Sweeney, you have dropped enough hints that you were an IRA man, though you always stopped short of admitting or denying it.

If you were a terrorist, the police were right to stop and question you.

Even if you only had close links with known activists, you would be flagged up as needing careful scrutiny.

Nothing to do with your accent.
(B.T.W. It was your friend Alison M who brought up Manchester bomb. Will you have a word?)