US envoy: Ulster peace depends on IRA response

The US administration put fresh pressure on the IRA today to declare its total rejection of violence and backing for democracy in Northern Ireland.

President George Bush’s special envoy to Ireland, Ambassador Mitchell Reiss, said he wanted an early response from the IRA leadership to Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams’ pre-election call for them to fully support the use of only democratic means to move the political process forward.