8 September 2015
Belfast City Hall rally says “Refugees Welcome in Ireland”
● Sinn Féin city council group leader Jim McVeigh with Mayor Arder Carson
SINN FÉIN Mayor of Belfast Arder Carson and hundreds of people joined elected representatives at a vigil at Belfast City Hall on Monday evening in support of refugees and urging the British and Irish governments to do more.
● Sinn Féin's Mary Ellen Campbell and Jennifer McCann with members of the Mairéad Farrell Republican Youth Committee
In a strong show of solidarity many of Sinn Féin's leadership attended the vigil including party president Gerry Adams TD.
Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness MLA, despite the unfolding crisis at the Stormont Assembly, led a strong delegation of MLAs including Caitríona Ruane, Pat Sheehan and Fra McCann.
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● Representatives from the City Hall parties, led by Mayor Arder Carson, listen as speakers call for support for refugees displaced by war in the Middle East and Africa and (right) Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness, Caitríona Ruane, Gerry Adams, Pat Sheehan and Niall Ó Donnghaile
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