'Dissidents' smash MLA's front door; VIOLENCE.Byline: MICHAEL McHUGH Michael Hudson McHugh, AC QC, (born 1935) is a former justice of the High Court of Australia; the highest court in the Australian court hierarchy. Judicial Activity DISSIDENT republicans were yesterday blamed on an attack on the home of a Sinn Fein Sinn Fein n. An Irish political and cultural society founded about 1905 to promote political and economic independence from England, unification of Ireland, and a renewal of Irish culture. Assembly member. Glass on the front door of Daithi McKay's home in Rasharkin Rasharkin (in Irish: Ros Earcáin, ie Earcán’s wooded height or Larkin's wood) is a small village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, 13 kilometres (8 miles) south of Ballymoney. It is situated near Dunloy and Kilrea. , Co Antrim, was broken in the early hours. Other properties were attacked in the village over the weekend. Mr McKay said: "Local people are disgusted at these hoods coming into this village to start trouble. "This criminal group have aligned themselves with so-called dissident groups. Republicanism is nothing more than a flag of convenience for them. "We said that we will stand toe to toe with these people and that is exactly what we will do." Police are appealing for witnesses after an unconnected attack at a chip shop in Rasharkin yesterday where two women were assaulted.. CAPTION(S): TARGET Daithi McKay |
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