Cairde na hEireann is an Irish Republican organisation based in Scotland - most of their members are Scots whose parents or grandparents were Irish.
1) Why did Irish Republicans want to march in Scotland when the Scots don't like the Irish very much and where anti-Catholicism - like England in the 17th Century - is rife? Did they want to inflame riots between Protestants and Catholics?
2) Why did they want to march in a small town such as Ayr when it probably would have been more benificial for them to march in Whitehall or Westminster?
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Irish Republican march in Ayr is banned
Oct 18 2006
A recent Irish Republican - Cairde na hEireann - march in Edinburgh
When Irish Republicans marched through the Scottish town of Ayr last year they enraged locals by using inflammatory and offensive material. Now they are banned from marching in the town
A CONTROVERSIAL Irish Republican march has been banned from going through Ayr town centre.
Organisers Cairde na hEireann wanted to parade from Ayr seafront through the town and back to the shore this Saturday, October 21.
But they were refused permission by South Ayrshire Council last week after objections from the police.
It is believed the police blocked the march after the organisers went back on promises last year not to use inflammatory or offensive material.
During last year’s procession they produced banners declaring “justice for Peter McBride”, in reference to an Irishman killed in Northern Ireland by Scottish soldier James Fisher from Ayr.
They also dished out posters informing the people of Ayr they should be ashamed to have a murderer living among them.
A council spokesman said: “The council’s community safety committee has made an order prohibiting the march.”
Ayr MSP Phil Gallie, who opposed the march, said: “I feel that justice has been done here because this group basically lied to the police last year and therefore cannot be trusted. We simply can’t have people slating our own servicemen and women on their own doorstep.”
Cairde na hEireann’s Jim Slaven said the move was a “denial of Irish rights in Ayr” and Ayr was gaining a reputation as Scotland’s Alabama. He added: “We are concerned this decision came after a meeting between police, Phil Gallie and Loyalists. We ask how many Catholics are in Strathclyde Police?.”
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1) Why did Irish Republicans want to march in Scotland when the Scots don't like the Irish very much and where anti-Catholicism - like England in the 17th Century - is rife? Did they want to inflame riots between Protestants and Catholics?
2) Why did they want to march in a small town such as Ayr when it probably would have been more benificial for them to march in Whitehall or Westminster?
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Irish Republican march in Ayr is banned
Oct 18 2006
A recent Irish Republican - Cairde na hEireann - march in Edinburgh
When Irish Republicans marched through the Scottish town of Ayr last year they enraged locals by using inflammatory and offensive material. Now they are banned from marching in the town
A CONTROVERSIAL Irish Republican march has been banned from going through Ayr town centre.
Organisers Cairde na hEireann wanted to parade from Ayr seafront through the town and back to the shore this Saturday, October 21.
But they were refused permission by South Ayrshire Council last week after objections from the police.
It is believed the police blocked the march after the organisers went back on promises last year not to use inflammatory or offensive material.
During last year’s procession they produced banners declaring “justice for Peter McBride”, in reference to an Irishman killed in Northern Ireland by Scottish soldier James Fisher from Ayr.
They also dished out posters informing the people of Ayr they should be ashamed to have a murderer living among them.
A council spokesman said: “The council’s community safety committee has made an order prohibiting the march.”
Ayr MSP Phil Gallie, who opposed the march, said: “I feel that justice has been done here because this group basically lied to the police last year and therefore cannot be trusted. We simply can’t have people slating our own servicemen and women on their own doorstep.”
Cairde na hEireann’s Jim Slaven said the move was a “denial of Irish rights in Ayr” and Ayr was gaining a reputation as Scotland’s Alabama. He added: “We are concerned this decision came after a meeting between police, Phil Gallie and Loyalists. We ask how many Catholics are in Strathclyde Police?.”
http://icayrshire.icnetwork.co.uk
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Idiots
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