“The reality is that this parade should never have been given permission in the first place and it never should again. What followed was weeks of unnecessary tension, disruption to residents' lives, enormous pressure on policing and damage to community relations that will take time to repair.“This was a reprehensible attempt to drag our society back to one of the darkest chapters of our recent history. The people of Garvaghy Road should never have been put through this ordeal, and those who sought to exploit the situation for political advantage should reflect seriously on the consequences of their actions.

Much of our Irish world breathes a sigh of relief at the denial of yet another attempt to show hate, and a return to the dark times of accepted bigotry based solely on being Irish, going back centuries.Your still present hate has been noted for the world to see, again.

“Like many families across the North, my own family experienced the trauma of loss during the Troubles. That has strengthened my determination to offer a kind of leadership that does not lean into old divisions, but challenges us to cross them.

This is a political crisis that must be resolved by political leadership. In times of hardship, you can tell who your friends are; that has been demonstrated over the past week. Across the US and Canada, people have stood in solidarity with the community. Irish American groups, including the Brehon Law Society, AOH, LAOH, Irish American Unity Conference, and others, have issued statements calling on the British Secretary of State to act.

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