| 1 | I told him that I didn't think the IRA would receive mention in the piece. | |
| 2 | In the case of the IRA, the cliché turned out to be largely true. | |
| 3 | These things are true for members of terrorist groups as diverse as the IRA and al-Qaida. | |
| 4 | The son of the Libyan leader Colonel Qadhafi has said his country will resist paying compensation to British relatives of people killed by IRA bombs made with explosive obtained from Libya. | |
| 5 | Intelligence experts say the trends are favourable but point to the IRA maxim that "you only need to get lucky once". |