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Fans boo at Ervine silent tribute | Fans boo at Ervine silent tribute |
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A minute's silence held for PUP leader David Ervine before a soccer match was met with booing by some of the crowd. | A minute's silence held for PUP leader David Ervine before a soccer match was met with booing by some of the crowd. |
Some fans of Cliftonville disrupted the tribute to the loyalist before the game with Glentoran at the Oval. Mr Ervine was a lifelong Glentoran supporter. | Some fans of Cliftonville disrupted the tribute to the loyalist before the game with Glentoran at the Oval. Mr Ervine was a lifelong Glentoran supporter. |
Glentoran board member Jim Rodgers said "most people were shocked because the vast majority of people in the stadium observed it without any problem." | Glentoran board member Jim Rodgers said "most people were shocked because the vast majority of people in the stadium observed it without any problem." |
Mr Ervine died on Monday aged 53, a day after becoming ill at home. | Mr Ervine died on Monday aged 53, a day after becoming ill at home. |
Cliftonville's support is drawn mainly from the Catholic community in north Belfast. | Cliftonville's support is drawn mainly from the Catholic community in north Belfast. |
Warm tributes have been paid to Mr Ervine from across the political and religious spectrum in recent days. | Warm tributes have been paid to Mr Ervine from across the political and religious spectrum in recent days. |
MPs paid tribute to the PUP leader David Ervine during Northern Ireland questions in the Commons on Wednesday. | |
Those who expressed condolences to his family included Security Minister Paul Goggins; the former security minister, Jane Kennedy; David Simpson, DUP; Conservatives Sir Nicholas Winterton and Laurence Robertson and Liberal Democrat Lembit Opik. |
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