SDLP Leader Colum Eastwood MP has submitted a Westminster Early Day Motion congratulating Armagh following their victory over Galway in the All-Ireland Men’s Senior Football Championships at the weekend.
Mr Eastwood paid tribute to the players, coaching staff and all those involved in the win which has generated huge excitement in Armagh and across the North.
Mr Eastwood said the victory was a moment for celebration of the spirit and impact of the GAA in clubs and communities across Ireland.
Colum Eastwood MP said:
“This is a huge moment for Armagh. The players, coaching team and the entire county can be rightly proud of an enormous achievement. We’ve seen over the course of the last fortnight how sport can bring people and communities from different backgrounds together, reflecting that the GAA is overwhelmingly a force for enormous good in our society and brings neighbours together.
Commenting on complaints about a PSNI car carrying an Armagh GAA flag following the final, Mr Eastwood added:
“The visual of police officers driving through Armagh in unarmoured PSNI cars with the local GAA flag is something that would have been unimaginable a few years ago. It’s a mark of how far our society has come and shows that community policing teams get it.
“It’s hard to take the criticism of PSNI officers in Armagh seriously from people who have spent years waging a culture war against the GAA and everyone involved in it.”
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