PSNI still struggling to recruit Catholics, 25 years on
A quarter of a century after its birth, the proportion of Catholic officers in the PSNI has plateaued, rather than increasing, as the architects of the reform had intended.
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A quarter of a century after its birth, the proportion of Catholic officers in the PSNI has plateaued, rather than increasing, as the architects of the reform had intended.
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