21.   Since then the IRA has shown a few of its arms dumps in secret to foreign diplomats but refused to renew discussions with a disarmament commission.

22.   Soon after the transfer of powers, the IRA would begin providing the locations of its hidden arms dumps to international inspectors.

23.   The Irish Republican Army has permitted an inspection of secret arms dumps for the first time in seven months, the inspectors announced Wednesday.

24.   The IRA did permit international inspectors to visit three arms dumps in June, but did not surrender any weapons for destruction.

25.   The IRA has a network of expertly concealed arms dumps in the neighboring Irish Republic.

26.   The IRA uses the southern state as a base for arms dumps in its campaign against British rule of Northern Ireland.

27.   The IRA, which wants to unite the British-ruled north and independent south of Ireland, maintains an extensive network of hidden arms dumps in the south.

28.   The IRA last made a phone call to the commissioners in June, shortly after it escorted two foreign diplomats to visit a few arms dumps in secret.

29.   The IRA last month permitted a second inspection of three arms dumps in the republic.

30.   The Irish Republican Army has permitted an inspection of secret arms dumps for the first time in seven months, the inspectors announced today.