DUP advisor prompts outrage over anti-Catholic remarks

A DUP special advisor to the Northern Ireland Executive was today at the centre of a bizarre religious row.

DUP advisor prompts outrage over anti-Catholic remarks
Tue, 22 Jan, 2008 - 18:49

A DUP special advisor to the Northern Ireland Executive was today at the centre of a bizarre religious row.

Wallace Thompson, 54, chief aide to Enterprise Minister Nigel Dodds, objected to Catholic rosary beads being sold at the Anglican St Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin.

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