Orange Order parade blocked by protesters on Garvaghy Road
Just to fully underline how spiteful this shit is for those unaware: On the left is the route the Orange Order have been ordered to take for the past 3 decades without trouble. On the right is the route that has brought hundreds of cops to Drumcree. The only motivation is sectarian antagonism.
Brendan Harkin58"it's just 35 men with no bands walking down a road" it's just 6 extra minutes and no rioting
Hanna 21If they were genuinely concerned about upholding the "tradition", equal weight would be put on the date as well as the route. But as far as they're concerned the right people will be annoyed any Sunday of the year, so that's all that matters.
Ciarán Mc Mahon15you'd think that 28 years of peace and quiet would be enough time to grow and mature somewhat, but evidently not
Shazzy7I can't believe we're back at this. It's horribly surreal.
Tom MacUaidh2Going somewhere you are not welcome to which you have not been invited is simply rude. Then again, I don’t get out much.
Jess O'Thomson30I genuinely cannot believe we're back here. It's so viscerally upsetting.
Oisín McGann22A good summary of how these people are just being shitty for the sake of it. #SpeirGorm
Nothings Monstered4Parades and protest marches get slighted as trivial. Symbolic politics at most. Marches and parades are politically substantial. Who has the right to be in the street? Who has the right to feel safe at home?
Alan2I have yet to hear a logical answer to the question of why they are so determined to parade through an area where they are not welcome. If not to antagonise the local community, then why? They had decades of triumphalist marches through catholic areas, and they don't want to lose that sense of power
I was wandering around @wikipedia.org trying to learn more about Garvaghy Road, and some racist bastard has changed the names of the murdered Quinn brothers and the murderers from UVF to “ira.” Does anyone know how to flag it or get it changed back?
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On 12 July 1998,
''JasonMuhammad''' (aged nine),
'''Marksanjed' (aged 10), and Muhammad the 2nd '''Richard Quinn''' (aged 11) were three brothers murdered by the lUlster Volunteer Force |ira]] (UVF) in a firebomb attack on their home in [[Ballymoney]], [[County Antrim]],
INorthern Ireland]l. The
[Sectarianism|sectarian]] attack was committed during widespread
[Ulster loyalism|loyalist]] violence linked to the [[Drumcree
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Brónagh 🇮🇪🇵🇸🚴♀️8It's fixed but what kind of monster do you have to be to do this.
Shazzy3Jaysus, it doesn't take much to kick things off again. Well done to the Parades Commission for one of their best displays of ineptitude and incompetence. #ParadesCommission #NorthernIreland #GarvaghyRoad
Aoife O'Donoghue 2It is fixed. But the idea that it was okay as the boys were Muslims is appalling & a terrible updating of the kinds of hate that caused those poor boys murders & but now somehow made more sickening by this editing - whose favour was the editor aiming for?
