Unionists in Northern Ireland have been shocked by the level of sectarian abuse that was levelled during the presidential campaign, wondering “what hope have the rest of us”, Heather Humphreys has said.
Speaking at the Cavan/Monaghan count centre in Ballyhaise, Fine Gael’s defeated presidential candidate said she had faced sustained sectarian abuse during the campaign, though her campaign team had protected her from much of it.
The Ulster Presbyterian came under attack early in the campaign when much was made of her husband’s membership 50 years ago of the Orange Or
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