This is my first comment on Slugger O'Toole.

Policing has always been the most important issue for me. I thought after Omagh that anyone with any information would have come forward. I feel the same about the McCartney murder.

I hope that Gerry Adams' request will be heeded.

Let me translate from the garbage-speak of the Belfast Telegraph..."Don Corleone says he hopes mafia will be brought to justice"

Let me translate from the garbage-speak of the Belfast Telegraph..."Don Corleone says he hopes mafia will be brought to justice"

Nobody posting on ATW David Lol.

Presumably Mr Adams is not counting himself or Sinn Fein Reps among the 'reputable' persons people should bring their information to?

While Adam's comments are welcome, a priest or solicitor can't stand up in court and present third party evidence, to secure convictions witnesses will have to go to the police, something Mr Adams has failed to urge people to do, either he does'nt understand how the court process works or his call is just a stunt.

It looks like the stories going around about the IRA taking tapes and destroying evidence may be unfounded as it is being reported on utv that the cameras were not recording at the time of this incident.

Gerry Adams is giving a bery clear sign to republicans that republicans should not be involved in any cover up. It seems that Gerry Adams is dammed if he does and dammed if he doesn't.

http://www.utvinternet.ie/newsroom/indepth.asp?id=56764&pt=n

C'mon J kelly - it took a fortnight for Adams to be pressured into his current position. Why wasn't he calling for justice the day after the Killing ? Why weren't the local SF reps calling for people to come forward with information the day after the murder ?
We know the answer, don't we ?

J Kelly,

it was always the case that statements put out by individuals and organisations around that time had to be treated with scepticism. Simply because no one knew exactly what had happened. Hearsay was the name of the day and was moulded into facts.
It also no seems that at least some members of the family are now satisfied with SF's bona fides on the case. Undoubtedly that will earn them the wrath of a few posters as it does not follow the script.

That is why the 72 witnesses and others should get the truth out there, whatever that truth may be.

If they feel comfortable going to the PSNI they should do so, if not other avenues are open to them.

Anyone seen Alex Maskey recently? Strange what a low profile he has kept since the vigil. Thought I saw him in a pub in Dundalk the other night but I could be wrong, it might have been some other wee baldy with a Belfast accent surrounded by heavies.

Alex objected to the heavyhanded tactics of the PSNI, but not to the heavyhanded tactics of the unit which sliced up poor McCartney in a way which puts the Shankill butcher to shame. Perhaps the Provos were carrying out a community survey on policing when they knocked on every door in the Markets in the 24 hours after the murder.

How can any sane person claim we are better off at the tender mercies of the Provo throatcutters than accepting the police?

Pathetic comments by Gerry Adams.

If he wants to help the family and achieve justice, he should be using his position on the PIRA Army Council to get the killers and their accomplices turned into the police.