IT'S shocking, evil and out of order. Dungannon is a town which has always had its fair share of the Troubles but this act of vileness takes us beyond belief.

Eamonn Hughes was well known to many. He spent Friday night with his daughter - celebrating her 18th birthday. A group of scumbags come along wanting to join in the party but when they were faced with rejection evil entered them and they turned to the most vile acts possible. These 'people' and I use that term losely - waited for this man - hunted him down and tortured him in front of his family.

The details of this crime which are circulating locally would make any decent human feel sick to the stomach. These people are sick.

I hope the people of Dungannon rally around to support the Hughes family. I hope anyone who knows who these 'scumbags' are will provide the police with vital evidence which will get them into the courtroom so their faces can be looked at by the entire community with disgust. Let's hope the judge will send them down for this henious crime!! The Hughes family deserve justice. Eamonn Hughes was protecting his family - what father wouldn't!!

Really - is this so called credit crunch having an adverse affect on you and yours? I think it's codswallop. Well - the only people it is having an adverse affect on are the cash fat housing developers and the Government who are obviously benefiting from it.

Are we not all earning the same money as we were before? Who put the fear into society?

I got my hair cut yesterday - hairdressers love to talk - well, my hairdresser talked on and on and on about the credit crunch and I have to agree with her - it's all nonsense! Her salon is a busy with people like me trying to look good - the beauticians across the road - well -I couldn't even get an appointment for an eyebrow wax!

People are still earning the same money - people still have the same standard of living. If cash rich property developers stopped being so greedy by increasing house prices, more homes would be sold, there would be less social issues, people would be contributing more into society, mortgage lenders would be in a healthier position, estate agents would not have to shut down and advertising local homes in local press would not slump.

Can we all get real here? OK - you may be watching how much you spend on your credit card - but let's face it - you shouldn't even have one - if you don't have the cash it means you can't afford it!! Don't...