SDLP Foyle MLA Mark H Durkan
He was speaking after work to introduce the signage was paused due to potential legal action.
Said the Foyle MLA: “This is far from the first time we have seen Executive parties use a manufactured row around identity issues to distract from their abject failure in government.
“These signs should have been included in the new station from the outset, not to do so was wrong and this now must be rectified.
“It’s deeply regrettable that this has now turned into a legal quagmire.
“The DUP’s objection to this and funding for Foras Na Gaeilge has more to do with Jim Allister and the TUV breathing down their necks than any ideological views.
“They have once again allowed themselves to be led by extreme elements and their continued intransigence only makes the case for Irish unity on our behalf.
“Sinn Féin and the DUP have been more than happy to let each other carve up funding in the past when it has suited them both and I share the frustration of the Irish language sector and activists who time and time again have seen the issue used as a political football.
“At a time when our public services are lying in ruins we should not be seeing so much public attention devoted to an issue that is straightforward and easily rectified.
“The public deserve better than the distraction and narrow identity politics being served up by the Executive parties who have utterly failed to get to grips with the challenges facing families across the North.”
