A REPUBLICAN flute band will celebrate the 150th birthday of Easter rising leader James Connolly weeks after a parliament motion to honour the Scot sparked outrage.

The James Connolly Republican Flute Band peacefully celebrate the Edinburgh-born founder of the Irish Socialist Republican Party’s birthday ever year with a march around the streets of Govan.

Despite recent backlash against Connolly supporters, the band’s celebration will be “peaceful, as it’s always been.”

A spokesman for the band said: “We do this every year and we never have any issues.

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“He played a pivotal part in Scottish trade unionism and Irish socialism so for that he should be celebrated.

“We’re an open to all, inclusive organisation. Religion doesn’t play a part in it and we don’t have any issues.”

Politicians came under fire this year for being “naive” and causing “huge upset to people who’ve lost loved ones” for celebrating Connolly’s role in the risings and “his contribution to, and signing of, the Proclamation of the Irish Republic”.

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Tom Arthur and John Mason of the SNP, Pauline McNeill, Alex Rowley and Elaine Smith from Labour, and Mark Ruskell, Patrick Harvie and John Finnie from the Greens all faced criticism for supporting the motion after it was lodged by Green leader Ross Greer.

The band, accompanied by two other groups, will take to the streets for around one hour kicking off at Elder Park at 11.30am on Saturday.

Despite social media users branding their “shock” and “disbelief” at similar celebrations near the Scottish capital, where Connolly was born on June 5, 1868, the band insist their celebrations will provide fun for all the family while commemorating the man who sparked a crucial turning point in the bid for Irish independence.

Around 100 band members will arrive in the area for the event and it’s hoped there will be a large public presence as in previous years.

The march comes after a petition to ban Orange Order marches following reports a priest was attacked near the Barras which led Glasgow City Council determine “it’s perhaps time to review our procedures in light of a number of factors”.

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While the James Connolly RFB say it “can’t be compared” to the Orange Order, its members have “don’t have any objections” to the marches.

The spokesman added: “They keep themselves to themselves, we keep ourselves to ourselves.

“We don’t have objections to any culture being celebrated but everyone should adhere to the code of conduct, as we always do."

Glasgow City Council leader Councillor Susan Aitken said: "I have to be clear that the council does not have any legal authority to introduce a blanket ban on Orange walks, or public processions by any other organisation.

“The council will continue to closely examine how it operates within the national legislation that governs public processions. It will listen to communities with concerns about any march by any organisation – and will look to its partners, including city MSPs, to do the same.

“In the meantime, I am acutely aware that further parades are scheduled in the area in the coming weeks – and have made it clear to officers that the council is prepared to take whatever steps are necessary to ensure those marches do not pass the scene of Saturday’s incident.”