Generation misled on the forces of collusion

THE much publicised report from the North’s police ombudsman Nuala O’Loan on collusion between British forces, including the police, and unionist paramilitaries has awoken many in this State to the reality that was the nationalist nightmare for decades.

The truth has eventually leaked out — like blood from underneath a locked door. During the dark and turbulent years when ‘that troublesome Northern tribe’ looked South seeking help, they were met largely with either cold indifference or naked hostility.

Collusion was after all an illusion — a figment of their imagination or simply republican propaganda. Heads remained firmly in the sand.