IRA statement confirms arms move

The following statement was issued by the Provisional IRA this afternoon:

The following statement was issued by the Provisional IRA this afternoon:

"The leadership of Oglaigh na h-Eireann announced on July 28 that we had authorised our representative to engage with the IICD to complete the process to verifiably put arms beyond use.

"The IRA leadership can now confirm that the process of putting our arms verifiably beyond use has been completed.

"P O'Neill"

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