Published Date:
14 August 2008
A memorial to IRA hunger strikers in Newry has been daubed with paint and loyalist graffiti.
The site was discovered vandalised yesterday morning.
Newry Sinn Fein councillor Charlie Casey said the memorial had been there for a number of years.
“It had been erected by local republicans in memory of the hunger strikers and was located on waste ground,” he said.
“But it now has UVF painted over it in two places and the 10 crosses have been painted red, white and blue.”
UUP councillor Danny Kennedy said he did not condone attacks on memorials “even those for hunger strikers which do not have planning permission”.
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Last Updated:
13 August 2008 8:28 PM
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Source:
News Letter
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Location:
Belfast
