“Loyalist Sunnylands & Woodburn celebrates 100th anniversary Northern Ireland”, and the silver jubilee/25th anniversary of the Ulster Grenadiers flute band ( Fb), 1996-2021, and salute Captain Sir Tom Moore, hero fundraiser during the Covid lockdown. For the same comparison in Belfast see, Deserted! Well, We Can Stand Alone, and in Moygashel, see Belfast Agreement, Null And Void.Ĭlick and click again to enlarge (to 900 x 1200)Ĭamera Settings: f2.4, 1/201, ISO 16, full size 3024 x 4032 The PSNI board was seen previously: In The Pocket Of Sinn Féin.ĭavys Street, Carrickfergus. The “still” goes all the way back to 1912, when the British government of the day proposed (for a third time) “Home Rule” for Ireland and the Ulster Volunteers were formed – though the original “deserted” postcard and previous murals show the date as 1914. The UVF 1st East Antrim Battalion is “Still ready & willing to defend the people of Ulster against all foes” including the British government that – even as Northern Ireland marks its centenary – has “deserted” it over the NI Protocol that involves checks on goods moving between Britain and Ireland (whether north or south) but no (new) checks on goods moving between north and south ( gov.uk). His life-time matches that of the Northern Irish state (see in the second image): he was born a month after its creation and died in 2021 at the age of 99, a month shy of its centenary.Īlbert Road and Thomas Street, Carrickfergus, near the Orange lodge, for which see On Foreign Fields.Ĭlick and click again to enlarge (to 1000 x 750)Ĭamera Settings: f4, 1/200, ISO 100, full size 2049 x 1537Ĭlick and click again to enlarge (to 1200 x 900)Ĭamera Settings: f4, 1/400, ISO 100, full size 2049 x 1537 When he married Elizabeth he became Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. He ended up in Britain where he later joined the navy and stopped using his titles when he became the British subject, Philip Mountbatten. The family was exiled during the Greco-Turkish War. Their criminal networks need to be disrupted and dismantled by police as a matter of urgency.On the left of this memorial board in Carrickfergus are five portraits from the later life of the child who began life in Greece as Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark. "The time has long since passed for these people to get off the stage. "No one should have to live in fear like this in their own community," she said. SDLP MLA Sinead McLaughlin said the targeted family's ordeal "must have been a terrifying'. "It is deeply concerning for the family involved and unfortunate that it has escalated to this level – people with these grudges need to realise that there are other ways of resolving such disputes and many church and grassroots organisations in the area willing to help." "These people like to describe themselves as the UVF but the reality is they are drug riddled gangsters involved in a show of strength," he said. “This type of activity must end and these paramilitary gangs should leave the stage."Īlliance MLA Stewart Dickson said he was concerned about the reports but added that the video "does not reflect the Carrickfergus I know". “It is now 24 years since our peace agreement, the Good Friday was endorsed in referenda by the people of Ireland, north and south, yet in 2022, loyalist paramilitaries continue to be involved in murder, racketeering, extortion, drug dealing and issuing sectarian threats," she said. Sinn Féin MLA Linda Dillon described the scenes as "shocking and disgraceful". It is understood police are not yet investigating any paramilitary link to the incident. “Officers attended and everything was calm on arrival,” the PSNI said. The PSNI said it received a report of a "number of people outside a house in the Cragfergus Avenue area" shortly before 8.40pm last Thursday. The video footage shows that as the gang of men walk close to the property, the homeowner challenges them, calling the masked men "scumbags" and urging them to "catch a grip". It is understood that the family under threat has lived in the area for decades. The gang, reportedly representing the UVF, appeared outside the home of a family whose teenage daughter clashed with another girl. THERE have been calls for a crackdown on loyalist paramilitaries after a gang of masked men were videoed intimidating a family in Co Antrim.įootage of the incident in Carrickfergus last Thursday, involving up to two dozen men, was shared widely on social media.
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