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Article: Flags 'intimidating' claim.
- Article from:
- Lurgan Mail (Portadown, Northern Ireland)
- Article date:
- July 3, 2008
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A NUMBER of people have said unionist flags put up around the town is intimidating and provoking anger within the nationalist community.
Over the weekend Union and Ulster flags were put up on flag poles and lamp posts down Market Street and High Street for the run-up to the Twelfth.
A number of people contacted the 'MAIL' to say they were angered over the flags throughout the town.
One Lurgan man said: "It is a disgrace these flags have been put up over the weekend and most people have found it intimidating and it has provoked a lot of anger in the community.
"Last year there was a lot of emotion over the flags going up and I cannot ...