I've just returned from a few days off over Easter with my family - a chance to recharge the batteries.
Today is an important, historic, and I believe defining, day for Policing and Justice in Northern Ireland. By close of play today we should have a new Minister for Policing and Justice, the first in 38 years. Sadly whilst some will celebrate this day, with their support for the transfer of powers, others have marked this day in the only way they know how, by bringing destruction and terror to the streets of Holywood - I applaud the work of my colleagues, the other emergency services and the local community who worked so quickly to avert disaster.
Thankfully the older gentleman caught up in the explosion was not seriously injured, not that those responsible appear to care, but many of the residents in the immediate vicinity, old and young, will have now the job of picking up the pieces and putting their homes back together and my thoughts are with them as they begin this task.
The people of Holywood, and Northern Ireland, deserve better than this. These people will not succeed and as we enter a new dawn for Policing and Justice the resilience and determination of your Police Service is as strong as ever.
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