The IRA has repeated its denial of responsibility for the murder of Belfast man Robert McCartney.
In its traditional Easter message, the IRA said its members were not criminals and accused politicians and the media of jumping on the bandwagon to blacken its name.
The IRA said Mr McCartney's killing was wrong, was murder and was a crime, but said it was not carried out by the IRA or on behalf of the IRA.
The organisation said it moved quickly to deal with those involved and tried to assist in whatever way it could.
It also accused the Irish and British governments of a concerted campaign to criminalise its struggle.
It said the primary responsibility for moving the political situation forward now rests with the two governments.
The IRA statement did not refer to the offer to shoot those members centrally involved in the McCartney killing, or to the Northern Bank robbery or the allegations that it is involved in widespread money laundering.
Mr McCartney, a father-of-two, was stabbed to death outside a bar near Belfast city centre on 30 January.
