A performance by The Wolfe Tones on the closing night of Belfast festival Féile an Phobail at the weekend is generating controversy in Northern Ireland.
Meanwhile, Gary Murray - whose teenage sister was killed in the Shankill Road bombing in 1993 - has also hit out against the event.he said:"This was not only via the Wolfe Tones, but also a band known as Shebeen who expressly sang a number of songs celebrating the IRA murder of British soldiers and other innocent victims.
“The concerned party also requested that a specific question is referred to the Charity Tribunal under para. 1 of Schedule 4 to the Charities Act 2008. The concerned party has been advised that this request is currently being considered by the commission.” The Charity Commission spokesperson also said that, while these requests are under consideration, it would be inappropriate to comment any further.Newstalk's The Hard Shoulder"We don't encourage chanting, it's not chanting, but the crowd sing along with every song that we sing... to pick out one song out of two and a half hours you don't agree with.
"You've got to understand that the IRA were seen by the Nationalist community as defenders of their communities when Unionist violence was burning people out of streets."
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