GAA badge provokes DUP protest
From NEWS LETTER August 19th, 2000
A DUP Assembly member has complained to his local health trust after one
of its buses was spotted displaying a GAA badge on a rear view mirror. Newry
and Armagh MLA Paul Berry said that the display of a Co Armagh emblem on
a transport bus belonging to the Armagh and Dungannon Trust was a clear
breach of the Flags and Emblems Act. ''The fact that the Armagh GAA are
entering semi-finals in a competition cannot be an excuse for making people
who have no association with an organisation, which excludes under Rule
21, the participation of security force members, feel insecure while on
the bus. ''If a Rangers scarf had been on display there would have been
an absolute uproar,'' he said. |
