Tory calls for end to attacks

The British Conservative spokesman on Northern Ireland, Mr Andrew Mackay MP, met representatives of the anti-paramilitary group…

The British Conservative spokesman on Northern Ireland, Mr Andrew Mackay MP, met representatives of the anti-paramilitary group, Families Against Intimidation and Terror, yesterday.

Mr Mackay said that while he supported the peace process, he believed "punishment" attacks must end and the bodies of the disappeared must be returned by the IRA.

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