Swoop ‘overkill’ says GAA
The GAA last night described a PSNI swoop at one of Ireland’s top football grounds as “overkill”. PSNI officers raided Casement Park in Belfast as part of what the force described as an ongoing probe into illegal paramilitary activity and removed a number of items. The GAA also distanced itself from the activities of three of its members arrested over two separate incidents in the North in the past week. Yesterday, the PSNI raided the Antrim county ground at Casement Park in west Belfast in connection with the Northern Bank robbery. On Tuesday, two of its Derry members, including Sinn Féin MLA Francie Brolly, were arrested allegdly in connection with the 1972 Claudy Bomb. The Antrim County Board has lodged a complaint with the Police Ombudsman, while the Gaelic Athletic Association in Dublin has made complaints to Dublin Castle. The two prominent Derry GAA figures were released without charge amid claims by Francie Brolly that his high-profile arrest was “political policing at its...