East Down Ógra Shinn Féin Continue Call For British Army Withdrawal

East Down Ógra Shinn Féin have this week continued their demilitarisation campaign and call for the removal of the British Army Base in Ballykinlar.

The call comes after the erection of a banner on the Bogey Hill area of Newcastle with the writing “Leave Irish shores now, Brits out of Ballykinlar”.


Speaking on the action, East Down Ógra Shinn Féin representative, Fra Cochrane, commented,

“This is just one of the many ways in which we in Ógra Shinn Féin intend to continue to show our opposition to any foreign British army bases which remain in the six counties.”

“We want to send a strong message that the republican and nationalist people in this area are opposed to the presence of British Forces. The people of not just Ballykinlar but as far away as Annalong and everywhere in between, are plagued by the sounds and sights of gun shots, choppers, and other British military operations in Ballykinlar and the surrounding districts.”

“The British need to look at the strong opposition towards the barracks based in Ballykinlar, take serious notice of what the general public is saying, and live up to their demilitarisation commitments under the Good Friday Agreement. Again we would call on the immediate removal of the base, and the land to be given back so that it can be utilised by the local community.”