A Song and Dance kicked up at SRCSU...
Last week at a meeting of the Student Representative Council of the Student's Union (SRCSU) the farce that is Northern Ireland politics was played out again by the majority faction of the Council.
The suggestion that an Irish Folk Music Society should be formally recognised by the SRCSU was greeted with a tied vote which speaker, Graham Barton, was left to resolve by casting the decider. The decision to reject the group's application was based on a number of grounds including a supposed undermining of the SRCSU by raising the application at executive level before bringing it before the Council and the suggestion also that there are "too many societies". Funding and resources were cited as being the core issue here.
Of course there were those members of the Council who stated their opposition to the recognition of the society on the basis of supposed sectarian music being played. Certain members of the executive walked out in protest - no reason was stated but all had supported the application for recognition of the Folk Society.
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The suggestion that an Irish Folk Music Society should be formally recognised by the SRCSU was greeted with a tied vote which speaker, Graham Barton, was left to resolve by casting the decider. The decision to reject the group's application was based on a number of grounds including a supposed undermining of the SRCSU by raising the application at executive level before bringing it before the Council and the suggestion also that there are "too many societies". Funding and resources were cited as being the core issue here.
Of course there were those members of the Council who stated their opposition to the recognition of the society on the basis of supposed sectarian music being played. Certain members of the executive walked out in protest - no reason was stated but all had supported the application for recognition of the Folk Society.
The Gown has a policy of checking the Blog at least once every 24 hours. Unfortunately this post was not checked in the past 24 hours since being logged. The Gown will ensure this policy is enforced rigorously in future. The Gown apologises to all offended parties. It was not the intention of The Gown to allow any reference which implied political affiliations to be published on the site.
Attention: Due to compliants we have disabled the comment facility for this post. The Gown welcomes all points of view, but we wish to make clear that we cannot take responsibility for individual comments. As noted above this site is checked regularly and any comments deemed 'unworthy' will be removed. Posters are welcome to contribute to debate, but any comment must be constructive and not of a personal nature. If you wish to report any comments which you feel are of an offensive nature or wish to make a compliant please feel free to e-mail the team at thegown@hotmail.com Thank-you.
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