Listed below are a selection of press statements relative
to social issues.
| Date |
Title |
Introduction |
| 06/04/08 |
Ben
Nevis And A Lambeg Drum |
Orangemen from Co. Down are planning
to carry a lambeg drum to the top of Ben Nevis, the
highest peak in the United Kingdom.
|
| 30/03/08 |
Orange
Order Concern On Education |
The Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland, at
a meeting on Saturday, March 29, expressed "deep
concern at the ongoing and outstanding issues in relation
to the future of education in our schools."
|
| 13/03/08 |
Education
Plans Discriminate Against Protestants |
The Orange Order has written to the
Department of Education saying that plans for schools
in Northern Ireland discriminate against Protestants.
|
| 11/02/08 |
Statement
re Equality Commission |
Statement by Councillor Jim McElroy,
DUP, Banbridge District Council, Councillor Ian Burns,
UUP, Banbridge District Council, Councillor Stephen
Herron, TUV, Banbridge District Council, Drew Nelson,
Grand Secretary of the Orange Order, Re: Equality Commission
|
| 04/02/08 |
Orange
Protest In Banbridge |
Orangemen from South Down will hand
in a letter of protest this evening - Monday, February
4 at 7.30pm - to Banbridge District Council about the
removal of British symbols from the public areas of
their offices.
|
| 29/01/08 |
Orangemen
Meet Banbridge Council |
A delegation of Orangemen representing
seven districts in Co. Down tonight, January 29, met
Banbridge District Council to protest about the possible
removal of the Union Flag from the council offices.
|
| 24/01/08 |
Letter
to Editor of News Letter |
In the News Letter of Wednesday, January
23, the Chief Commissioner of the 'Equality Commission'
Bob Collins, stated that the Commission did not intend
to 'wipe the face of Britishness from Northern Ireland.'
|
| 22/01/08 |
Open
Letter |
Dear Sir, Your readers should be aware
that the so called "Equality Commission for Northern
Ireland" is engaged in a long term strategy to
wipe the face of Britishness from Northern Ireland.
|
| 20/01/08 |
Orange
Community Awards |
More than 300 people attended the third
annual Community Awards of the Grand Orange Lodge of
Ireland, in Bessbrook Orange Hall, on Saturday, January
19.
|
| 14/12/07 |
Orange
Order Condemn Sunday Football |
The Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland has
condemned the prospect of Sunday football.
|
|
04/04/06
|
Orange
Order Welcomes Funding Annoucement |
We have waited
thirty long years for the Government to recognise the
extreme problems and deprivation in inner city Protestant
areas ... |
|
17/02/06
|
Orange
0rder Wants To Call Time On Licensing Proposals |
The Grand Orange
Lodge of Ireland has stated its opposition to proposed
increased licensing hours in Northern Ireland. |
|
11/11/05
|
Belfast
Prepares For The Orange Oscars! |
THE Oscars are
coming to Belfast…… the Orange Oscars that is!
