Progressive Unionist Party Leader Billy Hutchinson has condemned the attack on a war memorial stone at an Orange hall in Coleraine as cowardly and sectarian.
He said, “This is a disgraceful attack designed to intimidate the protestant community and stir up trouble. Here we are 15 years after the Good Friday Agreement and yet people continue to undertake attacks that show nothing more than a hatred for the protestant community.”
He continued, “Where is the shared future in all this? I would ask those with influence in the Nationalist and Republican community to show leadership and to encourage people who carry out attacks like this regularly to stop doing so. It damages relationships.”
He concluded, “I would ask the PSNI to step up patrols at vulnerable Orange halls across Northern Ireland, particularly as we enter the marching season. Tolerance and respect should be at the heart of a shared society and sectarianism should have no place.”
