Demonstrating that very little has changed on the political policing front in the Six Counties, armed members of the PSNI stopped, searched and attempted to quiz Éirígí activists in Lurgan earlier this week.
Éirígí spokesperson, Pádraic Mac Coitir, has called into question the motivation of those parties supportive of the so-called parades resolution in Ardoyne.
In a statement Mac Coitir said, “Those advocating an Orange Order parade in the Ardoyne area of Belfast
As dozens of masked paramilitary police decamped from armoured jeeps onto a Belfast street it could have been a scene from 1969, 1979 or 1989. But it wasn’t. Instead it was June 27th 2009 – the day of Britain’s inaugural ‘Armed Forces Day’.
A debate entitled `Policing - A Bridge Too Far For Republicans?' took place last Monday November 27th in the Conway Mill, West Belfast on the subject of the proposed and anticipated involvement of Sinn Féin in policing
