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Security relaxed at
Magilligan pier
07.10.08
Senator Cecilia
Keaveney has welcomed the reduction in security at
Magilligan pier but vowed to push for a review of
its international port status.
Senator Keaveney said Limavady Borough Council had
clarified that security at the ferry was
particularly heavy recently due to a staff training
programme.
"I have never been against an element of spot
checking as all countries can have various reasons
to do that. However, routine checking of all cars
leaving Magilligan was and would remain nonsense,"
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She said security was
"a topic and indeed a cost" for Donegal and Limavady
councils over the years.
"Magilligan is designated an international port and
until that is reviewed and done away with, this
security measure remains a problem to be addressed.
"I have raised that specific request |
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with a number of
colleagues now both in England and Ireland, North
and South. The recent statement is important to us
who have worked so hard for so many years to bring
the dream of a link to reality."
The Moville-based senator who is deputy government
spokesperson on the North of Ireland, said the North
West had come a long way in terms of peace and
reconciliation. "We don't need to be pushed by
bureaucracy back into the past. We will refuse to go
there," she said. |
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