THE people of Donegal and Tyrone are being urged to take part in the latest ‘Walk for Irish Unity’ due to take place this weekend.

Starting at 11am on Saturday at the Diamond in Lifford and finishing at the Tinnies in Strabane, the event is the second such walk to take place in recent years.

What is believed to have been the first ever unity walk took place in 2019, organised by the Yes For Unity movement.

Saturday’s gathering is Sinn Féin-led and local councillor Michaela Boyle is calling on the public to come along and their show support for an end to partition.

“This event is part of our ongoing campaign to secure and win a referendum on Irish unification as provided for in the Good Friday Agreement,” said Councillor Boyle.

“The demand for reunification is growing every single day. It has always made economic and logistical sense but Brexit, British Government cuts and their shambolic handling of the pandemic has led to more and more people looking to a better future within a new Ireland.

“Events like the Walk for Unity are an opportunity to demonstrate the demand for reunification that now exists. We are asking people to assemble at the Diamond, Lifford at 11am and the walk will finish at the Tinnies in Strabane.”