O'Hare: My war is over

Dessie O'Hare, one of the most notorious republican paramilitaries to emerge from the Troubles in the North, has declared that his war is over and that the conditions for armed struggle with Britain no longer exist.

O'Hare, who is serving a 40-year prison term for abducting dentist John O'Grady and cutting off two of his fingers, said last night that he unequivocally accepts the INLA's 1998 ceasefire.