“We will never know if these measures may have prevented another tragedy like in Paris, but it’s better to be safe than sorry,” Clones journalist Cliona Connolly told The Northern Standard this week in a vivid eyewitness account of the security alert that has gripped Brussels in the wake of last week’s terror attacks in the French capital. Former Northern Sound reporter Cliona, who is now Irish press officer with the European People’s Party, resides in the Belgian capital city, which is one of the major administrative centres for the European Parliament. The maximum security alert level being enforced in Brussels is likely to continue until Monday next, Belgian prime minister Charles Michel said this week, warning ……