Catholic policing board members 'suffering intimidation'

Catholic members of local policing boards in Northern Ireland are being subjected to “psychological intimidation” from republicans, the chairman of one district partnership claimed today.

As police examined a suspect package of a district policing partnership member in Sion Mills in Co Tyrone, SDLP councillor Eugene McMenamin also condemned plans by Sinn Féin to picket a meeting of a local board in Strabane.