Loyalist set to protest outside leinster house

ifeelill

Ulster loyalists are to bring their protest to Leinster House and to ask for the Tricolour to be lowered, it has emerged.
As a major rally was organised for outside Belfast City Hall tomorrow, plans were also under way for 150 loyalists to travel to Leinster House later this week.
The group will ask "sarcastically" for the Irish flag to be taken down and will hand in a letter for Taoiseach Enda Kenny, asking him to "honour his commitment" to meet again with those representing the victims of the Kingsmills atrocity. The group met with Mr Kenny last September to ask for a formal apology over IRA activity.
Organiser Willie Frazer – who was behind the 2006 'Love Ulster' parade in Dublin – told The Irish Times that the trip was intended in a "spirit of respect".
He said: “When we ask for the Tricolour to be taken down, it’s a tongue-in-cheek gesture. It’s to give Irish people a sense of how we feel.
"I would be very offended if I was living in Ireland and someone came and asked me to take the flag down. That’s exactly how we feel in Belfast. People keep telling us we’re still part of the UK, yet here we are without a flag."
It is envisaged that three busloads of protesters – one from Belfast, one from Co Armagh and one from Co Derry/Tyrone – will make the journey over the next seven days for an hour-long protest outside Leinster House.
They hope to bus directly to the protest, rather than parading through the city-centre. The 'Love Ulster' parade had to be cancelled after rioting broke out among republican protesters.
Meanwhile, thousands of loyalists are expected to congregate outside Belfast City Hall at 1pm tomorrow. Protests in the North have resumed after a Christmas lull and there has been some trouble.

Source: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2013/0104/breaking17.html

jurahnimoh

I for one will be offended if this ridiculous protest takes place

orestes

So what? I really honestly couldn't give a shit. Just ignore them.

admiralofthefleet

wow, this is the first ive heard about this....

Senna

I guarantee the reporters will outnumber the protester that day.
If any luck Charlie Bird with get another slap.

Cookie_Monster

jurahnimoh wrote: »

I for one will be offended if this ridiculous protest takes place

I'm offended by your offence

Have the Union jack flying from Leinster house when they come down.

They won't know what to do then.

ifeelill

Its a sarcastic request to gather support for their cause in the north.......... Don't think its going to work .......

BOHtox

Those Protestants... Up to no good as usual.

My name is URL

I hope something bad happens to their bus before they get past the border. Everyone has a right to protest but that crap is not protesting, it's blatant ****-stirring and if another riot kicks off because of them then it's us who have to pay for it. They're not citizens of this country and should fcuk right off with their idiotic demands.

humanji

Already a big thread on this here: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056842823&page=11