If there is a lesson from the NI police data breach it is not to forget the cruelty of the Troubles | Martin Kettle

The leak could undermine security in Northern Ireland – restoring power sharing is a political necessity at this moment

Half of the people who live in these islands have no adult memory at all of the Northern Ireland troubles. Too many of those who can remember them have allowed the bombings, shootings, riots and violence to slip from their minds in the 25 years that have passed since a peace treaty was signed in 1998. But last week’s data leak …

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