Agenda and minutes

            The Deputy Chief Executive submitted the summons convening the meeting.

            Apologies were reported on behalf of Councillors de Faoite, Groogan, Hanvey,

M. Kelly, Long, McAllister, McDonough-Brown, Mulholland, Newton and Smyth.

To pass the following Resolution:

     That we, the Lord Mayor and Citizens of the City of Belfast, on the 103rd Anniversary of the Battle of the Somme, desire again to record our feelings of gratitude to the brave men of the 36th (Ulster) Division, the 16th (Irish) Division and other forces who, by their glorious conduct in that battle, made an imperishable name for themselves and their people and whose heroism will never be forgotten.

Moved by the Lord Mayor (Councillor Finucane),

Seconded by the Deputy Lord Mayor (Councillor McReynolds) and

      Resolved – That we, the Lord Mayor and Citizens of the City of Belfast, on the 103rd Anniversary of the Battle of the Somme, desire again to record our feelings of gratitude to the brave men of the 36th (Ulster) Division, the 16th (Irish) Division and other forces who, by their glorious conduct in that battle, made an imperishable name for themselves and their people and whose heroism will never be forgotten.

The Council stood in silence for one minute as a mark of respect to all those who had lost their lives in the Battle of the Somme.