Sir, - Feile an Phobail is celebrating 10 years, and on Tuesday we officially opened our new premises in Belfast. Teach na Feile was officially opened by founding member Gerry Adams; Albert Reynolds, Roy Garland, Frances Black, Shane Connaughton, and hundreds of people from the local community attended and participated. We launched our 10th anniversary leaflet and in it published messages of support from President Mary Robinson, Mayor Ian Adamson, Stephen Rea and Robert Ballagh.
We are concerned that your readers may have been misinformed by subsequent press coverage that Dr Joe was not invited. I would like to put on record that I sent Dr Joe Hendron a personal invitation to the opening. I rang the SDLP office to confirm that he received the letter, and was informed that he had.
Feile an Phobail is a dynamic community festival that gets bigger and better every year. We have a year-round programme that includes classical bursary and concerts, community radio station, artists collective, film festival, youth festival, drama, debate and discussion. Our summer Feile will take place on August 3rd-12th and we invite all your readers to participate. Last year, more than 100,000 people from all over Ireland, Europe, North and South America, and South Africa. attended our varied programme. - Yours, etc..
Director,
Feile an Phobail, 473 Falls Road,
Belfast BT12 6DD.