Paras back in Coalisland
The announcement that the Parachute Regiment is to return to
Coalisland in east Tyrone has brought a strom of protest
from the local community, five years after that regiment ran
amok through the town centre, shooting and badly wounding
three people.
Within days of the Paras shooting up the town centre in 1992
they returned to wreck several pubs using long-handled
batons and terrorising customers and staff. Six Paras were
later charged with assault, disorderly behaviour and
criminal damage.