Timothy Sumer

"This programme was produced by Aparat Ltd for Press TV" A sentence of life imprisonment for Kevin Braney has dealt a major blow to the most dangerous terrorist group operating on this island. The New IRA poses the biggest threat to the security of the State since the Provisional IRA ceasefire in 1994, according to Garda security and intelligence. And it is also top of the terror list in Northern Ireland where last month it was responsible for the car bomb attack outside a courthouse in Derry. A British veteran said on Monday in Belfast that he opposed a hard border with the Republic of Ireland for fear of their unpleasant history repeating itself. Glenn Bradly, now a businessman, was a veteran guarding the British side of the 500-kilometer long border with the Republic of Ireland during the Northern Irish Troubles -- a period of conflict that began in 1968 and stretched for 30 years. Since the late 1960s, many of the border roads had been barricaded by British tr...