Don't be surprised if Michel McDuce uses the new law to make Ireland's trains run on time.

With the CAB's new initiatives and a new racketeering law, things seem to be moving in the right direction so that the largest terrorist groups can be dealt with.

Come to think of it, putting a few dozen people in Gitmo would solve Ireland's terrorist problem pretty quickly, regardless of what the Brussels judges say.

"Seriously intimidating a population" seems a bit wide without specifying what is being threatened in fact or by implication. If the IRA or LVF threaten, historically we might expect to be shot if we do not comply with their demands, whereas people may feel intimidated by large demonstrations where the intimidation is not the intention. Do the prohibited acts include all the logistical, financial, and propaganda support for small numbers of active terrorists? Do small scale but co-ordinated acts of intimidation fall through the net because too few people are affected?

Is the state soft on conspiracies, vainly imagining that it has no effective competitors in the enclaves?

Who guarantees basic rights in there? Not the HRC.