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A MAN AND a woman have been arrested on suspicion of dissident republican activity after a significant quantity of weapons and ammunition stored above a hot boiler were found by police in Belfast.
The PSNI said that it had arrested the 31-year-old man and 33-year-old woman under the Terrorism Act after the discovery of the weapons, which police strongly believe belong to the New IRA.
The pair were arrested in the Ballymurphy area of West Belfast on suspicion of dissident republican activity in connection to the discovery and taken to Musgrave Serious Crime Suite for questioning.
Commenting on the arrests, Detective Chief Inspector Stuart Griffin said that the weapons were discovered stored “in a reckless manner, on top of a hot boiler in a residential area”.
“Some of the rounds exploded during a fire which caused significant danger to local residents who were in the area and highlighted once again that these terrorists really do not care about the safety of anyone living in their community,” said Griffin.
We will continue to disrupt the activities of those who wish to terrorise the community with their twisted ideologies so that people can live without fear.
Two other properties in the area were also searched and a number of items were seized and are due to be sent for forensic examination, including a small quantity of suspected Class B drugs.
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Families with children were hit harder than any other group and still are!
Anyone on low to low middle incomes with kids were plunged into poverty by FF/Green and FG/Lab governments – this is shown by statistics and data, the same statistics show that the wealthy in Ireland got progressively more wealthy as we got poorer – the obvious agenda is to redistribute wealth to the top!
People need to get out on the streets – child poverty is at record levels and this awful government has done NOTHING to improve the situation – they’ve made it far worse!
@David Grey: what do you class as the top, you know where you state there is an obvious agenda to redistribute wealth to? What income do you think families stop having financial pressures and suffering?
@David Grey: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/08/07/opinion/leonhardt-income-inequality.html I thought this graph is an excellent display of how things have changed. It’s US focused but it’s going to be similar here.
@Bilbo Baggins: @Bilbo Baggins: do you are totally ignoring the article, which is about the middle class, and instead want to focus on the 0.001%. I ask you the same question, at which level of income do you think financial pressures and worries end?
@Paul Fahey: about the top 1-3% I’d say Paul. I share your view though that this angle will be used to punish the top 60% instead. (Not ignoring it at all).
@David Mc Nally: really? If you believe families with a salary income of 100k have ordinarily more than one source of income you are wrong and have believed too many of the rhetorical platitudes and falsehoods spewed out with ease and no evidence.
@David Grey: Very well said.
Us families won’t be found on those paradise papers! If mega rich people and companies paid their taxes it might just help!
@Phil Keenan: Labour shamefully and FG only cut from the poorest in their 5 regressive budgets as ERSI already proved. Remember Leo telling families in 2012 to “take a holidayas they were not cut, but Leo and Labour took 9-12 euro a week of rent allowance,electricity units to the elderly and fuel allowance cuts in 2012 whilst only taking 2 euro a week off the wealthiest for the household charge in 2012. Joan & FG slyly cut the pensions of many men and women who took time off to rear their children in 2012 too.
Oh yes….we did not complete three or four mortgage repayments fully, paid over half each month for a few months, built up arrears….both working bit incomes reduced…..jaysus PTSB hounded us…..all paid up now…..but so pushy….and not for the people….to see the credit union do mortgages would be great for us all.
@Richie Curry:
Ulster Bank in my case, knowingly trying to rip customers off. Bet the executives didn’t loose sleep, weight, feel inadequate/suicidal or grind their teeth away !
Middle class had it the easiest from 2011-16 as ERSI has proved.
Latest housing bubble is well under way as anyone trying to buy or even rent the most basic of dives.
The latest housing bubble well under way. Anyone trying to buy or rent even the basic of dives off a a greedy & uncaring of basic habitation standards, only knows too well of housing crisis & don’t need last Thursdays Prime Time to tell them. What’s Leo and FG doing to help tenants by tax evading landlords & vulture funds?
Wealth re-distribution is the State plan.
Also know as having an inclusive society where all the people (especially the the top brass) can have an equal income and quality of life.
What they don’t say is that they need to fleece-tax everyone in the country to achieve it.
They just scutter on with communist babble like comrad Higgins.
@Cram Wood: What are you trying to say?
Excellent stock photo of ‘middle class worry’
I find the poor middle income landlords affected the most….. When the greed for rent increases kicks in, you have to be prepared for the extra tax that follows. Boo hoo!!!
Keep voting FG/FF/Labour and expect different results? The definition of stupidity.
They DON’T care about you. Wake up.
Hopefully there’re ready for the next one
What is “middle class” anyway? How does one define it, especially against such other classes as professional and managerial???
Aw
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