{"id":527128,"date":"2025-10-25T14:14:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T14:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/527128\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T14:14:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T14:14:14","slug":"tandragee-war-memorial-anger-as-memorial-attacked-by-vandals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/527128\/","title":{"rendered":"Tandragee war memorial: Anger as memorial attacked by vandals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Tandragee war memorial was scrawled with graffiti. Facebook\/TUV Newry and Armagh\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/14c885d1-21b4-4610-89ff-a9a1c1df57c2.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"beltel-ebe0ecc6_root beltel-ebe0ecc6_caption1 beltel-300db776_none beltel-91174671_secondary beltel-66f0fec7_regular beltel-1d70522a_marginbottom0 beltel-1d70522a_marginleft0 beltel-1d70522a_marginright0 beltel-1d70522a_margintop3 beltel-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Tandragee war memorial was scrawled with graffiti. Facebook\/TUV Newry and Armagh<\/p>\n<p class=\"beltel-ebe0ecc6_root beltel-ebe0ecc6_paragraph beltel-300db776_none beltel-91174671_primary beltel-1d70522a_marginbottom0 beltel-1d70522a_margintop0 beltel-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">A war memorial in Co Armagh has been damaged in a \u201ccallous\u201d act of criminal damage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"beltel-ebe0ecc6_root beltel-ebe0ecc6_paragraph beltel-300db776_none beltel-91174671_primary beltel-1d70522a_marginbottom5 beltel-1d70522a_margintop0 beltel-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Graffiti was scrawled on the memorial in Tandragee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"beltel-ebe0ecc6_root beltel-ebe0ecc6_paragraph beltel-300db776_none beltel-91174671_primary beltel-1d70522a_marginbottom5 beltel-1d70522a_margintop0 beltel-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">TUV councillor Keith Ratfcliffe said he had reported the incident to the authorities.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Tandragee war memorial was scrawled with graffiti. Facebook\/TUV Newry and Armagh\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/14c885d1-21b4-4610-89ff-a9a1c1df57c2.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"beltel-ebe0ecc6_root beltel-ebe0ecc6_caption1 beltel-300db776_none beltel-91174671_secondary beltel-66f0fec7_regular beltel-1d70522a_marginbottom0 beltel-1d70522a_marginleft0 beltel-1d70522a_marginright0 beltel-1d70522a_margintop3 beltel-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Tandragee war memorial was scrawled with graffiti. Facebook\/TUV Newry and Armagh<\/p>\n<p class=\"beltel-ebe0ecc6_root beltel-ebe0ecc6_caption1 beltel-300db776_none beltel-91174671_secondary beltel-66f0fec7_regular beltel-1d70522a_marginbottom0 beltel-1d70522a_marginleft0 beltel-1d70522a_marginright0 beltel-1d70522a_margintop3 beltel-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">News Catch Up &#8211; Friday 24th October<\/p>\n<p class=\"beltel-ebe0ecc6_root beltel-ebe0ecc6_paragraph beltel-300db776_none beltel-91174671_primary beltel-1d70522a_marginbottom5 beltel-1d70522a_margintop0 beltel-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">He said: \u201cI am disgusted that someone has taken it upon themselves to scrawl over the war memorial in Tandragee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"beltel-ebe0ecc6_root beltel-ebe0ecc6_paragraph beltel-300db776_none beltel-91174671_primary beltel-1d70522a_marginbottom5 beltel-1d70522a_margintop0 beltel-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">&#8220;This is particularly callous as we approach Remembrance Day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"beltel-ebe0ecc6_root beltel-ebe0ecc6_paragraph beltel-300db776_none beltel-91174671_primary beltel-1d70522a_marginbottom5 beltel-1d70522a_margintop0 beltel-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">\u201cThis should not need to be said; but the sacrifice of the servicemen and women from our community and the commemoration of their service sits above politics and public discourse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"beltel-ebe0ecc6_root beltel-ebe0ecc6_paragraph beltel-300db776_none beltel-91174671_primary beltel-1d70522a_marginbottom5 beltel-1d70522a_margintop0 beltel-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">\u201cThose who gave their all deserve our greatest respect and their memorial should never be vandalised to convey political messages.<\/p>\n<p class=\"beltel-ebe0ecc6_root beltel-ebe0ecc6_paragraph beltel-300db776_none beltel-91174671_primary beltel-1d70522a_marginbottom5 beltel-1d70522a_margintop0 beltel-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">\u201cThose who feel our freedoms and way of life are under threat should engage in the political process to affect real change. That is what I am in the business of doing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"beltel-ebe0ecc6_root beltel-ebe0ecc6_paragraph beltel-300db776_none beltel-91174671_primary beltel-1d70522a_marginbottom5 beltel-1d70522a_margintop0 beltel-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">\u201cThis disgraceful act has been reported to the relevant authorities and I trust the memorial will be restored quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tandragee war memorial was scrawled with graffiti. 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