Letters to the Editor: Glorification of IRA campaign is a barrier to reconciliation

The bullet-riddled minibus at the scene where 10 Protestant workmen were shot dead in an IRA massacre at Kingsmill, Co Armagh, in 1976.

I am certain that the overwhelming majority of people on the island of Ireland are appalled at the statement made by Sinn Féin first minister-designate Michelle O’Neill in her recent BBC interview in which she stated there was no alternative to the IRA campaign of violence before the Good Friday Agreement.

The continued justification and glorification of the IRA campaign by leading Sinn Féin spokespersons makes it all the more difficult to achieve peace and reconciliation on this island.