The argument broke out following claims the Great Hunger ‘genocide’ and 1641 massacre of Protestants should also be marked with moments of remembrance A proposal asking for a minute’s silence to mark Holocaust Memorial Day led to an angry debate between councillors in Londonderry amid claims the Irish Famine “genocide” and the 1641 massacre of Protestants should also be marked. The row broke out at a meeting of Derry and Strabane District Council, with some expressing frustration that it descended into a ‘tit for tat’ argument. Alliance councillor Philip McKinney made the proposal during chairperson’s business. He said: “Deputy Mayor,...