Bertie hints at IRA deal.Byline: DAMIEN LANE TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern yesterday hinted that the IRA is on track to decommission de·com·mis·sion tr.v. de·com·mis·sioned, de·com·mis·sion·ing, de·com·mis·sions To withdraw (a ship, for example) from active service. by the end of the year. He said it would be an "enormous tragedy" if a breakthrough in the peace process was not made within the next fortnight. Mr Ahern said a report yesterday claiming that behind-the-scenes talks with the two Governments, the DUP DUP (in Northern Ireland) Democratic Unionist Party and Sinn Fein included the prospect of IRA decommissioning by the end of the year should not be discounted. He added: "It is very near the mark." He said that if negotiations were allowed to drift now, elections scheduled for next year in both Britain and the North would push the whole process back to 2006. |
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