - as committed in the UK Government’s Northern Ireland Executive restoration financial package and Safeguarding the Union Command Paper. [...] The interim Fiscal Framework sets out progress with other elements of the Executive’s restoration financial package. As part of a commitment for the UK Government to write off £559 million in debts incurred while there was a governance gap, the Northern Ireland Executive agreed to publish a plan to deliver sustainable public finances by August 2024. The scope of this plan has now been agreed with HM Treasury ahead of publication in August.
Claim: The NI Executive’s commitment to provide financial support for new football, GAA and rugby stadiums involved an equal split between sports. (Jamie Bryson, 2023-11-10)
Evidence (2022-03-25): Grassroots football facilities across Northern Ireland will benefit from an initial £700,000 of UK government funding for improvements, as part of a major commitment to levelling up access to physical activity across the nation.
Claim: The NI Executive’s commitment to provide financial support for new football, GAA and rugby stadiums involved an equal split between sports. (Jamie Bryson, 2023-11-10)
Evidence (2020-04-01): Irish Football Association chief executive Patrick Nelson has called on the Northern Ireland Executive to provide financial support for Northern Ireland’s senior football clubs. [...] "This is why the Irish FA, together with NIFL, is calling on the NI Executive to ensure football is included in the recently announced Business Support Grant Schemes. [...] "This means that more clubs at all levels in Northern Ireland will benefit from the same financial assistance that other business sectors are experiencing. Given the powerful role the game plays in all walks of life, we hope the NI Executive will do all it can to help."
Claim: The NI Executive’s commitment to provide financial support for new football, GAA and rugby stadiums involved an equal split between sports. (Jamie Bryson, 2023-11-10)
Evidence (2021-03-10): The fund, which was designed in partnership with the sports Governing Bodies including the IFA, GAA and Ulster Rugby, is being administered by Sport NI. It is designed to help clubs and governing bodies who have been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. "The Sports Sustainability Fund has attracted significant interest with Sport NI receiving hundreds of applications from a diverse range of affiliated sports clubs through their respective Governing Bodies. [...] "Sport NI are working at pace to assess the applications which are complex given the diverse nature of sport, and will be completed shortly with payments commencing before the end of February as planned.
Claim: The NI Executive’s commitment to provide financial support for new football, GAA and rugby stadiums involved an equal split between sports. (Jamie Bryson, 2023-11-10)
Evidence (2024-06-27): The NI Fiscal Council has published its assessment of the NI Executive's 2024-25 Budget. The report, published on 14 May 2024, is available here.
Claim: The NI Executive’s commitment to provide financial support for new football, GAA and rugby stadiums involved an equal split between sports. (Jamie Bryson, 2023-11-10)
Evidence (2020-08-06): Gender imbalance in top football, GAA and rugby committees - Published [...] The Irish FA, Ulster GAA and Ulster Rugby have acknowledged progress needs to be made to reflect greater equality, diversity and inclusion. [...] All three organisations receive significant government funding through Sport NI, who identified gender inequality on the board of sporting organisations as a key issue at the start of its most recent investment cycle 'Sporting Winners and Sporting Clubs 2017-2021' and was one of 28 'expectations' that invested governing bodies should work towards.
Claim: The NI Executive’s commitment to provide financial support for new football, GAA and rugby stadiums involved an equal split between sports. (Jamie Bryson, 2023-11-10)
Evidence (2024-01-27): The UK Government and the Irish FA have kicked off the year by announcing 17 projects across Northern Ireland are benefitting from a share of a £5.66 million fund aimed at boosting grassroots sports facilities. [...] "This funding will provide 11 new artificial grass pitches and upgrade six existing pitches across Northern Ireland. "It aligns with our commitment to support new and improved facilities. With the hosting of UEFA Euro 2028 in the UK and Ireland, it is crucial that the grassroots game across the nation benefits from investment, too."
