Rank and file IRA men 'would not have agreed to disarm'

A senior Sinn Fein member says rank and file IRA men would not have agreed to disarmament if the decision had been left to them.

A senior Sinn Fein member says rank and file IRA men would not have agreed to disarmament if the decision had been left to them.

Jim Gibney says the move was an IRA leadership initiative, which was "leadership led". Mr Gibney is a member of Sinn Fein's ruling executive.

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