Unionists still angry over McAleese comments

President Mary McAleese was tonight accused by unionists of failing to apologise properly for comments comparing Nazi prejudice towards Jews to the hatred of Catholics in Northern Ireland.

President Mary McAleese was tonight accused by unionists of failing to apologise properly for comments comparing Nazi prejudice towards Jews to the hatred of Catholics in Northern Ireland.

Unionist Assembly members lambasted the Belfast-born President despite her denial that she had intended to single out Protestants in controversial comments made during the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.

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