Terror in the North - We have to do more than vote for peace

THE Continuity IRA yesterday, when they admitted murdering PSNI Constable Stephen Carroll, 48, a married man with a family from Banbridge in Co Down, joined the Real IRA in a terrible fantasy world where the democratic wishes of the great majority of the population of this island stand for nothing.

It is a fearful possibility that even before this day is out that the other gang of murderers lost in this Bermuda Triangle of hate — the INLA — will do their bit for “the cause” by killing someone to try to reverse the great progress made over the last decade.

These last few days Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams faced a lot of criticism over the delay and the feeble language used in his initial response to the murder on Saturday night of two young soldiers at the Massareene Barracks in Antrim. Be that as it may he did say one thing that we should all consider. He warned that there cannot be a security response and that politics must find the answer. He may have hit the nail on the head.