Some good news! (Hopefully)

[The Great Quail]

I haven't seen any mention of this here yet, so:

http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2001/1023/breaking66.htm

http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/10/23/ira.announce/index.html

[IRA says it has begun  decommissioning process. The IRA has begun 
the process of decommissioning, the group has said this evening. The 
IRA said in a statement that its motivation behind the move on 
weapons was "to save the peace process".]

--Quail