Model of migrant boat placed on top of Tyrone bonfire
9 July - 4 mins
Podcast Series
The Hard Shoulder Highlights
A model of a migrant boat with more than a dozen life-size mannequins has been placed on top of a loyalist bonfire in Co. Tyrone. All of the mannequins are dark-skinned and wearing life jackets. Below the boats, placards read: “Stop the boats. Veterans before refugees.”
Matthew O’Toole is the Member of the Legislative Assembly for South Belfast and the Social Democratic and Labour Party’s Leader of the Opposition at Stormont. He joins Kieran to discuss.
Image: @GildernewColm on Twitter
Series Episodes
