Violence in the North highlights failure at a political level
The rash of public disorder in Loyalist areas of Northern Ireland bears all the hallmarks of behind the scenes orchestration by paramilitary groups which were understood to be dormant. It is hard to understand the motivation for such organised disorder. At one level, young rioters hi-jacking vehicles and petrol bombing PSNI patrols may have nothing […]
The dam of public patience has already cracked and broken
The official but “anonymous Government source” (the AGS) had spoken on the outlook for lifting the lockdown well before the Cabinet had its meeting to consider the matter. Most people in Leinster House have a very good idea who the AGS is – widely reputed to be a very ambitious minister who spends an inordinate […]