Are the ghosts of the past awakening in Northern Ireland? It would seem that a murder committed last August is currently reawakening old tensions… even threatening Northern Ireland’s political stability…
The IRA is suspected of being behind the murder of Kevin McGuigan, a former IRA member. This act, perpetrated in August, is said to bear the IRA’s own signature, recalling its old methods from the Troubles.
For the moment, this action is supposed to have taken place, but it still raises the question of the reality of the dismantling of the IRA… As a reminder, the latter was supposed to have laid down its arms in 2005 as part of the Peace Process.
Is the IRA still active? This issue is currently causing a stir, provoking indignation among many members of the Northern Irish Unionist class. On Monday September 7, Prime Minister Peter Robinson’s Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) announced that it was boycotting all government meetings until the truth about the dismantling of the IRA had been established.
All eyes are now on Sinn Fein, the party campaigning for Northern Ireland to rejoin the Republic of Ireland. Many Unionist parties denounce the close links between Sinn Fein and the IRA.
“A man was murdered at the hands of [gens] linked to a government party. This is unacceptable. If it becomes clear to us that a satisfactory solution cannot be found through negotiations, our ministers will resign. “Robinson announced.
UK Prime Minister David Cameron called for calm and negotiation, saying it was urgent to re-establish dialogue between the different parties.
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