{"id":631327,"date":"2026-08-11T08:43:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T08:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/631327\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T08:43:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T08:43:19","slug":"apprentice-boys-urged-to-show-respect-after-anti-catholic-slurs-during-derry-parade-the-irish-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/631327\/","title":{"rendered":"Apprentice Boys urged to \u2018show respect\u2019 after anti-Catholic slurs during Derry parade \u2013 The Irish News"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Apprentice Boys <\/a>have been urged to \u2018show respect\u2019 after members were heard muttering anti-Catholic slurs during a parade in Derry at the weekend. <\/p>\n

Thousands of loyal order members travelled to the mainly nationalist city for their annual \u2018Relief of Derry\u2019 parade on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Around 124 bands and prominent unionist politicians, attended the annual parade, which marks the ending of the siege of Derry in 1689.<\/p>\n

Footage circulated on social media reveals that several Apprentice Boys were heard making anti-Catholic remarks as they made their way along the city\u2019s historic walls.<\/p>\n

\"Apprentice<\/a>\"Rare<\/a><\/p>\n

In one offensive clip, dozens of Apprentice Boys, wearing their traditional collarettes, can be seen marching past a well-known Derry entertainment venue in the Market Street area. <\/p>\n

One marcher can then be heard saying, \u201cIs that a Catholic Church?\u201d to which another responds, \u201cDoes it breed many Catholics?\u201d<\/p>\n

During the same clip, Apprentice Boys can be heard saying \u201cah f**k \u2018em\u201d and \u201cthey\u2019re just b**tards\u201d.<\/p>\n

Footage has also been circulated along with claims bands played sectarian tunes during Saturday\u2019s event.<\/p>\n

SDLP assembly member Mark H Durkan said that every year \u201cDerry welcomes the Apprentice Boys and other similar parades in a spirit of respect and tolerance, recognising that while we may have different cultures and traditions, there is room for everyone in our city and on this island.<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, respect is a two-way street, and it is disappointing that over the past few years a small minority have caused issues, whether through singing songs, making comments or showing a lack of regard for local businesses and the public,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mr Durkan added that his party has \u201cengaged directly with the Apprentice Boys to try to address these issues and we welcome their ongoing efforts to resolve them. <\/p>\n

\u201cDerry has long been an example of how events like this can take place in a respectful way and it would be very disappointing to see that undermined by the actions of a small number of people\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The Apprentice Boys were contacted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Apprentice Boys have been urged to \u2018show respect\u2019 after members were heard muttering anti-Catholic slurs during a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":631328,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[41],"tags":[9,10,955,13,14,6,11,12,15,16,5,7,8,65,66,67],"class_list":["post-631327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-derry","tag-featured-news","tag-featurednews","tag-headlines","tag-latest-news","tag-latestnews","tag-main-news","tag-mainnews","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories","tag-world","tag-world-news","tag-worldnews"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/117075995828975571","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=631327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/631328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=631327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=631327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=631327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}