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SAOIRSE32 (Free subscription) | 17/10/2009
BBC A Rasharkin man has said his family are desperate to leave the County Antrim village because of sectarian attacks. Christopher McCaughan's car was covered in paint and windows were smashed at his home on Church Road shortly after midnight on Saturday. Mr McCaughan, who is a Protestant, said it was the latest in a series of attacks on his home and property. He said he has had enough. The police...
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The Cedar Lounge Revolution (Free subscription) | 17/10/2009
The low-level sectarian intimidation that scars so much of Northern Ireland continues, as we can see in this story of a Protestant family being forced out of the county Antrim village of Rasharkin, which has seen numerous sectarian incidents over recent months. Similar stories can be told from many small towns and villages across the [...]
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Slugger O'Toole (Free subscription) | 20/09/2009
Two Orange Halls were attacked in County Antrim over the weekend. A tractor was used to force open a door at Tullaghans Orange Hall on Bravallan Road in Ballymoney and drums and furniture inside the building were also damaged. In an apparently related incident a tractor was also used to knock down a wall and damage the door at Granagh Independent Orange Hall in Rasharkin. Local DUP councillor John...
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SAOIRSE32 (Free subscription) | 25/08/2009
By Ashleigh McDonald Irish News 24 Aug 09 A SPATE of sectarian incidents in Rasharkin including attacks on an Orange hall and several Catholic homes have followed a contentious parade in the Co Antrim village . A total of 41 loyalist bands marched through the mainly nationalist village on Friday evening as a group of around 100 protesters gathered. At one point on Friday evening, golf balls and fireworks...
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BBC News (Free subscription) | 22/08/2009
Minor scorch damage is caused to an Orange Hall hours after a contentious loyalist band parade in Rasharkin, County Antrim.
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A Pint of Unionist Lite (Free subscription) | 22/08/2009
Reporting on the Rasharkin shenanigans last night, John Finlay DUP Councillor :-mobile technology failed me tonight - no signal! My apologies to all!-He later had the windows of his car smashed, though I'm guessing not by frustrated Twitterers.Left then to Sinn Fein’s roving "Concerned Representative in the N.Antrim ‘Hoods", Daithi McKay, who needless to say had no problem with...
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ireland.com (Free subscription) | 22/08/2009
A controversial loyalist bands parade in Rasharkin, Co Antrim, passed off without major incident last night.
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SAOIRSE32 (Free subscription) | 22/08/2009
BBC 21 Aug 09 A loyalist band parade in a County Antrim village has ended without major incident. More than 40 bands marched through the centre of Rasharkin where they were met by a crowd of several hundred protesters blowing whistles and horns. There was a large police presence at the parade in Rasharkin Some golf balls were thrown as the last of the bands passed through the village. A large police...
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The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 22/08/2009
A CONTROVERSIAL loyalist bands parade in Rasharkin, Co Antrim, passed off without major incident last night.
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Belfast Telegraph (Free subscription) | 21/08/2009
Protests are due to be held today against a highly contentious loyalist parade that has been granted permission to march through the mainly Catholic village of Rasharkin in Co Antrim.
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The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 21/08/2009
THE PARADES Commission has called for all sides involved in tonight’s loyalist bands parade and nationalist protest in Rasharkin, Co Antrim, to work to ensure the event passes off peacefully.
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The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 20/08/2009
TENSION is rising after the Parades Commission refused to review its decision to allow 41 loyalist bands to parade in the predominantly nationalist village of Rasharkin in Co Antrim tomorrow night.
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SAOIRSE32 (Free subscription) | 19/08/2009
News Letter 18 August 2009 A CALL has been made on the Orange volunteers to cease attacks on Catholic-owned property. In a statement to the News Letter, the so-called "military operational command of the South East Antrim Brigade of the Orange Volunteers" claimed responsibility for the attacks on Catholic property in Rasharkin, Dunloy, Ballymoney and surrounding areas. In a telephone call...
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SAOIRSE32 (Free subscription) | 17/08/2009
News Letter 17 August 2009 SECTARIAN attacks on two halls in Co Antrim at the weekend will not raise tensions ahead of a parade any higher than they already are, according to a local councillor . An Orange Hall in Rasharkin and a hall belonging to the Ancient Order of Hibernians in Ballymoney were both damaged in the sectarian tit-for-tats on Friday night. In both incidents, graffiti was written on...
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