So Ireland is a soldier, he could then enlighten us all on the collusion between the Ruc and the British Army with his allies in the Loyalists murder gangs.
It is a fact, that from the beginning of the troubles, the so-called Security Forces have been handing out information on Nationalists, resulting in the death of numerous innocents, so you cannot blame Sinn Fein for covering their back.
And Tim me boy, you can also have your throat cut in Glasgow if you have the misfortune to be wearing a Celtic scarf, one of your Rangers friends is doing time for this deed, not forgetting the two Scots who received a long prison sentence last week for supplying their Loyalists friends in the sick six with Arms, Semtex etc.
For the benefit of our US friends let me remind them that Scotland is known here as the hidey-hole for murdering Loyalists thugs, on the run at the moment in the land of the thistle is a suspect in the Martin O`Hagan murder being shielded by his Scottish friends.
And from to-days Irish News we read that the moderate SDLP politican Alban Maginness has said that Unionists politicians of "ignoring Loyalist violence, stating that "their blindness on this issuse is reprehensible".
And Hugh Orde gave us all a laugh by apologising, God help us, wonders will never cease. Ard Mhacha.