THE IRA admitted responsibility yesterday for bombing the M6 on Friday, causing chaos on motorways in central England.
In a telephone call to RTE, an IRA spokesman said members had planted the bomb under an electricity pylon near the motorway but offered no elaboration on the current IRA strategy. The bombing was the latest in, a series of attacks designed to cause maximum disruption to Britain's transport network.
Police closed the M27 motorway near Hampshire for two hours on Saturday after a motorist mistook a road cone for a bomb, and alerted the authorities.