Ulster faces 'gangster state' threat - Empey

Northern Ireland needs to guard against becoming a gangster state, Ulster Unionist leader Sir Reg Empey warned tonight.

Ulster faces 'gangster state' threat - Empey

Northern Ireland needs to guard against becoming a gangster state, Ulster Unionist leader Sir Reg Empey warned tonight.

At the launch of a new campaign by his party opposing any role in the future for ex-paramilitaries in the North’s police service, the former Stormont Economy Minister warned republican and loyalist terror groups were increasingly morphing into criminal gangs.

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