‘People are angry but protest must be peaceful’published at 17:36 BST
Catherine Cooke is a community worker in the loyalist Tullyally area of Londonderry where there was minor trouble on Wednesday night.
She says everybody, has a democratic right to protest as long as it is peaceful: “Whenever it becomes something else, that’s when problems start, when
people can’t get home or care workers can’t get to vulnerable adults.”
“People are angry and what happened in Belfast on Monday
night, I think it was a reaction from that. The people on the ground, I believe, are showing their frustration at the
lack of action from those in power.”
Catherine Cooke is a community worker in Londonderry
She says protesters need to stop destroying their communities and public property.
“It’s part of moving forward, being multicultural. However I am not taking away from those horrific scenes we saw in Belfast on Monday night,” she says.
“It shouldn’t just be a loyalist issue, it should be everybody’s concern, but I do believe that people are angry about immigration”
