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Controversy over south Belfast annual parade honouring two UDA men

Loyalists urged to respect a Parades Commission ruling for no paramilitary trappings at a controversial parade honouring two UDA men.

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Wed 26 Jul 2017 09:03
BBC Radio Ulster & BBC Radio Foyle

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Controversy over South Belfast annual parade honoring two UDA men.

Controversy over South Belfast annual parade honoring two UDA men.
There's controversy in south Belfast over an annual parade off the Ormeau Road. The parade honours all those killed in the great wars and the troubles. But paramilitary flags have appeared along the route in the Blackwood Street area. The event has attracted criticism in recent years after a memorial was unveiled to two UDA men murdered in the area. Joe Bratty and Raymond Elder were widely believed to have been involved in the murders of five Catholics at a bookmakers on the Ormeau Road in 1992.

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  • Wed 26 Jul 2017 09:03
    BBC Radio Ulster & BBC Radio Foyle

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