Linda Ervine, co-founder of Scoil na Seolta integrated Irish-medium school in East Belfast, has expressed her disgust at how the school has been portrayed as a threat following revelations that DUP Education Minister Paul Givan met with the Loyalist Communities Council (LCC) about the school.
Linda Ervine says she's "absolutely disgusted" at how East Belfast 's integrated Irish-medium school has "been portrayed as some kind of a threat".
But the intervention by the representative group of the UVF, UDA and Red Hand Commandos has been slammed by unionist and nationalist politicians. She said on X: "I'm absolutely disgusted by the way our Integrated School has been portrayed as some kind of threat. Alliance Education spokesperson Nick Mathison hit out at the Education Minister over engagement with the LCC over the education of our children.
A spokesperson for the Department of Education said: "Paul Givan, Education Minister, met with the LCC to discuss a range of issues relating to education underachievement in loyalist areas and undertook to share information on DE’s RAISE programme and other relevant initiatives. The meeting was arranged at the request of the LCC."
Since May this year, the park has been cordoned off five times to allow police to tackle incidents which could have posed a threat to the public.
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