“Civil rights for our community. Drug dealers don’t care where the money comes from. Do you?” RNU board on Racecourse Road, Shantallow, Derry.
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Drug Dealers Don’t Care
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Kill The Bill
A “Public Assemblies, Parades and Protests Bill” (available at CAIN) would require 37 days’ notice before any parade or rally. Concerns were raised that it would stifle the “freedom of assembly” (Guardian). The bill was dropped after the Orange Order voted against it (BBC). Chamberlain Street, Derry.
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Generations Of Health Care
This pair of murals is behind the Maureen Sheehan health centre on Albert Street, Belfast.
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An Eye On The Past
“A nation that keeps one eye on the past is wise. A nation that keeps two eyes on the past is blind.” Slogan on the Garrick bar in Montgomery Street.
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Mary Ann McCracken
“Mary Ann McCracken 1770-1866, social reformer, lived here [62 Donegall Pass, Belfast]. McCracken ran a muslin business in Belfast and was involved with the Clifton Street poorhouse, worked for the abolition of slavery and the preservation of Irish harp music. United Irishman Henry Joy McCracken was her brother.
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Sweep It Under The Carpet
Banksy’s ‘Sweep It Under The Carpet‘ is used to highlight mental health and suicide awareness. “Suicide kills two – you and those who love you”, “Never underestimate your problem or your ability to deal with it”, “A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down”, “You may only be someone in the world but to someone you are the world.”
Northumberland Street, Belfast
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Belfast Banksy
The image above from Belfast’s Northumberland Street imitates one of Banksy’s pieces in the West Bank. In the Bethlehem piece, the hole in the wall reveals a tropical paradise; here, it reveals the hills around Belfast. There is a shot of the artists painting the piece at the beginning of the documentary about them, “Paint For Peace“.
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Belfast IRSP
“Belfast IRSP defend the right to protest.” See previously Kill The Bill.
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No Water Charges!!!
This BBC page gives a brief history of water charges in Northern Ireland up to 2009, eight years after they were originally to be introduced. The protesting board above – “No water charges”, below an Ógra Shınn Féın board, is in Bridge Street, Strabane.
“Join Ógra Shınn Féın. Shaping the Ireland of tomorrow – a voice for the youth of today. ‘Everyone has their part to play’ – Bobby Sands.”
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Don’t Burn, Baby, Burn
“Be safe not sorry. Don’t burn, baby burn.” Young people are encouraged to have a disco inferno rather than a Bogside internment bonfire. Fire safety mural on the rear of Free Derry Corner.
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