SELECTIVE USE OF INTERNMENT MAY BE THE BEST OPTION
Selective use of internment may be the best option, says Cushnahan
by Tony Purcell
A FORMER leader of the Alliance Party, Fine Gael MEP John Cushnahan, said yesterday that the selective use of internment must be considered by the British and Irish Governments if the current law is deficient in bringing to justice those responsible for the Omagh bombing outrage.
Mr Cushnahan, who has consistently opposed the use of interment in the past, condemned the bombing as a "wanton act of savagery and destruction".
Mr Cushnahan said that in its determination to root out the men of evil in our society and take the gun and the bomb out of Irish politics, both Governments should have no hesitation in using selective internment if it is the right thing to do and "I have no doubt that this will have the backing of all the people in the whole of Ireland".
In the past internment failed because it was wrong to use security measures to solve the problem in the North.
"We have now solved the political problem by way of the Good Friday Peace Agreement and we are entitled to use security measures to defend it," he said.
Welcoming the firm response by the Irish and British Government's to the worst atrocity in the history of the Northern troubles, Mr. Cushnahan said it was imperative that a small minority of terrorists will not be allowed to thwart the will of the overwhelming majority of people on this island who democratically endorsed the Good Friday Agreement.
Because the people in the South also overwhelmingly supported by way of referendum the Agreement, the Irish Government, in co-operation with the British Government, has now a blank cheque in taking whatever security measures are necessary to defend and sustain the peace agreement.
Meanwhile, Minister of State Willie O'Dea pledged yesterday in Limerick that the Government's response to the bombing will be swift and the organisation responsible will be crushed.
"Let the people rest assured that there will be an immediate security response and those responsible will be hunted and brought to trial. The best possible security measures will be enforced to put this organisation out of commission," O'Dea said.
A book of condolences was opened yesterday at the Limerick City Hall for the people of the city to express their sympathy to the families of the bereaved and injured in the Omagh bombing.
Mayor of Limerick, Cllr Joe Harrington, will be attending the funerals in Omagh to convey the sympathy of the people of Limerick on their loss.
Courtesy of Irish Examiner
by Tony Purcell
A FORMER leader of the Alliance Party, Fine Gael MEP John Cushnahan, said yesterday that the selective use of internment must be considered by the British and Irish Governments if the current law is deficient in bringing to justice those responsible for the Omagh bombing outrage.
Mr Cushnahan, who has consistently opposed the use of interment in the past, condemned the bombing as a "wanton act of savagery and destruction".
Mr Cushnahan said that in its determination to root out the men of evil in our society and take the gun and the bomb out of Irish politics, both Governments should have no hesitation in using selective internment if it is the right thing to do and "I have no doubt that this will have the backing of all the people in the whole of Ireland".
In the past internment failed because it was wrong to use security measures to solve the problem in the North.
"We have now solved the political problem by way of the Good Friday Peace Agreement and we are entitled to use security measures to defend it," he said.
Welcoming the firm response by the Irish and British Government's to the worst atrocity in the history of the Northern troubles, Mr. Cushnahan said it was imperative that a small minority of terrorists will not be allowed to thwart the will of the overwhelming majority of people on this island who democratically endorsed the Good Friday Agreement.
Because the people in the South also overwhelmingly supported by way of referendum the Agreement, the Irish Government, in co-operation with the British Government, has now a blank cheque in taking whatever security measures are necessary to defend and sustain the peace agreement.
Meanwhile, Minister of State Willie O'Dea pledged yesterday in Limerick that the Government's response to the bombing will be swift and the organisation responsible will be crushed.
"Let the people rest assured that there will be an immediate security response and those responsible will be hunted and brought to trial. The best possible security measures will be enforced to put this organisation out of commission," O'Dea said.
A book of condolences was opened yesterday at the Limerick City Hall for the people of the city to express their sympathy to the families of the bereaved and injured in the Omagh bombing.
Mayor of Limerick, Cllr Joe Harrington, will be attending the funerals in Omagh to convey the sympathy of the people of Limerick on their loss.
Courtesy of Irish Examiner
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Publisher: THE EXAMINER
Ref: TEX/053
Published Date: 18-Aug-98
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