Northern Ireland Politicians and Police Unite ‘As One Voice’ Over Detective Shooting

Stormont's political party leaders stand side-by-side with police chief in ongoing revulsion over attempted murder of senior detective John Caldwell

From left: SDLP leader Colum Eastwood, DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson, Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) Chief Constable Simon Byrne, Sinn Fein deputy leader Michelle O'Neill, Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) leader Doug Beattie, and Stephen Farry from the Alliance party, speak to the media outside PSNI HQ in Belfast, on Feb. 24, 2023. PA Media

Northern Ireland’s five main political party leaders stood alongside the region’s police chief on Friday in a rare “act of unity” over the attempted murder of a senior detective.

The leaders of Sinn Fein, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), the Alliance Party, the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), and the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) Chief Constable Simon Byrne to again condemn the shooting of high-profile detective, John Caldwell.