The Ulster Unionist Party’s Cookstown Councillor Trevor Wilson has condemned the latest attack on the memorial to eight workmen murdered by the IRA at Teebane in January 1992.
Councillor Trevor Wilson, who leads the Ulster Unionist group on Mid Ulster Council, said:
“I am utterly disgusted at the latest attack on the memorial to the eight Protestant workmen who were cruelly murdered by the IRA at Teebane crossroads just over 27 years ago.
“In this latest attack the memorial has had paint thrown over it. Republicans often talk the language of rights and respect, but actions speak louder than words, and in Mid Ulster the Unionist community has learned down the years that for many republicans, we are entitled to no rights and no respect.
“Whoever committed this act of desecration at this memorial has nothing of value to contribute to any community or cause. They cannot respect the memory of eight men murdered as they returned home from a day’s work, and they should not be surprised that all decent citizens will regard both them and their actions with utter contempt.”