DISSIDENT ACTIVITIES MUST BE THWARTED
Dissident activities must be thwarted
WITHIN hours of the close of the Omagh inquest has come news of arrests linked to the Real IRA, which was responsible for the atrocity.
Gardai appear to have moved in recent days as part of a widespread clampdown on republican dissidents.
They are holding four men and a woman following arrests at Butler's Bridge, Co Cavan.
Further evidence of a major crackdown in the Republic has been demonstrated by the announcement that the police Emergency Response Unit and national surveillance unit will be deployed to combat the dissident threat.
This highly visible increase in activity against dissidents will be widely welcomed.
There is considerable frustration that the perpetrators of the Omagh bombing are still free and that the Real IRA is continuing its reckless and cynical campaign of violence.
The inquest heard that the names of those behind the bombing are known to police. In the wake of the tragedy, powerful new laws were passed and there were hopes that these would help bring the dissidents to justice.
All lawful means must be used to bring those involved in these illegal organisations before the courts. The dissident groups pose a considerable threat and it is in everyone's interests that their evil activities are thwarted.
WITHIN hours of the close of the Omagh inquest has come news of arrests linked to the Real IRA, which was responsible for the atrocity.
Gardai appear to have moved in recent days as part of a widespread clampdown on republican dissidents.
They are holding four men and a woman following arrests at Butler's Bridge, Co Cavan.
Further evidence of a major crackdown in the Republic has been demonstrated by the announcement that the police Emergency Response Unit and national surveillance unit will be deployed to combat the dissident threat.
This highly visible increase in activity against dissidents will be widely welcomed.
There is considerable frustration that the perpetrators of the Omagh bombing are still free and that the Real IRA is continuing its reckless and cynical campaign of violence.
The inquest heard that the names of those behind the bombing are known to police. In the wake of the tragedy, powerful new laws were passed and there were hopes that these would help bring the dissidents to justice.
All lawful means must be used to bring those involved in these illegal organisations before the courts. The dissident groups pose a considerable threat and it is in everyone's interests that their evil activities are thwarted.
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Publisher: THE IRISH NEWS
Ref: IN/0578
Published Date: 05-Oct-02
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