The Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) confirmed announced today that it has decommissioned its weapons.

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 have confirmed it has decommissioned all weapons under its control.

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.

A MASSIVE 600-lb bomb planted close to the border with the North was intended to murder police officers, a security chief said last night.

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 Government has welcomed the announcement by loyalist groups that they have destroyed their weapons and pledged to respect democratic rule.

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.

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

Loyalist paramilitaries must begin the process of decommissioning their weapons, the North's Secretary of State Shaun Woodward said today.

The IRA could be taken off the British government's list of banned organisations, it was disclosed today.

The loyalist Ulster Defence Association’s announcement that it was standing down its military wing and putting weapons 'beyond use' from midnight last night was welcomed - coupled with the message it was not enough.

The largest loyalist paramilitary group in the North has begun meaningful efforts to to disarm, it was confirmed today.

The UVF is being urged to engage with the international decommissioning body to discuss ways to destroy its arsenal.

TWO members of the body that oversaw the completion of IRA disarmament have been awarded honorary CBEs.

The Independent International Commission on Decommissioning in the North has presented its latest report on demilitarisation to the British and Irish governments.

The police in Northern Ireland or MI5 should publicly reveal what they know about the retention of weapons by the IRA, the Rev Ian Paisley said today.

A new bid to bring back devolution to the North got under way today.

THE Ulster Defence Association may disarm if it feels the British Government is addressing its socio-economic concerns, the report suggested.

THE latest assessment of IRA activity shows the terrorist organisation is moving in the right direction, Northern Secretary Peter Hain claimed yesterday.

GENERAL John de Chastelain was at the centre of a new row in the North last night after rejecting security force claims that the IRA is retaining weapons.

Content in the reports from the Independent Monitoring Commission (IMC) and the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning (IICD) "reflects the complexity of the transition which is taking place in that organisation", a government statement said today.

The latest assessment of IRA activity shows the terrorist organisation is moving in the right direction, Peter Hain claimed today.

The IRA has denied that some of its members have held onto handguns and other weapons.

The British and Irish governments will today meet Sinn Féin at talks in Hillsborough Castle focussing on a range of issues in the peace process.

The Rev Ian Paisley was challenged today to stop hiding behind rhetoric and show real political leadership by sharing power with Sinn Féin.

DUBLIN and London last night moved swiftly to bring Sinn Féin in from the cold, despite ceasefire observers giving the IRA’s claims of abandoning violence and crime only a limited endorsement.

One of the independent church witnesses to IRA decommissioning tonight compared the unionist community to Nazis for their treatment of Catholics in Northern Ireland.

The Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, has said he understands unionist scepticism about the completion of IRA decommissioning.

The US politician who helped negotiate the Good Friday Agreement urged all parties in the North today to move forward following the IRA decommissioning.

IN his opening remarks, Gen de Chastelain said it was vital that the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning told it “only as we saw it. We do not believe it is for us to editorialise.”

The act of decommissioning by the IRA has finally taken the gun out of Irish politics, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern said today.

FIANNA FÁIL will not enter coalition with Sinn Féin after the next election, even if the IRA fulfils its pledge to decommission, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has said.

THE IRA last night faced new demands to begin its promised disarmament amid a developing security scaledown in the North.

The IRA tonight faced new demands to begin its promised disarmament amid a developing security scaledown in the North.

Gerry Adams today celebrated the removal of a military watchtower despised by republicans in west Belfast and suggested a possible relocation on the Rev Ian Paisley’s church rooftop.

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and British Prime Minister Tony Blair today issued a joint statement welcoming the IRA’s declaration that its armed struggle is over.

Photographic evidence of IRA disarmament must take people through the entire process, Ian Paisley insisted today.