What Sinn Féin means by 'Regionalisation'
| Date: | May 1974 |
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| Organisation: | Sinn Féin |
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Commentary From The Cedar Lounge Revolution
14th April 2014
This is a short leaflet from Sinn Féin in 1974 which outlines its approach to ‘Regionalisation’. There is an oddly contemporary note in its definition of same, when it suggests that one meaning is ‘Taking away powers from primary local authorities and giving them to regional authorities. This use of the word is particularly marked in Ireland.’
It notes another meaning is ‘Dividing the state into economic planning regions for which planning is done centrally with some advice from regional consultative bodies that have no powers of their own’.
And finally it seeks the creation of regional public authorities under democratic control.
Obviously this links in to the approach espoused in Éire Nua (which can be found in the Archive here) and it quite naturally leads to the federal Ireland envisaged in that document.
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