“This is not acceptable, it is childish and promotes hate. Again the many are let down by a few.”
The placing of an Irish flag and a picture of Taoiseach Leo Varadkar on a loyalist bonfire in Co Tyrone has been criticised as “childish” and “not acceptable”.By Saturday evening, an Irish tricolour and a republican flag, as well as a picture of Mr Varadkar had been added to the boat.On the side of the boat a banner reading “Good Friday Agreement? That ship has sailed” was hung, with a mock copy of the 1998 accord across which the words “null and void” were printed.
There has been controversy around bonfires in previous years, with election posters and Irish flags hung from the stacks of wood, with some towering more than 100ft high. The stand-off at Drumcree made headlines in the 1990s with nationalist residents of the Garvaghy Road resolutely opposed to the parade passing through the area, leading to violent clashes for several summers and political tensions necessitating a major security operation.
“Unfortunately for many, many years their intransigence has actually been rewarded by the Parades Commission.
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