An Antrim councillor has hit out after being accused of complaining about a charity supermarket bag packing by members of a local GAA club.
Adrian Watson, who is also the Ulster Unionist deputy mayor of Antrim, said he was angry that his name had been brought into the furore surrounding the story after it was featured on the BBC’s Talk Back programme yesterday. Youngsters from St Comghall’s club were taking part in the event at the Tesco store in Antrim town on Sunday when they were asked to remove their GAA shirts and carry out the work in plain T-shirts. The request by a Tesco manager was made after members of the public and a local political representative objected to the items of clothing being worn. Mr Watson said the political representative mentioned in the story was not him. He added that he was contacted by angry constituents the following day and that he had tried to defuse the situation. And he branded reports that he had been involved in complaining as “a load of nonsense”.
“I have not spoken to or complained to Tesco,” he said.