Senior Orangeman tells crowd Sinn Féin wants North to 'be more Irish than the Republic'

Deputy grand master Harold Henning railed against the provision of Irish language schools for small numbers of pupils and the erection of road signs using Irish.

Militant cultural imperialists want Northern Ireland to become more Irish than the Republic of Ireland, a senior Orangeman said.

Demands for an Irish language act which have stymied political efforts to restore Stormont powersharing are part of a republican campaign to rid the country of its British identity, deputy grand master Harold Henning said.