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 Tuesday January 13, 2009 23:14 by Des Dalton - Republican Sinn Fein saoirse at iol dot ie 223 Parnell St, Dublin 1 018729747
 Statement by Republican Sinn Féin Vice President Des Dalton The decision of the Tyrone Co Board to accept an invitation to bring the ‘Sam Maguire’ All-Ireland senior football trophy along with the minor All-Ireland football trophy the ‘Tommy Markham’cup to Stormont on February 6 was described by the Vice President of Republican Sinn Féin Des Dalton as “hijacking two symbols of the essential unity of the Irish nation”. Des Dalton is himself a member of the GAA. “The decision of the Tyrone Co Board to bring the ‘Sam Maguire’ and ‘Tommy Markham’ cups to Stormont is a shameful act. Doing so is to hijack two symbols of the essential unity of the Irish nation in order to lend credibility to a prop of the partition of Ireland.” Des Dalton said |
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Jump To Comment: 1Surely a visit by Sam(?) to Stormont is just part of the long march thru the institutions.