Elaine Byrne: Criminal gangs must be called out and not allowed to hide behind a ‘cause’

Ahead of the Good Friday Agreement commemorations which begin next week, the domestic terrorism threat level in Northern Ireland has been increased from “substantial” to “severe”, meaning an attack is “considered to be highly likely”.

However, the decision by MI5, Britain’s intelligence agency, to upgrade the terror threat is not indicative of a return to the bad old days. The timing of this decision and the imminent visit to Belfast by Joe Biden, the US ...