Bombs and bullets have no place

KATIE is 17 years old. I want to see her doing her Leaving Certificate. I want to see her going to college.

Someday I hope I will have the pleasure of walking her down the aisle. Maybe she will have kids and myself, and my wife will enjoy grandchildren.

Last Monday night, Katie went to the gym in the Glenroyal Hotel in Maynooth. She came home to say that police and fire brigades and emergency services were rushing into Maynooth. I learned that as Katie walked home that night, she walked past a viable explosive device in a bus, which army bomb disposal experts later made safe.