Greens abstain on 'disappointing' and 'electioneering' debate and poll swings DUP direction
Belfast Council has agreed to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the UDR Greenfinches, amidst sharp exchanges between nationalists and unionists at City Hall.
The DUP, Alliance, UUP and PUP supported the motion with 29 votes, while Sinn Féin, the SDLP and People Before Profit voted against with 26 votes. The Green Party abstained with four votes, effectively deciding the poll. Two former Greenfinches attended the meeting in the public gallery. “To join, married women were required to submit written submissions from their husbands, and those with children were obliged to sign a declaration confirming child care arrangements. In 1986 there were 286 full time and 530 part time Greenfinches.
Councillor Bunting went on to name the four Greenfinches who were killed by the IRA over the course of the Troubles, between 1974 and 1984. “Multiple reports, including reports from British state agencies exposed damning levels of criminality within, and cited the UDR as a chief source of loyalist weaponry. Many members of the UDR were also members of the UVF, UDA and other loyalist paramilitary organisations.
The Deputy Mayor, Alliance Councillor Michelle Kelly, said: “I think it is important to reflect on the full diversity of the council area, and there is a need to ensure that women are appropriately reflected in council tributes.
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