Do we need more Ulster-Scots in schools and the media?
Earlier this week Arlene Foster said that Ulster-Scots should no longer be "treated as an afterthought" and should be "embedded in our education system". Edited since transmission.
Earlier this week Arlene Foster said that Ulster Scots should no longer be "treated as an afterthought" and should be "embedded in our education system".
The DUP leader was writing in the Ulster-Scot newspaper, where she also said Ulster-Scots need a strong presence in the media.
In the Belfast Telegraph today former DUP MLA Nelson McCausland describes the party leader's article "important" and a "thoughtful consideration of culture".
So what is this renewed emphasis on the importance of the culture and language all about?
Please note this programme has been edited since transmission.
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Earlier this week Arlene Foster said that Ulster Scots should no longer be "treated as an afterthought" and should be "embedded in our education system".
The DUP leader was writing in the Ulster Scot newspaper, where she also said Ulster Scots needs a strong presence in the media.
In the Belfast Telegraph today former DUP MLA Nelson McCausland describes the party leader's article "important" and a "thoughtful consideration of culture".
So what is this renewed emphasis on the importance of the culture and language all about?
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A Fermanagh mother has hit out at a Lisnaskea school for suspending her daughter because she had her nose pierced.
The Belfast Telegraph reports today that the 13 year old , a year 10 student, has been excluded from school since Monday over her new piercing.
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