A republican paramilitary group which killed more than 100 people is poised to announce today that it has decommissioned its weapons.

Leaders of the Ulster Defence Association confirmed today that it had decommissioned all weapons under its control.

The Ulster Defence Association will announce today it has completed the decommissioning of its weapons.

Details of the Ulster Defence Association’s decommissioning of weapons are expected to be revealed at a meeting today.

There was widespread uncertainty today regarding today's announcement from the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) that it is to end to its 30-year campaign of republican violence in the North.

The decision today of republican paramilitary group the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) to end violence proves the North is leaving the horrors of its past behind, it was claimed.

The republican paramilitary group the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) has signalled its intention to disarm.

The last remaining armed loyalist paramilitary groups in the North have pledged to decommission all their weapons within six months, the British Government announced today.

The decommissioning body led by General John de Chastelain has confirmed that the UVF has disarmed.

The Ulster Defence Association will not receive public money in exchange for destroying weapons, the North’s deputy First Minister said today.

Loyalist paramilitary groups in the North have destroyed their weapons and pledged to respect democratic rule, it was announced today.

Mary McAleese has welcomed the statements by Loyalist paramilitary groups in the north confirming they have started to decommission their weapons.

Loyalist paramilitary groups in the North today confirmed they have started to decommission their weapons.

A major announcement is expected later this morning from the UVF to say it has decommissioned all its weapons.

Three loyalist paramilitary groups in the North have started to decommission their weapons after painstaking behind-the-scenes efforts to secure disarmament.

Loyalist paramilitary groups in the North could be on the verge of decommissioning their weapons, it was claimed today.

Loyalists in the North are moving towards decommissioning their weapons, the head of the Presbyterian church said today.

Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Peter Robinson has held talks with loyalist paramilitary groups to secure their full support for peace, it was revealed tonight.

The IRA's ruling Army Council which once directed its campaign of violence is no longer operational, a major report revealed today.

Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness has accused loyalists of "rank hypocrisy" on the issue of decommissioning.

The British government has warned loyalists that they must begin decommissioning their arms or the rights they have under current legislation will be ended and the decommissioning body wound up.

Loyalist terror groups need to catch up with the IRA in convincing people in the North they are committed to abandoning paramilitarism and crime, Shaun Woodward said today.

The UDA is believed to be planning to ask the Decommissioning Body to report to both the British and Irish governments and the North's social development minister on their discussions.

Loyalists in the North should decommission their weapons and disband their terror machines, one of their most notorious former leaders said tonight.

A report on IRA decommissioning will be presented to the British and Irish Governments tomorrow, it emerged tonight.

Sinn Fein is holding a special internal conference in Co Meath today to discuss the concern of rank and file members’ about IRA decommissioning.

David Trimble has welcomed the decommissioning body's confirmation that the IRA had put a quantity of its guns and explosives beyond use.

The decommissioning body has confirmed that the IRA has put a quantity of its guns and explosives beyond use.

Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams has described this evening’s statement from the IRA as a "huge, liberating leap forward".

Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams tonight called the IRA arms announcement a ‘‘huge, liberating leap forward’’.

Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble will not make any comment on the IRA’s statement until after he meets the chairman of the decommissioning body tonight.

The Ulster Defence Association has pledged not to decommission any of its illegally held weapons in response to this evening’s historic move by the IRA.

The full IRA statement reads:

The IRA has issued a groundbreaking statement saying that it has already begun the process of decommissioning its weapons.

The British Government was today poised to put into operation a series of measures to bolster the Northern Ireland peace process in the event of an IRA act of decommissioning.

Foreign Minister Brian Cowen says the British Army should start demilitarising in Northern Ireland if IRA decommissioning goes ahead.

Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble today described Gerry Adams’s call for the IRA to disarm as ‘‘potentially significant’’.

The people of Northern Ireland were today waiting for a historic announcement from the IRA and the international decommissioning body that the group had put some of its weapons beyond use.

A senior Sinn Fein source has rejected reports that the IRA is on the verge of announcing a move on decommissioning.

Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams has warned that the Ulster Unionists' attempt to have his party expelled from the Northern Assembly will hamper IRA decommissioning.

Seamus Mallon has said that the proposed UUP motion to exclude the two Sinn Fein ministers from the Northern Assembly will "deepen the crisis in the North instead of helping to solve it".

Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble today hit out at Tony Blair for failing to secure IRA disarmament as he prepared a bid to oust Sinn Fein from government.

The Northern Secretary, Dr John Reid, has announced that he is to suspend the Stormont Assembly for a short period.

The Northern Assembly has been suspended by the Northern Secretary Dr John Reid.