IRA move a betrayal to the people of Ireland

NO amount of fancy words or ambiguous phrases can disguise the sell-out and surrender of the Provo statement. It is an insult to the men of 1916 and all those who supported them down the generations.

There is only one word to describe their act: treachery. That treachery is against the Irish people and the age-old aspiration of a new and united Ireland.

The Provos seem to forget that these weapons are not theirs to decommission or destroy. Weapons were obtained for the freedom of Ireland and it is the traditional view of republicans through history that weapons should not be handed over without a fight.

The pledge to continue in a new mode to campaign for a united Ireland is hypocritical: they are now administering British rule in Ireland they cannot engage in both tasks.

These Provos continue to speak out of the side of their mouths, pretending that this new mode will bring about the republican objective of a united Ireland. This discredited Provo leadership and their minions have no option but to disband now and allow genuine republicans to finish the task.

Des Long

52 Shannon Banks

Corbally

Limerick