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Sinn Fein s Brian Stanley compares crowds at Republican funerals to hundreds at Garda Colm Horkan s funeral
The Laois-Offaly TD was reacting to reporter s queries regarding claims that Sinn Fein members were among mourners that attended the funeral of Republican Eamon McCourt in Derry last week
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19/08/2020 - Brian Stanley (Photo: Gareth Chaney/Collins)
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Imagine if you would that you re in the old Wembley Stadium in London and all around you are 100,000 people enjoying a football match or a rock concert.
And as you picture that massive swathe of humanity just consider this horrible thought - that you re looking at the equivalent of the number of people in the UK who have died from coronavirus inside a year.
Looking at those terrifying statistics another way means that you could fill Windsor Park five times over and you wouldn t reach the 100,000 mark.
And the same goes for the Kingspan stadium which also has an 18,000 capacity and the cavernous Croke Park in Dublin only holds 80,000 people.
The PSNI was secretly watching the funeral of IRA man Eamon Peggy McCourt in Londonderry this week over potential Covid breaches, it can be revealed.
A security source told the Belfast Telegraph that officers were at the funeral on Monday and were wearing discreet body cameras to record footage, which will now be reviewed.
The source added that there were initial plans to use a helicopter, drones or static cameras on Land Rovers to monitor the cortege. However these were ruled out for operational reasons.
It comes after First Minister Arlene Foster said on Thursday that she has raised concerns over 10 republican funerals and shows of strength since May 2019 - almost a year before Covid restrictions on funerals - with the Policing Board and PSNI Chief Constable Simon Byrne.
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