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Originally Posted by Russ
We don't know what concessions have been made but the truth is N Ireland is by and large a lot safer than it was,
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Agreed.
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Originally Posted by Russ
..and if the IRA had a full list of demands met by the government then all kinds of splinter groups would have taken over their position by now - and they haven't.
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Actually
several have. Admittedly they are
currently nowhere near as active as their predecessors were but they certainly have "taken over their position" per se and reports have suggested that their support base
appears to be increasing - more's the pity.
The reality is that an awful lot of their activities go unreported.