Perhaps republican ‘army’ engineers can be re-purposed to build hospitals

I thought it rather mean of Donna Traynor on BBC Newsline to put Conor Murphy Sinn Fein MLA, our esteemed finance minister and proud republican, on the spot last evening over using army engineers to build our much needed coronavirus Field Hospital.

A republican army, PIRA, had construction engineers on their books.

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Perhaps the fuel launderers, smugglers and resting PIRA demolition experts could be re-purposed as army engineers for this essential work.

Tom Nash, Derriaghy

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