Catholic officers ‘asking if they should bring firearms to mass’ after PSNI leak

Officers and civilian staff in Northern Ireland feeling frightened' and betrayed', Commons committee told

Catholic officers in the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) have been asking if they should bring their personal firearms to mass, such is their concern in the wake of a disastrous data breach, MPs have been told.

PSNI officers and civilian staff felt frightened" and betrayed" by their employer, members of representative bodies told the House of Commons' Northern Ireland affairs committee, and were looking towards the UK government to provide large-scale funding to help.