Dear Editor,
It is right and proper that our police officers who served in the Part Time Reserve should receive the proposed £20million payment and I am pleased that it has been delivered by the Hillsborough deal. For far too long our fellow citizens who served in the police did not receive the recognition that they deserved. This is one major aspect of the Hillsborough Agreement that I would like to welcome. The Hillsborough Castle Agreement deserves our support because it contains such recognition which has for so long been denied. A positive result like this would never have been achieved by running away from political talks as some wreckers within the Unionist community want to. By following their course, this payment plan would never have seen the light of day.
Yours etc,
Cllr John Finlay
Bann Valley
Ballymoney Borough Council
