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08/11/2001
Parent of Holy Cross child takes legal action
The mother of a pupil at Holy Cross School where loyalists are holding daily protests is taking court action against the police and the government.
The parent, who has not been identified for her and her child’s protection, has instructed Belfast-based solicitors Madden and Finucane to begin court proceedings “as a last resort” because of concerns over her seven-year-old daughter's safety and well being.
In an affidavit lodged with the court she said the police had "failed to identify, arrest or prosecute those protestors breaking the law in full public view" at Holy Cross Girls' Primary School in Ardoyne. The woman also said the "failure" by the police and government to act "has allowed the violence against the children to continue".
In a statement the parent said: “This cannot go on any longer, we have tried everything to stop these attacks on our children to no avail. The RUC who are obliged to protect us seem to have been instructed not to take the necessary effective action to protect us in what seems to be a misguided policy of not antagonising the protestors who have broken the law with impunity".
Meanwhile, Loyalist residents have announced they will call off their protest outside Holy Cross on Friday while children sit their 11-plus exam.
The move comes as parents of children at the Holy Cross Girls' Primary School in Ardoyne said they would no longer line up and wait to walk to the school en masse. The protest will be suspended for the duration of the exam, but will resume in the afternoon. (AMcE)
The parent, who has not been identified for her and her child’s protection, has instructed Belfast-based solicitors Madden and Finucane to begin court proceedings “as a last resort” because of concerns over her seven-year-old daughter's safety and well being.
In an affidavit lodged with the court she said the police had "failed to identify, arrest or prosecute those protestors breaking the law in full public view" at Holy Cross Girls' Primary School in Ardoyne. The woman also said the "failure" by the police and government to act "has allowed the violence against the children to continue".
In a statement the parent said: “This cannot go on any longer, we have tried everything to stop these attacks on our children to no avail. The RUC who are obliged to protect us seem to have been instructed not to take the necessary effective action to protect us in what seems to be a misguided policy of not antagonising the protestors who have broken the law with impunity".
Meanwhile, Loyalist residents have announced they will call off their protest outside Holy Cross on Friday while children sit their 11-plus exam.
The move comes as parents of children at the Holy Cross Girls' Primary School in Ardoyne said they would no longer line up and wait to walk to the school en masse. The protest will be suspended for the duration of the exam, but will resume in the afternoon. (AMcE)
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