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IRA Dispose of Weapons em Gerry Adams with veteran IRA man Joe Cahill after recommending to the IRA that they should start to decommission their arms. /em
Gerry Adams with veteran IRA man Joe Cahill after recommending to the IRA that they should start to decommission their arms. By Emer Mullins, Contributor
An historic breakthrough was made in the Northern Ireland peace process at the end of October when the first IRA arms were put permanently beyond use in a move monitored by the International Commission on Decommissioning.
In the early hours of October 23 General John de Chastelain oversaw the disposal of what was called a “sizable quantity” of the IRA’s weapons, a move which breathed new life into a dying peace process and was heralded by politicians at home and abroad.
Taoiseach pays tribute to Tommie Gorman on retirement
Updated / Friday, 29 Jan 2021
22:06
Tommie Gorman will leave his role as Northern Editor in the spring
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has paid tribute to RTÉ s Tommie Gorman who is retiring from the organisation after 41 years.
He was interviewed on Friday night s
The Late Late Show and reflected on his time at RTÉ. He told Ryan Tubridy: Driving into this place this evening, it was like when I came here for an interview . . . My mother and father drove me up in 1980, I just love this place. I have had a fantastic time. It has gone by too fast. It has gone by in a flash.