McAleese urged not to visit loyalist Shankill area

Deric Henderson

She is due to meet staff and pupils at a primary school on February 24,according to Ulster Unionists. However, in the aftermath of remarks comparing Nazi hatred to sectarianism in Northern Ireland which caused such fury within the Protestant community, they have called on her to postpone the visit.

Fred Cobain, a member of the suspended Northern Ireland Assembly said: “She may believe that this visit may in some way help make reparation for the offence caused, but the sense of hurt and outrage within the Protestant community is such that it would be entirely counter-productive for her to do so.