BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair was explicit about the assurances that the IRA have to give if The Good Friday Agreement is to progress at this stage.

The British government will be forced to have a Bloody Sunday-style public inquiry into the 1972 Claudy bombings, Democratic Unionist leader the Rev Ian Paisley predicted today.

Families of the victims of Bloody Sunday are to take court action against the Saville inquiry.

Judges are expected to rule before the end of the month if British soldiers should give evidence in person to the Bloody Sunday tribunal.

Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness last night challenged the British Army to