Unionists criticise Belfast Mayor for Army cadet snub

Unionists have stepped up their demands for the Mayor of Belfast to apologise or resign for refusing to present an award to an Army cadet.

Unionists criticise Belfast Mayor for Army cadet snub

Unionists have stepped up their demands for the Mayor of Belfast to apologise or resign for refusing to present an award to an Army cadet.

The row flared after Sinn Féin's Niall O Donnghaile said he declined to hand the prize to the teenage girl at a Duke of Edinburgh Awards ceremony in order to avoid raising sensitivities surrounding republicans and the British Army.

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