Pc's widow makes power-sharing plea
Pc Stephen Carroll, 48, was shot while out on patrol
Tuesday March 09 2010
The widow of a Northern Ireland police officer murdered by dissident republicans has made a dramatic plea for politicians to back the deal to secure the region's power-sharing government.
The Northern Ireland Assembly is braced for a tense stand-off after the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) declared it would use a crunch vote on Tuesday to reject the devolution of policing and justice powers from Westminster.
But Kate Carroll, the widow of Pc Stephen Carroll who was shot dead by the Continuity IRA a year ago today, said all parties should back the plan.
In a surprise call to a radio show, she said: "This morning has been very, very hard for me, and I would just ask everyone in Stormont to please get on with their job."
Mrs Carroll told the UUP: "I am pleading on this day that is so important to me that it's not worth it.
"Life is too short.
"It is heartbreaking that I have to get on this morning to please ask the politicians to get on with their job."
