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Jobs' fightback by West Belfast community for Daily Ireland
(Irelandclick.com)
Community leaders will meet today (Monday) to discuss their response to last
week's revelations that UUP MP Lady Hermon campaigned to block grant-aid for
the 40-job Daily Ireland project after being briefed by the Irish News.
The confidential briefing in London was carried out by PR consultant – and
Policing Board member – Tom Kelly and Irish News Chief Executive Dominic
Fitzpatrick.
Leading community worker Gerry McConville, of meeting organisers the Falls
Community Council, said that the entire community should galvanise against
"Hermon's attempts to impose political vetting".
"Discrimination on political grounds, as requested by Hermon, is illegal,"
he said.
West Belfast MP Gerry Adams said last night that Lady Hermon's call for
"political vetting is irreconcilable with the equality agenda".
December 21, 2004
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This article appeared first on the Irelandclick.com web site on December 20, 2004.
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