Hope for peace if IRA follows Adams - Brady

Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams’ call to the IRA to drop violence for politics has brought new hope of lasting peace in Northern Ireland, the head of the Catholic Church in Ireland said today.

The Archbishop of Armagh, Dr Sean Brady, who is in Rome for tomorrow’s funeral of Pope John Paul, said: “I hope the IRA will respond quickly and generously. I plead with them to do so.”