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Swann campaigns for shared rural pitches

Mr Robin Swann, the North Antrim Ulster Unionist Party Assemblyman and member of the Stormont Agriculture and Rural Development Committee, has challenged the Sinn Fein Culture Minister to give a commitment to develop more shared facilities using artificial surfaces, especially in rural communities. Assemblyman Swann is the current North Antrim UUP Chairman, a Past Chairman of the influential Rural Youth Europe organisation, and a Past President of the Young Farmers’ Clubs of Ulster. Mr Swann, who is also UUP Sports Spokesman, issued his challenge during oral questions to the Minister in the Stormont Chamber, emphasising that he wanted to see such development pioneered in his native North Antrim constituency. Mr Swann asked the Sinn Fein Minister if she would support the development of a greater number of shared facilities using artificial surfaces, thereby increasing the overall use of such facilities? Assemblyman Swann added: “In her reply to me, she said … Continue reading

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