Is it too soon, too unsettling, for pro-IRA chants to be trivialised? | Una Mullally

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Slogans such as the one used by footballer Declan Rice are more about cultural identity than sectarianism, says Irish Times columnist Una Mullally

When does “Up the RA” not mean “Up the RA”? When the England footballer, Declan Rice, who played for the Republic of Ireland before switching allegiance, apologised for using the pro-IRA slogan on a recently unearthed social media post he made as a 16-year-old. And his apology added to a strange revival of the aesthetics of Irish republicanism.

 

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