Charlie Flanagan: Calling off RIC commemoration 'right thing to do'

Former senator Maurice Manning has said that personally he would prefer to see an academic conference as the means to commemorate the role of the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) and Dublin Metropolitan Police (DMP).

Charlie Flanagan: Calling off RIC commemoration 'right thing to do'

Update 10.20am: Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan has said that calling off the planned commemoration for the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) was “the right thing to do.

“There was a particularly hostile atmosphere, there was a lot of division - and of course the purpose of the event was to bring people together.

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