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| Robinson and McGuinness differ on Castlederg parade | Robinson and McGuinness differ on Castlederg parade |
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| There is no justification for a republican parade in Castlederg next month, the first minister has said. | There is no justification for a republican parade in Castlederg next month, the first minister has said. |
| Peter Robinson has challenged the Parades Commission to show sensitivity to IRA victims. | Peter Robinson has challenged the Parades Commission to show sensitivity to IRA victims. |
| The parade commemorates Tyrone's republican dead and is backed by Sinn Fein. | The parade commemorates Tyrone's republican dead and is backed by Sinn Fein. |
| Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness said re-routing the parade had been sensible but the issue raised broader questions about dealing with the past. | Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness said re-routing the parade had been sensible but the issue raised broader questions about dealing with the past. |
| After unionists called for the parade to be banned, Sinn Féin said the parade would no longer pass the town's cenotaph or Methodist church. | After unionists called for the parade to be banned, Sinn Féin said the parade would no longer pass the town's cenotaph or Methodist church. |
| Peter Robinson, however, described the parade as insensitive and said it glorified terrorism. | Peter Robinson, however, described the parade as insensitive and said it glorified terrorism. |
| "The principal purpose is to glorify two individuals who sought to bomb Castlederg, but blew themselves up well away from Castlederg," he said. | |
| "If you are going to have a commemoration at all, and I think it's inappropriate to have it at all, you would have it at the place where they blew themselves up rather than the target town. That is totally insensitive." | "If you are going to have a commemoration at all, and I think it's inappropriate to have it at all, you would have it at the place where they blew themselves up rather than the target town. That is totally insensitive." |
| Martin McGuinness said the issue was "of how we deal with the past and whether or not people have a right to commemorate those people who have lost their lives". | Martin McGuinness said the issue was "of how we deal with the past and whether or not people have a right to commemorate those people who have lost their lives". |
| "Right across society in the course of recent years, we have seen people on all sides of the debate, albeit from a different perspective and different narrative, honour their dead." |