Republican Thugs in Dublin have graphically portrayed what Unionism has suffered for 30 Years - Empey
Ulster Unionist Party Leader Sir Reg Empey today responded to the Republican riots in Dublin.
In a statement Sir Reg said,
“What was intended to be a very modest demonstration to draw to the attention of the people of the Republic the suffering of the victims of republican violence was met with a highly organised and vicious response by republicans who wanted to conceal from the people the results of their 30 years of terror.
I deeply regret the attacks on the garda and some journalists and would say to those who are pushing for greater cooperation North and South that the republican thugs have made the case for Unionism more graphically than we could have ourselves.
I am certain that the vast majority of people in the Republic will have found the scenes witnessed in Dublin today deeply unpalatable. If anything it will have given them a flavour of what we have had to put up with in Northern Ireland for over 30 years.”