Saturday, September 24, 2005

FROM SINN FEIN COUNCILLOR DAITHI MCKAY: LINKS BETWEEN DUP PARADE AND PARAMILITARIES

Heres a good press release i put out a couple of weeks ago outlining DUP/Loyaist paramilitary links:

UVF band to attend DUP function



For Immediate Release: 6/9/2005



Ballymoney Sinn Féin Councillor Daithí McKay has called upon DUP Cllr Mervyn Storey to use his influence to prevent bands with loyalist paramilitary links marching at an official DUP march in Rathfriland on September 16th.

Cllr McKay said:

“At the last council meeting the DUP said that they condemned all sectarian attacks and those who commit them. The DUP parade in Rathfriland will be a litmus test as to whether or not they can follow through on their words.

“It has come to my attention that many of the bands attending this official DUP function have links to both the UDA and UVF. The most clear example of this is the Freeman Memorial Band from Coleraine. This band is named after Geoffrey Freeman, a UVF member who blew himself up in 1975, and always carries the flags of the UVF when marching.

“I am calling on the DUP in Ballymoney to follow through with the commitment they made to tackle sectarianism and prevent UDA and UVF bands from participating in an official DUP function. This will be a litmus test for the DUP’s real attitude toward the loyalist paramilitaries. If they allow such bands to attend one of their own party functions then there will be no doubt whatsoever that the party has clear links with the UDA and UVF.” ENDS

* A list of the bands attending the parade can be accessed by contacting the Parades Commission.

** Geoffrey Freeman died on 2nd October 1975. I’m sure that local sources in Coleraine (or even band members) would be able to confirm that this is who the band is named after.

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