Damage has been caused to Finnis Orange Hall in County Down, in what police are treating as a sectarian hate crime.
Damage has been caused to an Orange Hall in County Down, in what police are treating as a sectarian hate crime.
A memorial stained glass window was smashed in several places and the damage was discovered by lodge members on Thursday.Democratic Unionist Party leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson visited the hall with party colleagues.Finnis Loyal Orange Lodge 326 released a statement saying they were "saddened and dismayed at the attack".
"Never in 51 years since our hall was built has there been a single incident or attack towards us or our hall, even during the height of the Troubles," they added. STATEMENT SECTARIAN HATE CRIME AT FINNIS ORANGE HALL Rathfriland District LOL No.3 were deeply saddened to hear of the...
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