Let’s examine ourselves before lecturing those in the North

THE final decommissioning of the IRA arms last weekend was not the first time the organisation has dumped its weapons.

It did so in 1923 and again in 1962, but the difference this time is that these weapons have been put “beyond use”. They cannot be resurrected in a few years to launch another campaign.

There was a distinct welcoming for the process, even if was much too late.