Massereene murders - Unity and resolve are needed now

THERE are many people who will not remember Stephen Restorick, many will not even be familiar with his name or even know why he was of any significance.

There are many more who will know who he was but dread even the prospect of a resumption of the conflict that cost the 23 year old his life.

Whole generations have reached adulthood since his name came to symbolise the hopes of all Irish democrats — that the cancerous conflict that cost him his life and divided this island for centuries was at an end. We had all hoped — many had prayed — that his would be the last life wasted.