Drone_pilot
01-08-05, 16:22
The Northern Ireland-based battalions of the Royal Irish Regiment are to be disbanded as part of the Army response to the IRA ending its armed campaign.
The Army will end its support role to the police on 1 August 2007, the same day that the battalions will disband.
More than 3,000 soldiers serve in the battalions, many of them part-time.
BBC Read More (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4734747.stm)
The Army will end its support role to the police on 1 August 2007, the same day that the battalions will disband.
More than 3,000 soldiers serve in the battalions, many of them part-time.
BBC Read More (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4734747.stm)