Standing together to oppose violence and intolerance.(Letters)

The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland);  July 25, 2006 ;     435 words ...THE Orange Institution has just celebrated a truly glorious...have been three arson attacks on Orange halls, two which caused serious damage...commentators who described the Orange Institution as the Ku Klux Klan, National Front...Afro-Caribbean background. The Orange ...

THE RESOLUTIONS

Belfast Telegraph;  July 11, 2008 ;     521 words ......we exhort the members of our Orange Institution to uphold the Qualifications...orchestrated a campaign of attacks on Orange Halls since 1989 which is still ongoing. We condemn all attacks on our Orange Halls and sympathise with those brethren...

Rate exempt call for all Orange Halls

Belfast Telegraph;  January 27, 2005 ;   Marie Foymfoy@belfasttelegraph.co.uk;   236 words ...Renewed calls have been made for Orange Halls to be exempt from rates charges.Ulster...MPs that the issue of de- rating for Orange Halls was first raised more than 30 years...The South Antrim MP insisted: "Local Orange Halls are an essential part of community life...

LETTER: LETTER: All halls equal in de-rate debate.(Letters)

The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland);  November 11, 2005 ;     348 words ......regard to the de-rating of Orange Halls and the fact that some GAA...acknowledgement that the de-rating of Orange Halls has been a direct result of...a fact acknowledged by the Orange Institution through the Grand Master's...extent of that received by Orange Halls and ...

De-rate Orange halls call.(News)

The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland);  May 28, 2002 ;     80 words ......Environment to lift the rates burden on Orange halls across the Province. Lagan Valley MLA...said there is a strong case to de-rate Orange halls. With a review of rates announced by the Executive on Monday, Mr Bell said: Orange halls provide a community function and it...

Orange halls' rates policy attacked

Belfast Telegraph;  January 20, 2005 ;     153 words ......has slammed the government for allowing Orange halls to be made exempt from paying rates.Mr McGuigan...regime by resurrecting the de- rating of Orange halls. I would only welcome Orange halls being de- rated if it was done on an equal...

Orange hall is gutted in blaze attack.(News)

The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland);  July 25, 2000 ;   Quinn, Karen;   361 words ......revealed there were 16 such attacks on Orange halls across Northern Ireland between April...the latest in a series of attacks on Orange halls throughout the Province. They include...Co Down, was also attacked, while two Orange halls in the Omagh area and a building belonging...

Orange halls are 'poll axed'.(News)

The Mirror (London, England);  April 3, 2003 ;     215 words ......stop voters casting their ballots in Orange halls. Barry McElduff was told in a letter...when published will not include any Orange halls in West Tyrone . No one was available...Office last night. It is understood Orange halls are not used as polling stations in...

Decision is due on rate relief.(News)

The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland);  January 26, 2005 ;     326 words ......to publish proposals granting Orange halls - and other types of community...Prime Minister has written to Orange leaders confirming a rates exemption...yet finalised. The de-rating for Orange halls was raised at a Northern Ireland...community halls, particularly Orange halls, ...

Election 2001: GAA rates bias claim.(Politics)

The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland);  May 22, 2001 ;     103 words ......club buildings while levying charges on Orange halls. Lagan Valley DUP MLA Edwin Poots attacked...reasonable to derate while seeking proof that Orange halls serve alternative purposes. ''Surely...to go full steam ahead and not derate Orange halls and continue to give the GAA full ...

A burning hatred hits Orange halls; Every county in the Province was hit...

The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland);  November 27, 1997 ;   Adair, Gordon;   700 words ...More than 30 churches and Orange halls have been destroyed in the past...on GAA premises. In total, 22 Orange halls and 14 Protestant churches have...said the high level of attacks on Orange halls is evidence of a campaign. He...

Insurance crisis hits community groups; Claims up dramatically since...

The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland);  June 5, 2003 ;     500 words ......similar problem is hitting church and Orange halls and other community groups. The insurers...the insurance industry boycotts them. Orange halls have been badly hit, with many facing...obviously a huge risk. There must be 170 Orange halls in Northern Ireland that are doing the...

Orange halls to gain rates relief.(News)

The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland);  October 7, 2005 ;     354 words ...ORANGE halls could qualify for rates relief if they...rates. The DUP have long campaigned for Orange Halls to be granted exemption. But to qualify...confirmation that community halls such as Orange halls should receive 100 per cent rate relief...

Orange hall attacks 'are hate crimes'.(News)

The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland);  July 19, 2006 ;     440 words ......confirmed that the 250 arson attacks on Orange Halls since 1989 qualify as hate crimes. Hate...there were only four arson attacks on Orange Halls. After the formation of residents' groups...get confirmation that all attacks on Orange Halls will now be treated as hate crimes...

Rates for Orange halls

Belfast Telegraph;  June 18, 2002 ;     89 words ......Assembly to use the review on the rating system to abolish rates charged for Orange Halls. Solicitor Drew Nelson, of Dromore, pointed to the Republic where Orange Halls are totally free of rates and he believed regulations should be introduced...