Infections may spread despite peace process safety blanket

It was officially just a touch of bronchitis, but given the context of recent days, one could be forgiven for viewing it as a sign of things to come.

On Wednesday evening, as the long-serving Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams armed himself with a Dáil statement as he attempted to tip-toe through yet another Provisional IRA minefield from the past, it felt like it had all been seen before.

A family at war with Sinn Féin over a murdered loved one.