Dear Sir, - The recent decision to reinstate a plaque remembering IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands in Rosslea leaves a lot of questions to be answered by Fermanagh District Council as to who authorised this.

At a time when all we constantly hear Sinn Fein representatives say that it’s now time for a shared future and to move on from the past,  one must ask just how this fits in with reinstating this plaque.

This action is particularly offensive when one considers that the memorial to the victims of the Enniskillen bombing was removed from the town’s fire station. On what planet is it ok to commemorate an IRA terrorist but not the IRA’s innocent victims?   Fermanagh has a number of Republican monuments glorifying terrorists, most of which have been erected illegally, without the relevant planning permission and sited on government property. Surely all these do is offer insult to victims of IRA violence in those localities, who have to see them on a daily basis.

Recently we have seen Sinn Fein representatives including Martin McGuinness and Gerry Kelly praising and attempting to justify IRA atrocities and a terror campaign which left thousands dead and many more injured. They try to call it a war while at the same time attempting to embrace peace and telling the rest of us and their victims that’s it’s time to move on. Their definition of war is clearly different to the rest of us. Hiding in dark shadows and ambushing defenceless people, planting no warning bombs in town and city centres was, is and can only ever be, classed as terrorism.

Let’s be honest - Sinn Fein only want a shared future when it’s on their terms or beneficial to them and not if it includes anything Unionist, Orange, or anything that is prepared to challenge their version of history.

The Unionist people in Fermanagh are becoming increasingly frustrated by republican representatives as they continue to chip away at our culture and heritage and make us feel like second-class citizens.

Yours faithfully, Victor Warrington