A Multiple Sclerosis charity has said it’s sorry after a tweet calling on people to ‘turn the streets of Belfast orange’ for a sponsored walk was interpreted as a reference to the Orange Order.
The MS Society appealed for people to wear clothing in the charity’s colour orange in a tweet that has since been deleted.
An MS Society spokeswoman said: “We’re sorry for any offence caused by this tweet and understand how it might have been interpreted.
“Orange is the MS Society’s brand colour, and this campaign was used to promote our MS fundraiser across the whole of the UK.
“We appreciate the sensitivities in Northern Ireland. This was an honest mistake and the advert has now been taken down.”
“People can wear whatever they want to, but our brand colour is orange and some people will choose to wear MS Society t-shirts for the walk.”
MS Walk Belfast is due to take place on 13 September.
The MS Society has apologised for sending a tweet that called on people to help “turn the streets of Belfast orange” before its sponsored walk through the cityhttps://t.co/v5aKfBh5v4 pic.twitter.com/uztCSpPwDB
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