HC Deb 16 December 1980 vol 996 cc140-1W
Mr. Molyneaux

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will investigate reports of a Republican demonstration in Pomeroy on 10 December during which the Royal Ulster Constabulary station was attacked and a number of policemen injured.

Mr. Humphrey Atkins

[pursuant to his reply, 15 December 1980]: At 18.45 hours on 10 December a crowd of about 150 people gathered outside Pomeroy RUC station. After a confrontation with the police, during which demonstrators threw some stones, the crowd moved to the centre of the village where a meeting was addressed by two speakers before dispersing at 19.55 hours. Two lights and a section of the security screen outside the RUC station suffered minor damage, as did three private cars, but no policemen were injured. No arrests have yet been made.

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