IRA‑glorifying video at Ulster Fleadh

3 releases from 2 parties, 29 July 2022.

Each party’s website press releases, in order of publication

1. Major questions about Ulster Fleadh following IRA video

   • TUV
   • 29 July 2022
   • Response to an event
   • Criticises a public body, agency or council

   TUV spokesperson Lorna Smyth says a video showing many young people celebrating and glorifying the IRA at the Ulster Fleadh raises major questions for the event organisers, funders such as the Arts Council and Fermanagh and Omagh Council, and the BBC’s coverage.

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2. IRA chanting at Ulster Fleadh must be challenged: Buchanan

   • DUP
   • 29 July 2022
   • Response to an event
   • Criticises another northern ireland political party or its representatives

   DUP West Tyrone MLA Tom Buchanan says IRA chanting by young people seen in online video from the Ulster Fleadh in Dromore is unacceptable and must be condemned. He calls on nationalist and republican representatives to challenge it, and says his colleague Deborah Erskine has written to the event…

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3. Will leadership from Ulster Fleadh organisers be followed by…

   • DUP
   • 29 July 2022
   • Response to an event
   • Criticises another northern ireland political party or its representatives

   DUP MLA Deborah Erskine welcomes the Ulster Fleadh Executive Committee's condemnation of IRA chanting recorded in Dromore during the festival week and its pledge to act against members involved. She urges political representatives who have glorified IRA members to follow that leadership and…

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Parties with no matching press release found on their website

• Alliance: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
• Sinn Féin: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
• UUP: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
• SDLP: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
• Green Party: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
• PBP: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website – coverage for this period is incomplete (partly recovered), so a statement may have been missed.
• Aontú: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website – coverage for this period is incomplete (partly recovered), so a statement may have been missed.

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