Republican criticism directed at charity over band’s appearance unfair

The planned appearance on October 5th of the Band of the Irish Guards at the K Club in Co Kildare at a charity event which is being organised by the Security and Emergency Services Ireland Forum (SESIF) has apparently raised the ire of some members of our Republican community.

Indeed it seems that the chosen beneficiary of the event, the Jack and Jill Foundation, has come in for some vitriolic criticism from certain quarters because of the involvement of the band.

Notwithstanding that there are those with deeply held political views, surely the targeting for protests on the internet and elsewhere of a children’s charity which has done so much for children with disabilities over many years cannot be right?