Sinn Fein has accused the DUP of whipping up a controversy to distract from the party’s role in the ongoing political impasse
Sinn Fein MP John Finucane said the right to commemorate the dead must apply to every section of society as he addressed a controversial IRA memorial event in Co Armagh.
The republican party said the event has been held for 13 years and asked why it has not prompted such a reaction in the past.He said he stood in solidarity with the families gathered to remember their loved ones and their “sacrifices and contributions”. “And it is for those very basic human reasons that we should always cherish our right to remember those who are no longer with us.
“You will know that what followed for us as a family was a campaign for truth and justice. And over the subsequent decades we uncovered that the loyalist gunmen who entered my home did so as part of a system alongside the police, the British Army, MI5, and along with political cover and sanction, resulted in the deaths of so many – too many – for an incredibly long and sustained period of time.
“I suffered a very personal and up-close loss by those I have mentioned. And those same organisations, within loyalism, the police, the British Army and military intelligence, all commemorate, remember and stand with the families of their loved ones and those that they respect. “So today we remember with pride the many Irish republicans who gave or lost their lives, with deep sympathy for their grieving families and also respectful of all those who continue to suffer the grief and trauma of conflict.
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