McDonnell warns of threat posed by IRA

THE IRA wants people to turn a blind eye to their “robbery and butchery” SDLP deputy leader Alasdair McDonnell told the Labour Party conference.

“Nobody underestimates the seriousness of their threat,” Dr McDonnell, one of several guest speakers at the conference, said.

The South Belfast MP stressed that the SDLP’s goal was Irish unity too, but he said that had to be achieved through peaceful and democratic means.