Why no IRA apology?

“How many more police officers will we require if an independent Scotland is going to have an opendoor policy on immigration?

Sir, - Since the death of Martin McGuinness last week, I have been appalled at the outpouring of goodwill towards this man.

Yes, in his later years he had become a man of peace and tried to make his mark as such a person and he was seen by many as a “good guy” and a man of integrity.

He had so much integrity that he never revealed that he was a member of the IRA until he was hauled before the Bloody Sunday inquiry where he was finally cornered into admitting this fact and that on that day he was actually in Londonderry as the leader of an active unit and that he carried a sub machine gun on that day.

Within a short time he was indeed the IRA boss who gave the rubber stamp to all the IRA atrocities committed by this murderous bunch of misfits under the banner of a united Ireland.

When I served in Northern Ireland in the early 1970s it was common knowledge that you did not become a commander of the IRA unless you had personally killed quite a few people.

I come back to the word integrity used in connection with Martin McGuinness.

Had this man had the slightest hint of integrity then when he became this man of peace he would have assisted the team trying to find The Missing, the hidden bodies of the hundreds of people murdered by IRA thugs over the many years of the Troubles in Northern Ireland.

Not once did a single word of regret or apology for his personal involvement in many, many IRA atrocities cross his lips. Rab Gilbert. 6 Gordon Park, Kirriemuir.