Angry IRA slams Ahern and Blair over 'abuse of trust'

THE IRA last night angrily accused the Irish and British governments of abusing its trust by leaking and misrepresenting its statement on its future intentions.

In a new statement released last night, the IRA revealed it met with the Independent Decommissioning Body and was preparing to engage in a fresh act of putting arms beyond use.

In the IRA statement of April 13, released for the first time last night, the IRA leadership told the governments the full and irreversible implementation of the Good Friday Agreement and other commitments would have created a context in which the IRA would have definitively set aside arms.