Belfast Gonzo on July 26, 2006, 12:45 am | Readers 7
YESTERDAY’S Irish News was unusually balanced in its opinion pieces on restorative justice – unionist Roy Garland listed how Northern Ireland Alternatives schemes involving “a few ex-prisoners” had benefited loyalist areas and provided role models, while Tom Kelly argued that as “some loyalists are not even on officially recognised ceasefires, the thought of going to a CRJ scheme in a loyalist area must carry more risks than visiting Beirut on an Israeli passport”.
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