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| IRA woman event meeting put back | |
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| The assembly commission is to meet again on Thursday to discuss a Sinn Féin plan to celebrate the life of IRA member Maireád Farrell at Stormont. | |
| The cross-party body, which is charged with looking after the estate, has been asked to rule on the event, to mark International Women's Day. | The cross-party body, which is charged with looking after the estate, has been asked to rule on the event, to mark International Women's Day. |
| A number of meetings on the issue have already been postponed this week. | |
| Farrell was shot dead in Gibraltar in 1988 along with two other IRA members by the SAS. | Farrell was shot dead in Gibraltar in 1988 along with two other IRA members by the SAS. |
| Keys to a car found in her handbag led to the discovery in Spain of five packages of Semtex explosive. | Keys to a car found in her handbag led to the discovery in Spain of five packages of Semtex explosive. |
| Farrell had previously been jailed between 1976 and 1986 for the bombing of the Conway Hotel in Dunmurry, outside Belfast. | Farrell had previously been jailed between 1976 and 1986 for the bombing of the Conway Hotel in Dunmurry, outside Belfast. |
| The commission will have to resolve the issue ahead of the planned event on Friday in Stormont's Long Gallery. |