Statement by TUV MLA Timothy Gaston:
“I welcome tonight’s statement by Deborah Erskine which makes important points about the decision to introduce Irish signage at Grand Central station.
“Given that Ms Erskine has correctly identified the announcement as “undoubtedly controversial” I now expect the attempt to impose the signage to be called in and put to a cross community vote at the Executive. Whether that happens via the petition which I tabled this morning or Unionist Ministers triggering it at the Executive is frankly immaterial. What matters is that it is stopped. Having exposed the issue I trust that – one way or the other – a loyalist part of Belfast, which has already been treated abominably by the whole saga around the station, will not suffer the added indignity of Grand Central being branded with Irish language signage.”