Independent Reporting Commission

Any sensible discussion about the activities of the paramilitaries who continue to blight our society needs to first acknowledge that these criminal gangs should have been firmly consigned to history decades ago.

The Independent Reporting Commission also highlighted incidents including the attempted murder of Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell.

TO many readers, the International Reporting Commission (IRC) will have little resonance.

IT won't come as a surprise to learn that paramilitary groups remain highly active.

ANYONE waiting for a good, bad and ugly assessment of paramilitary groups in the Independent Reporting Commission's third annual report will have been disappointed yesterday.

A commission set to report on paramilitary transformation has said a new mechanism for further decommissioning should be considered by the British and Irish governments.

The second report by the Independent Reporting Commission takes a wider look at the ongoing problem of paramilitary criminality in Northern Ireland.

The focus on the terrible events of 25 years ago provide a stark reminder of an especially dark period and how paramilitary groups inflicted appalling bloodshed and suffering on ordinary people.

A terror gang watchdog has expressed frustration at the amount of progress in tackling their activities in Northern Ireland.

A new group dedicated to wiping out the scourge of paramilitarism won't be double played over money, its leader has vowed.