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Michael Tynan of te Oatfield Church renovation committee have secured funding under the Historic Structure Fund for upgrade and repair works at the historic church. Photograph by John Kelly
Oatfield uses lockdown time well to access repair funding
May 27, 2021
MONTHS of lockdown were put to good use with a successful application for funds to enhance one of the region’s oldest churches. The community who look after Oatfield Barn Church, one of just of three of its kind which still survive in Ireland, were able to use the time to make a successful application for a conservation grant under the Historic Structure Fund.
China tightens control on Hong Kong legislature
The law also expands the number of seats in Hong Kong s legislature to 90, with 40 elected by a pro-Beijing committee.
Hong Kong voters will now only be allowed to directly elect 20 legislators, which is less than a quarter of the total seats in the council. Until recently, there were political campaigns that different kinds of candidates could run, and legislative sessions in which there was spirited debate between opposing sides, Jeff Wasserstrom, a historian of modern China at the University of California in Irvine told DW in March. Recent moves inside Hong Kong and now in Beijing have been designed to minimize the space for that sort of political activity, he added.
The Arlington County Civic Federation is presenting a series of public meetings to inform citizens about the work of its Task Force in Governance and Election