IRA 'must speak out over Bank raid'

The IRA must address directly claims that it carried out the £26.5m (€38m) raid on a Belfast bank, a prominent loyalist claimed today.

As pressure mounted on the British government to impose sanctions on Sinn Féin following the Northern Bank heist, Progressive Unionist leader David Ervine called on the Provisionals to issue a statement on the robbery in a bid to move the process forward.