Enniskillen: Man appears in court over IRA graffiti
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The letters IRA were painted on a wall of the Clinton Centre in November
A 52-year-old man accused of painting republican graffiti on a wall at the site of a Troubles atrocity in County Fermanagh has appeared in court.
Noel Patrick Mullane of Mullaghmeen Road, Ballinamallard was charged with displaying written material to stir up hatred or arouse fear.
He is also charged with possession of class B drugs and four counts of criminal damage.
A police officer said she could connect the accused to the charges.
Mr Mullane was released on bail to return to court again on 22 January 2024.
The letters IRA were painted on a wall of the Clinton Centre in November.
The graffiti has since been painted over.
The Clinton Centre was built on the site of an IRA bomb attack
Mr Mullane is also accused of damaging a door and wall inside a pub and an exterior wall of a Housing Executive property, as well as possessing cannabis.
The Clinton Centre was built on the site of an IRA bomb attack.
Twelve people were killed after a bomb exploded at the town's cenotaph on 8 November 1987, during a Remembrance Sunday ceremony.
Eleven of those died in the blast. A twelfth victim, Ronnie Hill, slipped in to a coma two days afterwards and died 13 years later.
A memorial to the victims is located on an adjoining wall of the Clinton Centre.