Recently a young Antrim hurler, Domhnall Ó Moraín, and his friends were stopped by the PSNI for carrying hurls outside the ground of Casement Park.
Casement Park is the county ground of Antrim, located in Belfast. With a capacity of over 32,000 it is one of the biggest GAA stadiums in Ireland.
The police accused the group of young athletes of carrying dangerous and offensive weapons before attempting to take the hurls off of them.
When the group refused to hand over their sports equipment, the PSNI attempted to unjustly claim they were trespassing on Northern Ireland Railway property.
This video shows The Mairead Farrell Republican Youth Committee holding a demonstration at the former Andersonstown RUC barracks in protest at the PSNI's harassment of young nationalists who were innocently carrying a hurl.
This disgusting case of discrimination is something that nobody in Ireland should have to deal with in 2014.
This horrifying case of police harassment of these young GAA members may give precedence for more suspect profiling on the bases of sporting allegiances which have ties to a certain divide in the community of Northern Ireland.
Please share this video to help spread the message that we, as a united Irish nation in favour of peace and equality, will not be discriminated against in representing a national sport steeped in years of charity, history, and tradition.
S.DAWSON 10/03/14
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