IRA responds to calls for clarity
Last night, Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams hit out at Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and British Prime Minister Tony Blair for calling for clarification of a confidential IRA statement on the organisation’s future, insisting it was clear and unambiguous.
Mr Ahern and Mr Blair were seeking clarification on a number of points regarding the IRA’s future plans and attitude towards disarming. Their plans to unveil a peace package to kickstart the Good Friday Agreement were postponed last Thursday, but a fresh meeting at Hillsborough could be arranged at short notice.