TUV party secretary Ann McClure has written to Translink in the following terms:
Dear Chief Executive,
My attention has been drawn to a couple of issues pertaining to your company in recent weeks.
Firstly, I note that on 13th July you posted on Twitter a number of photos showing happy passengers along with the message:
“That’s the @Armagh_GAA fans on their way to Dublin on the rail special event train! Hoping for a good result for you all!”
A number of people have observed to me that there was no such post about the Twelfth of July celebrations the previous day, in spite of the fact that many thousands used Translink services to travel to and from parades with your buses in many cases parked in fleets at the end of parade routes.
Why does Translink think it’s acceptable to acknowledge nationalist culture while ignoring Orangeism?
Secondly, please explain why in the Belfast area Translink buses are displaying the progress pride flag.
I believe that Translink has a policy of refusing to carry political advertisement. Yet it is hard to think of something which could be more political than an emblem which is, at its heart, about the mutilation of children for a political ideology.
Yours sincerely,
Ann McClure, TUV party secretary