Engagement with paramilitaries is necessary to disband groups, MPs are told

IRC commissioner John McBurney told the committee that engaging directly with paramilitary organisations was an idea worth testing.

People start to gather to take part in a rally outside Omagh Courthouse to unite against paramilitary violence following the shooting of Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell. Picture date: Saturday February 25, 2023.

Direct engagement with paramilitary groups is necessary to achieve disbandment of the organisations, MPs have been told.

Members of the Independent Reporting Commission (IRC) addressed the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee, defending their proposal of direct engagement with paramilitary organisations.