Only time will tell, but the reported act of completion of arms decommissioning on the part of the IRA should be welcomed and accepted at face value in order that things can move on.

That includes proactive co-operation with the Police Authorities by all sections of the population. Otherwise innocent people living in Nationalist/Republican areas and Unionist/Loyalist areas will continue to live under the threat of 'justice' as meeted out to the McCartneys and Commanders of this world - people deserve better than that.

In the post-9/11 world there will be no return to the 'armed struggle' everybody knows that.