UVF Scottish Brigade Volunteer Scott “Boab” Kerr, from the Govan area of Glasgow and Sons Of The Somme FB (Fb), died in 2015 and is remembered with a plaque on the corner of Beechfield Street in east Belfast.
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“Am le haontacht na hÉıreann” [Time for Irish unity]. Between stints in prison in 1976, Bobby Sands carried a green harp flag – symbol of Ireland and in particular of the United Irishmen – in an August march to protest the withdrawal of political status (Gérard Harlay/Bobby Sands Trust). He is shown here marching under the #TimeForUnity message on Slıabh Dubh in the campaign for a border poll and Irish unity “lenár lınn”/”in our time” (Fb | tw).
See also: Reıfreann Anois | Time For Irish Unity
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“This home supports a pay rise for NHS heroes”. Nurses in Northern Ireland are waiting for a pay proposal from minister Robin Swann (BBC | Nursing Times). The rise for NHS staff in Scotland is 4% and in England and Wales 3%, up from a previously announced 1% (BBC). The doorway is in Tower Street, in east Belfast.
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Vermont-based ice-cream maker Ben & Jerry’s announced that it would no longer sell its products in the Occupied Palestinian Territory which it says is subject to an “internationally recognised illegal occupation”. In response, Israel threatened parent company Unilever with “extreme consequences” (Reuters). The Saber Al-Ashkar mural has been modified so that his slingshot contains a carton of B&J’s Cookie Dough.
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The Castlereagh (4th battalion) UDA memorial garden behind the Bunch Of Grapes has changed over the years from painted murals (M | X) to spray-painted boards (We Forget Them Not) and now again to tarps within red frames. As far as content is concerned, the UFF, LPA (“We forget them not – past and present”) and UYM (“They shall not grow old etc”) remain but Tim Collins – a product of re-imaging – is out (see On That Journey) and Eddie The Trooper is in. The side wall of the pub has also been employed for the first time, with more hooded gunmen (see the third image, below). Two small plaques have been added to the outsides of the memorial wall.
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After a ten year run, the Crusaders FC mural (2010 | 2012) has been reverted (1996 D00711 | 2002 J1204) to a UVF hooded gunman mural.
For the other recent murals, see Respect, heritage, culture and Defending Ulster From Gaelic Attacks.
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Flags and bunting are strung from house to house across Cluan Place while leftover pallets and furniture sit at the entrance.
Concerning “Justice For East Belfast” and “John 15v13 Ian Ogle”, see Justice For Ian Ogle.
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Work by Friz (web) at the Spectrum Centre (Fb) on the Shankill Road, next to Loyalist Or Racist and Half Human by emic.
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Work by emic (web) at the Spectrum Centre (Fb) on the Shankill Road, between Loyalist Or Racist and Not Today, Satan. Not Today by Friz.
The top (human) half of this image is perhaps a reproduction of this Jason Rosewell photograph.
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Lord Street in east Belfast celebrates the Twelfth, 2021, with bunting and flags hung from houses and lamp-posts.
For images of the Giants mural around the time of its creation and launch, see In The Land Of Giants.
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