Police chief defends march tactics

A Belfast police chief who headed the security operation surrounding a bitterly-contested Orange march that ended in violence today hit back in the face of rising Nationalist fury.

Police chief defends march tactics

A Belfast police chief who headed the security operation surrounding a bitterly-contested Orange march that ended in violence today hit back in the face of rising Nationalist fury.

Assistant Chief Constable Duncan McCausland defended the decision to let loyalist supporters walk through the city’s staunchly Catholic Ardoyne district, stressing there was no alternative.

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