are playing hammerstown fc from dublin in the first ever star of the sea cup. it s been organised by raymond mccord, who s son was murdered by the loyalist group the uvf. the competition is named after the cross community club which raymond played for when the conflict broke out. this is the star of the sea team from 1969. there was never any talk of which one was protestant and which one was catholic. all footballers, that s what it should be. among them, was bobby sands, whojoined the ira. a few of the lads in the team joined the uvf. paramilitary violence has much reduced since the 1990s. but the power sharing devolved government at stormont has often been shaky. unfortunately we have people still in this country like they live in 1969. if one side is doing well, the other side wants to pull stormont down.
northern ireland political correspondent jane northern ireland political correspondentjane mccormick, but correspondent jane mccormick, but first correspondentjane mccormick, but first chris page has been to a place where boaters from all backgrounds come together, the sports pitch. politics in northern ireland can often seem as if it s one side against the other and winner takes all. but events like this are breaking down barriers between communities, bringing together unionists and nationalists, protestants and catholics. the other team scored and the other team s cheering them. that s what it s about. limestone united from belfast are playing hammerstown fc from dublin in the first ever star of the sea cup. it s been organised by raymond mccord, whose son was murdered by the loyalist group the uvf. the competition is named after the cross community club which raymond played for when the conflict broke out. this is the star of the sea team from 1969. there was never any talk of which