Kernow/Cornwall: Truro Council vote to award staff Saint Piran\'s holiday

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Kernow/Cornwall: Truro Council vote to award staff Saint Piran's holiday

Cornwall's only City Council has voted to make Saint Piran's Day an annual holiday for all their employees following a Celtic League campaign to raise the issue across Cornwall. The Celtic League were told by an anonymous council source that the cost of an extra days holiday would be less than the cost of the annual fireworks display for the city's new years eve celebrations.

Cathal Ó Luain Par Celtic League le 14/07/08 12:13

Cornwall's only City Council has voted to make Saint Piran's Day an annual holiday for all their employees following a Celtic League campaign to raise the issue across Cornwall

Following a full Council meeting on Monday (30th June 2008), Truro City Council voted for Saint Piran's Day to become a holiday for its staff. The decision was voted on after the Council's Finance and General Purposes Committee were asked to assess how much the cost an extra days holiday would be to the council.

The Celtic League were told by an anonymous council source that the cost of an extra days holiday would be less than the cost of the annual fireworks display for the city's new years eve celebrations. Truro city council will now join two other town councils in Cornwall – Bodmin and Penzance – who offer their staff an annual days holiday on the 5th March. The League will continue its campaign to persuade other mcouncils in Cornwall to follow suit.

Saint Piran is the patron saint of Cornwall and his feast day is held on 5th March every year, in what has become an increasingly popular mfestival throughout Cornwall, with events and celebrations taking place over the course of several days.

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J B Moffatt Director of Information Celtic League

05/07/08

Voir aussi :

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Kernow: Saint Piran's Day public holiday call renewed par Celtic League le 17/02/2010
Kernow/Cornwall: Saint Piran. Political partiess express a view par Celtic League le 11/06/2009
Kernow/Cornwall: Saint Piran's day. Green Party asked for support par Celtic League le 04/06/2009
Kernow/Cornwall: Saint Piran's day holiday campaign - update par Celtic League le 05/03/2009
Kernow/Cornwall: Renewed call for saint Piran's day holiday par Celtic League le 25/01/2009
Kernow/Cornwall: Saint Piran's day holiday campaign update par Celtic League le 20/06/2008
Kernow : No Saint George's flag on Wimpey's Cornish sites par Celtic League le 24/04/2008
Kernow : Councils consider Saint Piran's Day proposal par Celtic League le 19/04/2008
Kernow - Saint Piran's day holiday call par Celtic League le 13/03/2008

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