SF and the elephant with the armalite in the room

Last Sunday in this newspaper, Sinn Féin councillor Eoin Ó Broin wrote a superficial response to the very serious issues raised in both the Report of Paramilitary Groups in Northern Ireland and the Garda Síochána Report in the Republic.

Irish people are very protective of the peace that has been achieved on this island and his attempts to trivialise significant threats to that peace do not resonate with people who want a successful ...