The first ever Orange Awards will
be staged on Saturday 19 November at the Shankill Road
Spectrum Centre to reward those Orange lodges and individual
Orangemen judged to have made an outstanding contribution
towards promoting the Orange Order and its aims. |
|
26/10/05
|
Orangemen
Urged To Rally Round And Love Ulster |
Orangemen in
Belfast and throughout Northern Ireland have been urged
to turn out and support Saturday's "Love Ulster People's
Rally". |
|
24/10/05
|
Royal
Mail And An Post Urged To Issue Special Somme Stamp |
The Orange Order
has called on both the Royal Mail and An Post in the Irish
Republic to consider a special stamp to mark the 90th
anniversary of the Battle of the Somme next year. |
|
30/09/05
|
Senior
Orangeman Accuses NIO Of"Cold Shouldering" Community
Initiatives |
A Senior Orangeman
has criticised the Government for "cold shouldering"
Orange Order initiatives to build confidence in Protestant
communities. |
|
8/09/05
|
Orange
Order Hails Football Victory Over England |
ORANGEMEN throughout
Northern Ireland are today celebrating the Province's
historic football victory over England in last night's
World Cup qualifier at Windsor Park. |
| 03/03/05 |
Confidence
Of Young Protestants Being Eroded To Promote Other Cultures |
The confidence of Northern
Ireland's young Protestants in their own identity is continually
and deliberately being eroded in order to promote and
preserve the culture of other traditions, according to
the Orange Order. |
| 28/01/05 |
Orange
Order Cancels Dublin Talks With McAleese In Protest At
Nazi Slur |
The Orange Order today cancelled
planned official talks with President Mary McAleese in
Dublin in protest at what they described as the President's
"grossly offensive slur against the Protestant people
of Northern Ireland." |
| 07/01/05 |
Orangemen
Urged To Protest At Jerry Springer Programme |
The Orange Order has urged
all its members in Northern Ireland to protest by whatever
lawful means they can at what it called the "outrageous
decision" to televise "Jerry Springer - the
Opera" on BBC2 tomorrow night (8 January). |
| 06/06/04 |
Orange
Order Gets "Flame Of Hope" Award |
The Orange Order has been
given a national "Flame of Hope" award for raising
a staggering £124,000 on behalf of Cancer Research
NI. |
| 13/05/04 |
Orangemen
Join Forces With Irish Campaigners To Save The Green Grassy
Slopes Of The Boyne |
Orangemen of Northern Ireland
are joining forces with Irish campaigners in the Republic
in a fight to save the green grassy slopes of the Boyne. |
| 23/03/04 |
Orangemen
Condemn "Cowardly
Racist Thugs" |
The ruling body of the Orange
Order has condemned those responsible for the recent spate
of racist attacks in Belfast as cowardly bullies and called
on all members of the institution to help the police bring
them to justice. |
| 23/03/04 |
Orangemen
Say "Sunday Racing Not For Us" |
The ruling body of the Orange
Order has expressed its concerns about the continuing
erosion of the Sabbath following the inauguration of Sunday
racing at Downpatrick. |
| 08/03/04 |
£42,075.97
Raised By County Antrim Lodges In 2003 |
The Orange Order stands for
civil and religious liberty for all, special privileges
for none. It also has worked tirelessly and without recognition
for those less fortunate than ourselves. |
| 08/01/04 |
Reroute
The Water Charges, Orangemen Urge Government |
The Orange Order wants to
see plans for water privatisation re-routed. |
| 09/12/03 |
Orange
Order's Cancer Appeal Sets New Record |
The Orange Order is to give
cancer sufferers a special Christmas present this year
- the biggest donation from a single organisation ever
received by Cancer Research N. Ireland. |
| 24/03/03 |
Call
For Public Enquiry Into North Antrim Lignite Mine Plan |
The Orange Order's ruling
body, the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland, today joined
calls for a Public Enquiry into plans for an open cast
lignite mine in North Antrim. |
| 25/02/03 |
Dismay
at loss of Hospital Services in Co. Tyrone |
Co. Tyrone Grand Orange Lodge
are dismayed by the announcement that the County is to
loose virtually all its hospital services. |
| 03/02/03 |
Rates
Review |
Officers of the Grand Lodge
today met with Dr. I.R.K. Paisley MP, MEP, MLA, regarding
rates on Orange Halls. |
| 12/12/01 |
Opposition
to Sunday Soccer |
The Grand Lodge expresses
its opposition to Sunday Soccer. |
| 21/05/01 |
Disgust
At Court Award |
County Armagh Grand Orange Lodge expresses
concern at the awards to families of I.R.A. terrorists
shot at Loughgall.
|
| 30/03/01 |
Human
Rights Commission |
Initial reaction to Human Rights report
on Parades.
|
| 02/03/01 |
Community
Awareness |
Grand Lodge cancels conferences to ease
the difficulties facing farmers because of the Foot
and Mouth Disease.
|
| 20/03/00 |
Crisis
At Belfast Shipyard |
The Grand Orange Lodge of
Ireland at its meeting last Saturday expressed dismay
at the current crisis at Harland and Wolff Shipyard.
|
| 09/12/99 |
Agricultural
Industry Crisis |
The Grand Orange Lodge of
Ireland has expressed its deep concern at the continuing
crisis facing the Agricultural Industry throughout the
United Kingdom and particularly in Northern Ireland.
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Press
Statements - Social Issues