DUP councillor would 'rather die' than be snapped with Sinn Fein.

[PaddyO'Neill]

No problem with the op if it had been the other way round i am sure there would have been a thread...so let’s deal with the real issue this highlights.( apart from the remark been stupid one especially from an elected official.)

The vast majority of unionists see no difference between SF and IRA or IRA and SF.

And?

[Darren H]

Who knows anything of the history of this lady? It's very easy to sneer at the intemperate language but did Ms Lees lose anyone close to her in the Troubles? Are the SF representatives that she sits with at Council meetings reconstructed IRA?

I suppose we all have to forgive and forget what SF/IRA did to our community, or risk being branded bigots, but, vernacular aside, I'm with Ms Lees.

[vivabrigada]

I haven't heard that since I went out with a Coleraine girl a right few years ago.

You didn't go out with any women from Cookstown, did you? They sound like a gentle bunch.

[gweedo prophet]

I've seen her photo on the cookstown council site.

The shinners need to dry their eyes and count their blessings.

[PaddyO'Neill]

Who knows anything of the history of this lady? It's very easy to sneer at the intemperate language but did Ms Lees lose anyone close to her in the Troubles? Are the SF representatives that she sits with at Council meetings reconstructed IRA?

I suppose we all have to forgive and forget what SF/IRA did to our community, or risk being branded bigots, but, vernacular aside, I'm with Ms Lees.

Members of Unionist parties were members of the British Army. The British Army killed many people from my community. Going by your logic Sinn Fein and the SDLP should have nothing to do with Unionists?

[Darren H]

Members of Unionist parties were members of the British Army. The British Army killed many people from my community. Going by your logic Sinn Fein and the SDLP should have nothing to do with Unionists?

Hmmm. I'm fairly sure James Molyneaux did not sit on the Chiefs of Staff Committee.

There is no moral equivalence between the IRA and the British Army.

[between the bridges]

And?

and nothing it's how it is, we could argue the rights and rights of that...

[PaddyO'Neill]

Hmmm. I'm fairly sure James Molyneaux did not sit on the Chiefs of Staff Committee.

There is no moral equivalence between the IRA and the British Army.

Your opinion is no better than an Irish Republicans opinion. You will of course think otherwise, which is your right.

[Robo]

DUP councilllor, Maureeen Lees made the remarks at a 'Good Relations' Commitee meeting of Cookstown District council, of all things!
DUP councillor would
This place is priceless.

Maybe the penny will drop one day and Republicans will accept that Sinn Fein is a tainted organisation that will never be accepted by the Unionist community.

[PaddyO'Neill]

and nothing it's how it is, we could argue the rights and rights of that...

And still be carrying on like this in another 20 years? Our children going over the same old ground? 'I'm not getting my photo taken with him, his Da was a bad man'.