Governments confident of IRA move soon

SPECULATION is mounting that the IRA will finally make a statement on its future, perhaps as soon as Thursday of this week.

Although the statement, called for by Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams on April 6, has been said to be imminent for weeks now, both governments were last night increasingly confident the IRA was now ready to move.

An Irish Government spokesperson said it continues to hope for a positive response from the IRA: “What is required is an end to paramilitarism, an end to criminal activities and the completion for decommissioning.”