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The Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland has issued the following
statement about the incident in Meigh, County Armagh, when
armed men staged a roadblock in the village.
"We are extremely concerned at the situation which is
developing in South Armagh, where the police appear to have
surrendered effective control in some areas to paramilitary
groups.
"Although not so well publicised, we believe this is
also happening in parts of Fermanagh, which are not being
policed.
"We are now seeing the inevitable legacy of the Patton
Report.
"We fully support the policemen and women on the ground,
who are being left in an impossible and life threatening position,
because of the politically inspired changes to policing which
are designed to appease rather that deliver a better service."
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