IRA to spell out pledges

THE IRA has confirmed it will release the statement setting out peace pledges that it gave to the British and Irish Governments last month.

With Tony Blair halting the Assembly elections because he said republicans had not given clear assurances of an end to all violence, the Provisionals vowed to reveal what they had put on the table.

Once rank-and-file activists had been briefed on its contents, it will be made public, the paramilitary organisation disclosed in an announcement on Saturday night. It said: “The IRA leadership has authorised the release of their statement that was given to the two governments on April 13. First and foremost, the statement must be shown to all IRA volunteers.