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Fri 12 Dec 2008Equality Authority chief resigns over budget cutbacks
THE CHIEF executive of the Equality Authority has resigned, saying the organisation has been made unviable by the extent of cuts to its budget, and the Government's insistence on the decentralisation of most of its remaining staff.
In a letter sent yesterday to the chairwoman of the authority's board, Angela Kerins and Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern, Niall Crowley said his position had become untenable as a result of the 43 per cent cut in funding. He accused Mr Ahern of "victimising" the authority for "doing well what it was established to do".
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