NorthernIrelandFocalPointsHostilitiesBetweenCatholicandProtestantCommunitiesStepsTowardPeaceANewCoalitionGovernmentANEWPROBLE(Afterthe1998GoodFridayAgreement)2004A＄50millionbankrobberywaslinkedtoIRA,andSinnFein’slegitimacyasapoliticalorganizationsufferedaseveresetback.2005IRAannouncedenteringaneweraThestatementsaidthat“IRAmembershavebeeninstructedtoassistthedevelopmentofpurelypoliticalanddemocraticprogramsthroughexclusivelypoliticalmeans”andthat“allIRAunitshavebeenorderedtodumparms”and“tocompletetheprocesstoverifiablyputitsarmsbeyonduse.”InlateSeptember,theIrishRepublicanArmymadegoodonitspromisetogiveupallitsweapons,andtheirdisarmamentwasverifiedbyaninternationalmediator.SomeProtestantgroups,however,continuedtodoubttheveracityoftheIRA'sclaims.