Military structure of Provisional IRA ‘disbanded’

While individual former members of the IRA are involved in a wide range of criminal activities in this jurisdiction, Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan said yesterday the military structure of the Provisional IRA has been disbanded.

Military structure of Provisional IRA ‘disbanded’

She was speaking to reporters at the graduation of 94 new gardaí at Templemore college.

Asked if the Provisional IRA still exists, she said the Garda’s assessment was consistent with the 2011 International Monitoring Commission’s report that the Provisional IRA had given up its terrorist capacity.

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