Report to say IRA paramilitary activity over: paper
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An independent commission will conclude in a report to be published on Wednesday that the Irish Republican Army (IRA) has stopped all criminal and paramilitary activity, the Times newspaper reported.
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Gun-toting Basque militants claiming to speak for ETA said the Basque separatist group will 'keep taking up arms' until the region achieves independence, a newspaper reported Sunday _ the starkest sign yet that ...Comment
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The Irish Republican Army (IRA) warned British and Irish governments on Thursday not to play down a fresh breakdown in efforts to secure a lasting political settlement between Northern Ireland's feuding ...
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The IRA looks set to be blamed for the Â£22m bank raid in Belfast by Chief Constable Hugh Orde.
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A return to violence in Northern Ireland would be "devastating", the political wing of the IRA warned after the paramilitary group rescinded an offer to destroy its weapons.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair has said the door was open to a final settlement of the conflict in Northern Ireland, following a report saying that the Irish Republican Army had given up violence.
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Hopes of a breakthrough in Northern Ireland's fragile peace process were dealt a potentially heavy blow by reports the province's chief police officer is to formally blame the IRA for a massive bank raid.
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The Irish Republican Army is no longer a security threat in Northern Ireland, a ceasefire watchdog said on Wednesday in a report Britain and Ireland hope will lay the basis for restoring self-rule in the province.
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The IRA must make a clear statement on ending illegal activity, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern says.
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"The dissidents are not a worthy target for a military force"  The final British troops withdrew Monday from the Northern Ireland borderland long known as 'bandit country,' ending a 37-year mission to keep watch over the Irish Republican Army's most dangerous power base.Soldiers from the second battalion of the Princess of Wales' Royal Regiment left Bessbrook Mill in what their commander, Col. Wayne Harber, called a final act in 'the longest military campaign in the army's history.''We are pleased to be going and that the peace process is progressing. Soldiers know the importance of peace more than anybody else,' Harber said. Read more
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The IRA shows no signs of winding down its capability, the body which monitors paramilitary violence says.
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The British and Irish governments received a long-awaited report Monday widely expected to confirm that the Irish Republican Army is no longer a threat to Northern Ireland, a finding they hope will help revive ...Comment
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The group looking at the legacy of the Troubles may ask the government to say it fought a war against the IRA.
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The hardline Democratic Unionist leader Ian Paisley yesterday suggested that if the IRA decommissioned its weapons and wound up its criminal activity, it could be allowed to continue as &quot;an old boys&#39; association&quot;.
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The police blamed the Irish Republican Army (IRA) for a major bank robbery last month in Northern Ireland, triggering concerns about efforts to revive the peace process in the British province.
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Tony Blair welcomes the verdict by the NI paramilitary monitor on the IRA, saying its "campaign is over".
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Empey attacks on IRA arms issue. The British Government seems to be in the dark about what exactly the IRA will do to revive power-sharing in Northern Ireland, a senior Ulster Unionist claimed today.