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The Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland has condemned vandalism
at an isolated Orange Hall in Co. Down.
Annahinchago Orange Hall, near Rathfriland, was attacked
over the weekend.
A steel flag pole was broken down and used to damage wire
grills protecting the windows in the hall. Exterior lights
and downpipes were smashed and an electricity meter was also
destroyed.
The hall was badly damaged in an arson attack in 1995 and
there have been other vandalism attacks on it since.
A spokesman for the Orange Order said footprints in the snow
showed that there were about three or four people involved
in the attack.
"This was clearly a planned attack by a number of people
who would have been around the hall for five or ten minutes,"
the spokesman said.
"We would ask anyone in the area who saw anything suspicious
to report it to the police.
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