Belfast Mayor slammed for attending Easter Rising ceremony

The nationalist Lord Mayor of Belfast was accused of insulting unionists today by attending a wreath-laying ceremony for republicans killed in the 1916 Easter Rising.

Wed, 05 May, 2004 - 14:36

The nationalist Lord Mayor of Belfast was accused of insulting unionists today by attending a wreath-laying ceremony for republicans killed in the 1916 Easter Rising.

SDLP mayor Martin Morgan joined President Mary McAleese and Taoiseach Bertie Ahern for the commemoration at Dublin’s Arbour Hill cemetery.

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