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07/11/2001
Holy Cross families pursue legal avenues to stop dispute
Parents of Catholic children at a north Belfast school at the centre of a loyalist protest have said they are to take legal action in an attempt to end the long-running dispute.
Two of the children’s parents are expected to travel to London on Thursday November 8 to meet a cross-party group of MPs to discuss the issue.
Security forces have been escorting pupils to the Holy Cross Girls’ Primary School past loyalist protesters along the Ardoyne Road since the beginning of term in September.
Following a meeting of the board of governors at the school on Tuesday, the chairman of the board, Father Aidan Troy, appealed for an end to the protest. He also said a legal action to try to end the loyalist protest was commencing.
However, the spokesman for the Concerned Residents of Upper Ardoyne, Jim Potts, said the objective of the protest remained the achievement of a safe and stable environment for the Protestant community.
Brendan Mailey of the Right to Education Committee said he was hopeful the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission, which has condemned the ongoing protests, will take a test case to the courts.
Meanwhile, Archbishop Desmond Tutu met with both sides of the Holy Cross dispute on Wednesday. He met the catholic children and their parents at Holy Cross and a number of residents from Glenbryn Estate at Stormont. (AMcE)
Two of the children’s parents are expected to travel to London on Thursday November 8 to meet a cross-party group of MPs to discuss the issue.
Security forces have been escorting pupils to the Holy Cross Girls’ Primary School past loyalist protesters along the Ardoyne Road since the beginning of term in September.
Following a meeting of the board of governors at the school on Tuesday, the chairman of the board, Father Aidan Troy, appealed for an end to the protest. He also said a legal action to try to end the loyalist protest was commencing.
However, the spokesman for the Concerned Residents of Upper Ardoyne, Jim Potts, said the objective of the protest remained the achievement of a safe and stable environment for the Protestant community.
Brendan Mailey of the Right to Education Committee said he was hopeful the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission, which has condemned the ongoing protests, will take a test case to the courts.
Meanwhile, Archbishop Desmond Tutu met with both sides of the Holy Cross dispute on Wednesday. He met the catholic children and their parents at Holy Cross and a number of residents from Glenbryn Estate at Stormont. (AMcE)
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