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Ministers agree to slash number of N Ireland councils

Stormont ministers have announced plans to cut the number of councils in Northern Ireland to 11 by 2015.

By Jamie Hailstone | 28 September 2011

Stormont ministers have announced plans to cut the number of councils in Northern Ireland to 11 by 2015.

The DUP and Sinn Fein delivered a draft ‘Programme for government' last week, which included plans to reduce the number of councils from 26 to 11 within the next four years.

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