16 March, 2005

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Nationalist anger as PSNI block marathon route

Nationalists, angry at the decision by the Belfast City Marathon Committee to drop the West Belfast section from this year's race, say the group bowed to PSNI pressure.

In a statement, the marathon committee said its decision to axe West Belfast from the traditional race route was taken on health and safety grounds, which "involved input from the PSNI".

Branding the decision an, "utter disgrace", Sinn Féin Councillor Paul Maskey accused the committee of "insulting the people of West Belfast, who have came out and supported this event since the beginning.

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