Robinson call for apology ‘impertinent’

What incredible impertinence from Peter Robinson in calling for the government to apologise for its ‘role’ in the emergence of the IRA.

Dublin governments have always condemned the organisation and have co-operated in anti-terrorist legislation.

Is Robinson totally airbrushing out of history an infinitely more important factor — the abuse of power by the old unionist Stormont regime, which systematically discriminated against Catholics when it came to the most basic rights in employment, housing and voting?

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