Fire destroys club shop and scoreboard at Lámh Dhearg GAA club
Belfast city councillor Arder Carson said the fire was "a pure act of deliberate vandalism that fills you with despair"."Attacking the very organisation that provides so much for young people and the entire community. It has to be condemned without reservation," the Sinn Féin councillor said.He appealed for anyone with information to come forward.
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