Coleraine attacks - A return to terror

THOUGH the 11th anniversary of the last great outrage of the North’s Troubles approaches it seems we cannot dismiss the idea of another return to the terror and horrible bigotry that ruined so many lives in this country over the last 40 years.

The murder of Kevin McDaid in Coleraine last weekend, and the attacks on his wife and Damian Fleming, for no other reason than their address suggested that they might be Catholics are a grim reminder of what was and what could be again unless prompt cross-community action is taken.

Accusations have been made against the PSNI and loyalist paramilitaries and they must either be confirmed or immediately refuted. We, every last one of us, on this island have come too far to allow the monsters of the past back into our lives.