Spare us the opinions — let’s have the facts

FIRST let me say I have no love for the IRA or any other paramilitary organisation.

Spare us the opinions — let’s have the facts

Last week Hugh Orde said the IRA carried out the Belfast bank heist. But that was mere opinion. We have seen no evidence for this claim, yet the Taoiseach and the British prime minister have said how disappointed they are.

This saddens me as it shows that at the highest level of government hearsay and opinion have overridden the need for evidence, the burden of proof and innocence till proven guilty.

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