Kennedy: 'No decision taken to scrap RIR'

Britain's security minister in the North, Jane Kennedy, has insisted that the British government has not taken any decision to disband the Royal Irish Regiment.

Kennedy: 'No decision taken to scrap RIR'

Britain's security minister in the North, Jane Kennedy, has insisted that the British government has not taken any decision to disband the Royal Irish Regiment.

Reports earlier this week said the British government was planning to scrap the RIR as part of its demilitarisation commitments under the Good Friday Agreement.

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