naturalplastic wrote:
Its now 1972 again?
Why? What is triggering this?
On june the 21st 2020 Bobby Storey a senior republican figure and former head of intelligence for the IRA in the 1990's died.
His funeral 0n June 30th 2020 was said to be attended by
up to 2,000 people all flouting the covid-19 restrictions.
In attendance were many senior Sinn Féin politicians which, caused a political furore.
Last week prosecutors announced that no action would be taken against 24 Sinn Fein politicians, including deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill, for attending the huge republican funeral during the pandemic sparking outrage among some loyalists.
Quote:
Northern Ireland DUP First Minister Arlene Foster has appealed to young people not to get “drawn into disorder” over the Easter weekend, saying violence “will not make things better”.
She said: “I know that many of our young people are hugely frustrated by the events of this last week but causing injury to police officers will not make things better. And I send my strong support to all of the rank-and-file police officers that are on duty over this Easter weekend. I appeal to our young people not to get drawn into disorder which will lead to them having criminal convictions and blighting their own lives.”
Asked by Katie Hannon on RTÉ Radio One if Sinn Féin had done enough in the aftermath of growing tensions following a controversial decision not to prosecute 24 Sinn Féin politicians for attending a the funeral of senior republican Bobby Storey during Covid-19 restrictions, he replied: “People have got things wrong and I think Michelle’s [O’Neill’s] statement at the time made that very clear. But what also then happened was people rightly then called for a PSNI investigation. A report was then forwarded to the Public Prosecution Service. They have made their recommendations and their recommendations are not to proceed with prosecutions.”