The Five Demands

Scene di rabbia durante la notte nel centro di Belfast, dopo la Hunger Strike Commemoration March

Alle 16 circa di ieri domenica 2 maggio, razzi, bottiglie di vetro e pietre sono stati lanciati contro la folla che filava durante la Independent Hunger Strike Commemoration March, in una zona ‘calda’ all’incrocio tra Millfield and Castle Street.
Centinaia i presenti alla manifestazione, unitamente a 5 ‘flute band’.
La marcia è sfilata da York Street, percorrendo Donegal Street, Royal Avenue (passando oltre il punto dove furono uccisi due soldati UDR da una bomba dell’IRA nel 1988) prima di passare nella parte inferiore della Shankill Road, poi per Divis Street e Falls Road.
Il leader di South Belfast dell’UDA, Jackie McDonald, si era aggregato ai lealisti della Brown Square Residents Association per una contro-manifestazione a Peter’s Hill.
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Trouble flares during republican parade (Belfast Telegraph)
There were angry scenes in Belfast city centre last night after trouble flared during a republican parade.
Missiles including a concrete slab and glass bottles were thrown as the Hunger Strike Commemoration March passed a flashpoint at the junction of Millfield and Castle Street at about 4pm.
Hundreds of people and five flute bands took part in the parade which made its way from York Street, along Donegall Street, Royal Avenue — past the point where two UDR soldiers were killed by an IRA bomb in 1988 — before passing the bottom of the Shankill Road on its way to Divis Street and the Falls Road.
Meanwhile, the UDA’s south Belfast leader Jackie McDonald joined scores of loyalists from the Brown Square Residents Association for a counter-demonstration at Peter’s Hill.
There were no reports of any injuries.