Staff refuse bilingual uniforms

Rates in Limavady Borough Council will rise by 5.49%

Some council staff in Limavady have refused to wear new uniforms because they have a bilingual logo.

They complained about the logo, which is in English and Irish, after the uniforms arrived in December.

Ulster Unionist councillor Edwin Stevenson said the council should abandon its policy of putting its logo in Irish on all council property.

But Sinn Féin councillor Cathal Ó'hOisín said it is a matter of equality.

"The draft policy is currently out for equality impact assessment, and consultation work is going on and that will continue through the month of March.

"We'll look then at what the reaction is and the impact that it has had," he said.