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Orange Order Saddened By Tanaiste’s Remarks

27 February 2006

The Orange Order says it has been saddened by some of the comments made today by the Tanaiste (Irish Deputy Prime Minister) Mary Harney.

"In her remarks, we understand that Mary Harney referred to us as a sectarian organisation and we regret that in so commenting she may have given a degree of justification to those who rioted on Saturday," a spokesman for the Orange Order said.

"The Orange Institution is composed of Protestants with the aim of encouraging civil and religious liberty for all. Those who organised violent opposition to the proposed parade on Saturday (which was not, incidentally, organised by the Orange Order) showed that they have no respect for civil and religious liberty, and we do not believe that they reflect the decent people of the Republic of Ireland,"

The spokesman said that there was a high sense of fear within the Orange community in the Republic following the vicious sectarian rioting in Dublin.

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