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Un incendio ha pesantemente danneggiato l’Orange Hall di Dungannon. Ancora da accertare le cause del disastro.

L’incendio dell’Orange Hall, sita sulla Pomeroy Road, ha richiesto l’intervento di ben 4 equipaggi per sopire il fuoco.
La polizia è al lavoro per stabilire le cause dell’incendio, anche se l’ipotesi più probabile resta il dolo, come già fu quello del 2008 che interessò la stessa struttura. Anche il DUP, con Ian McCrea, sembra essere dello stesso avviso: ” è un chiaro attacco settario”.
L’ amareggiato curatore della loggia orangista, Richard Reid ha riferito ai cronisti: “Dovremmo essere in una nuova epoca, ma ancora molte persone in quest’area, apparentemente, non sono in grado di fornirci lo spazio entro il quale vivere”, ed ancora: “Sentiamo molte chiacchiere su una nuova Irlanda ed un nuovo futuro, ma, sfortunatamente, la prospettiva per noi sembra quella di non farne parte, non siamo desiderati in quest’area.”

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Fire badly damages Tyrone Orange hall (BBC News Northern Ireland)
A fire has destroyed an Orange hall in County Tyrone.
Fire crews were called to Bonn Orange Hall on the Pomeroy Road, Dungannon, at about 0300 BST on Thursday.
Police are “working to establish the circumstances surrounding the fire”. The same hall was extensively damaged in an arson attack in 2008.
Richard Reid, a trustee of the hall, said it was well over 100 years old. He said the hall would be rebuilt when compensation came through.
“We’re supposed to be in a new era, yet there are a lot of people in this area apparently can’t give us space to live,” he added.
“We hear a lot of talk about a new Ireland and a new future, but unfortunately the outlook for us seems to be that we’re not part of that, we’re not wanted in that area.”
‘Sectarian’
Local fire station commander Michael Flanagan said: “On arrival the building was well alight and we had four crews in attendance.
“We had a total of 16 men in two pumping appliances and two specialist appliances – one aerial appliance – to tackle the blaze.
“It’s a two-storey Orange hall building and due to the intensity of the fire the building was substantially damaged.”
Ian McCrea, the DUP MLA for the area, said the destruction of the hall was “a blatant sectarian attack.”
He added: ” What we have witnessed in Pomeroy is a demonstration of intolerance and an attempt to remove Protestants from this community.
“These attempts have failed in the past and this will fail again.”
The MP for Mid Ulster, Sinn Fein’s Martin McGuinness, also condemned the attack.
He said it was “clearly aimed at raising tensions” before this weekend’s Apprentice Boys parades.
He added that the perpetrators were “motivated solely by sectarian bigotry” and are “no different” to those who carry out attacks on GAA halls, churches and other cultural and community facilities.