Claim: The NI Executive’s commitment to provide financial support for new football, GAA and rugby stadiums involved an equal split between sports. (Jamie Bryson, 2023-11-10)
Evidence (2023-06-13): In a statement, the IFA and GAA said they and a number of assembly members (MLAs) have requested an urgent meeting with the department's permanent secretary about the decision to end the funding.
Claim: The NI Executive’s commitment to provide financial support for new football, GAA and rugby stadiums involved an equal split between sports. (Jamie Bryson, 2023-11-10)
Evidence (2021-03-22): Sport in Northern Ireland receives further £10.5m funding from NI Executive - Published Northern Ireland's sporting bodies have been allocated a further £10.5 million in support through the Executive's Sports Sustainability Fund. [...] Antoinette McKeown, Sport NI CEO, said "The value of sport is never more important for us all as a society, as we tentatively emerge from Covid-19.
Claim: The NI Executive’s commitment to provide financial support for new football, GAA and rugby stadiums involved an equal split between sports. (Jamie Bryson, 2023-11-10)
Evidence (2021-03-22): Sport NI announced today further financial support through the Sports Sustainability Fund Programme to the sporting sector; bringing a total investment of £22.4 million through this specific fund. The Sports Sustainability Fund is a critical support to sport at this time and Sport NI is pleased to make a further announcement of much needed financial support to the sports of: Gaelic Games; Rugby; Golf; Cricket; Hockey; Sailing; and Angling, among others, which will sustain over 230 clubs. (Details of awards are available: Sports Sustainability Fund Awards List | Sport NI) [...] Antoinette McKeown, Sport NI CEO, continued "I would like to pay tribute to sports Governing Bodies and Sport NI team for their dedication and commitment to coordinate the delivery of the Sports Sustainability Fund and other various programmes, in partnership with the Department for Communities".
Claim: The NI Executive’s commitment to provide financial support for new football, GAA and rugby stadiums involved an equal split between sports. (Jamie Bryson, 2023-11-10)
Evidence (2021-03-04): Sport in Northern Ireland receives £10m funding from NI Executive - Published Northern Ireland sporting bodies have been awarded the first £10m in support as part of the Executive's Sports Sustainability Fund. [...] Sport NI chief executive Antoinette McKeown said: "The sports sector has played a critical role in supporting communities throughout this pandemic and our sector is needed now, more than ever, to help our communities emerge from this pandemic.
Claim: The NI Executive’s commitment to provide financial support for new football, GAA and rugby stadiums involved an equal split between sports. (Jamie Bryson, 2023-11-10)
Evidence (2024-09-14): Some £62.5m has been pledged by the Stormont Executive, while the Irish government has promised £42.8m The GAA has said it will put £15m towards the project. [...] "We will, therefore, seek engagement with NI partners, including the GAA, in the coming weeks, to discuss this decision in more detail as well as seeking views on the appropriate way forward for Casement Park [...] "The department remains committed to the 2011 agreement with the GAA for a GAA stadium and we will engage with them in due course."
Claim: The NI Executive’s commitment to provide financial support for new football, GAA and rugby stadiums involved an equal split between sports. (Jamie Bryson, 2023-11-10)
Evidence (2024-09-14): Association insists Belfast venue ‘will be built’ to ‘ensure that the promises made by the NI Executive over 13 years ago… are fulfilled’ [...] "Casement Park will be built, and we will work with all partners to ensure that the promises made by the NI Executive over 13 years ago and within successive Programmes for Government, to deliver on the strategic stadia need of the GAA in the province and in Belfast, Ireland’s second city, are fulfilled."
Claim: The NI Executive’s commitment to provide financial support for new football, GAA and rugby stadiums involved an equal split between sports. (Jamie Bryson, 2023-11-10)
Evidence (2024-02-14): Northern Ireland football clubs welcome stadium funding comments [...] As part of a package of measures agreed more than a decade ago, the Stormont executive is committed to improve football facilities, in funding known as the sub-regional stadia programme. [...] He has already said that full financial support for the planned redevelopment of Casement Park GAA stadium in west Belfast has not yet been secured.