IRA Statement
IRA Statement in full:
Following the recovery and confirmation of the identity of the remains of Jean McConville we would like to take this opportunity to state our position in relation to those killed and buried by the IRA.
We are sorry that the suffering of those families has continued for so long. We wish to apologise for the grief caused.
We believe that the sites identified are the locations where those killed by the IRA are buried.
The IRA is not responsible in any way for the disappearance of a number of other people who have gone missing over the past 30 years.
Many complicating factors have both hampered and protracted our investigation, established under the command of one of our most senior Volunteers. These included the lapse in time, changes in leadership and the deaths of both members and former members of Oglaigh na hEireann who were involved.
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