Terry Shannon sparked a row last night when he asked council chief executive Ann Doherty to remove it, citing fears that it could send out the “wrong message” before the nation votes on the marriage equality referendum.
“If there was no referendum, I wouldn’t have an issue,” he said. “But I think, on balance, it shouldn’t be flying for the duration of a referendum.”
.@TerryTshannon expressing concern about raising of rainbow flag over #Cork city hall to mark #LGBT week, just ahead of #MarRef #corkcc
— Eoin English (@EoinBearla) May 11, 2015
The city council made history last year when City Hall became the first civic or public building to fly the rainbow flag for the city’s LGBT Awareness Week.
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