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IRA have disbanded (4pm today).

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  • #2
    Lump
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,984 ✭✭✭✭Lump


    DO we believe it?

    It'd be good if it happens.

    John


  • #3
    juno75
    Closed Accounts Posts: 531 ✭✭✭juno75


    Hummmmm. I'd love to belive it.

    A statement is one thing but verafiable action?....


  • #4
    flogen
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 10,247 Mod ✭✭✭✭flogen


    Lump wrote:
    DO we believe it?

    It'd be good if it happens.

    John

    indeed.
    Where did Roar get this from?


  • #5
    Hobbes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,264 ✭✭✭✭Hobbes


    It was on the radio just now (same wording) and I am starting to see in other news.

    Read it again. Looks like they are not disbanding just stopping the war and any criminal activities.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4720863.stm


  • #6
    Dinner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,132 ✭✭✭Dinner


    Aye, its on Sky now.


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  • #7
    flogen
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 10,247 Mod ✭✭✭✭flogen


    never mind.
    the Unionists will only expect actions and not words, and I can't say I blame them.

    As pointed out, no mention of policing directly, but an end to the armed struggle and an acceptance of all democratic processes would suggest that SF will be on the board soon enough.
    From reading through it, it's a pretty solid statement and everything that needed to be said was. Of course, no apologies for certain past actions.

    I thought they were going to become a Veterans club or something? Probably just a mafia instead.


  • #8
    Genghis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,102 ✭✭✭Genghis


    Why do we need two threads?

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=3111801

    Could we merge this into the longer discussion going on in the thread above? Please!


  • #9
    flogen
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 10,247 Mod ✭✭✭✭flogen


    Genghis wrote:
    Why do we need two threads?

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=3111801

    Could we merge this into the longer discussion going on in the thread above? Please!

    not really any need. The political discussion will carry on in the politics forum, here a news story has been posted and the effects of that news story have been discussed, quite lightly too.
    I'm pretty sure if anyone wants to get into the nitty gritty of the political effects they'll go to politics, so far the responses here have just been brief opinions. In other words there's no real debate going on here.


  • #10
    Hobbes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,264 ✭✭✭✭Hobbes


    Intresting how things are worded.

    Irish website has something like "IRA will end all activities" while CNN has "IRA will disarm but will not disband", and doesn't really go into the details of the statement.


  • #11
    Flukey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,001 ✭✭✭✭Flukey


    There is no mention of disbandment. The statement has to be welcomed. We shall see what happens next.


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