RIR must go for agreement, says McGuinness

The Northern Ireland based units of the Royal Irish Regiment must be phased out as part of an overall agreement, Sinn Fein chief negotiator Martin McGuinness insisted today.

With the British government under pressure from unionists to retain 3,000 RIR soldiers based in the province Mr McGuinness said nationalists would not stand for the retention of a “unionist militia”.