Northern Ireland Irish Language law: Brandon Lewis says âall the options availableâ to be explored
Move comes as MLAs vote in favour of translation services for Assembly debates in Irish and Ulster-Scots
Brandon Lewis (Image: Wiktor Szymanowicz/Barcroft Media via Getty Images)
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Contemporary artworks selected for the Government Art Collection (GAC) will soon be displayed at flagship buildings including 10 Downing Street.
The GAC has used £230,000 of funding to acquire 90 contemporary pieces from 45 UK-based artists and support them through the pandemic.
The pieces include ink animal drawings by Manchester-based artist Leslie Thompson, who is supported by learning difficulties charity Venture Arts, and an intricate wooden construction akin to a miniature theatre set titled The Kiss by Northern Irish artist Graham Gingles.
‘Animals from memory’ by Leslie Thompson (Government Art Collection/Leslie Thompson/PA)
The collection also includes four colourful patterned images which tell a story about market communities across Sandwell in the West Midlands, made by Coventry University visiting lecturer Nilupa Yasmin.
Edwin Poots has insisted Stormont powersharing will not be at risk under his leadership of the DUP.
Mr Poots reiterated his determination to get rid of Brexit’s Northern Ireland Protocol but said he had “no intention whatsoever” of endangering devolution.
The incoming DUP leader also said he wanted to see outstanding commitments in the deal to restore powersharing in 2020 honoured, including legislation on the Irish language and the full implementation of the Military Covenant in Northern Ireland.
Some within unionism and loyalism have suggested the DUP should be prepared to bring down the institutions if new post-Brexit trading arrangements are not removed.