If it is proven that the IRA were involved in the robbery, we will see the effect this has on the electorate, judging by Nationalist reaction to the onslaught on Adams and co, it will strengthen their hand.
People I have talked to are disgusted with the political commentators on the media, there browbeating of every Sinn Fein spokesperson who appears is obvious to every viewer.
So when the election comes around we can then judge if Aherne, and the Unionists in the north have banished the Shinners forever, somehow I don`t think so.