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19/06/2012
Council Asked To Fly Armed Forces Flag
The Ministry of Defence has asked Belfast City Council to fly a flag for a full week to mark Armed Forces Day.
But the letter has arrived too late to be discussed by the full council and in the past, there has been no consensus between political parties on whether or not to fly it.
Armed Forces Day, now in its fourth year, is on Saturday June 30.
It is aimed at showing support for the UK's armed forces.
A council committee has now been tasked with deciding whether to fly the flag or not.
DUP councillor Lee Reynolds said his party would support the MoD's request, as in previous years, and there was "increasing recognition" of the role nationalists have played in the UK's armed forces.
But Jim McVeigh, the Sinn Fein leader on Belfast City Council, said: "This isn't Manchester or London. The British Army have played a divisive if not a malign role here in Northern Ireland".
(NE)
But the letter has arrived too late to be discussed by the full council and in the past, there has been no consensus between political parties on whether or not to fly it.
Armed Forces Day, now in its fourth year, is on Saturday June 30.
It is aimed at showing support for the UK's armed forces.
A council committee has now been tasked with deciding whether to fly the flag or not.
DUP councillor Lee Reynolds said his party would support the MoD's request, as in previous years, and there was "increasing recognition" of the role nationalists have played in the UK's armed forces.
But Jim McVeigh, the Sinn Fein leader on Belfast City Council, said: "This isn't Manchester or London. The British Army have played a divisive if not a malign role here in Northern Ireland".
(NE)
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