The Church and Society Commission of the Church of Ireland has, following its consideration of the Black Lives Matter movement and issues of racism and related injustices on the island of Ireland, issued the following statement:
‘The current phase of this global movement was sparked by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis in the United States on 25th May 2020. His bereaved family and the families of others who have died or who have been injured in this cause deserve our prayerful remembrance.
‘The movement has brought to the fore the fact that racism permeates so many aspects of…
