Calls to disband Army Council 'a distraction', says SF

Calls for the IRA's Army Council to disband are a distraction, Sinn Féin insisted today.

Calls to disband Army Council 'a distraction', says SF
Mon, 11 Feb, 2008 - 10:00
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Calls for the IRA's Army Council to disband are a distraction, Sinn Féin insisted today.

The First Minister's opposition to May devolution of policing and justice powers does not reflect the view of people on the ground, the party's policing spokesman Alex Maskey added.

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