Fall silent in tribute
heinous IRA atrocity on Remembrance Sunday.
“We remember them and all the victims of terrorism.”
Meanwhile, DUP MP Gregory Campbell has slammed a weekend ‘Alternative Remembrance Day’ event in Derry as disrespectful and insulting after peace activists gathered to read anti-war poetry and sing songs at 11am on Armistice Day.
Dozens gathered in Derry’s Guildhall Square on Saturday where former MLA Eamonn McCann read out Wilfred Owen’s famous anti-war poem Dulce et Decorum Est.
A minute’s silence was observed by those in attendance and a rousing rendition of Edwin Starr’s War was belted out by a jazz singer after the minute’s silence.
Mr Campbell said: “I think it was inappropriate and they haven’t yet to explain what they are for and what they are against.”
However, Derry Anti-War Coalition organiser Davy McAuley said the event “remembered all those innocent victims who have needlessly died” and it “was right to be passionate and loud, as well as being reflective”.