Community takes to streets in protest over pipe bomb attack

April 19 2010 01:54 AM

A community left outraged after an attack on a grandmother last week will come together tomorrow in a public display of solidarity.

The move comes after community worker Mary Kelly (62) was left shaken following a pipe bomb attack on her north Belfast home last Tuesday.

The windows of her Glandore Avenue home were shattered in the second attack on her house this year — and one that could have killed her.

Angry neighbours, friends, colleagues and supporters will take to the streets to call for an end to the violence.

It has been organised by Skegoneill Glandore Common Purpose, a cross-community project which Mary works for.

She has lived for 34 years in the predominantly Catholic Glandore Avenue area off the Antrim Road, which has an interface with the mainly Protestant Skegoneill area.

Manus Maguire, the secretary of the project, said: “Everybody was just totally shocked particularly given the fact that Mary’s primary focus is around bringing people together and improving the quality of life for people in all areas.”

The Community Relations Council condemned last week’s incident “as a cowardly and disgusting attack”.

The incident sparked widespread condemnation from leading politicians, including the DUP’s Nigel Dodds.

Belfast Telegraph