IRA assessment - Progress despite IMC reservations

DESPITE vehement IRA denials of reneging on pledges given last year, there can be little doubt some elements of the organisation are still actively engaged in criminality.

Nevertheless, it is patently obvious that the armed struggle has ended and the organisation is now firmly on the political path.

Broadly speaking, its public commitments have been honoured, as claimed in last night’s statement signed by P O’Neill, the IRA hallmark of authenticity.