Best and bravest would be for Ms Mowlam's commission to recommend a memorial that listed every human being who is dead in consequence of the Troubles, regardless of religion, nation or political affiliation: reconciliation in death.
This township of about 40, 000 people is serving as something of a test case as communities across the nation grapple with the prospect of arming school-security guards after 20 elementary schoolchildren were shot dead in Connecticut.