Commenting on the firing of shots over the coffin of Republican Jim Gallagher, TUV leader Jim Allister said:

“It is a scandal that masked IRA men should be able to act in such a wild west fashion in a built up area. Has the Chief Constable learnt nothing from the incident back in October when shots were fired over the coffin of John Brady in Strabane? Why has he allowed republican gunmen to again control our streets?

“Unionists supportive of terrorist-inclusive government often claim that Republicans now support the rule of law, yet today in Londonderry’s Bogside – the heartland of Joint First Minister McGuinness – IRA gun law has prevailed.

“Once IRA/Sinn Fein get their meddling hands on policing and justice things will only get worse!”