Hi all, I haven't been here for a while but have been reading the submissions with interest. I would really appreciate it if some who write on this topic would read a little about the history of Ireland, especially the 6 counties. We have at the present time armies fighting all over the world for the cause of democracy, - That is what the root of the problem in N.Ireland is all about democracy or the lack of it.

This statelet was set up against the overwhelming majority of Irish wishes. It has been maintained ever since for one purpose only, that is to keep the northern catholics in line as second class citizens, discriminated against in housing, jobs etc.

What other countries call rights, the loyalists call concessions when it applies to nationalists. For the past 80 odd years the world has stood by and watched this happen, but if the same things were taking place in any other country the world would be furious, the U.N. etc would demand corrective action, but not in Ireland.

As far as the actions of the british and the british army I think you all know where I stand, they are a bunch of thugs in uniform, If they were not in the army they would be following the soccer teams to Europe and causing havoc wherever they go.

But getting back to the Bank riad, I believe that this operation was too sophisticated for even the P.I.R.A. My money would be on the possibility that it was the S.A.S., deliberately staged to discredit Sinn Fein and the I.R.A.- Think about it, all was going the way of the nationalists, they have adhered to the ceasefire - but that was not enough - They carried out decopmmisioning, witnessed by the selected people , but that was not enough, they offered to destroy all their weapons, and have it witnessed by a protestant and a catholic clergyman, but that was not enough. All this was leading to a lot of questions as to what do they have to do next.

To prevent them getting an increase in public ralations something had to be done to set them back - thus the bank job. In the middle of the day, in the city centre of the largest city in the north, where one cannot walk 20 yards without bumping into a policeman they were able to steal 26 million pounds and get clean away. No witnesses ?????. All of a sudden the accustaions come out - it was the P.I.R.A. - show us the proof, that is simple enough - show the proof. It is obvious that the authorities are stalling hoping against hope for some thread of evidence or hoping that some nationalist gets mad enough to do something stupid like setting of a bomb etc.

It is clear to me that loyalists politicians do not want the Good Friday Agreement to succeed, if so why is 80% not implemented yet. The loyalist want nothing less than to go back to the old days, with a complete surrender of the nationalists and the nationalist dream - well it ain't going to happen.

Show the evidence or shut up about it.