‘I’ll be in a box and this will still be going on’

HARRY McClafferty grimaced as the newsreader announced the IRA was abandoning its armed campaign for good.

All around him a stunned hush fell over Danny Molly’s bar in the republican stronghold of Ardoyne, north Belfast.

Turning from the giant TV screen, Mr McClafferty, 51, struggled to control his fury and resentment at the Provisionals’ statement.