7 February 2017
'Snap' protest at DUP office over Irish language comments
Members of Sinn Féin Republican Youth protesting dressed as crocodiles this morning.
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams also turned the phrase back on the DUP and when asked for his reaction said, "See you later, alligator."
Young republicans dressed as crocodiles staged protests outside DUP offices in Belfast this morning in protest at Arlene Foster's comments about the Irish language.
On Monday, the DUP leader restated her party's opposition to an Irish Language Act and compared Sinn Féin's demand for an act to a hungry crocodile which should not be fed.
The use of the term backfired on Arlene Foster as Irish language activists and others immediately seized the term and used it widely on social media.
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams also turned the phrase back on the DUP and when asked for his reaction said, "See you later, alligator."
On Tuesday morning, four young republicans from Sinn Féin Republican Youth dressed as crocodiles and staged a protest outside the office of the DUP's Nelson McCausland - a trenchant critic of the Irish language - in north Belfast.
The four 'crocodiles' held up signs reading 'Acht na Gaeilge Anois' outside the office.
Meanwhile, Irish language activists will stage a protest outside Belfast's High Court tomorrow (Wednesday) at 10.30am in support of a court case calling for the implementation of an Irish language strategy in the North.
Sinn Féin's Pat Sheehan will be among the speakers at the protest.