Anger has been building for some time
Unlike Wednesday night’s lengthy exposition of the IRA’s analysis on what went wrong last December when a deal foundered, yesterday’s statement was terse and suggested the talking was over.
Republican frustration and anger has been building for some time. Where I live, in the heart of Gerry Adams’s constituency, there is a feeling that each time republicans have made concessions the goalposts are shifted by unionists, often with the support of the two governments.