Ok this is pretty strange. I wanted to post a link to the story about the IRA apology. I hit Unison.ie and Ireland.com and both are now register for access. Checking out news.bbc.co.uk I’ve gone 3 links deep into World and UK and I can’t find it. Ah ha, if I head down another level to Northern Ireland I find the story and I get a 404, here however is the IRA statement in full.

It is an impressive statement in style and content.
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Hmmm
US planning to recruit one in 24 Americans as citizen spies
Operation TIPS
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WHEDONesque : I like this idea a lot.
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So I still don’t know quite what I’m thinking about the entire thing. I’m hoping to have a clearer picture tomorrow but I suspect it is just a hope.