Belfast racist attacks and ensuing disorder, August 2024
2 releases from 2 parties, 8 August 2024.
Each party’s website press releases, in order of publication
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Deputy Leader Lesley Veronica & Cllr Áine Groogan meet with the PSNI amidst ongoing disorder following the racist attacks at the weekend in Belfast
Green Party Deputy Leader Lesley Veronica and Cllr Áine Groogan say they met the PSNI amid disorder after racist attacks in Belfast, and call for the Justice Minister to invest in frontline policing and restore community policing. Groogan urges political leaders to stop scapegoating migrant…
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Aontú condemns recent Belfast violence - Brolly
Aontú Deputy Leader Gemma Brolly condemns the recent Belfast attacks on people and property, stating there is no room for bigotry or racism. She criticises those linking immigration debates with loyalist violence and urges the Executive to work with the UK Home Office on settlement plans, insisting
Parties with no matching press release found on their website
- Alliance: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
- DUP: 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.
- TUV: 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.
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