
Sinn Fein councillor requests that Easter Lily is sold at Belfast City Hall
Sinn Fein Belfast city councillor Jim McVeigh has said he "will be requesting the Easter Lily be on sale next Easter" at City Hall.
Sinn Fein Belfast city councillor Jim McVeigh has said he "will be requesting the Easter Lily be on sale next Easter" at City Hall.
Easter Lily badges are worn to commemorate those who died during the Easter Rising but they are also worn by republicans to remember IRA members killed before and during the Troubles.
Mr McVeigh says he wants to see the republican symbol sold in the same way as the poppy and is quoted by the Belfast Live website as saying this is "an equality issue."
Also on the programme, secretary of state James Brokenshire gets ready to bring a Northern Ireland budget to Westminster later today and Reaction to heartbreak for the green and white army after Northern Ireland misses out on World Cup place.
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Easter Lily
Sinn Fein's Jim McVeigh calls for Easter Lily to be sold at Belfast City Hall just like the Poppy
Sinn Fein Belfast City Councillor Jim McVeigh has said he "will be requesting the Easter Lily be on sale next Easter" at City Hall.
Easter Lily badges are worn to commemorate those who died during the Easter Rising but they are also worn by republicans to remember IRA members killed before and during the Troubles.
Direct Rule?

Is it Direct rule or not? James Brokenshire prepares budget for NI
Secretary of State James Brokenshire gets ready to bring a Northern Ireland budget to Westminster later today.
After 10 months without a devolved executive at Stormont something had to be done to keep the money flowing.
The SDLP says the move means direct rule, and blames the DUP and Sinn Féin.
Alliance says it is a "slippery slope" towards direct rule, but both James Brokenshire and Theresa May have dismissed that.
World Cup

Reaction to heartbreak for the Green and White Army after Northern Ireland misses out on World Cup place
So it wasn't to be for Northern Ireland last night in Basel,
despite a battling performance they couldn't manage to break through the Switzerland defence with the game finishing 0-0.
Ultimately the penalty decision at Windsor park in the 1st leg ended Northern Ireland's World Cup dream.
Tractor MOT

It might surprise some people to know that The Department of Infrastructure have confirmed
that agricultural or horticultural vehicles working within 15 miles of their operating base
will not be subject to MOT!
Do you think that's fair when other road users have to put their vehicles through an MOT every year?
Broadcast
- Mon 13 Nov 201709:03BBC Radio Ulster & BBC Radio Foyle


