Apology doesn't go far enough, say unionists

THE Ulster Unionists said the IRA statement did not go far enough, saying what was needed was an assurance that the war was over.

Ulster Unionist MP Jeffrey Donaldson branded the statement a “half-hearted apology’’ which “doesn’t go far enough’’.

He questioned whether the IRA was committed to the peace process, pointing to accusations that republicans had been involved in the recent shooting of five Protestants in east Belfast, the planning of street violence during the unionist marching season and IRA involvement with FARC guerrillas in Colombia.