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🚨💥BREAKING: Watch Minister Gordon Lyons exchange with protesters calling for him to resign 👥Creatives, including actor and playwright Roisin Gallagher, are delivering a letter of no confidence in Communities Minister Gordon Lyons at Stormont. 🎤Chief Reporter James was there for us. During the protest, Gordon Lyons MLA came down... the steps and spoke to some of those involved. After a lengthy exchange, it ended with a handshake and a “commitment” from the Minister, but people there today say they still feel forgotten about. The letter of no confidence points to Minister Lyons’ “continued failure to provide the leadership, strategic direction and sustainable investment required to protect and develop Northern Ireland’s arts and cultural sector” and calls on the Northern Ireland Assembly to “recognise the Minister’s failure”. More on-air and online.show more

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Derek Mccaffrey11 days ago

@jamesgould23 Plenty of money spent on new band uniforms and instruments for OO @gordonlyons1

Carmel O'Neill11 days ago

@jamesgould23 His arrogance is at another level, he really is a narcissistic c*nt... does he think he should get a Blue Peter badge for coming down to speak to them...

mo11 days ago

@jamesgould23 Get him out

paddy mc gonigle11 days ago

@jamesgould23 He starts off by saying, I don’t really have to come down to meet the arts sector protesters…he does , he’s the responsible minister, he’s accountable for the Arts sector..

Diane Campbell11 days ago

@jamesgould23 We lost our theatre in Coleraine.

Rory Kennedy10 days ago

@jamesgould23 Such a pompous fecker. Joking and looking for plaudits because he “faced the protestors”. It’s time this man left politics.

tom canny11 days ago

@jamesgould23 A windbag

Daryl11 days ago

@jamesgould23 Fair play to him

Orange Man11 days ago

@jamesgould23 What exactly are they looking?

Ment Tech Labs9 days ago

@jamesgould23 This is a significant moment at Stormont. Public accountability and constructive dialogue are essential when elected officials face strong criticism. It will be interesting to see how this develops.Great coverage. Happy to connect and follow each other. 🤝

Adam Moore11 days ago

@jamesgould23 “Starving an artist is like starving a child.” Give me strength. Better a starving artist than an entitled one.

Count of Mounty bisto11 days ago

@jamesgould23 You give almost the amount to the Ulstershire Scots society that then drips down the the orange Order, and Loyalist Peasant community amauture bands

Thegnomeofdoom111 days ago

@jamesgould23 What are they be denied due to lack of funding? A lack of opportunity to play dress up and have wee performance shows?

Mac V Sog11 days ago

@jamesgould23 The luvvies are angry!

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