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YOUR columnist Steven King is in denial. He marshals a series of assertions and half-truths (Irish Examiner, January 31) in the hope of persuading people that the recent Northern police ombudsman’s report did not prove collusion between the RUC and UVF in the murder of Protestants and Catholics alike.

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ED MOLONEY (Irish Examiner, October 1) might want to ask what Ian Paisley’s agenda is in relation to the peace process and IRA decommissioning.

Mon, 10 Oct, 2005

Roots of the Rip-off Republic go back to foundation of the State
SO we live in a ‘Rip-off Republic,’ as if that was news. If we replace ‘rip-off’ with other terms such as ‘political patronage’ or ‘clientelist politics,’ then it doesn’t appear so new after all.

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