[wideawake]

Astounding honesty from the Echo.

It's a well-known fact that the PIRA, RIRA and CIRA are all Marxist and not Catholic organizations.

Too many stupid Irish Catholics in the US, who are in their daily lives God-fearing Catholics and enthusiastic supporters of the free market, insist on supporting Democrats at home and terrorists abroad. My relatives are among this benighted lot and it drives me crazy.

[HEFFERNAN2]

Anti-Irish Catholic remarks from you and the poster of this article are fallng on deaf ears...I notice neither one of you posted any articles about the Protestants throwing rocks and bottles at the Catholic Irish chidren trying to go to school this week. Takes a real courageous parasite to throw rocks, bottles and holler obscentities at 4 year olds. You bigots need to find a hole and crawl back in it.

[Norn Iron]

Even the hated RUC has conspired to keep its mouth shut about IRA attacks, fobbing people off with "We are pursuing all leads" when asked about possible IRA links to killings.

The police can only say what they are permitted to say. Policing is not devolved but is handled by London and Dublin civil servants with London playing the main role if agreement cannot be reached.