‘Pixilated’ pistol puts in a timely reappearance

No Taoiseach. No British prime minister. No armed security. No jostlinghordes of press. Not even one international jurist was presentyesterday to witness the decommissioning ceremony in a south Dublinhouse. There was just one weapon, bearing little resemblance to a late20th-century Armalite. ‘Destroyer’ read the inscription on the barrel.Wrapped in tissue and blue cardboard, the .32 ... Read more

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