Northern Ireland

Sinister loyalist posters removed by RSF in Co Armagh

Sinister anti-protocol posters have appeared in mainly nationalist areas of Co Armagh
Sinister anti-protocol posters have appeared in mainly nationalist areas of Co Armagh Sinister anti-protocol posters have appeared in mainly nationalist areas of Co Armagh

AN anti-agreement party has said it will not allow loyalists "to strike sectarian fear" into nationalist areas after sinister posters appeared in Co Armagh.

Republican Sinn Féin (RSF) hit out after the posters were put up around Derrymacash and Derrytrasna, mainly nationalists areas outside Lurgan, Co Armagh.

The anti-protocol posters include a picture of Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and warn that "the possibility of a return to violence is very real" and appear against the background of an image of the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombs.

The UVF attacks resulted in the deaths of 33 people.

The posters coincided with the return of Mr Varadkar to the Taoiseach's office.

Former Taoiseach Micheál Martin has previously said a claim by unionists that Mr Varadkar had been raising the threat of violence, in the aftermath of Brexit, had been "overplayed".

A spokesman for RSF its members took the posters down saying they would not allow "these faceless people to strike sectarian fear into nationalist communities."