§ Mr. Stratton Millsasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information the security forces in Northern Ireland have about special commando-type units of the Irish Republican Army operating against targets in Northern Ireland from bases in the Republic; and in what areas these attacks and bases are concentrated.
§ Mr. AmeryAttacks have taken place along the length of the border, but the areas of Northern Ireland on which 109W attacks have been concentrated are those near to the Castlefin-Lifford area in Donegal, the Monaghan salient and County Louth north of Dundalk. As to the IRA dispositions south of the border, I have nothing to add to the answers given to my hon. Friend on 9th November and 23rd November—[Vol. 845, c. 227–8; Vol. 846, c. 483.]