"Loyalists who vandalised an Irish language street sign in Belfast say "it won't be the last", as police launched an investigation into the "hate-motivated" damage."
"The sign to Shandon Park in the east of the city - which bore the street name in both English and Irish - was cut with an angle grinder, to remove only the Irish Páirc an tSeanduín, at around 8.15pm on Saturday."
Loyalists vandalised an Irish-language street sign to Shandon Park in east Belfast and said "it won't be the last". The sign displayed the street name in both English and Irish, and only the Irish inscription Páirc an tSeanduín was targeted. The vandals used an angle grinder to cut away the Irish-language portion at about 8.15pm on Saturday. Police have launched an investigation into the incident and categorised the damage as hate-motivated. The attack removes visible Irish-language public signage in a residential area and underscores ongoing community tensions about language and identity in parts of the city.
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