UDA decommissioning welcomed

Taoiseach Brian Cowen, President Mary McAleese and Foreign Affairs Minister Micheál Martin today welcomed the announcement that the North's biggest loyalist paramilitary group has decommissioned all weapons.

UDA decommissioning welcomed
Wed, 06 Jan, 2010 - 12:55

Taoiseach Brian Cowen, President Mary McAleese and Foreign Affairs Minister Micheál Martin today welcomed the announcement that the North's biggest loyalist paramilitary group has decommissioned all weapons.

Officially, the Ulster Defence Association had until next month to destroy its guns.

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