Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 15 January 2015
Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement
Cross-Border Theatre Projects: Smashing Times Theatre Company
10:10 am
Ms Freda Manweiler:
I am not sure to what extent I agree with that statement. A great deal of silence still exists in the Border counties and certain thoughts around sectarianism are very deeply suppressed. Orange halls are still being burned down and Protestant farmers attacked in Donegal. From my experience of working in those communities, there is still a degree of sectarianism and a glorification of the past, which needs to be addressed. That has been my experience on the ground. Perhaps Ms Moynihan wishes to add to that.
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