UK announces Irish language broadcasting fund

Updated: 12:33, Thursday, 24 July 2003

The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Paul Murphy, has announced that a fund for Irish language TV and film production is to be established.

The fund, which will be in the region of £12m sterling over three years, will be confirmed over the summer.

Both Sinn Féin and the SDLP have welcomed the fund which was promised in the Good Friday Agreement.

TG4 currently receives €20.06 million per annum from the Irish Government.

The British government provides £84m sterling per annum for Welsh broadcasting and Scots Gaelic broadcasting gets £12m sterling per annum.

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