Saoradh denies being behind message which mistook Ivory Coast flag for Irish one

The dissident republican group Saoradh has told the News Letter it did not send out a message calling for its members to stage a counter-protest to last night’s loyalist Ballymoney gathering.
By Adam Kula
Published 26th Mar 2022, 12:30 BST
Marie-Josee Ta Lou and Murielle Ahoure - two Ivory Coast athletes who were unable to find their national flag at the 2018 World Indoor Athletics Championships... so they turned an Irish one upside down!Marie-Josee Ta Lou and Murielle Ahoure - two Ivory Coast athletes who were unable to find their national flag at the 2018 World Indoor Athletics Championships... so they turned an Irish one upside down!
Marie-Josee Ta Lou and Murielle Ahoure - two Ivory Coast athletes who were unable to find their national flag at the 2018 World Indoor Athletics Championships... so they turned an Irish one upside down!

The message called on republicans to assemble on Newell Road at 7pm in the town and make their way to the square, where an anti-Protocol rally was being staged.

A screenshot of the supposed Saoradh message was circulated on Twitter, replete with the orange, white and green flag of the Ivory Coast – which is often mistaken for the Irish flag.

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The message said: “Calling on all true Republicans. This Friday sees Loyalist lynch mobs assisted by British Crown forces, descend on our town of Dungannon...

“A further insult is that this siege takes place outside our Saoradh office!”

The News Letter tried to authenticate the message last night with Saoradh and the PSNI, but could make no headway.

Now a man called Paddy Gallagher, from the “Saoradh Info Team”, has got in touch to say: “Apologies for the late reply. No, Saoradh did not plan any counter demonstrations despite rumours and false messages purporting to be from Saoradh.”

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