Terrorist plot - We must not deny threat to this State

As Irish airports and airlines virtually resumed normal operations yesterday after the chaos caused by the suspected terrorist attack on several passenger planes, it has to be borne in mind that the spectre of a threat still exists.

Britain is still on a “critical” level of alert even though the authorities there believe the main suspects have been taken into custody.

The fact is that while those mainly responsible may be held, it is unknown how many others may be waiting to serve their fundamentalist cause. There could be another plan to blow up planes or a nuclear plant, but the point is that no one knows.