IRA 'is not winding down'
The IRA shows no signs of winding down its capability, the body which monitors paramilitary violence in Northern Ireland has said. In its third report released on Thursday, the Independent Monitoring Commission said the IRA “continued to recruit, though in small numbers, and to gather intelligence”. The ceasefire watchdog said the loyalist paramilitary group, the Ulster Defence Association (UDA), remained heavily involved in organised crime.Full Story