Published Date:
29 September 2009
PROMINENT dissident republican pressure group éirígí has said that it will not protest at Saturday's Antrim parade for the returning colleagues of the two soldiers murdered in March.
The group – which protested at last November’s huge homecoming parade for soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan – denied a Sunday newspaper report that it was planning to protest in Antrim at the parade for 38 Engineer Regiment.
In a statement, éirígí said: “éirígí has no plans to protest at the British military parade in Antrim on Saturday, October 3.”
On Saturday, South Antrim DUP MP William McCrea claimed that dissident republicans had lodged an application with the Parades Commission to hold a protest at the Saturday morning parade, which the MoD has said is “not a homecoming parade”.
But a spokesman for the commission, which dissident republicans do not recognise, said that it had received no such notification.
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Last Updated:
28 September 2009 7:37 PM
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Source:
News Letter
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Location:
Belfast
