Sectarianism
Thugs face conviction after gatecrashing Celtic Fundraiser
Submitted by hooperman on Fri, 08/21/2009 - 13:39When do they ever learn?
Two football thugs could face jail after taunting Celtic supporters over the death of Celtic legend Tommy Burns at a cancer charity gig.
Neil Brown, 23, and Matthew Thomson, 20, gatecrashed the The Tunnels nightclub Carnegies Brae, in Aberdeen in which the fundraiser was being held.
Dumbarton's Garvaghy Road
Submitted by hooperman on Wed, 08/05/2009 - 11:03Irate Orangemen are torrow going to court in a bid to overturn a ban on them marching through Dumbarton this weekend.
Council chiefs yesterday blocked Saturday's planned walk by more than 3,000 people in Dumbarton over "public safety" fears.
Catholic killed by Loyalist thugs
Submitted by hooperman on Mon, 05/25/2009 - 12:07A 49-year-old catholic father has died after violence involving Rangers fans in Coleraine,Co Derry
Kevin Brendan McDaid died on Sunday night after he was attacked in the Somerset Drive area of the town.
Burnside minister embroils himself in the sectarian songs debate
Submitted by hooperman on Thu, 01/01/2009 - 20:57Burnside minister Reverend Stuart MacQuarrie has found himself embroiled in the sectarian songs debate after he appeared on a recent Radio Four show.
Football fan slams racist chanting
Submitted by hooperman on Fri, 11/28/2008 - 12:00Padraig McGovern, from Portmarnock, has been travelling to Glasgow for the last 20 years to watch Celtic matches. A current season ticket holder, It's a sad day that a father feels he cannot bring his children to games due to the highly offensive anti-Irish songs sung by opposing fans.
In an interview with the Dublin People he added
Sports Minister's Celtic snub
Submitted by hooperman on Wed, 09/24/2008 - 12:19Gregory's 'no' to Celtic invitation
East Derry MLA Gregory Campbell has declined an invitation to attend a Glasgow Celtic football match, saying the visit "may be totally counter-productive."
Irish Government criticised for raising Rangers 'famine' chant with Salmond
Submitted by hooperman on Tue, 09/16/2008 - 19:39The Irish Government has been criticised after its diplomats raised with Alex Salmond concerns over racist chants sung by Rangers fans at last month's Old Firm game.
Northern Ireland politician Adrian McQuillan claimed that they had been 'led up the garden path' by an internet campaign sympathetic to terrorist organisations such as the IRA.
Remember Kevin McDaid | Friends of McDaid Family | Appeal
Submitted by hooperman on Sat, 08/22/2009 - 22:26Several hours after Rangers won the SPL in May, a husband, father of four and life long Celtic supporter called Kevin McDaid was attacked and brutally murdered by bigots in Coleraine, County Derry in the North of Ireland
