Ceasefire monitors to present report to British Govt today
The body set up to monitor paramilitary ceasefires in the North is due to give its latest assessment to the British government later today.
The Independent Monitoring Commission (IMC) is expected to report a significant reduction in IRA activity, including paramilitary shootings and assaults.
However, it is unclear if this will have any effect on continuing efforts to secure a deal to restore devolved government in the North.
The IRA has apparently offered to decommission all its weapons and end all paramilitary activity, but negotiations have stalled because of the DUP’s demands for changes to the workings of the Northern Assembly.
Sinn Féin and the SDLP believe the changes would lead to a return to unionist majority rule.
The IMC report is due to be presented to the Irish Government tomorrow, but both Dublin and London are expected to take some time to consider its findings before making them public.
