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De Chastelain and independent witnesses confirm process of putting weapons beyond use has been completed Photo: IRA move unlocks the future De Chastelain announces IRA have put weapons beyond use 
At a packed press conference on Monday 26 September the head of the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning (IICD) announced that he was satisfied that the IRA had completed the process of putting its weapons beyond use. Photo: General John de Chastelain Clergymen "utterly certain" of IRA move 
The conference also heard statements from two clergymen who acted as witnesses to the latest IRA initiative. Redemptorist Priest Alec Reid and Methodist Minister Harold Good. Photo: Methodist minister Harold Good and Redemptionist priest Alec Reid Irish and British Governments acknowledge "landmark development" The Irish and British Governments responded positively to Monday's report from the IICD. In a statement they said they warmly welcomed what they termed a "landmark development". Governments need to implement Agreement as promised 
Responding in detail on Monday to the announcements by General John De Chastelain and two other members of the IICD and two independent witnesses about the IRA's historic arms initiative, Sinn Féin Gerry Adams said it was a full and positive response to his April appeal to the IRA. Photo: Gerry Adams speaking at the Waterfront Differences emerge in unionist response 
Clear differences within unionism have opened up this week in relation to the most appropriate response to the latest groundbreaking IRA initiative. The DUP leader Ian Paisley has alleged a "cover up" while the UUP sees potential for progress. Photo: IICD Press Conference White House welcomes "historic day" The US government responded to the latest IRA move through a White House spokepesron who welcomed the IICD statement. 
A Sinn Féin delegation led by Gerry Adams met a Fianna Fáil/PD coalition delegation led by Bertie Ahern at Government Buildings on 23 September. According to the Sinn Féin negotiators it was an unremarkable meeting which went through current issues in the Peace Process. Photo: Sinn Féin delegation meeting the government this week Anti-republican agenda must no longer dominate - Ó Caoláin 
In welcoming developments Sinn Féin Dáil leader Caoimhghín O Caoláin said it was a hugely difficult decision for republicans to make. "I know that many republicans who have fully supported the Sinn Féin peace strategy from the beginning will be feeling that yet again republicans have had to leap first. Photo: Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin TD 'IRA has set example to rest of world' -- Mbeki South African President Thabo Mbeki welcomed the statement by the IRA. "Today's announcement that the IRA has given up the use of armed resistance to achieve its aims can be rated as one of the most encouraging events in decades of protracted struggle in Northern Ireland," he said Taoiseach says IRA did not kill Rafferty 
Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has said the he is satisfied that there was no official involvement by republicans in the brutal murder of a Dublin man in West Dublin in April. Photo: Cllr Daithí Doolan Rally will demand justice for Mayo men 
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams MP and Martin Ferris TD visited Micheal Ó Seighin, one of the Rossport 5, in Cloverhill Prison last Wednesday. Later Sinn Féin TDs raised the case of the five men in the Dáil demanding that the government intervene to resolve this matter. Photo: Gerry Adams MP at the Rossport 5 protest outside the Dáil as it reconvened yesterday Mícheál Ó Seighin issues statement to supporters 
r r;` Rossport 5 protest outside Leinster House on Wednesday 28 September Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams read out a statement from Mícheál Ó Seighin which he received from the Mayo man earlier that day when he visited him in Cloverhill Prison. Photo: Mícheál Ó Seighin Huge turnout for Irish unity rally 
THE national rally for Irish unity on Saturday 24 September, organised by Sinn Féin as part its Céad Bliain celebrations, saw people from every corner of Ireland and abroad travel in their thousands to Dublin for one of the biggest and most colourful spectacles the capital has seen in many years. Photo: Gerry Adams MP addresses the crowd at the National Rally |
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