'Gardaí never denied Provisional IRA's existence,' says Commissioner as UUP threaten to leave government

Garda Commissioner Noirin O'Sullivan has said that the Gardaí have never denied the existence of the Provisional IRA.

'Gardaí never denied Provisional IRA's existence,' says Commissioner as UUP threaten to leave government

Garda Commissioner Noirin O'Sullivan has said that the Gardaí have never denied the existence of the Provisional IRA.

She said that a letter to a public representative has been misinterpreted and that an Independent Monitoring Commission report said that the Provisional IRA were still active, just not in a military sense.

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